OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

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NO. 5

6^th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 26, 2007

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Committee Abbreviations:

AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business Concerns

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSH -  Human Services & Housing

INT -    International Affairs

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PSM -   Public Safety & Military Affairs

TAC -  Tourism & Culture

TRN -  Transportation

WLH - Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs

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		HOUSE BILLS
			Committee
H.B. NO.			REFERRAL
1598	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. Establishes agency to operate a single-payer universal healthcare insurance system.		HLT, CPC, FIN
1599	RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLACEMENT. Directs the departments of health and human services to maintain an inventory of all facilities licensed or certified under their jurisdiction and their vacancies to facilitate the placement of individuals in community-based facilities.		HLT/HSH, FIN
1600	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 49th representative district.		FIN
1601	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a food tax credit of $45 per exemption for qualified taxpayers to be claimed on their individual tax returns.		FIN
1602	RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes the county infrastructure capacity construction loan revolving fund and appropriates moneys to support the counties' infrastructure improvement efforts by loaning funds for capital improvement costs from the revolving fund.		WLH, FIN
1603	RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Requires each county to assess the extent of proliferation of illegal bed and breakfast establishments and other illegal transient vacation rentals within its county, create a countywide plan and policies to deal with the illegal activity, and report to the Legislature.  Also requires the counties to increase enforcement.		TAC, CPC/JUD, FIN
1604	RELATING TO TAXATION. Decreases the percentages applied to taxable income for individual income taxes.		FIN
1605	RELATING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL. Appropriates funds for the design of a Maui traffic control center.		TRN, FIN
1606	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires department of transportation to conduct a study to determine the cost feasibility of constructing a fixed rail system of transportation connecting Kahului-Wailuku, Kihei, and Lahaina on the island of Maui.  Appropriation.		TRN, FIN
1607	RELATING TO PUBLIC BEACHES. Establishes and appropriates funds for a pilot security program using infrared camera technology at Canoe Beach in Lahaina, Maui.		WLH, FIN
1608	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows for the establishment of traffic emergency zones to provide highway access to designated areas.		TRN/PSM, JUD
1609	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Excludes repairs or maintenance to existing state highways from county special management area permit requirements when the repair is necessary to preserve or regain the integrity of the road or highway.		TRN, WLH, JUD
1610	RELATING TO TRAFFIC. Provides that part of highway fund moneys must be expended on highway patrols by the police department of any county with a population of more than 500,000.		TRN, JUD, FIN
1611	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. Entitles taxpayers over the age of 60 to a refund of any tax credit amount over income tax liability, provided it is at least $1.		EEP, FIN
1612	RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES. Allows any consumer to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report.		CPC/JUD
1613	RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Authorizes a $4 administrative fee on all citations for traffic code violations to be shared by the judiciary and the counties for the establishment and maintenance of an electronic citation system.  Establishes the electronic citation system special fund.  Provides for the disbursement of the funds to the counties and the judiciary.		TRN, JUD, FIN
1614	RELATING TO DRUGS. Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general to support the activities of the drug nuisance abatement unit.		JUD, FIN
1615	RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY. Appropriates funds to conduct a feasibility and cost study to determine the statutory and rule changes, staffing requirements, laboratory support requirements, research requirements, and training and technical assistance needs to develop a shellfish aquaculture industry in Hawaii.		AGR, HED, FIN
1616	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Appropriates funds to develop the concept of, and conduct a feasibility study, including estimated costs, for, the establishment of a primary quarantine and laboratory facility for aquatic species used in the Hawaii aquaculture industry.		AGR, FIN
1617	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of transportation to construct sound barriers along federal-aid highways during the design or redesign and construction or reconstruction phases of any new or existing federal-aid highway project.  Requires the construction of sound barriers along existing highways, especially in the Aiea area of Oahu, where there is a longstanding noise problem for adjacent buildings and communities.  Requires the department of transportation to conduct a study on the costs or alternatives to constructing sound barriers for the area abutting the H-1 freeway from Aloha Stadium to the Pearl City off-ramp.		TRN, EEP, FIN
1618	RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. Establishes a pilot project in the city and county of Honolulu to develop and evaluate a program for the acquisition, placement, operation, and maintenance of video surveillance cameras for the purpose of deterring property damage offenses, especially graffiti, and prosecuting offenders.  Appropriates funds.		JUD, FIN
1619	RELATING TO SCRAP DEALERS. Transfers licensing issuance and enforcement duties for scrap dealers to the Department of Health.  Establishes penalties for failure to obtain license and written statements from sellers regarding ownership of scrap.  Exempts currently licensed scrap dealers for 180 days of effective date.		HLT, CPC, FIN
1620	RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Allows for chance meetings of neighborhood board members.		JUD
1621	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Directs department of land and natural resources to determine ownership of certain private lanes in urban Oahu.		WLH, FIN
1622	RELATING TO THE WEED AND SEED PROGRAM. Establishes a permanent weed and seed program within the department of the attorney general.  Creates a resource committee to guide the program, requires an annual report to the legislature, and appropriates funds.		JUD, FIN
1623	RELATING TO THE WEED AND SEED STRATEGY. Appropriates funds for grants to maintain and expand the weed and seed strategy, which is a collaborative effort to reclaim, restore, and rebuild communities.		JUD, FIN
1624	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 28th representative district.		FIN
1625	RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM. Establishes a new state library system commission.  Transfers oversight of libraries in the state library system, except for community and school libraries, from the board of education to the commission.		EDN, FIN
1626	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Repeals the 12/31/07, sunset date that applies to section 514B-146, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to liens for common assessments.		CPC
1627	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Makes technical and conforming amendments that relate to the recodified condominium law.		CPC
1628	RELATING TO HAWAII MACADAMIA NUT PRODUCT LABELING. Requires products with labels representing that a portion of the macadamia nuts in the package were grown in Hawaii, to specify the percentage of Hawaiian-grown macadamia nuts.  Prohibits labeling that incorrectly represents that any of the macadamia nuts contained in the package were grown in Hawaii.		AGR, CPC
1629	RELATING TO CORPORATION INCOME TAX. Repeals the corporate income tax.		EDB, FIN
1630	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates $     in FY 2007-2008 and $    in FY 2008-2009 as a grant-in-aid to Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, Inc., to maintain existing project EAST schools and to expand the project EAST program to additional schools.		EDN, FIN
1631	RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Requires taxpayers claiming the High Technology Business Investment Tax Credit to file certain information with the Auditor.		EDB, FIN
1632	RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Adds additional requirements to the taxpayer's written, certified statement that is required for the high technology business investment tax credit.  Requires the Director of Taxation and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to allow the Auditor to access and analyze certain information related to the tax credit. Requires the Auditor to submit an annual report.		EDB/LAB, LMG, FIN
1633	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires scheduling of special association meetings by petition to be set no later than 60 days from receipt of petition.  Clarifies that petitions may send out notice of meeting and proxies at associations expense if secretary or managing agent finds to do so.		CPC
1634	RELATING TO OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Establishes and funds the office of international relations.		INT, FIN
1635	RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Establishes an award for persons who report offenders who cause graffiti damage.		JUD
1636	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires department of transportation to implement traffic congestion reduction plans, a statewide traffic flow improvement plan, a statewide infrastructure maintenance and improvement program, and a traffic safety enhancement plan.  Requires partnering with academia.  Requires annual reports.		TRN, FIN
1637	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the college of education of the University of Hawaii to develop an international exchange program to bring qualified foreign intellectuals to teach in Hawaii public schools.		EDN, INT, FIN
1638	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes the Hawaii invasive species special fund that is funded by airport landing fees and harbor fees to finance the fight against invasive species.		EEP/AGR, TRN, FIN
1639	RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Excludes rental income received as lease rents from certain leases of important agricultural lands from gross income for purposes of the income tax law, and exempts rental income received as lease rents from certain leases of important agricultural lands from the general excise tax law.		AGR/WLH, FIN
1640	RELATING TO PERMITS. Requires the Department of Health to establish and implement procedures to give priority processing of permit applications and renewals for agricultural processing facilities that process crops or livestock from an agri-business with a majority of the lands held, owned, or used by the agri-business identified and designated as important agricultural lands.		AGR, EDB
1641	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Prohibits the sale of restricted use pesticides by a pesticide dealer to a structural pesticide applicator unless the applicator is directly employed or supervised by a pest control operator validly licensed under Chapter 460J.		EEP/AGR, CPC
1642	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 3rd representative district.		FIN
1643	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the department of education to provide 2 portable rooms for the Manoa public library to accommodate the community and students for the two-year library's closure.		EDN, FIN
1644	RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking on public beaches and parks and certain recreational areas.  Prohibits disposal of smoking waste in any place where smoking is prohibited, except in designated waste disposal containers.  Subjects violators to $250 fine.		WLH, HLT, JUD
1645	RELATING TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS. Requires counties to adopt a policy whereby a uniformed police officer must respond to each report from the public of suspected drug activity.  Makes appropriation.		JUD, FIN
1646	RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires retailers of pesticides to verbally warn customers of their dangers, and provide verbal and written instructions for the safe disposal and storage of pesticides prior to consummation of sale.		EEP/AGR, CPC
1647	RELATING TO UNDERGROUNDING OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES. Adopts a state policy of favoring underground utilities.  Establishes an underground conversion fund for sustained incremental conversion of overhead utilities.  Allows income tax refund as a voluntary contribution to the fund.		WLH/EEP, CPC, FIN
1648	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level for the purpose of purchasing school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies.		EDN, FIN
1649	RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits selling of leaf blowers and other motorized landscaping tools not tested under standards.  Appropriates funds for establishment of buyback program for noncompliant models of leaf blowers.  Expands scope of unreasonable noise category of disorderly conduct crime.		EEP, JUD, FIN
1650	RELATING TO NOISE. Establishes a noise abatement zone for motor vehicles and mopeds and assesses an escalating fine starting at $100 and authorizes impoundment of vehicles for transgressors; criminalizes the modification of motorcycles and moped mufflers.		TRN, EEP, JUD
1651	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for 17th representative district.		FIN
1652	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Increases the tax credit for photovoltaic systems.		EEP, FIN
1653	RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Removes parking area and meters from Iolani Palace.  Installs pedestrian mall.		WLH, FIN
1654	RELATING TO TAXATION. Allows residents meeting certain income requirements to deduct medical expenses or insurance premiums.  Also allows sole proprietors with net profits below certain amounts to deduct medical insurance premiums.		HLT, FIN
1655	RELATING TO THE RESCISSION OF THE COUNTY AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE A SURCHARGE ON THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Repeals Act 247, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, which relates to the authorization for counties to levy a county surcharge on the state general excise tax to fund public transportation systems in their respective counties.		TRN, FIN
1656	RELATING TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. Establishes who may serve civil process, standards and procedures for registering civil process servers, and an office of civil service process commission to regulate civil process servers.		JUD, FIN
1657	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a food tax credit to be claimed against a resident taxpayer's income tax liability for the amount of $           multiplied by the number of qualified exemptions to which the taxpayer is entitled.		FIN
1658	RELATING TO THE ANTARA MEDICAL TRUST FUND. Provides an income tax credit for investment in the Antara medical trust fund.  Creates the Antara medical trust fund.		HLT, FIN
1659	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Provides that any moneys received by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of a government body pursuant to a solicitation of funds by the government body to cover the costs and expenses of a state sponsored enterprise, including trips and other endeavors to generate business opportunities and goodwill for the state, shall be deposited into the general fund and disbursed pursuant to legislative appropriation.		EDB, FIN
1660	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Makes adjustments to the Employees' Retirement System.		LAB, FIN
1661	RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Amends the definition of "strong compulsion" to include the use or attempt to use a controlled substance to overcome a person.		JUD
1662	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Establishes linked investments to provide loan funds for agriculture.  Authorizes the State to invest in linked investments.		AGR/EDB, FIN
1663	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Prohibits a member of any association of apartment owners from serving on board if the association member is in arrears of $1000 or more in maintenance fees, fines, or any other fees owed to the association for at least 3 months.		CPC
1664	RELATING TO TAXATION. Adopts amendments to Hawaii tax laws to implement the streamlined sales and use tax agreement.		EDB, CPC/JUD, FIN
1665	RELATING TO INCOME TAXATION. Establish that all energy technology systems must be installed and placed in service in the State of Hawaii to obtain energy tax credit.		EEP, FIN
1666	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a supplemental grant program of $10,000,000 for follow-on research and development project funding for Hawaii‑based small businesses that received federal funding in fiscal year 2007 through the Hawaii Technology Development Venture or the National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences.		EDB, FIN
1667	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND TO DEVELOP KALAELOA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds in the amount of $     for the acquisition of land within the Barbers Point Naval Air Station by the Hawaii community development authority to develop the Kalaeloa Community Development District.		WLH, FIN
1668	RELATING TO SALES TRANSACTIONS. Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice in trade or commerce for a business to not give notice to customers that the prices for purchases made in cash differ from those made through the use of a credit or debit card.  Requires disclosure of the difference in price.		EDB, CPC/JUD
1669	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT TO EASTER SEALS HAWAII. Provides a grant to establish for a full-service center for early intervention, youth, and adult programs for individuals with disabilities.		FIN
1670	RELATING TO THE INGENUITY CHARTER. Establishes the Ingenuity Charter to facilitate the development of intellectual property, uphold high labor and environmental standards, and provide funds for instruction in the public schools that encourages innovation by Hawaii's students.		EDB, EDN/LAB, FIN
1671	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR. Increases the salary of the first deputy or first assistant to the auditor from not more than 87% to 92% of the auditor's salary.		LMG, LAB, FIN
1672	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE AGENCIES. Increases salaries of deputies and first assistants of legislative service agencies from not more than 87% to 92% of the salary of each agency's director.		LMG, LAB, FIN
1673	RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Gives the director of commerce and consumer affairs licensing authority over mixed martial arts contests.  Prohibits no rules combat, extreme or ultimate fighting, or other similar contests.		TAC, CPC/JUD, FIN
1674	RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION. Directs department of land and natural resources to complete an environmental baseline study relating to impact of commercial and non-commercial recreational activities on west Hawaii; establishes ocean recreational management area for west Hawaii; imposes moratorium on issuance of new commercial permits in small boat harbors in west Hawaii.		WLH, FIN
1675	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Expands the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority board of directors from eleven members to thirteen members by adding two additional members from among the tenants of the research and technology park.		EDB, FIN
1676	RELATING TO HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS MONTH. Declares May to be "Hurricane Preparedness Month."		PSM, FIN
1677	RELATING TO FIRE SAFETY. Establishes the state wildland-urban fire safety board to develop recommendations for the prevention and control of wildland-urban fires.		PSM, WLH, FIN
1678	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Prohibits the managing agent of a condominium from engaging in the business of a condominium hotel operator.  Requires the managing agent to make email addresses of unit owners available to all unit owners.		CPC
1679	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Authorizes permanent absentee voting; requires department of health to send list of death certificates to county clerks to remove names from voter registration lists; requires chief election officer to review compensation for election officials annually; mandates training for poll workers; expands voting hours.		JUD, FIN
1680	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the chief election officer to make available for public inspection any voter information developed by the legislature that relates to a proposed constitutional amendment.  The information shall be available at all polling places during voting hours of the general election.		JUD
1681	RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING. Establishing voting hours from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. each day for absentee polling places.		JUD, FIN
1682	RELATING TO THE PRIMARY ELECTION DATE. Changes the primary election date from the second to last Saturday in September to the second to last Tuesday in September in even numbered years.		JUD
1683	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that candidates for board of education offices shall be elected in the general election.		EDN, JUD
1684	RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL LIAISON FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Creates one full-time position of international liaison for the legislature within department of business, economic development, and tourism, office of international affairs.  Makes appropriation.		INT, LMG, FIN
1685	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to establish the academy of Hawaii for gifted and talented students to develop the potential of students who have demonstrated superior achievement or possess the potential for superior achievement through the provision of appropriate educational opportunities.		EDN, FIN
1686	RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE. Repeals the option to impose a 30-day prison term as a penalty for driving without a license for drivers whose license to operate mopeds, motor scooters, motorcycles, passenger cars, and trucks or vans having a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less expired within the 90 days preceding the violation.		TRN, JUD
1687	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 25th representative district.		FIN
1688	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes agency to operate a single-payer universal health care insurance system.		HLT, CPC, FIN
1689	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 14th, 15th, and 16th representative districts.		FIN
1690	RELATING TO MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE. Calculates minimum hourly wage in accordance with consumer price index.  Increases minimum hourly wage to $7.75 per hour beginning July 1, 2007.		LAB, FIN
1691	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Allows an employee to elect to use accrued paid leave, including vacation, personal, or family leave, for any part of the four-week period of family leave provided under the law.		LAB, FIN
1692	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires department of health to adopt rules for beauty shops and health spas providing laser technology.  Requires special license for laser technology application for an esthetician to use laser technology.  Defines laser technology and health spa.  Requires DOH to adopt rules for special license.		HLT, CPC
1693	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 7th representative district.		FIN
1694	RELATING TO ADOPTION. Establishes a presumption that consent to the adoption given by the mother of the child within      days of birth is invalid.  Prohibits the mother of a child to consent to adoption before birth of the child.		HSH, JUD
1695	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates $400,000 to Habitat for Humanity and Kumulipo as a grant for a site study and plans for an integrated approach to affordable housing, a private corrections facility focusing on rehabilitation, innovative agricultural systems, and waste management solutions in a planned community at central Oahu.		HSH/PSM, FIN
1696	RELATING TO SMOKING. Establishes a Class 15, smoking establishment dispensers' license under the liquor law and allows smoking in the enclosed premises of establishments issued a Class 15 license.  Exempts class 15 from restricted smoking areas.		HLT, JUD
1697	RELATING TO SANITATION. Requires department of health to adopt rule requiring all food establishments to clean all non-food-contact equipment above kitchen stoves and ovens.		HLT, CPC
1698	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Enables small insurers that occupy less than thirty per cent of the health insurance market to provide the broadest healthcare coverage at the lowest possible rates by permitting different types of insurance to be combined into a single unified policy; encourages broader coverage of sole proprietors and other employer groups with only one employee.		HLT, EDB/CPC, FIN
1699	RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR BRAIN INJURIES. Requires insurers, hospital and medical services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for survivors of brain injuries including, among other things, cognitive and neurocognitive therapy, neurobehavioral and neuropsychological testing or treatment, and necessary post-acute transition services or community reintegration activities.		HLT, CPC, FIN
1700	RELATING TO THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND. Establishes additional funding mechanisms for the trauma system special fund.  Makes appropriations.		HLT/TRN, JUD, FIN
1701	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriate funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 6th representative district.		FIN
1702	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Establishes sentencing guidelines commission and sets forth standards to be applied in developing guidelines for approval by the legislature.  Establishes "truth-in-sentencing" by requiring those persons convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison to serve 85% of the prison term imposed.  "Truth-in-sentencing" provisions effective on 07/01/2009.		JUD, FIN
1703	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Repeals statewide health coordinating council and requires appropriate subarea councils to assume duties.  Subjects to the governor's approval all decisions to approve or deny issue of a certificate need.  Requires performance bond to ensure implementation of certificate of need.		HLT, FIN
1704	RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows for creation of regional subsidiary corporations and regional boards for the five regions within the Hawaii health systems corporation.  Establishes the Maui regional subsidiary corporation and regional board.  Appropriation.		HLT/LAB, FIN
1705	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Establishes a Hawaii Heritage Partnership Program, a program that encourages innovative and partnership-driven management strategies of areas identified by the State Historic Preservation Officer.		WLH, FIN
1706	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires department of land and natural resources to ensure sufficient buffers for public historic and cultural properties.  Specifies that acquisition of surrounding lands for buffers is a taking of private property for public use.		WLH, FIN
1707	RELATING TO PROTECTION OF CAVES. Exempts the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the appropriate Island Burial Council, and recognized descendants of burials located within the land parcel on which the cave is located from confidentiality of cave location or resources.		WLH, JUD
1708	RELATING TO TAX CREDIT FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Provides a tax credit for improvements to historic preservation properties.		WLH, FIN
1709	RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Appropriate moneys to the state foundation on culture and the arts for the establishment of one or more Hawaiian sculpture parks for the recognition and display of sculpture art by native Hawaiian artists.		WLH/TAC, FIN
1710	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Amends section 35 of Act 164 SLH 2004 to remove sunset and reenactment of section 514B-146, HRS, relating to assessments and liens with respect condominiums.		CPC, JUD
1711	RELATING TO MARIJUANA POSSESSION. Reclassifies possession of less than one ounce of marijuana from a petty misdemeanor to a violation.  Imposes a maximum fine of $   .		JUD
1712	RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Establishes the graffiti eradication sentencing program within the judiciary, to allow a person who has committed an act of graffiti to discharge a community service sentence through graffiti eradication activities.		JUD, FIN
1713	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FOURTH, AND THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 33rd, 34th, and 36th representative districts.		FIN
1714	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for 32nd representative district.		FIN
1715	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Alters determination of actuarial valuations by removing statutory limit in salary increase assumptions and leaving determination in discretion of board of trustees.		LAB, FIN
1716	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR KANU O KA AINA. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Kanu O Ka Aina.		EDB, FIN
1717	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires: proof of insurance to register a vehicle; notice to director of finance if insurance is canceled; surrender of license plates and certificate of registration upon cancellation of insurance; suspension of registered owner's driver's license if license plates and certificate of registration are not surrendered after notice.		TRN, CPC, JUD
1718	RELATING TO CRUISELINE INDUSTRY. Requires department of transportation to prepare and submit to the legislature a cost/benefit analysis on the cruiseline industry in Hawaii.		TRN, TAC/EDB, FIN
1719	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Extends the current general excise tax exemptions for condominium common expenses paid by managers and hotel employee expenses paid by hotel operators, to include expenses paid by submanagers and suboperators and to include employee expenses in timeshare projects.		TAC, CPC, FIN
1720	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK'S LONG-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS. Appropriates funds for the continuation and expansion of the University of Hawaii school of social work's long-term case management training program for victims of major natural disasters.		HED/PSM, FIN
1721	RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. Adds violence or the threat of violence against emergency medical services personnel to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree.		HLT, JUD
1722	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes an early education workforce incentive program, provides quality enhancements to junior kindergarten, and increases early educator training opportunities.  Authorizes general obligation bonds for the department of education to build additional facilities as part of the pre-plus initiative.		EDN, FIN
1723	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the family strengthening coordination center at the University of Hawaii.		HED/EDN, HSH, FIN
1724	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires all public school principals, vice-principals, and Department of Education teachers to satisfactorily complete at least one course in Hawaiian culture and language as part of their certification requirements.		EDN, WLH, FIN
1725	RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. Allows licensed physician assistant to provide medical care or assistance during disaster or emergency conditions.  Authorizes any physician to supervise a physician assistant in a disaster or emergency condition.  Exempts physician assistants from liability for good faith assistance during disaster or emergency conditions.		HLT, CPC, JUD
1726	ESTABLISHING THE ADVANCED COLLEGE TUITION PAYMENT PROGRAM. Establishes the Advanced College Tuition Payment Program to ameliorate the effects of inflation and other increases on the cost of higher education.		HED, FIN
1727	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires department of agriculture to apply the precautionary principle in making a decision on all permit or certification applications.		AGR, EEP, FIN
1728	RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE. Requires dual line water supply systems in all golf courses.		WLH
1729	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION. Raises the safety inspection fee for motor carrier vehicles from $12 to $25.		TRN, FIN
1730	RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts gasoline above price of $3.00 per gallon from general excise tax liability.		TRN, EEP, FIN
1731	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Transfers continuing supervisory and counseling functions of paroled individuals from Hawaii paroling authority to department of public safety.		PSM, JUD, FIN
1732	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Directs the executive branch to prepare preliminary design and request for proposals for the design, construction, and operation of a correctional facility.  Appropriates funds.		PSM, FIN
1733	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Proposes an amendment to the constitution to add a student representative for charter schools to the board of education.		EDN, JUD, FIN
1734	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Establishes one full-time equivalency position within the department of public safety for a native Hawaiian affairs manager.  Appropriates $150,000 for salary, fringe benefits, equipment, and supplies.		PSM, WLH, FIN
1735	ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HAWAII'S RANCHING COMMUNITY. Establishes the Waiomina centennial commission to commemorate the contributions of Hawaii's ranching community.  Appropriates funds.		TAC/AGR, FIN
1736	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires all applications for demolition of historic properties to be reviewed and approved by the Hawaii historic places review board or local government preservation commission.  Requires a replacement structure as a condition of demolition approval.  Allows exceptions for imminent harm and economic hardship.		WLH
1737	RELATING TO LAND USE. Directs office of planning to prepare and file petition with the land use commission to reclassify TMK: 6-5-001:020, at Waimea, Hawaii, from the agricultural district to the conservation district.  Directs county of Hawaii to not issue any permits allowing the development of the parcel pending the final disposition of the petition.		WLH, JUD
1738	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes incentive program for teachers to teach in high need areas.		EDN, FIN
1739	RELATING TO TAXATION.		HLT/HSH, FIN
1740	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Allows for charter schools to be established within existing department schools.		EDN, FIN
1741	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows a teacher or driver in charge to exclude from the teacher's classroom or the driver in charge's school bus any pupil who uses abusive or profane language directed at a school employee.		EDN, JUD
1742	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Exempts charter schools established for the purpose of providing an alternative learning environment for students that exhibit disruptive behavior from the law limiting the number of charter schools allowed.		EDN, FIN
1743	RELATING TO DECLARATORY RELIEF. Authorizes the civil rights commission to decide petitions for declaratory relief filed by executive director involving legal issues arising from the investigation of complaints involving discrimination.		LAB, JUD
1744	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Modifies the approval process by the board of education for charter school salary and operational expenses.		EDN, FIN
1745	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Establishes job security requirements to protect employees when the business for which the employees work is sold or transferred to another employing entity.  Adds definition of "divestiture".  Creates worker retention trust fund to receive moneys from penalties and to be used to compensate dislocated workers.		LAB, EDB, FIN
1746	RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. Extends the sunset date of Act 245, SLH 2005, to 2013.  Requires employee organizations that establish VEBA trusts to report to the legislature after two full years of implementation and annually thereafter.		LAB, FIN
1747	RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS. Allows the executive director of the civil rights commission to disclose factual information in the investigation file to the parties during the conciliation phase in order to attempt settlement.		LAB, JUD
1748	RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Establishes a feed-in tariff for electricity generated from solar radiation energy by a solar electricity producer.		EEP, CPC, FIN
1749	RELATING TO ETHICS. Requires the House of Representatives and Senate to each establish an ethics committee for each chamber of the Legislature to initiate, receive, and consider ethics complaints involving legislators, render advisory opinions, and recommend disciplinary action.		LMG, JUD
1750	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Removes the requirement that applicants for state or county public employment must be a resident of Hawaii at the time of application.  Allows the director of a jurisdiction to waive the "residency during employment" requirements for positions within that jurisdiction.		LAB, JUD
1751	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWELFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 12th representative district.		FIN
1752	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires DBEDT to obtain and analyze certain information pertaining to tax incentives.  Appropriates funds.		EDB, FIN
1753	RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Appropriates funds for general administrative and fiscal positions of the HTDC.  Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research and Grant Program and the Hawaii Small Business Technology Transfer Program.  Removes the ceiling on the High Technology Special Fund. Provides that all general administrative and fiscal positions of the HTDC shall not be funded from the High Technology Special Fund.  Clarifies that the High Technology Innovation Corporation may establish operational bank accounts in in-state and out-of-state locations without approval from B&F or the comptroller.		EDB, FIN
1754	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Disallows workers' compensation benefits for the exacerbation of injuries sustained during after work, voluntary recreational or social activities.		LAB, EDB, FIN
1755	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Clarifies that the reduced general excise tax rate of 0.5 per cent on business-to-business services applies to dealers furnishing goods or services to the purchaser of tangible personal property to fulfill a warranty obligation of the manufacturer of the property.		EDB, FIN
1756	RELATING TO COUNTY CONCESSIONS. Provides and exemption to nonprofit corporations from the fifteen year limit on the grant of county concessions or concession space.		WLH, FIN
1757	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides relief to the property motor carrier industry from certain vehicle gross weight requirements and penalties.		TRN, JUD, FIN
1758	RELATING TO THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Increases the minimum value of theft of property or services from $300 to $1,000 for the offense of theft in the second degree.		JUD
1759	RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF CONTRACTOR UNDER THE CONTRACTOR REPAIR ACT. Removes entities engaged in the business of selling a dwelling from the definition of "contractor" under the Contractor Repair Act.		CPC, JUD
1760	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 8th representative district.		FIN
1761	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for Leeward Community College's partnership with the Waianae Re-Development Corporation in operating the Waianae Organic Agriculture Center.		FIN
1762	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to work with nonprofit organizations to repair and renovate public housing projects.  Authorizes HPHA to collaborate with the Department of Public Safety to allow skilled prisoners perform repairs on public housing projects.		HSH, FIN
1763	RELATING TO TARO. Recognizes kalo (taro) as unique and in danger of extinction.		AGR, WLH
1764	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS. Authorizes revenue bonds to assist Hawaii health systems corporation for construction, improvement, and equipment of its healthcare facilities.		HLT, FIN
1765	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the candidate advisory council to screen and propose candidates for appointment to the board of regents of the University of Hawaii.  Increases the board of regents membership to fifteen members with a specified number of members representing different geographic areas.  Prohibits a board of regents member from serving more than two consecutive five-year terms.  Requires the senate to consider the question of an incumbent member's confirmation for a second term at least 120 days prior to the conclusion of the member's first term.  Allows a board of regents member to continue to serve until the member's successor has been appointed and confirmed by the senate.		HED, FIN
1766	RELATING TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTS. Awards a grant to the Organ Donor Center of Hawaii to increase education and public awareness of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.		FIN
1767	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Authorizes best value procurement by permitting governmental agencies to award design-build contracts.		EDB, FIN
1768	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Specifies length of articulated buses used for public transit purposes allowed on public roads, streets or highways within the State.		TRN, JUD
1769	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Provides teachers receiving satisfactory service performance evaluations with annual step increases for five years.  Denies DOE teachers with marginal service performance evaluations from receiving annual step increases.  Excludes teachers at the top salary levels from receiving annual step increases.		EDN/LAB, FIN
1770	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ATHLETICS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds to establish 20.0 additional permanent athletic health care trainer positions in the public schools.  Appropriates funds for a part-time athletic director at Anuenue School.  Appropriates funds for equipment, supplies, and transportation for school athletic programs.		EDN, FIN
1771	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO CONSTRUCT A CAMP FACILITY FOR YOUTH ON OAHU. Making an appropriation to construct a youth camp on Oahu for use by non-profit organizations.		FIN
1772	RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Establishes class C felony offense for aggravated cruelty to animals.  Requires a person convicted of these offenses to undergo counseling.  Makes places used to commit cruelty to animal offenses subject to nuisance abatement law.		JUD
1773	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Authorizes elections commission to investigate absentee voter violations and request the attorney general or appropriate county prosecutor to prosecute violations of absentee voter law.		JUD
1774	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Requires owners of certain transient accommodations to provide disaster shelters for their guests and provides a tax credit to owners for costs of constructing the disaster shelters.		PSM, TAC, FIN
1775	RELATING TO TRAFFIC RECORDS AND ABSTRACTS. Clarifies the district court's record keeping and abstract-furnishing responsibilities for traffic cases.		TRN, JUD
1776	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 29th representative district.		FIN
1777	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Appropriates funds to the Ethnic Education Foundation of Hawaii for emergency and disaster response services and infrastructure improvements.		FIN
1778	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAIIAN DAIRY FARMS, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of up to $37,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaiian Dairy Farms, LLC.		AGR, FIN
1779	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for 47th representative district		JUD
1780	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 31st representative district.		FIN
1781	RELATING TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CENTER. Appropriates funds for a technology and innovation center on Oahu.		EDB, FIN
1782	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A CITIZENS POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Honolulu police department for a citizens police training program to be conducted at least once a year in a location convenient to Oahu residents, particularly in communities seeking to expand citizen participation in fighting neighborhood crime.		FIN
1783	RELATING TO CORPORATION INCOME TAX. Repeals the corporate income tax.		EDB, FIN
1784	RELATING TO CRIME. Creates the offense of human trafficking, adds human trafficking to the list of offenses addressed by the crime victim compensation commission, deletes involuntary servitude as part of unlawful imprisonment in the 1st degree, adds human trafficking as a covered offense for forfeitures, and adds human trafficking as an offense involving organized crime and racketeering activity.		HSH, JUD
1785	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for additional ambulances and equipment for the City and County of Honolulu.		FIN
1786	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the coordination and administration of the University of Hawaii's bridge to hope program.		FIN
1787	RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Replaces definition of "energy-savings performance contracts" with "energy performance contracts"; extends the maximum term of an energy performance contract from fifteen to twenty years; allows the state procurement officer to exempt a state energy project from advertising and competitive bidding requirements.		EEP, FIN
1788	RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Establishes the Hawaii Aquatic Stewardship Act.		WLH, EEP, FIN
1789	RELATING TO WATER. Imposes a moratorium of an unspecified period on the processing of bottled water originating from groundwater sources in the State.  Also requires the department of land and natural resources to adopt rules regarding bottled water and to report to the legislature.  Also provides an appropriation of an unspecified amount.		WLH, FIN
1790	RELATING TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. Makes an appropriation into and out of the petroleum industry monitoring, analysis, and reporting special fund to establish the petroleum industry monitoring, analysis, and reporting program.		EEP, CPC, FIN
1791	RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Directs the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources to enter a 999 year lease of Iolani Palace with the Friends of Iolani Palace.		WLH, FIN
1792	RELATING TO DRUG ABUSE. Establishes and appropriates funds for:  (1)  A review of pilot studies being conducted in other states on use of the PROMETA treatment protocol to address the withdrawal cravings of crystal methamphetamine addicts; and (2)  A plan to adopt the PROMETA treatment protocol, if the review is favorable, as an alternative drug abuse treatment program for persons convicted of substance abuse or related offenses.		HLT, JUD, FIN
1793	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Prohibits the reclassification of certain lands in the Ewa plains out of the agricultural district, except lands set aside for University of Hawaii West Oahu campus.		AGR, WLH
1794	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Making a grant to KNDI radio station to facilitate disaster preparedness by preparing foreign language broadcasts of emergency messages.		FIN
1795	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires mediators to provide written notification of the status of a mediation request to all parties named in the request.  Provides for administrative hearing for disputes unresolved by mediation.		CPC, JUD
1796	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires some form of physical education in public schools, grades 9-12.		EDN, FIN
1797	RELATING TO TRANS FAT IN FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS. Prohibits foods containing artificial trans fat from being used in the preparation of any menu item, or served in any food service establishment.  Effective July 1, 2008 for cooking oils, shortening, and margarines, and on July 1, 2009, for all other foods containing artificial trans fat		HLT, EDB, CPC
1798	RELATING TO DENTISTS. Authorizes the Board of Dental Examiners to conduct background checks on applicants for dental licenses.		HLT, CPC, JUD
1799	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides for a state earned income tax credit.		FIN
1800	RELATING TO SMOKING. Authorizes a new class of dispenser's license under the liquor code which has the off-premises catering privileges of a restaurant license, permits smoking, and is exempt from smoking prohibitions.		HLT, EDB, JUD
1801	RELATING TO THE HAWAI`I HISTORY MUSEUM. Appropriates funds for the creation of the Hawaii Museum of History.		FIN
1802	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Convenes the "Preserve Hawaii" Summit.		WLH, FIN
1803	RELATING TO STATE HISTORIC DIVISION. Creates and funds the State Historic Division crisis special fund.		WLH, FIN
1804	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Creates historic places renovation special fund and funding mechanism.  Temporarily amends enabling language of works of art special fund.		WLH, TAC, FIN
1805	RELATING TO SPECIAL WASTES DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING. Requires a $50 deposit for each new lead acid battery sold, to be refunded on exchange of a used lead acid battery.		EEP, CPC
1806	RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. Prohibits an employer from subjecting an employee to an abusive work environment.  Provides legal recourse for employees who have been psychologically or physically harmed as a result of being deliberately subjected to an abusive work environment.		LAB, EDB, JUD
1807	RELATING TO NUUANU-LILIHA. Designates the Nuuanu-Liliha corridor as the Nuuanu-Liliha historic corridor.		WLH
1808	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO KEEP IOLANI PALACE LIT IN THE EVENINGS YEAR-ROUND. Appropriates funds to keep Iolani Palace lit in the evenings year-round.		FIN
1809	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Provides that a state agency may indemnify a county agency to receive county aid or services or to use county property.  Limits liability of county agency, its officers, and employees when providing aid to state agency.  Authorizes the comptroller to obtain loss insurance in order to indemnify county.		JUD, FIN
1810	RELATING TO DAMS AND RESERVOIRS. Establishes a revolving fund for dam and reservoir repair.		WLH, FIN
1811	RELATING TO A NURSING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to establish a registered nursing program at the Leeward Community College campus and appropriates funds to Leeward community college to support the nursing program.		HED, HLT, FIN
1812	RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE. Establishes offense of driving after consumption of alcohol.  Amends administrative license revocation procedures, periods of revocation, and conditional permit conditions.  Requires 50% of DUI fines to be paid to counties for traffic enforcement and 50% to judiciary for administrative revocation proceedings.  Requires annual report to the legislature of fines distributed.		TRN, JUD, FIN
1813	RELATING TO PRISONS. Appropriates funds for substance abuse intervention and outreach programs in Hawaii's community correctional centers and correctional facilities.		PSM, FIN
1814	RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Allows the legislature to request reports from the board of family court judges.		LMG, JUD
1815	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IRRIGATION PIPE IN WAIMANALO. Makes an appropriation for a grant, pursuant to the law on grants and subsidies, to the Waimanalo Corn Farm to construct an irrigation pipe.		FIN
1816	RELATING TO HEALTH. From 7/1/07, prohibits persons known to be pregnant or under age 5 from being vaccinated with (1) a mercury-containing vaccine containing more than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose; and (2) influenza vaccine containing more than 1.0 microgram of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose  Allows certain exemptions.		HLT, JUD
1817	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows police officers to receive a maximum retirement allowance that shall not exceed 100% of their average final compensation.		LAB, PSM, FIN
1818	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Permits state and county governments to rehire retired employees as permanent employees without affecting the rehired retirees' retirement benefits.		LAB, FIN
1819	RELATING TO THE REHIRING OF RETIREES. Authorizes state and county governments to rehire retired employees during labor shortages and for difficult-to-fill occupational areas without retirement benefit penalty.		LAB, FIN
1820	RELATING TO STATE INCOME TAX. Exempts income of all police officers employed by the police departments of the four counties from the state income tax.		LAB, PSM, FIN
1821	RELATING TO PUBLIC INTEREST ATTORNEYS. Creates a loan repayment assistance program for licensed attorneys who practice public interest law in Hawaii.		HED, JUD, FIN
1822	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION. Repeals temporarily chapter 286, part II and section 291-21(c); establishes a task force to improve enforcement and prosecution of vehicle inspection equipment violations that cause substantial noise pollution.		TRN, JUD
1823	RELATING TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. Establishes an advisory committee within the department of transportation to implement the safe routes to school program and a bicycle and pedestrian safety program for adults and children.		TRN, FIN
1824	RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES. Authorizes purchasing agencies to establish public-private partnerships for the construction of state facilities.		EDB, FIN
1825	RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking on public beaches and parks and certain recreational areas.  Prohibits disposal of smoking waste in any place where smoking is prohibited, except in designated waste disposal container.  Subjects violators to $250 fine.		HLT, WLH
1826	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 11th representative district.		FIN
1827	RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLES. Increases the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to $4 per day.  Specifies that increased funds collected be used for (1) the construction, repair, and maintenance of county infrastructure and (2) emergency services.		TRN/HLT, CPC, FIN
1828	RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides a tax deduction for individuals who donate organs.		HLT, FIN
1829	RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS. Appropriates funds for the Organ Donor Center of Hawaii.		FIN
1830	RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Provides immunity from prosecution for leaving an unharmed newborn at certain safe havens within 72 hours of birth.  Provides immunity from liability for personnel at the safe havens for receiving a newborn.		HSH/HLT, JUD
1831	RELATING TO GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS. Requires public and private game management areas to be fenced.		WLH, FIN
1832	RELATING TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING. Limits the size of outdoor advertising displays on residential property.		WLH, JUD
1833	RELATING TO UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES. Prohibits person or entity requiring a bid, payment, or performance bond from designating a particular surety from whom the bond is to be obtained.		CPC, JUD
1834	RELATING TO TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS. Prohibits phone solicitors from placing calls to residents who are registered on a no-call list.  Establishes a website and database containing the no-call list.		CPC/JUD, FIN
1835	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURE. Provides for procedures to protect nongenetically engineered plant life from their genetically engineered counterparts.  Establishes the liability of manufacturers and growers of genetically engineered plants, plant parts, or seeds.		AGR, CPC, JUD
1836	RELATING TO GAMBLING. Amends definition of gambling to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value constitutes gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration.		JUD
1837	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for the 27th representative district.		FIN
1838	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds so the Department of Human Services can advertise the toll-free 800 number of Project Cuddle.		FIN
1839	RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Appropriates money for the Hawaii Child Support Enforcement Agency to hire more staff to better enforce child support.		HSH, FIN
1840	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits the car alarm manufacturers from causing to be sold in the State alarm systems that cannot electronically notify the car owner that the alarm is being activated.  Prohibits car owners from operating a vehicle that lacks electronic notification capability.  Subjects violators to traffic code penalties.		TRN, JUD
1841	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Establishes a solid waste management surcharge.  Establishes the Community Enhancement Special Fund.		EEP, FIN
1842	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Committee on Weights and Department of Education to:  (1)  Allow schools to use their own average teacher salary, rather than the statewide average, when calculating their individual budgets; and (2)  Factor in the need to train new teachers at schools with greater than twenty per cent annual teacher turnover.		EDN, FIN
1843	RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Removes liability of public and private landowners of unimproved land if damages occurred because of any land failure caused by a natural condition.		WLH, JUD
1844	RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION. Appropriates unspecified amount to acquire Kulana Nani apartments from Kamehameha Schools by eminent domain should negotiations be unsuccessful.		HSH, FIN
1845	RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES. Establishes a graduated schedule of reasonable attorneys' fees for cases pertaining to an association's collection of delinquent assessments, foreclosure of liens, and enforcement of the Condominium Property Act and related rules and regulations.		CPC, JUD
1846	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS. Specifies the rights and requirements of a homeowner to bring an action for construction defects, including applicable standards for home construction, the statute of limitations, the burden of proof, the damages recoverable, a detailed prelitigation procedure, and the obligations of the homeowner.		HSH, CPC, JUD
1847	RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT. Requires the department of land and natural resources and the department of public safety to enter into a memorandum of agreement for the department of public safety to provide assistance in enforcing laws over which the department of land and natural resources has jurisdiction.  Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to implement the recommendations made by the office of the auditor relating to enforcement.		WLH, PSM, FIN
1848	RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Prohibits any fishing prohibition or limitation unless certain standards and procedures are adhered to; establishes the Hawaii fishery policy advisory task force; makes an appropriation for operations of the task force.		WLH, FIN
1849	RELATING TO BOATING. Increases mooring fees by 50% on 01/01/08, and by an additional 10% each subsequent 01/01 over the next 4 years.		WLH, FIN
1850	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriate funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 48th representative district.		FIN
1851	RELATING TO HONEY. Requires honey made in Hawaii to be labeled by Hawaii origin.  Prohibits labels or advertising of Hawaii as origin if less than 10% of honey is from Hawaii.  Allows labeling of regional origins of Hawaii and non-Hawaii produced honeys in a honey blend.  Requires department of agriculture to adopt rules.		AGR, CPC
1852	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 24th representative district.		FIN
1853	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Authorizes the board of trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to set the amount of class A, B, and H employee contributions to the annuity savings fund of the Employees' Retirement System.		LAB, FIN
1854	RELATING TO NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. Provides a new markets tax credit of a certain percentage of the amount paid to a qualified community development entity for a qualified equity investment.		EDB, FIN
1855	RELATING TO GENETIC ENGINEERING. Prohibits the use of food crops for the genetic engineering of drugs, industrial chemicals, and other non-good materials.		AGR, CPC, JUD
1856	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GENETIC ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to assess the long-term effects of allowing genetic engineering to occur in the State.		AGR, HED, FIN
1857	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Enables Hawaii historic places review board to remove historic properties from the Hawaii register of historic places; requires removal of historic property from register prior to any state or county action that would affect the property; requires removal of historic property from register or passage of ninety days following the filing of a petition for removal before a person may undertake action that affects privately owned historic property on the register or if department of land and natural resources agrees undertake mitigative retrieval measures.		WLH, FIN
1858	RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS. Prevents donees from rejecting anatomical gifts where the donor has expressed a clear, unrevoked, intent to make the gift.		HLT, JUD
1859	RELATING TO COAL BURNING. Prohibits the director of health from issuing a permit for new coal-burning energy production facilities or the modification of existing facilities that would increase the level of coal burning.		EEP, CPC, JUD
1860	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA. Makes an appropriation for a capital improvement project for the campus center building at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.		HED, FIN
1861	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriate funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 1st representative district.		FIN
1862	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows motor vehicles registered to individuals with serious skin conditions to obtain darker window sun-screening devices than currently allowed by law.		HLT, TRN, JUD
1863	RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to support the creation of a Biofuel Research Institute at the University of Hawaii's College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management.		EEP, HED, FIN
1864	RELATING TO LIABILITY FOR COQUI FROG ERADICATION EFFORTS. Provides limited immunity from liability to governmental agencies and to private entities engaged in coqui frog eradication efforts for injuries sustained by volunteers.		EEP, JUD
1865	RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Requires a tenant of high technology development corporation facilities to: (1) transfer 2% of its equity to the corporation; and (2) pay 2% of its annual gross revenues to the corporation for deposit into the high tech revenues special fund to pay for cost of acquiring land, building new infrastructure, maintaining existing infrastructure, corporation operations, and grants.		EDB, FIN
1866	RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Establishes a state mixed martial arts commission.  Provides for regulation of mixed martial arts.  Prohibits no rules combat, extreme or ultimate fighting, or similar contests.		TAC, CPC/JUD, FIN
1867	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. Provides corrections officers with similar retirement benefits afforded other law enforcement and safety officers by allowing retirement after 25 years of credited service, unreduced for age.  Effective 7/1/2007.		PSM/LAB, FIN
1868	RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA. Creates financial incentives for and appropriates funds to the academy for creative media for plans for a permanent facility in Hawaii.		HED, EDB/TAC, FIN
1869	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the net general fund appropriation to the University of Hawaii for each fiscal year to be at least 10% of the total general fund appropriation to the executive branch.		HED, FIN
1870	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM WIDE. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects at the University of Hawaii system wide.		FIN
1871	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 2nd representative district.		FIN
1872	RELATING TO TAXES. Requires counties to add a surtax to the real property taxes paid by non-resident owners of residential properties.		JUD, FIN
1873	RELATING TO WAGE AND HOUR LAW. Raises from $2,000 to $2,800 a month the maximum monthly salary over which the wage and hour laws concerning overtime pay do not apply.		LAB, FIN
1874	RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE. Imposes an entertainment service surcharge for certain forms of entertainment and provides a tax credit equal to the amount of the surcharge.		TAC/EDB, FIN
1875	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE GOVERNOR. Proposes an amendment to the constitution to reduce the age of eligibility to become governor to 25 years.		JUD, FIN
1876	RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE PROGRAM. Creates a three-year pilot program in which department of human services pays half of the premiums for the health care provided by a mutual benefit society to uninsured children 31 days to 18 years old who are ineligible for other state or federal health care coverage.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets June 30, 2010.		HLT, CPC, FIN
1877	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Exempts from the workers' compensation law owners of businesses holding at least 50% interest in their company.		LAB, EDB
1878	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes capital improvement projects for the 41st representative district.		FIN
1879	RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF STATE FUNDS. Allows director of finance to invest up to 10% of state short-term investment moneys in linked investments.  Sets procedures.  Caps loans to $      .  Limits uses of such loans.  Restricts eligible borrowers to an entrepreneur in the State.		EDB, FIN
1880	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Establishes a tax credit for the acquisition of environmentally-friendly green technology facilities.		EEP, FIN
1881	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a debit card system to permit teachers to buy school supplies within a predetermined spending limit.		EDN, FIN
1882	RELATING TO BAIL. Establishes qualifications and requirements for persons who apprehend bail fugitives.  Establishes requirements for bail bond agents.  Establishes conditions for release on bail and forfeiture of bonds.		CPC, JUD
1883	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides an income tax credit for school tuition.		EDN, FIN
1884	RELATING TO BOATING. Requires an enforcement officer to issue a warning for a moving violation of a boat that does not pose an imminent threat and requires the issuance of a citation for non-moving violations.		WLH, JUD
1885	RELATING TO GASOLINE. Requires a refiner of gasoline to make available to marine fueling and general aviation fueling stations and at company-operated stations gasoline that does not contain ethanol.		EEP, TRN, CPC
1886	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Creates the moped safety task force to study how mopeds can be made safer, quieter, and less likely to be used for illegal purposes.		TRN, FIN
1887	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for 47th representative district		FIN
1888	RELATING TO CLEAN FUEL. Provides tax incentives for the purchase of cars and trucks that run on clean fuel.		EEP, FIN
1889	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER. Appropriates funds to enable the friends of Makiki to operate its community library and establish a computer learning center.		FIN
1890	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the department of health for health care and related services to people living with the human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.		HLT, FIN
1891	RELATING TO LAND USE. Prohibits reclassification of agricultural lands until important agricultural lands are designated.		AGR, WLH, JUD
1892	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires petitioners for reclassification of district boundaries and developers of 25 or more housing units provide for at least 60% of the units to be affordable housing.		HSH, WLH
1893	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. Establishes licensing requirements for genetic counselors in the State.		HLT, CPC, FIN
1894	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Taxation to conduct a study on the inequities of retirement income taxation.  Appropriates funds.		FIN
1895	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN CHILDREN. Creates the Native Hawaiian Child Welfare Act (Act) that establishes the Na Kupuna Tribunal and grants it exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings involving native Hawaiian children.  Establishes a pilot project as a trial run prior to the full implementation of the Act in 2008.		WLH, JUD, FIN
1896	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX WITHHOLDING RATES. Increases the amount of the withholding tax on the disposition of real property by a nonresident seller from 5 percent to 8.25 percent.		FIN
1897	RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Reduces the tax credit to 50 percent over five years. Adds additional requirements to the taxpayer's written, certified statement that is required for the high technology business investment tax credit.  Requires the Director of Taxation and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to allow the Auditor to access and analyze certain information related to the tax credit.		EDB, FIN
1898	RELATING TO WATER. Appropriates funds to dredge and install drain inlets, sediment devices, and other modifications in Kaelepulu Pond in Kailua, Oahu.		FIN
1899	RELATING TO KAWAI NUI MARSH. Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the State a parcel of pristine wetlands known as Kawai Nui Marsh, effective September 1, 2007.  Transfers another parcel of Kawai Nui Marsh to the State.		WLH, FIN
1900	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes the repeal all tax credits and exemptions except for those pertaining to individual income tax, beginning in the 2009 taxable year.  Repeals provisions that are no longer applicable.		FIN
1901	RELATING TO LAND USE. (1) Sets forth permissible uses on important agricultural lands;  (2) Requires counties to adopt by ordinance permissible uses and infrastructure standards within rural and urban districts; and (3) Makes comprehensive amendments to land use law to improve use of rural and agricultural lands.		WLH/AGR
1902	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST UTILITIES SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist electric utilities.		EDB/EEP, FIN
1903	RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Enacts new provisions in the open meetings law to facilitate the transacting of business.		JUD
1904	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the building of a Hawaiian community center facility in Kapolei by the department of Hawaiian home lands.		FIN
1905	RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. Establishes requirements for dam inspection and safety.  Establishes penalties for failure to comply.  Creates dam safety revolving fund.  Creates dam rehabilitation loan program.		WLH, JUD, FIN
1906	RELATING TO HOUSING. Transfers administration of section 8 rental housing program from the State to the counties.		HSH, FIN
1907	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for 15 Craigside, a continuing care retirement community, in Nuuanu.		HSH, FIN
1908	RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes a tax credit for residential renters within the boundaries of a county if the county agrees to pay the State for the tax loss and administrative cost.		HSH, FIN
1909	RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. Establishes ethics requirements for legislators, state officials and employees, and lobbyists.		JUD/LMG
1910	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION. Appropriates funds to increase the operating and staffing fund levels for the state historic preservation division.		WLH, FIN
1911	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Makes it a penal offense to promote a controlled substance in, on, or near a county, state, or federal historic property.		WLH, JUD
1912	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST BIODIESEL PROJECTS FOR ELECTRICAL GENERATION ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for BlueEarth Maui Biodiesel, LLC for the planning, design, and construction of a biodiesel refinery on Maui with primary take-off designated as fuel for electrical generation.		EEP, FIN
1913	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Raises the rental motor vehicle surcharge from $2 to $7.		TRN, CPC, FIN
1914	RELATING TO BOATING. Prohibits a person from mooring a boat at a state small boat harbor unless the person has obtained sufficient insurance to cover boat removal costs should the boat run aground.		WLH, FIN
1915	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Enacts new truancy law for younger children to expedite process.		EDN, JUD
1916	RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Clarifies the procedure on how to elect members of the Hawaii labor relations board.		LAB, FIN
1917	RELATING TO MEDICAL SERVICES TAX CREDIT. Reenacts the medical services tax credit.		HLT, FIN
1918	RELATING TO PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTS. Authorizes performance-based contracts.		TRN/EDN, EDB, FIN
1919	RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Prohibits land use commission from approving district boundary amendments for residential or commercial developments in the Lahaina and Ewa districts unless the proposed reclassification is planned in accordance with smart growth principles. Requires the commission to consider impacts on existing infrastructure in reclassification applications.		WLH
1920	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 40th representative district.		FIN
1921	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an agribusiness investment tax credit.		AGR, FIN
1922	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Expedites the designation of important agricultural lands by the land use commission by eliminating the landowner/farmer process and the county process, and allowing the land use commission to initiate the designation process and allowing landowners to petition the land use commission for designation.  Allows the landowner petition for important agricultural land designation to take effect without the legislative enactment of incentive/protection legislation.  Removes the county from the special permit process.		WLH/AGR
1923	RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Provides that qualifying agricultural businesses shall remain eligible for tax incentives under the EZ program in the event of force majeure.  Allows agricultural businesses to meet gross revenue requirements if they are unable to meet the full-time employment requirements of the EZ program.		EDB/AGR, FIN
1924	RELATING TO THE ERADICATION AND CONTROL OF THE COQUI FROG. Appropriates funds to eradicate and control the coqui frog state-wide.		AGR, FIN
1925	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires stickers on motor vehicles as proof of effective no-fault insurance policy.		TRN, CPC/JUD
1926	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Establishes a condominium commission; clarifies various condominium provisions.		CPC, FIN
1927	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a State income tax exemption for persons retired or currently serving in the armed forces of the United States who are on active military duty outside the State pursuant to military orders.		PSM, FIN
1928	RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires the Land Use Commission to review and reclassify the land use laws, including the criteria for and uses in the four land use districts; giving the county authority to reclassify qualifying agricultural lands of less than fifteen acres to the rural classification, if the applicant has dedicated agricultural lands or important agricultural lands, and likewise for the Land Use Commission for lands greater than fifteen acres, if the applicant has important agricultural lands; and allowing county experimental/demonstration housing projects on rural lands.		WLH/AGR
1929	RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Establishes Kakaako central small business district; requires the authority to confer and obtain consensus from real property owners within and adjacent to a proposed public facility prior to undertaking any public facility as part of the district-wide improvement program; requires the authority to transfer an amount equal to assessments received from 2001-2005, to the Kakaako district schools special fund.		WLH, EDB, FIN
1930	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 23rd representative district.		FIN
1931	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR PROJECTS ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds for a cogeneration facility on the Island of Hawaii.		EDB, FIN
1932	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires names of candidates to be printed on a single ballot.  Allows voter to vote for candidates of more than one party.		JUD
1933	RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits sale of leaf blowers and other motorized landscape tools with untested sound levels.  Appropriates funds for the director of health to establish a buyback program for noncompliant tools.  Expands disorderly conduct to include noise from motorized apparatuses.		EEP, JUD, FIN
1934	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Increases the length of articulated buses permissible for public transit purposes.		TRN, JUD
1935	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 21st representative district.		FIN
1936	RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Establishes procedure for decision making in legislative standing committees.		LMG, FIN
1937	RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. Makes unlawful the use, setting, maintenance, or tending of any body-gripping trap.		WLH, JUD
1938	RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Requires all present and future state and county restrooms available to the public with facilities for persons with disabilities to provide baby changing stations.		HLT/HSH, FIN
1939	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes new and innovative education programs to take advantage of the human resources of the state.		EDN/HED, EDB, FIN
1940	RELATING TO LIBRARIES. Appropriate funds for state libraries to hire one extra full time staff member.		FIN
1941	RELATING TO CONTROLLING INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species.		AGR, FIN
1942	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Provides a general excise tax exemption for amounts received for the purchase of any food recommended by the Women, Infants and Children Food Program.		HSH, FIN
1943	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Makes an emergency appropriation for the deposit beverage container program.		EEP/CPC, FIN
1944	RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS. Clarifies when a driver must stop for a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a marked crosswalk.		TRN, JUD
1945	RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS. Establishes a $100 fine for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and for persons under the age of twenty-one who operate a vehicle after consuming a measurable amount of alcohol, that may be used by the arresting police jurisdiction for law enforcement.		TRN, JUD, FIN
1946	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires that all new and replaced letterheads and documents of the State include both state languages, with the Hawaiian language placed above English translation.  Establishes a Hawaiian language interim task force.  Appropriates funds.		WLH, FIN
1947	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PLAN FOR AND TO HOST THE INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HEALTH CONFERENCE, "HEALING OUR SPIRIT WORLDWIDE" IN HAWAII. Makes an appropriation for preliminary planning to host the international indigenous health conference in Hawaii in 2010.		INT, WLH, FIN
1948	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Establishes Aha Moku Commission to assist in the formation regional Aha Moku Councils which shall serve as in an advisory capacity on all matters regarding the management of the state's natural resources.  Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to seek advisory assistance from the Aha Moku Councils in developing a comprehensive set of best practices for natural resource management.		WLH, FIN
1949	RELATING TO HAWAII. Recognizes descendants of races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to western contact in 1778 as the indigenous, aboriginal, maoli people of Hawaii.		WLH
1950	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends chapter 201H, HRS, housing development provisions to allow county councils to approve certain expedited government housing development projects with modifications, and to extend the county and Land Use Commission approval or disapproval window for these projects from 45 to 90 days.		HSH, WLH
1951	RELATING TO CARGO SERVICE. Requires the Department of Transportation and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to study and recommend solutions to tentative plans by Young Brothers Ltd. to discontinue its less-than-container-load cargo service after January 1, 2010.		TRN, EDB
1952	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 13th representative district.		FIN
1953	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Provides for the establishment of a search committee within 30 days of a vacancy in the position of Historic Preservation Officer, that will conduct a nationwide search for the most qualified candidates for the position.		WLH, FIN
1954	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A VETERANS CENTER ON THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI. Appropriates funds for the design, construction, and equipment needed to build a veterans center on the island of Molokai.		FIN
1955	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Exempts disabled veterans, prisoners of war, qualified Hawaii National Guard members, and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from state and county vehicular weight taxes.		TRN/PSM, FIN
1956	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Amends the definition of "disability".		LAB, JUD
1957	RELATING TO KALAELOA. Implements master plan for Kalaeloa; purchases Kalaeloa from Navy.		HSH/EDB, WLH, FIN
1958	RELATING TO LAND USE. Expands types of development that can occur in rural districts to include small town clusters with light agriculture and open space.		WLH/AGR
1959	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires local law enforcement to create and open up contra flow lanes around an accident when safe to do so.		TRN, JUD
1960	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriation for capitol improvement projects for the benefit of 43rd representative district.		FIN
1961	RELATING TO SCIENCE. Creates a statewide competition of science and technology with a scholarship to the University of Hawaii and other prizes.		EDB, EDN, FIN
1962	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Establishes "preservation of paradise" by allowing contractors to fast track vertical development rather than horizontal development and provide incentives to protect agricultural lands.		WLH, CPC
1963	RELATING TO TOURISM. Develop a Tourism Master Plan around the carrying capacity of the Hawaii Islands.		TAC/EDB, FIN
1964	RELATING TO TEACHING. Appropriates money to provide teachers with incentives to apply their nationally recognized skills to help those schools to meet the requirements of adequate yearly progress.		EDN/LAB, FIN
1965	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides for education and tax credits and benefits related to education.		LAB/EDB, HED, FIN
1966	RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Creates dual use technology supplemental grant fund under high technology development corporation.  Appropriates $10,000,000 into the fund.  Appropriates $10,000,000 from the fund for the award of grants by the high technology development corporation.		EDB, FIN
1967	RELATING TO EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates and creates innovative programs and to help foster innovative education and economic ideas.		EDB/WLH/ HED/TAC, LAB, FIN

		HOUSE BILLS
			Committee
H.B. NO.			RE-REFERRAL
132	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Separate Nanakuli High School from Nanakuli Intermediate School.		EDN, FIN
242	RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Assesses the transient accommodations tax on cruise ships.		TRN, TAC/EDB, FIN
430	RELATING TO PAYDAY LENDING. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to regulate the payday lending industry through licensing.  Appropriates funds to establish a financial literacy education program.		CPC, JUD, FIN
483	RELATING TO CHECK CASHING. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to regulate the check cashing industry through licensing requirements.		CPC, JUD, FIN
729	RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Requires the department of education to create graffiti prevention programs to raise awareness in students.		EDN, FIN
853	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS. Clarifies that a single violation refers to each separate project where the department of labor and industrial relations finds a contractor has failed to comply with chapter 104.		LAB, EDB, FIN
1004	RELATING TO CONSUMER ADVOCACY. Restructures the Division of Consumer Advocacy, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Appropriates funds for additional operating costs, including additional positions to improve the operations of the Division.		CPC/EEP, FIN
1005	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Restructures the Public Utilities Commission.  Appropriates funds for restructuring costs, including additional positions, to allow the PUC to improve its operations.		CPC/EEP, FIN
1129	RELATING TO ANTITRUST. Allows a defendant who obtains a judgment as a prevailing party in an antitrust suit to recover attorney's fees together with the costs of the suit.		JUD
1246	RELATING TO METAL.		JUD
1308	RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER ADVOCACY.		CPC/EEP, FIN
1341	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY.		PSM/LAB, FIN
1342	RELATING TO VETERANS' SERVICES.		PSM/LAB, FIN