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		HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
			Committee
H.R. NO.			REFERRAL

41	REQUESTING A STUDY ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS.		LAB/EDB, FIN
42	REQUESTING THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION TO RESEARCH AND REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON HOW BEST TO PROTECT HAWAII'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS FROM DEMOLITION.		WLH
43	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DETERMINE OWNERSHIP OF THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN CERTAIN LANES IN URBAN OAHU.		WLH
44	URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO DEVELOP A PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEGREE PROGRAM WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM.		HLT, HED
45	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO COLLABORATE AND APPLY FOR A FEDERAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WAIVER.		HSH/HLT, FIN
46	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE ON SUPPLY OF CONTRACTORS AND TRADESPERSONS IN TIMES OF NATURAL DISASTER TO STUDY THE EXPEDITED LICENSING OR LICENSING EXEMPTIONS FOR CONTRACTORS AND TRADESPERSONS.		PSM, CPC
47	URGING ADOPTION OF THE UNITED NATION'S MILLENNIUM GOALS.		EDB, FIN
48	URGING THE ADOPTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS' CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.		INT, HSH
49	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT POLICIES THAT ENSURE NOTIFICATION BY ALL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO THE GOVERNOR-DESIGNATED PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY ENTITY OR AGENCY PRIOR TO TRANSFERRING ANY INDIVIDUAL OUT-OF-STATE TO A TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, OR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY.		HLT/HSH
50	REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ALLOW AND APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEMORIAL AT A SUITABLE LOCATION WITHIN KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ON THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI TO HONOR AND PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORCIBLY RELOCATED TO THE KALAUPAPA PENINSULA FROM 1866 TO 1969.		WLH
51	REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO TAKE SOIL, AIR, AND WATER SAMPLES WITHIN 500 METERS OF ALL MILITARY BASES IN HAWAII TO ASSESS FOR DEPLETED URANIUM, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, AND ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.		PSM, HLT, FIN
54	REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO CONSIDER AMENDING CURRENT CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES TO SPECIFY WHAT THE FAMILY COURT SHALL CONSIDER WHEN DETERMINING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD.		HSH, JUD, FIN

		HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
			Committee
H.C.R. NO.			REFERRAL

61	REQUESTING A STUDY ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS.		LAB/EDB, FIN
62	REQUESTING THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION TO RESEARCH AND REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON HOW BEST TO PROTECT HAWAII'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS FROM DEMOLITION.		WLH
63	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DETERMINE OWNERSHIP OF THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN CERTAIN LANES IN URBAN OAHU.		WLH
64	URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO DEVELOP A PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEGREE PROGRAM WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM.		HLT, HED
65	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO COLLABORATE AND APPLY FOR A FEDERAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WAIVER.		HSH/HLT, FIN
66	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE ON SUPPLY OF CONTRACTORS AND TRADESPERSONS IN TIMES OF NATURAL DISASTER TO STUDY THE EXPEDITED LICENSING OR LICENSING EXEMPTIONS FOR CONTRACTORS AND TRADESPERSONS.		PSM, CPC
67	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO ESTABLISH A HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY SELF-GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE.		WLH
68	URGING ADOPTION OF THE UNITED NATION'S MILLENNIUM GOALS.		EDB, FIN
69	URGING THE ADOPTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS' CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.		INT, HSH
70	URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO ELIMINATE MID-STREET CROSSWALKS ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THAT ARE NOT MONITORED BY A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LIGHT.		TRN
71	REQUESTING A STUDY ON AIRPORT CONCESSION PRICES AND THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING PRICE CONTROLS FOR ALL AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRES AT HAWAII'S COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS.		TRN, CPC, FIN
72	REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT POLICIES THAT ENSURE NOTIFICATION BY ALL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO THE GOVERNOR-DESIGNATED PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY ENTITY OR AGENCY PRIOR TO TRANSFERRING ANY INDIVIDUAL OUT-OF-STATE TO A TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, OR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY.		HLT/HSH
73	REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ALLOW AND APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEMORIAL AT A SUITABLE LOCATION WITHIN KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ON THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI TO HONOR AND PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORCIBLY RELOCATED TO THE KALAUPAPA PENINSULA FROM 1866 TO 1969.		WLH
74	REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO TAKE SOIL, AIR, AND WATER SAMPLES WITHIN 500 METERS OF ALL MILITARY BASES IN HAWAII TO ASSESS FOR DEPLETED URANIUM, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, AND ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.		PSM, HLT, FIN
75	REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL AND PROGRAM AUDIT OF THE HAWAII DISABILITIES RIGHTS CENTER.		HLT/HSH, LMG, FIN
76	REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO CONSIDER AMENDING CURRENT CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES TO SPECIFY WHAT THE FAMILY COURT SHALL CONSIDER WHEN DETERMINING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD.		HSH, JUD, FIN
77	REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON PREDATORY MORTGAGE LENDING IN HAWAII.		CPC, LMG, FIN
78	ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE INTERIM TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.		HSH, LMG, FIN

		SENATE BILLS
			Committee
S.B. NO.			REFERRAL

1350, SD2	RELATING TO HOUSING. Exempts certain lessees from the ten-year buyback and shared appreciation equity restrictions. (SD2)		HSH, JUD
1352, SD2	RELATING TO HOUSING. Clarifies certain amendments to the repealed chapter 201G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that were intended to relate to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation and the programs it administers, by making those amendments to the new chapter 201H, HRS. (SD2)		HSH, FIN
1361, SD1	RELATING TO ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Establishes a formal partnership between the Aloha Tower Development Corporation and the department of transportation - harbors division for the development of Honolulu harbor infrastructure projects on an expedited basis to meet the critical demand for harbor expansion and upgrades. (SD1)		WLH/TRN, FIN
1364, SD1	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CLEANUP. Repeals the sunset date of the Hawaii brownfields revolving loan fund to enable the State to continue to offer low-cost loans to enable eligible borrowers for the cleanup of contaminated properties. (SD1)		EEP, FIN
1365, SD2	RELATING TO THE INNOVATION ECONOMY. Requires the employees' retirement system to consider the allocation of funds for Hawaii venture capital investments, unless it is not prudent to do so; appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii office of technology transfer and economic development to enter into a partnership with a private sector entity. (SD2)		EDB/HED, LAB, FIN
1370, SD1	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Allows the department of budget and finance to assess fees for the administration of special purpose revenue bonds issued. (SD1)		FIN
1372, SD1	RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF FINANCING AGREEMENTS. Allows state departments and agencies to enter directly into financing agreements to finance the construction of facilities and the leasing or purchase of equipment. (SD1)		FIN
1380	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Provides an appropriate, cost-neutral adjustment of the base monthly contributions for retiree benefit plans, in the event the EUTF Board of Trustees adopts a revised rate structure for its retiree benefit plans.		LAB, FIN
1381, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1382, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1383, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 3 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1384, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1385, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 5 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1386, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for unit 6 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1387, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 8 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1388, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1389, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 10 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for the fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1390, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 11 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1391, SD1	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for unit 13 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2007-2009. (SD1)		LAB, FIN
1392, SD2	RELATING TO ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR SECURITIES VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST ELDERS. Adds enhanced civil and administrative penalties for securities violations committed against elders. (SD2)		CPC, JUD
1398, SD1	RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES. Revises the escrow depository law to: (1) clarify which escrow transactions are covered by the statute and which are not; (2) update the statute to adequately reflect the present day size of the transactions routinely handled by the industry; (3) provide for more flexibility in supervising and regulating the industry; and (4) ensure adequate protection for the consumer. Effective July 1, 2059. (SD1)		CPC, JUD
1400, SD2	RELATING TO FINANCIAL ABUSE. Requires financial institutions to report suspected instances of financial abuse directed towards, targeting, or committed against an elder to a local law enforcement agency or the department of human services. (SD2)		HSH, CPC, JUD
1402, SD1	RELATING TO THE LOSS MITIGATION GRANT FUND. Authorizes the release of an unspecified amount from the Loss Mitigation Grant Fund to provide grants for wind resistive devices. (SD1)		CPC, FIN
1408, SD1	RELATING TO INSURANCE LICENSING. Re-establishes the issuance and all services fees applicable to limited line motor vehicle rental company producer's licensee. Requires adjusters and independent bill reviewers' place of business be located where the licensee principally conducts transactions under the license. (SD1)		CPC, FIN
1409	RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE. Establishes a $200,000 maximum annual premium tax paid by captive insurance companies licensed by the DCCA.		CPC, FIN
1410, SD1	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Conforms current statutes to recommendations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) with respect to: (1) long-term care insurance; and (2) the sharing of information with the insurance regulatory agencies of foreign countries. (SD1)		CPC
1412, SD2	RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. Establishes the insurance fraud investigations branch to replace the existing insurance fraud investigations unit to prevent, investigate, and prosecute (both civilly and criminally) insurance fraud relating to all lines of insurance, except workers' compensation insurance. (SD2)		CPC, JUD, FIN
1414, SD2	RELATING TO SENTENCING OF REPEAT OFFENDERS. Specifies that any person committing felony insurance fraud in motor vehicle insurance, private health insurance, mutual benefit health insurance, health maintenance organization health insurance, and worker's compensation insurance lines will be subject to repeat offender increased sentencing guidelines if that person has a pervious conviction for the crime of felony insurance fraud. (SD2)		CPC, JUD
1418, SD1	RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF MORTGAGE RESCUE FRAUD. Requires consultants to provide homeowners with a written contract spelling out the services and give them the right to cancel at any time before the services are actually performed. (SD1)		CPC, JUD
1419, SD1	RELATING TO GASOLINE PRICE GOUGING. Protects consumers from price gouging in the purchase of gasoline during periods of abnormal disruption of the marketplace caused by extraordinary adverse circumstances. (SD1)		EEP, CPC/JUD
1421, SD2	RELATING TO CHAPTER 460, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, OSTEOPATHY. Makes the application requirements for doctors of osteopathy consistent with those for doctors of medicine. Clarifies the osteopathic residency program, and allows the board to accept national osteopathic exams. Makes the requirements for a limited and temporary DO license consistent with that for a limited and temporary MD License. (SD2)		HLT, CPC, JUD
1422, SD1	RELATING TO SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS BY MORTGAGE BROKERS AND SOLICITORS COMMITTED AGAINST ELDERS. Provides additional sanctions for violations by mortgage brokers and solicitors committed against elders. (SD1)		CPC/JUD
1423, SD1	RELATING TO THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY. Provides additional protections for consumers of cemetery or funeral services. Eff 7/1/2050. (SD1)		CPC/JUD
1424	MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER ADVOCACY. Provides emergency appropriations ($500,000) for the DCCA Division of Consumer Advocacy to investigate the power outages that occurred on October 15, 2006 on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.		CPC, FIN
1425, SD2	RELATING TO CONTRACTOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY OR DISASTER. Ensures an adequate supply of licensed contractors is available to perform necessary repairs and reconstruction work during a state of emergency or disaster. (SD2)		PSM, CPC
1426, SD1	RELATING TO THE LOSS MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. Amends the definition of "wind resistive devices" to include residential safe rooms for grant eligibility to encourage the private development of safe rooms. (SD1)		PSM, CPC, FIN
1427, SD1	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY. Establishes the vice-director's salary in alignment with federal equivalent pay levels. (SD1)		PSM/LAB, FIN
1428	RELATING TO VETERANS' SERVICES. Authorizes the Governor, to set the salary of the Director of the Office of Veterans' Services at an amount not exceeding 74% of the salary of the Director of Human Resources Development..		PSM/LAB, FIN
1431, SD2	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR NATURAL DISASTERS. Makes emergency appropriations of $900,000 in general funds to department of defense for FY 2006-2007, to cover operational expenses associated with the October 15, 2006, Kiholo Bay earthquake disaster recovery efforts in the counties of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and the city and county of Honolulu. Makes emergency appropriations of $24,000,000 from the emergency and budget reserve fund to cover the 25% non-federal cost share for earthquake disaster recovery projects made eligible under the Federal Emergency Management Agency public assistance program, for emergency watershed protection projects under the Natural Resources Conservative Service, upgrading State and county warning systems, repairing and improving irrigation water systems and repairing public school facilities, hospitals, and healthcare facilities; provided that any reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be returned to the emergency and budget reserve fund. Funds will also be used for structural and non‑structural earthquake mitigation projects. (SD2)		PSM, FIN
1438, SD2	ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO PLAN FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HAWAII STATEHOOD. Establishes a commission to plan and coordinate the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Hawaii's admission to statehood. Makes appropriation. (SD2)		TAC, FIN
1440, SD1	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Authorizes the department of Hawaiian home lands to prescribe via administrative rules terms, conditions, and restrictions on the transfer of homestead leases. (SD1)		WLH
1441, SD1	RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF CHILD PLACING ORGANIZATIONS, CHILD CARING INSTITUTIONS, FOSTER BOARDING HOMES, AND ADOPTIVE HOMES. Requires foster and adoptive parents to complete a child abuse and neglect clearance as a condition of approval in accordance with federal law. (SD1)		HSH, JUD
1442, SD2	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD ALLOWANCE FOR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH. Increases the time limit for application for a higher education board allowance from 1 year following high school graduation through the age of 21 years old, to provide former foster youth who are between the ages of 22 and 26 years on July 1, 2007, and already attending an institution of higher education the opportunity to apply for a higher education board allowance within a year. Increases the maximum age for the benefit from 21 years to 26 years with a maximum benefit length of 60 months. (SD2)		HSH, FIN
1444, SD1	RELATING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Clarifies the purpose of committing youth to the Hawaii youth correctional facility. (SD1)		HSH, JUD
1447, SD2	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Hawaii public housing authority, to reflect the legislature's intent to codify various Acts into this chapter, and to make other necessary technical amendments. (SD2)		HSH, FIN
1448	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's Board to set the salaries of the Executive Director and the Executive Assistant, subject to the approval of the Governor.		HSH, LAB, FIN
1450, SD1	RELATING TO THE STATE RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM. Broadens participation in the state rent supplement program by removing the statutory limitation on the subsidy amount and increasing the income limits for participation from fifty per cent of area median income to ninety‑five per cent of area median income. (SD1)		HSH, FIN
1454	RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL FACILITIES SPECIAL FUND. Renames the special fund to reflect the current name of the Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA). Requires that all moneys collected by OHCA in the form of fees and fines be deposited into this account. Allows the moneys deposited into the special fund to be used to offset OHCA's operational expenses.		HLT, FIN
1456, SD1	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. Authorizes an emergency appropriation for FY 2006-2007 ($7,542,043) from general funds to the Department of Health, for ongoing services provided by the adult mental health division. (SD1)		HLT, FIN
1457, SD2	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates general fund revenues as an emergency appropriation to enable the Developmental Disabilities Division to meet state-approved target numbers under the current Medicaid home and community-based service. (SD2)		HLT, FIN
1458, SD1	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND INJURY PREVENTION SYSTEM BRANCH. Makes an emergency appropriation of $439,684 in general funds to reimburse costs incurred by the Hawaii Army National Guard or other provider for furnishing helicopter medical transport services on Oahu that were previously provided by the United States Army. (SD1)		HLT, FIN
1459, SD1	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. Makes an emergency appropriation of $4,419,644 in general funds for FY 2006-2007, for early intervention services for infants and children from birth to three years of age with developmental delay or at biological or environmental risk for developmental delay. (SD1)		HLT, FIN
1462	RELATING TO PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL. Eliminates an unnecessary permitting transportation burden on remediation contractors and developers of petroleum-contaminated sites.		EEP
1463	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Increases the expenditure ceiling of the Health Systems special fund to pay for operational costs, and appropriates additional moneys out of the special fund.		HLT, FIN
1481, SD2	RELATING TO INTERVENTION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Establishes a two-year pilot program for screening, brief intervention, and referral to substance abuse treatment facilities. Appropriation. (SD2)		HED, FIN
1484	RELATING TO THE GARNISHMENT OF COMMITTED PERSONS' MONEYS. Authorizes DPS to garnish inmate wages to pay court ordered crime victim compensation fees.		PSM, JUD, FIN
1489, SD2	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY. Provides for the extension of Hawaii paroling authority board members from part-time to full-time work; provides that salaries are to be set by the governor with the guidance of the current executive salary commission report. Appropriates funds for the resulting increase in salary and additional equipment needs. (SD2)		PSM/LAB, FIN
1491, SD1	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Authorizes the use of the controlled substance registration revolving fund to offset costs of investigating violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act including operations of the Narcotic Enforcement Division's forensic drug laboratory. (SD1)		PSM, JUD, FIN
1497, SD2	RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Amends Hawaii's income tax law to conform with changes to the Internal Revenue Code. (SD2)		FIN
1499, SD2	RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. Conforms Hawaii tax law to federal tax law relating to tax administration and criminal tax enforcement. (SD2)		JUD, FIN
1500, SD3	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION COUNTY SURCHARGE IMPLEMENTATION COSTS. Authorizes an emergency appropriation for the costs incurred in administering the county surcharge on state general excise tax. (SD3)		TRN, FIN
1504, SD2	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILING OF TAX RETURNS. Requires that the department of taxation, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall require the electronic, telephonic, or optical filing of tax returns under certain conditions; provides that a service fee shall not be required. (SD2)		FIN
1509, SD1	RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES. Allows the Director of Transportation and highway engineers to use evaluation of traffic demand and traffic volumes to establish occupancy requirements for high occupancy vehicle lanes. (SD1)		TRN
1515, SD2	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Increases fines imposed on users and tenants who violate chapter 266, HRS (harbors), the department's administrative rules, or any lawful command of any harbor master, agent, or district manager. (SD2)		TRN, JUD
1518, SD1	RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Increases fees for court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem in family court cases. Appropriates funds.		JUD, FIN
1520	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Eliminates requirement that arrest citations contain an offender's full social security number. Authorizes verification of arrest citation and traffic crime complaint by declaration in accordance with rules of court.		JUD
1523	RELATING TO DISHONORED PAYMENTS. Increases and standardizes the service charge assessed and collected against dishonored checks and other payments received by the State. Authorizes enforcement by bonded collection agency. Repeals interest on service charge.		FIN
1526, SD2	RELATING TO JUDICIARY. Repeals the authority of the judicial salary commission to determine judiciary administrators' salaries. Establishes salaries for administrative director of the courts and deputy. (SD2)		JUD, LAB, FIN
1527	RELATING TO JURORS AND PROSPECTIVE JURORS. Updates and clarifies definitions. Streamlines and affords greater flexibility to the courts to determine the most efficient and effective procedures for selecting, qualifying, summoning, managing, and compensating prospective jurors and jurors. Repeals obsolete provisions.		JUD
1528	RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Clarifies that all traffic violations subject to the penalty provisions of section 291C‑161, Hawaii Revised Statutes (statewide traffic code; penalties), are treated as civil matters pursuant to chapter 291D (traffic offenses; administrative adjudication).		TRN, JUD
1529, SD2	RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Expands scope of traffic infractions law to include infractions committed by minors. Permits concurrent trials and clarifies requirements. Clarifies citation form requirements. Authorizes use of electronic citations. (SD2)		TRN, JUD
1573	RELATING TO ARSON. Adds recklessness to the state of mind requirement for arson in the fourth degree. Clarifies that 10,000 square feet is only the minimum amount of property damage that is required to trigger special sentencing for arson.		JUD
1585, SD2	RELATING TO HISTORIC SITES. Requires landowner of a potential native Hawaiian historical site on private property to obtain prior approval of the department of land and natural resources before conducting certain activities on the land; specifies procedures; defines "potential native Hawaiian historic site." (SD2)		TAC/WLH, JUD, FIN
1603, SD2	RELATING TO LIABILITY. Extend certain automatic repeal dates of provisions that provide state and county governments liability protection for public use of certain state or county recreational areas; extend statute of limitation for actions against a county for damage or injury. (SD2)		WLH, JUD
1612, SD2	RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Requires the department of health to conduct a greenhouse gas emissions inventory of Hawaii sources and update the 1997 report prepared by the department of business, economic development, and tourism and the department of health entitled "Inventory of Hawaii Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for 1990"; requires reports to the 2008 and 2009 legislature. Appropriates funds for two positions to update the assessment. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to develop plan to mitigate greenhouse emissions. (SD2)		EEP, FIN
1613, SD1	RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.		JUD
1614, SD1	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to implement a new human resource management model for Waianae complex, including Waianae High School and its feeder schools to improve teacher recruitment and licensing. (SD1)		EDN, FIN
1617, SD1	RELATING TO LIMITING CIVIL LIABILITY. Limits the civil liability of property owners to persons injured or killed on premises while committing a class A or B felony or certain violent crimes. Effective July 1, 2059. (SD1)		JUD
1629, SD2	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 a new heart, brain, and spine center on Maui. (SD2)		HLT, FIN
1635, SD1	RELATING TO GRAND JURIES. Shortens the period grand juries and grand jury counsel must serve from 1 year to 6 months. Requires grand jury counsel to be present at grand jury proceedings. Requires grand jury counsel to advise the grand jury whenever the counsel determines it to be appropriate. (SD1)		JUD
1636, SD2	RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Amends definition of "substance abuse on-site screening test" to include tests used for forensic testing as a workplace testing device. Requires that substance abuse testing be conducted according to the manufacturer's package insert, as an alternative to the Food and Drug Administration insert if there is no FDA insert. (SD2)		HLT, LAB, JUD
1639, SD1	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Clarifies provisions relating to inadvertently discovered native Hawaiian burial sites by amending sections 6E-43, 6E-43.5, 6E‑43.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Conforms the treatment of inadvertent native Hawaiian discovered burial sites with the treatment of previously discovered burial sites by the burial councils under the department of land and natural resources. (SD1)		WLH, FIN
1642, SD1	RELATING TO LABOR. Amending section 89-9(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, by clarifying that certain statutory actions shall not be used to invalidate collective bargaining agreements in effect on and after June 30, 2007, and such actions may be included in collective bargaining agreements.		LAB, FIN
1644, SD2	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Establishes two new funds; authorizes the department of land and natural resources to transfer leases at Maunalaha, Oahu, in the event of damage due to adverse acts of nature that occurred between January 1, and April 1, 2006; appropriates unspecified amount for lease transfer costs; appropriates unspecified amount to infrastructure fund; requires report to 2008 legislature. (SD2)		WLH/HSH, FIN
1654, SD1	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Establishes requirements for condominium management dispute resolution. (SD1)		CPC, JUD
1662, SD1	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Amends definitions of "closing", "covered establishment", and "employer". Requires employer to notify employees of divestiture. Imposes penalties for failure to notify employees of business closing. (SD1)		LAB/EDB, JUD, FIN
1672, SD2	RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends medicaid fee schedule to require annual inflation adjustment. Appropriates $ to retroactively adjust for payments made to fee-for-service providers for FY 2001-2002 and the FY 2003-2005 and FY 2005-2007. Changes medicaid fee schedule to 100% of the 2006 medicare fee schedule and appropriates $ . Effective 7/1/2015. (SD2)		HSH/HLT, JUD, FIN
1673, SD1	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Provides equal access to immunosuppressant medication for medicaid patients with HIV, AIDS, or Hepatitis C, or who require immunosuppressives due to organ transplants, regardless of whether they are in the medicaid fee for service or QUEST programs. (SD1)		HSH/HLT, FIN
1674, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Permits a radiologist licensed to practice in another state to provide radiology services by telemedicine while in Hawaii to a patient who is located in the state that the radiologist is licensed to practice radiology. (SD1)		HLT, CPC
1675, SD1	RELATING TO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. Abolishes requirement that automated external defibrillator program be administered by physician to be immune from tort liability under certain circumstances. (SD1)		HLT, JUD
1676, SD2	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Authorizes and funds creation of a captive insurance company by Hawaii health systems corporation to provide medical malpractice and hospital professional and general liability coverage to the corporation. (SD2)		HLT, CPC, FIN
1677, SD1	RELATING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL. Appropriates funds for the development and implementation of an intelligent transportation system architectural plan for Maui which includes a Maui traffic control center. (SD1)		TRN, FIN
1678, SD2	RELATING TO MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT. Requires health care plans to reimburse health care providers 100% of the medicaid or medicare reimbursement rate in effect for the current year and updated for each calendar year thereafter. Appropriates $ . (SD2)		HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN
1688, SD1	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a research and development follow-on funding program for Hawaii‑based small businesses that received federal funding through the Hawaii Technology Development Venture or the National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences; appropriates an unspecified amount to the Hawaii strategic development corporation. (SD1)		EDB, FIN
1689, SD1	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Requires full online disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving state funds. Requires entities receiving state funds for research projects to make a public report of the research available online and to file a hard copy with the department of budget and finance. Appropriates funds to the department of budget and finance. (SD1)		FIN
1697, SD1	RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "CONTRACTOR" UNDER THE CONTRACTOR REPAIR ACT. Clarifies the definition of contractor under the contractor repair Act. (SD1)		CPC, JUD
1702, SD2	RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Requires redemption centers and dealers in high density areas to remain open for at least thirty-five hours per week, permits consumers to request that refund values be computed by container for up to two hundred containers or less, clarifies that redemption centers and dealers may use properly operated and maintained reverse vending machines to satisfy the requirements of the bottle recycling law, and clarifies that both dealers and redemption centers may refuse to pay a refund for nonconforming containers. Allows dealers in the same shopping center to coordinate the operation of a redemption center. Requires the department of health to encourage the facilitation of agreements between shopping center managers or owners, store owners, and dealers to establish redemption centers. (SD2)		EEP, EDB, FIN
1704, SD1	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Adds three new parts to chapter 514A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in order to reenact parts I, V, and VII, of chapter 514A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that were repealed by section 26 of Act 164, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004. Makes clarifying amendments to various provisions of condominium law. (SD1)		CPC
1705, SD2	RELATING TO THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Makes Molokai irrigation system water users advisory board a governing board. Increases number of members of the board. Allows nomination from Molokai homestead stakeholder organizations. Establishes the Molokai irrigation special fund for the purpose of repair and maintenance of the Molokai irrigation system. (SD2)		AGR, FIN
1709, SD1	RELATING TO MOPEDS. Exempts certain three-wheeled mopeds from passenger and seating restrictions on the operation of mopeds. Eff. 7/1/2050. (SD1)		TRN, JUD
1711	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, FIN
1712, SD2	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. Makes an appropriation. (SD2)		TAC, CPC/JUD, FIN
1717, SD1	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST UTILITIES SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist utilities in serving the general public. (SD1)		EDB/EEP, FIN
1718	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR ELECTRICAL GENERATION ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to BlueEarth Maui Biodiesel, LLC, for construction of a biodiesel refinery on Maui.		EEP, FIN
1720, SD1	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST JACOBY DEVELOPMENT, INC., A PROCESSING ENTERPRISE. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for the planning, designing, constructing, and equipping of, and the acquisition of lands for, a plasma municipal solid waste processing system to convert solid wastes into electricity and chemically and biologically inert slag on Oahu. (SD1)		EEP, FIN
1726	RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Provides for joint management of the entire state capitol building and grounds, including parking facilities, by department of accounting and general services and the joint legislative management committee.		LMG, FIN
1728, SD1	RELATING TO A TWO-YEAR HEPATITIS C DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. Appropriates funds to establish a two-year Hepatitis C demonstration project at the Waikiki health center and the west Hawaii community center to provide testing, case management, treatment, surveillance, research, and outcome. (SD1)		HLT, FIN
1750, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows a hospital, including a public health facility, to provide information regarding shaken baby syndrome to the parents of all newborns under its care. (SD1)		HLT
1756, SD1	RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Establishes a state agricultural land protection program for the voluntary acquisition of agricultural easements on lands designated as important agricultural lands. (SD1)		WLH/AGR, FIN
1779	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a two-year statewide task force to evaluate and make recommendations on the State's system responses to cases of child sexual assault and exploitation. Makes appropriations for the task force.		HSH, JUD, FIN
1780, SD2	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Exempts recipients of social service payments from the scope of employment related laws; defines "recipients of social service payments" as it relates to chapters 383, 386, 392, and 393, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD2)		LAB/HSH, FIN
1792, SD3	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Authorizes establishment of regional affiliate corporations under the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. Establishes powers, duties, rights, and obligations of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and regional affiliates. Establishes a regional affiliate corporation for the Maui region. (SD3)		HLT, FIN
1793, SD1	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. Requires super-majority vote on water rates and lease rents. Recuses tenants from voting on water rates and lease rents. (SD1)		EDB, FIN
1802	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Provides an exception to the confidentiality of mental health records and allows disclosure if it is made by the person's healthcare provider to another health care provider for the purpose of continued care or treatment.		HLT, JUD
1803, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Enables small insurers that occupy less than ten 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. (SD1)		HLT, CPC
1804, SD2	RELATING TO THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND. Establishes additional funding mechanisms for the trauma system special fund. Makes appropriations. (SD2)		HLT/TRN, JUD, FIN

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610, SD1	RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE. Makes an appropriation to the department of education to settle pending class action lawsuits brought by part-time and substitute teachers against the department of education of unpaid wages. (SD1)		EDN, JUD, FIN
1117, SD1	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires recipients of state funding for sexual health education to provide medically accurate, factual information that is age-appropriate and includes education on both abstinence and contraception. (SD1)		EDN, HLT, JUD