HREF 01-17-08 1

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		HOUSE BILLS
			Committee
H.B. NO.			REFERRAL

2182	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RESERVOIRS, DAMS, AND DITCH SYSTEMS. Appropriates moneys for a feasibility study on management of dams, reservoirs, and ditch systems. Effective 7/1/08.		WLH, FIN
2183	RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Establishes greenhouse gas emissions reduction benchmarks to be achieved prior to 01/01/20.		EEP, FIN
2184	RELATING TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish, update, and define the self-sufficiency standard.		HSH, EDB, FIN
2185	RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION. Establishes research, development, and review panels for individualized education programs and individualized family service plans. Provides access to qualified individuals in the development of individualized education programs and individualized family service plans.		EDN/HLT, FIN
2186	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Extends the deadline within which to file a request for a due process hearing relating to the education of a child with a disability from ninety days to two years when the request is for reimbursement of costs of a child's placement. Requires the department to adopt rules that provide for the reimbursement of expert witness and other relevant fees and expenses associated with a hearing. Requires the establishment of an appeals board and process wherein a state review officer shall review the decisions of the impartial hearings officers.		EDN, JUD, FIN
2187	RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of toys and child care articles containing certain toxic chemicals and requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives.		HLT, CPC
2188	RELATING TO INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES. Establishes the statewide interfaith steering committee to develop and promote interfaith activities. Appropriates funds for this purpose.		TAC, FIN
2189	RELATING TO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. Provides funding to ensure that public restrooms are consistently well maintained. Appropriation.		WLH/TAC, FIN
2190	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Appropriates funds to the public school system to establish a recycling program and provide recycling bins on every school campus.		EEP, EDN, FIN
2191	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates fund to lower the student to counselor ratio at Hawaii's public middle schools and high schools.		EDN, FIN
2192	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Appropriates funds to the department of education to provide additional resources to support teacher quality.		EDN, FIN
2193	RELATING TO SCHOOL COUNSELORS. Provides funds for the department of education to hire more school counselors for middle and high schools. Appropriation.		EDN, FIN
2194	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD. Appropriates funds for the state commission on fatherhood.		HSH, FIN
2195	RELATING TO AGING. Makes an appropriation to increase funding for kupuna care program administered by the executive office on aging.		HSH, FIN
2196	RELATING TO CAREGIVING. Extends the joint legislative committee on family caregiving; changes the committee's name to the joint legislative committee on aging in place; expands the committee's mandate to include aging in place issues related to family caregiving; requires the aging and disability resource center to report to the committee; requires the joint legislative committee to conduct a cash and counseling project; appropriates funds to the joint legislative committee; allows kupuna care to include overnight, weekend, and emergency respite, as well as provide grants to caregivers and for home modification; appropriates funds to the kupuna care program.		HLT/HSH, LMG, FIN
2197	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit to taxpayer caregivers who care for qualified care recipients.		HLT/HSH, FIN
2198	RELATING TO CAREGIVING. Establishes a task force to focus on the needs of and issues facing grandparents raising grandchildren.		HSH, JUD, FIN
2199	RELATING TO CAREGIVING. Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging to continue its respite inventory project in collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Social Work.		HLT/HSH, FIN
2200	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who make modifications to their home to increase accessibility for individuals with disabilities or special needs.		HLT/HSH, FIN
2201	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Establishes a disaster planning and preparedness consumer advisory board to review existing and develop new policies and plans that address the needs of the elderly and disabled members of the community in the event of a man-made or natural disaster. Makes an appropriation.		HLT/HSH, PSM, FIN
2202	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Excludes from gross income the gain realized by a fee simple owner of industrial and commercial properties from the sale of leased fee to a lessee.		EDB, FIN
2203	RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Makes appropriation to DBEDT to create one staff position to establish and update biannually a self-sufficiency standard for Hawaii.		HSH, EDB, FIN
2204	RELATING TO THE LIABILITY OF A FIREARM OWNER. Removes government entities from definition of firearm owner for purpose of establishing liability.		JUD
2205	RELATING TO THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF RETIREES BY THE STATE OR COUNTIES. Allows the state and county governments to hire retired state or county public employees that are currently receiving public sector pension or retirement benefits.		LAB, FIN
2206	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS. Appropriates federal Reed Act money to the department of labor and industrial relations to assist the State's four local workforce investment boards.		LAB, FIN
2207	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF. Appropriates moneys to maximize available federal reimbursements to assist Hawaii county with earthquake recovery efforts.		PSM, FIN
2208	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the employer contribution share of retirement funds for emergency medical services employees in the county of Hawaii.		HLT, LAB, FIN
2209	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WEST HAWAII HOUSING. Appropriates funds to help with construction of a facility that will provide housing and services for individuals and families that are successfully transitioning through the homeless continuum on the island of Hawaii.		HSH, FIN
2210	RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF VETERANS CEMETERIES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the maintenance of veterans cemeteries in the county of Hawaii.		PSM, FIN
2211	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS. Appropriates funds wastewater projects to comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency standards.		EEP, FIN
2212	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Prohibits a county from enacting any ordinances or adopting any rules regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic that are less restrictive than the regulations established by state law.		PSM, JUD
2213	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WELLS. Appropriates funds for exploration and production of wells at Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, reduced by moneys appropriated under this Act if moneys made available under Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, are encumbered prior to the effective date of this Act.		WLH, FIN
2214	RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY. Clarifies county immunity in operating county parks by deleting exclusion of public beach parks from the definition of "improved public lands".		WLH, JUD