OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 6
5th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 23, 2008
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business Concerns |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HLT - Health |
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HSH - Human Services & Housing |
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INT - International Affairs |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PSM - Public Safety & Military Affairs |
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TAC - Tourism & Culture |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLH - Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs |
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HOUSE BILLS |
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H.B. NO. |
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Excludes services for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership from the definition of "employment" if the person performing services has a fifty per cent or higher transferable interest in the limited liability company or limited liability partnership.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Amends workers' compensation law to require that, as part of the process for returning an injured worker to suitable gainful employment, a vocational rehabilitation provider examine the feasibility of modified or other work at the employee's same employer.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Requires community and condominium associations and cooperatives to adopt rules regarding the placement of clotheslines by 12/31/09. Requires community and condominium associations and cooperatives to enforce rules regarding placement of clotheslines on 01/01/10, and thereafter.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INTERNET. Creates a cyber safety pilot project in the department of the attorney general aimed to protect school children by educating students, teachers, and parents about how to avoid dangers on the Internet.
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JUD, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL YOUTH CENTER. Establishes a global youth center under the University of Hawaii.
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HED/INT |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires electric utilities to create an optional pricing program based on a percentage of renewable energy sources used to generate electricity. Increases the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators. Establishes a transferable ownership interest in excess electricity credits. Increases the maximum capacity of an eligible customer-generator. Directs the public utilities commission to hire a consultant to perform a review of solar electric generation in the State. Clarifies that development of solar electric resources are an acceptable use of category C and D agricultural lands. Clarifies that persons who generate electricity from renewable sources for their own consumption are not public utilities.
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT LIABILITY. Authorizes the superintendent of education to agree to indemnify the counties whenever the department of education uses county facilities for the purpose of interscholastic athletic activities.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL EDUCATION. Establishes a public financial education and asset building task force; makes an appropriation.
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HSH, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Establishes a blue ribbon committee to plan the reorganization of the city and county of Honolulu into two separate counties; appropriates funds to cover the committee's administrative expenses.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Allows the designation of important agricultural lands by concurrent resolution of the legislature.
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WLH/AGR, LMG/JUD |
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RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Establishes statutory provisions on and appropriates funds for the department of agriculture's biosecurity program.
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AGR, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Makes solar energy facilities a permitted use in the agricultural district on class D or E land.
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EEP, WLH/AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Permits the use of lands in agricultural land use districts to be used for agricultural-energy facilities provided that the primary activity of the agricultural-energy enterprise is agricultural activity.
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EEP, WLH/AGR |
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RELATING TO LIGHTING. Phases-out and bans the use of lighting products with lead and high mercury content; establishes a statewide lighting efficiency standard for general purpose lights; directs the Department of Health to develop a statewide recycling program for recycling mercury-containing compact florescent bulbs.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes a renewable energy facilitator position with DBEDT.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO REORGANIZATION OF STATE AGENCIES. Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on Hawaii's most effective and efficient options to reorganize state agencies tasked with issues relating to energy and environmental protection.
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EEP, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION. Appropriates funds to establish two positions to support the implementation of Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Requires retail dealers with more than 75,000 square feet of retail space to operate redemption centers. Effective 10/1/08.
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING. Establishes a state program for collection, recycling, enforcement, and monitoring of covered electronic devices; establishes program funding through the electronic device recycling fund.
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EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Provides appropriation to auditor to contract with the UH for a study to modernize Hawaii's EIS process.
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EEP, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE. Provides qualified rental assistance applicants up to six months to find a qualified rental dwelling.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates $500,000 to assist developers in contracting for third party review and certification to expedite the processing and issuance of building permits for affordable housing projects, including the performance of inspections.
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HSH, FIN |
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AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DWELLING UNIT REVOLVING FUND. Appropriates $30,000,000 into the dwelling unit revolving fund.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Extends the sunset date for the allocation of 50% of the conveyance tax to the rental housing trust fund from 6/30/08 to 6/30/13.
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HSH, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO KUKUI GARDENS. Appropriates $26,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finalize the sale of the Kukui Gardens housing project.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Authorizes issue of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the joint biosecurity inspection facilities at Honolulu international airport and Honolulu harbor.
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Prohibits the sale of plants designated as restricted plants or noxious weeds.
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AGR, EEP |
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RELATING TO LAND CONSERVATION. Provides a tax credit to encourage the preservation and protection of conservation land in the State.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes the Hawaii Health Corps Program to provide student loans and physician and dentist stipends, and makes the enterprise zone business tax credit and general excise tax exemption available to physicians and dentists who practice in those enterprise zones. Requires participants in the Hawaii Health Corps Program to serve as first responders in times of civil defense or other emergencies declared by the governor.
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RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. Amends the temporary disability insurance law to permit an eligible employee to collect up to 4 weeks of temporary disability insurance benefit payments to care for a family member with a qualifying disability. Effective 07/01/09.
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HLT/HSH, LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires 1% of general revenues to be annually deposited into a special account for the repair and maintenance of University of Hawaii facilities.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Allows county land use decision-making authority to reclassify lands not more than fifty acres. Allows for the consolidation of the boundary amendment process with county proceedings to amend land use maps contained in county plans.
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RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Amends Land Use Commission decision-making criteria to include the County General Plan and plans adopted pursuant to the general plan.
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WLH |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Statewide Transportation Council to comply with county transportation and general plans, to the extent it does not impact federal funds, in the preparation of the statewide transportation plan for projected transportation needs for a six-year period.
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TRN, WLH |
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RELATING TO HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to incorporate smart growth principles in community plan rules.
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WLH |
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RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN. Adds as an objective in the State Plan that land development shall be in compliance with smart growth principles.
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WLH |
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RELATING TO SMART GROWTH. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish a system of greenways and trails. Requires the Office of Planning to coordinate smart growth planning.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVING AFTER THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. Requires the use of a vehicle ignition interlock device following administrative or criminal revocation or suspension of a driver's license for driving after the consumption of alcohol.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Establishes State policies on dealing with tainted foods that are processed for consumption by humans and pet animals.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires the narcotics enforcement division of the department of public safety to maintain an electronic purchase logbook for sales of pseudoephedrine and related substances.
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HLT, PSM, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE WEST MAUI TRANSPORTATION ACCESS PLAN. Creates an informal, temporary West Maui transportation access plan working group to develop a West Maui transportation access plan. Allows hiring of a consultant without regard to the Hawaii procurement code to develop the plan. Appropriates funds.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-SCHOOL HOUR PROGRAMS. Appropriates TANF funds for non-school hour programs to be expended by the DOE, OYS, and the counties.
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EDN, HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO VACCINATIONS. Provides free influenza vaccinations to students statewide to reduce mortality. Requires consent forms. Requires department of health to seek federal funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Appropriates funds to department of health for FY 2008-2009. Repealed 06/30/09.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires 4% of all county fees collected for building, construction, or development-related permits to be deposited into the Hawaii historic preservation special fund.
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WLH, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF HEIAU. Requires the department of land and natural resources to consult with the office of Hawaiian affairs on issues relating to heiau. Establishes procedures for inadvertent discovery of heiau. Authorizes the office of Hawaiian affairs to designate caretaker for heiau.
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RELATING TO STATE HERITAGE. Establishes the Hawaii heritage task force and Hawaii heritage list to recognize and protect the sites and buildings most important to Hawaii's history and rich culture.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Directs a portion of transient accommodation tax moneys to the Hawai`i Preservation Fund.
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WLH, TAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS. Directs the department of transportation to adopt rules that require motor vehicles registered in the State to emit an omni-directional sound that may be easily heard by visually impaired persons.
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TRN, HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO WORKPLACE TRAINING. Requires the department of public safety to develop a curriculum on ethnic and cultural diversity in the workplace and its implications on working with offenders and their families.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an income tax and general excise tax exemption for companies that provide potable water and are exempt under section 501(c)(12) of the IRC and collect at least 85% of its income from members for the sole purpose of meeting losses and expenses.
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WLH, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HOSPITAL-BASED DENTISTRY SERVICES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for hospital dentistry in the county of Hawaii.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT KONA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. Appropriates $2,177,500 the 1st year in a 3-year family practice residency program based at Kona Community Hospital on the island of Hawaii.
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HLT, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SHOOTING RANGE IN WEST HAWAII ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to plan, design, and construct a shooting range in west Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
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PSM/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Provides parameters for conducting medical examinations when determining permanent partial disability in workers compensation cases.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Provides that an independent physician be selected to conduct medical examinations in cases where major and elective surgery, or either, is contemplated or in cases where an employee or employer are dissatisfied with the medical progress.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MAUI OFFICE OF VETERANS' SERVICES. Appropriates funds for personnel, furniture and equipment, and renovations and addition of employee lunch room for Maui office of veterans' services.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Maui Preparatory Academy.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Redefines affordable housing income limits for the purposes of chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHERS. Provides an annual apportionment of funds from the general excise tax to all public school teachers for reimbursement of classroom out-of-pocket expenses
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Increases the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators. Increases the maximum capacity of an eligible customer-generator. Requires the public utilities commission to adopt rules that incorporate best practices interconnection standards.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study on various homeless solutions.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop a model ordinance for renewable energy projects for adoption by the counties. Appropriates funds to develop the model ordinance.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS. Changes the method used to record the daily transactions of pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers, from a manual system to an electronic system.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Permits small wind energy systems in all land use districts where structures of any sort are allowed except for the conservation district unless permitted by the department of land and natural resources.
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EEP, WLH |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL. Makes appropriation for expenses of the Hawaii wing, civil air patrol.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Appropriates funds for school-based substance abuse programs and for therapeutic living programs.
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HSH/HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EVIDENCE. Protects the disclosure of sources for journalists and newscasters. Establishes an exception.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Authorizes department of human services to conduct unannounced visits to inspect a parental home within 3 to 6 months of the return of a child against whom a household member of the parental home has committed a misdemeanor or felony offense relating to child abuse or neglect or has been adjudicated of conduct that would constitute such an offense.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT. Updates Uniform Unclaimed Property Act by replacing existing 1981 version of the Act with 1995 version.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Requires license revocation for a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 10 years for driver who is determined to have committed 5 or more traffic infractions relating to traffic movement and control arising out of separate incidents within the preceding 5-year period. Effective 1/1/09.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Hawaii charter school facilities fund for funding the repair, maintenance, and other facilities needs of charter schools. Establishes a tax credit for certain individuals who make contributions to charter school repairs, maintenance, or development. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii charter school facilities fund.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Establishes the goal of reducing the amount of solid waste entering the State's waste stream by 75%.
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EEP, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Imposes fines for spectators at events where animals are caused to fight with each other.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSES OF MINORS CONVICTED OF PROPERTY CRIMES. Requires court to suspend a license of a minor who has been convicted of criminal property damage for a period of 6 months.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. Clarifies licensure requirements for adult residential care homes.
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONS. Repeals sunset provisions for Chapter 453D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to mental health counselors.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Funds a study to assess the structural integrity of each hospital and nursing home facility to determine their ability to withstand hurricanes and earthquakes. Makes appropriation.
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HLT, PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Requires the Attorney General to appoint an independent auditor to conduct a financial and operational audit of mutual benefit societies established in Hawaii prior to 1950.
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Establishes the psychiatric health services pilot project which enables psychiatrists to collaborate with primary care physicians at federally qualified health centers for psychiatric care to patients. Makes appropriation. Repealed 6/30/11.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. Limits noneconomic damages that may be recovered in medical tort actions. Limits the amount of attorney's fees that may be collected in connection with a medical tort action. Amends the definition of "health care provider" and "medical tort". Sunsets on the earlier of the date on which an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps, or July 1, 2015.
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RELATING TO STUDENT HEALTH. Requires each student to have a vision evaluation done by an ophthalmologist, physician, optometrist, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse 6 months before entering the beginning grade of any school in the State, at parents' cost. Gives parents right to refuse examination.
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HLT, EDN |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Ensures that psychiatrists are reimbursed on all medicare codes for the provision of medical services to patients at a rate not less than one hundred per cent of the medicare reimbursement amount that is in effect for the current year and updated for each calendar year. Establishes a $30 differential for reimbursements to psychiatrists practicing on the neighbor islands.
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RELATING TO WORKERS COMPENSATION. Increases workers compensation fee schedule from one hundred ten to one hundred twenty percent.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR SPORTS COMPLEX. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to condemn land to build a motor sports facility.
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TAC, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Clarifies definitions related to language access. Requires certain entities to file a language access plan and appoint a language access coordinator. Expands the language access advisory council from 11 to 15 members.
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LAB, HSH, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Appropriates federal funds for community-based dental health clinics.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires director of transportation to develop a contingency plan to maintain transportation access along Hana highway, including its many bridges, on the island of Maui in the event of catastrophic events such as earthquakes, landslides, or flooding. Report to legislature. Appropriates $ .
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. Requires developments of 100 units or more to dedicate land for public access by right-of-way or easement. Requires each county to adopt public access signage guidelines.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO CARE HOME REPAIR AND RENOVATION LOAN GUARANTEE. Creates an adult residential care home and long-term care facility repair and renovation loan guarantee office to administer a program to guarantee loans to owners of homes or facilities to be repaired or renovated. Appropriates $ .
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Prohibits the exclusion of otherwise qualified farmers from state agricultural loan programs who farm land under the jurisdiction of the department of Hawaiian homes. Requires the department of agriculture to provide equal access to all programs administered by the department by all farmers, including farmers on Hawaiian home lands.
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Provides special license plates for motor vehicles registered to long-term care facilities to allow such vehicles to be used to park in handicapped stalls while transporting disabled patients under the facility's care.
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires competitive bidding on small purchases of construction contracts for drilling and soil testing.
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Denies the University of Hawaii the use of the deliberative process privilege in closing an agency meeting to the public. Specifies that the deliberative process privilege does not cover meetings related to the budget of the University of Hawaii. Requires the University of Hawaii to disclose beforehand the range of proposed compensation to executives, including head athletic coaches. Extends annual salary reporting requirement to include salaries of head athletic coaches.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Directs the University of Hawaii to compile an inventory of all real estate holdings that the university controls. Establishes a priority list of lands available for development for university or non-university purposes.
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RELATING TO GRADUATE LOAN PROGRAMS. Establishes a graduate school loan program and corresponding special fund for qualified individuals in the areas of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, and school psychology. Provides for a loan forgiveness schedule for individuals who maintain approved employment. Appropriates funds for the program.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. Appropriates funds for mental health and campus security services within the University of Hawaii system.
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HED, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH CREATIVITY ACADEMIES. Appropriates funds to establish a digital media pilot program to enhance and expand the scope of the Hawaii excellence through science and technology academies for the University of Hawaii community colleges and the department of education.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Grants resident status to veterans for tuition purposes at the University of Hawaii system.
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RELATING TO SCRAP METAL. Requires scrap dealers to pay sellers of scrap only by check, issued no sooner than 5 days after the purchase, mailed to the seller. Requires the canceled check to be retained for 2 years and made available for inspection.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Adopts the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. Establishes a sustainability council to coordinate, implement, measure, and evaluate the progress of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan and activities. Appropriates funds to the sustainability council.
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RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES. Requires retailers to pay out in cash the balance of any gift card worth less than $5, if requested by the consumer.
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RELATING TO MAIL SOLICITATION. Requires department of commerce and consumer affairs to establish a state "Do-not-mail" registry. Provides that sending mail to Hawaii residents soliciting the sale of consumer goods or services is prohibited if the recipient's address has been added to the "Do-not-mail" registry. Requires department of commerce and consumer affairs to work with postal authorities and private entities to ensure that persons on registry do not receive unwanted solicitations.
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RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION. Appropriates funds for drought mitigation projects in each county of the state.
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AGR/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Authorizes general obligation bond funds to be deposited into the irrigation repair and maintenance special fund for repair and maintenance of certain irrigation systems, and for additional personnel to improve irrigation system management.
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AGR/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ETHANOL FACILITY TAX CREDIT. Caps the total annual amount of ethanol facility tax credits allowed at $8,000,000 between 01/01/08 to 12/31/12.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Permits the special court trustee to recommend that $100 be assessed against a parent who interferes with visitation by failing to keep a scheduled visit without timely notifying the other parent of cancelation or by failing to reschedule a canceled visit within a reasonable time. Fees are to be deposited into the parent education special fund.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds to modernize Hawaii's schools and classrooms with such items and services as textbooks, supplies, equipment, computers, software licenses, and services.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires the HHFDC to focus on developing affordable housing in urban cores.
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RELATING TO A NEW STADIUM AT KAPOLEI. Requires department of accounting and general services, prior to the convening of the 2009 and 2010 regular sessions, to submit preliminary and final plans to the legislature to demolish Aloha Stadium and build low- and moderate-income housing on the site and identify a new location and build a new stadium in Kapolei.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Defines the active practice requirement for member of the board of public accountancy to mean 1,000 hours of practice in the prior calendar year.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Clarifies who is subject to administrative fines for violations relating to campaign contributions and expenditures. Provides for deposit of collected fines into the state general fund.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Doubles the amount a candidate can transfer from campaign or surplus funds to a community or charitable organization.
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JUD |
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AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STEVENSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Appropriates funds for Stevenson middle school to construct a building to house administrative and support offices and multipurpose educational facilities, and plan and design a multipurpose recreational facility.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Establishes the Hawaii geological survey within the department of land and natural resources.
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RELATING TO THE ARMED SERVICES. Provides an exemption of vehicle taxes and registration fees for members of the National Guard and Reserves.
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Directs the department of land and natural resources to petition Hawaii county to restrict the use of certain lands along the North Kohala coastline in Hawaii county within the agricultural district to prevent low density residential or any other development.
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Directs the office of planning to petition the land use commission to reclassify certain lands along the North Kohala coastline in Hawaii county from the agricultural district to the conservation district.
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RELATING TO PRISONS. Creates separate forensic treatment facilities within all community correctional centers. Ends practice of housing mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement and with general prison population.
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION. Establishes an inmate conservation corps program within the department of land and natural resources. Authorizes the department to enter into agreements with other state or federal agencies to implement the program. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD. Increases uniform maintenance allowance from $1.50 to $10 per day, not to exceed $150 per year.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Establishes standards and conditions for the receipt of funds appropriated to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History.
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST. Short form effectuates the title of this Act.
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RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. Short form effectuates the title of this Act.
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RELATING TO ISLAND PACIFIC ACADEMY. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds up to $30,000,000 for planning and construction of educational facilities by Island Pacific Academy.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits possession of tobacco products by any person under age 18. Requires department of health to adopt penalties. Makes appropriation to DOH for youth smoking educational program.
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EDB, JUD |
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RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Prohibits texting using electronic wireless communication device while driving.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides that high occupancy vehicle lanes may be used by hybrid vehicles.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Establishes that the motor vehicle owner is responsible for paying outstanding parking citations even after transferring ownership of the vehicle. Establishes that unpaid parking citations shall not prevent the transfer of ownership and re‑registration of the vehicle.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts medical care services, long-term care services, and non-prescription drugs from general excise tax liability.
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RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. Provides a tax credit to taxpayer caregivers who care for qualified care recipients.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Mandates the Employee Retirement System to divest itself from companies that operate in countries that support terrorist activities.
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Increases incentives to install solar energy systems.
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EEP, HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Increases incentives to photovoltaic energy systems.
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EEP, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL LEARNING MISSIONS. Provides a tax credit for sponsorship of children that undertake international learning missions.
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INT, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF APRIL 19 AS "HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL DAY". Establishes April 19 of each year as Hawaiian Monk Seal Day in Hawaii.
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RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL AS THE STATE MAMMAL OF HAWAI`I. Designates the Hawaiian Monk Seal as the state mammal.
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WLH, TAC |
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RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF TAXES ON FOOD. Repeals taxes on food
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases food tax credit established by Act 211, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to repair public housing and to construct a permanent facility for the homeless.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to the rental housing trust fund to finance development of affordable rentals through public-private partnerships.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TORTS. Limits non-economic damages in medical tort actions contingent on compliance with premium rate caps by insurers providing professional liability insurance in Hawaii. Sunsets on the earlier of the date on which an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps, or July 1, 2015.
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RELATING TO THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE FACILITIES. Creates a system to build in future repair and maintenance costs into current budgeting.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Increases incentives for renewable energy
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Amends definition of renewable electric energy.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Provides for the organization of renewable energy cooperatives to generate, transmit, and sell electricity to their membership. Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to finance costs related to constructing, upgrading, and acquiring transmission facilities. Exempts cooperatives from Public Utilities Commission regulation, except for interconnection agreements.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITY ZONES. Requires director of business, economic development, and tourism, in consultation with advisory committee, to designate renewable energy opportunity zones, and determine types of energy generation for a zone, number of zones, and period of zones, and to perform required EIS for zones and expedite issuance of county permits.
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EEP, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Repeals automatic fuel rate adjustment clause.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Increases penalties for certain traffic infractions and driving under the influence.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO VEHICLE IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEMS. Establishes an ignition interlock program.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SAFETY. Mandates that internet service providers and computer technicians report incidents of child pornography discovered during their course of business. Provides civil immunity for good faith disclosure to law enforcement authorities.
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EDB, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds to charter schools for facilities. Gives charter schools first right to use underutilized or vacant state buildings.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Eliminates limit on charter schools.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Increases the number of Hawaii teacher standards board members from thirteen to fifteen by adding a representative for charter schools and an additional representative for independent schools.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Conditions appropriation to assist with transitional funding for weighted student formula on matching funds from department budget to assist small schools in maintaining financial sustainability. Imposes additional financial accountability measures upon the department.
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EDN, FIN |
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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.
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EDN, FIN |
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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: is guilty of disorderly conduct; interferes with an orderly educational process; threatens, abuses, or intimidates a school employee; willfully disobeys a school employee; or uses abusive or profane language directed at a school employee.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Increases time period for restriction on post-employment lobbying of former legislators and state employees
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RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. Reduces the value of a gift that must be reported by a legislator or government employee, spouse or dependent child of a legislator or government employee from $200 to $100.
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RELATING TO GRANTS-IN-AID. Changes current grants-in-aid for social services process to a community planning and delivery process.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO INCREASING THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD. Increases the renewable portfolio standard.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Expands prohibition of campaign donations from persons who hold contracts with the government to include contractors who are recipients of grants or subsidies awarded under chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Extends prohibition period to begin at submission of a bid for a contract or application for a grant.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the election fund contribution amount on state income tax returns from $2 to $5 for campaign spending purposes.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides for cost of living adjustments for state tax rates, amounts, deductions, and exemptions.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. Provides for a state earned income tax credit.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSITION. Directs that once there is sufficient solid waste to run a county's resource recovery facility, that a county may no longer control where excess solid waste is disposed of.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Adds reciprocal beneficiaries to the definition of "immediate family" for laws related to campaign contributions.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TENANT SCREENING AGENCIES. Regulates tenant screening agencies.
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HSH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO YOUTH PROGRAMS. Makes appropriation for the Palolo at-risk youth outreach program.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Repeals prohibition of indirect campaign contributions by government contractors during life of contract. Authorizes contractors to establish noncandidate committees for the purpose of making campaign contributions.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ATHLETICS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds for an athletic director at Anuenue School; equipment, supplies, and transportation for school athletic programs; and athletic programs for females.
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds in a total amount not to exceed $38,000,000 to assist Hui Mana ‘Oma‘o to establish facilities to convert potential renewable energy resources into electrical energy for public consumption.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Exempts new multi-family housing condominium developments of fifty units of more from certain state and county affordable housing requirements.
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WLH/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCIES. Clarifies when the governor may exercise emergency powers.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Clarifies the use of the governor's emergency powers. Clarifies that the governor shall not utilize the power to suspend laws authorized under the Civil Defense and Emergency Act when the State is attacked for purposes of noncivil defense situations unless there is a tangible and measureable threat to the people or environment of the State. Establishes that certain provisions of the State's disaster relief chapter are operative and supersede provisions of the Civil Defense and Emergency Act in times when an emergency arises that is not considered a civil defense emergency. States that any emergency powers in force prior to the effective date of this measure expire at the end of the 2008 regular session unless reauthorized by the legislature.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Authorizes the Hawaii public housing authority to include as part of a request for proposals for the construction or renovation of a public housing project a price preference or scoring bonus for a person who proposes to concurrently redevelop adjacent real property.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DONATION TAX CREDIT. Establishes an affordable rental housing donation tax credit.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Requires at least 50% of the dwelling units in a homestead project developed on Hawaiian home lands to be affordable to families with incomes of not more than a certain percentage of the relevant area median income.
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WLH/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Makes the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation responsible for issuing special purpose revenue bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Requires only grants to be made from the rental housing trust fund as equity gap financing. Repeals the sunset date on the transfer of part of the conveyance tax proceeds to the rental housing trust fund. Transfers the private activity bond volume cap entirely to the State.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Designates lesser impact renewable energy facilities as permitted uses in state agricultural and conservation districts.
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EEP, WLH/AGR |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Permits additional renewable energy facilities on certain land within an agricultural district.
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WLH/AGR/EEP |
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RELATING TO A KAKAAKO MAKAI PARKING STRUCTURE. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for planning the construction of a centralized parking structure in the makai area of Kakaako in the city and county of Honolulu.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKING. Clarifies that comptroller has authority over "parking facilities within the comptroller's jurisdiction". Repeals cap on allowable balance in the state parking revolving fund. Requires state officials' and employees' parking fees to be adjusted annually in accordance with collective bargaining wage adjustments.
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WLH/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Affords drug testing protections for public employees holding medical marijuana registration certificates.
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LAB, HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Increases the amount of medical marijuana a qualifying patient may possess to the number of marijuana plants capable of being cultivated in a ten foot by ten foot garden area and forty-eight ounces of dried useable marijuana.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Authorizes the use of a written certification or its equivalent issued by another state government to permit the medical use of marijuana by a qualifying patient in place of a certificate provided by the Department of Public Safety.
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HLT, PSM/JUD |
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes the possession of not more than one ounce of marijuana by a person twenty-one years of age or older.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Directs state and county law enforcement officers to make investigation, citation, and arrest for private adult marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes the establishment of a secure growing facility for the production of medical marijuana for not more than fourteen qualified patients.
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HLT, PSM, JUD |
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RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY. Creates state lottery and state lottery commission. Deposits certain amounts of revenues into the education construction fund and student achievement fund for certain periods of time. Creates the 2 funds to be administered by the department of education.
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JUD, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOOD. Bans the use of the artificial sweetener aspartame in food products.
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HLT, EDB/CPC |
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RELATING TO SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES. Prohibits rental motor vehicle lessors from leasing out sports utility vehicles.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Prevents school from refusing a child to attend school if parent declines to administer psychotropic medication. Makes all vaccinations in the State non-compulsory but only recommended unless there is danger of an epidemic from any communicable disease. Allows exemptions from vaccinations on any grounds.
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EDN, HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO IMMUNIZATIONS. Makes all vaccinations in the State non-compulsory but only recommended unless there is danger of an epidemic from any communicable disease. Allows exemptions from vaccinations on any grounds.
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EDN, HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Establishes a five-year moratorium on the development of agricultural lands located in the State for which general planning has not commenced. Creates a sunset date of 6/30/2013.
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WLH/AGR |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Directs the department of public safety and the office of planning to plan and design the construction and operation of a new minimum security facility at the site of the existing Oahu community correctional facility.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. Amends the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of rules to conform to federal law.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Requires the department of land and natural resources to: review each rule adopted after 01/1/08, concerning the protection and propagation of certain aquatic life or the conservation and allocation of the natural supply of aquatic life; determine whether the rule has achieved its intended purpose; and submit a report. Sunsets on 12/31/20.
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WLH, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, the Auditor, the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the Ombudsman.
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FIN |
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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.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO DECRIMINALIZATION OF MINOR OFFENSES PURSUANT TO ACT 124, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2005. Decriminalizes minor offenses outside the Penal Code pursuant to Act 124, SLH 2005.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS: MAKING VARIOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, AND CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to condominiums for the purpose of correcting errors and references, and clarifying language.
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CPC/JUD |
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MAKING VARIOUS HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENTS TO VOLUME 11 OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, AND CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. Amends various provisions of volume 11 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes for the purpose of correcting errors and references, and clarifying language.
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CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. Amends certain statutory provisions to facilitate the judicial selection commission's independent status. Appropriates funds.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. Appropriates funds for the judicial selection commission.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. Permits the judicial selection commission to employ, exempt from chapters 76 and 89, employees as the commission deems necessary to carry out its functions.
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JUD, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF THE JUDICIARY HISTORY CENTER. Reduces the number of candidates nominated by the friends of the judiciary history center to the center's executive board.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT. Authorizes the intermediate appellate court to subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses and compel the production of books, papers, documents, or tangible things. Authorizes any intermediate court of appeals judge to administer oaths.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL AND GUARDIANS AD LITEM IN FAMILY COURT. Clarifies compensation rates for court-appointed attorneys and Guardians Ad Litem in family court.
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE. Clarifies applicability of probate laws to payable-on-death accounts and requirements for providing copies and notice of supplementary inventory or appraisement. Allows courts to modify kokua kanawai duties and service requirements for orders appointing a guardian or conservator. Authorizes disclosure of kokua kanawai reports and professional evaluations to certain parties.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2008-2009.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS SETTLEMENT. Resolves claims and disputes relating to the portion of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust for use by the office of Hawaiian affairs between 11/7/1978 and 7/1/2008; fixes prospectively the minimum amount of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust that are to be paid to the office of Hawaii affairs at $15,100,000 each fiscal year. Effective 07/01/08.
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WLH/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Authorizes the office of Hawaiian affairs to develop housing projects that will be exempt from county ordinances and rules relating to planning, districting, zoning, and construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the construction of units thereon, provided that certain conditions are met.
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WLH/HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Clarifies that OHA may create limited liability companies and other entities to and to engage in other transactions.
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WLH, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HA`IKU VALLEY. Establishes the Ha‘iku Valley cultural preserve commission to have policy and management oversight of the Ha‘iku Valley cultural preserve.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for teaching positions at schools with Hawaiian language immersion programs, where supplemental teaching positions are most needed.
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WLH, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. Establishes a student loan forgiveness program to provide health care to underserved areas of the State.
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HED/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Establishes a grandparent preference for out-of-home placement of children needing child protective services.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Permits a child's grandparent to participate as a party at certain child protective hearings.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO BIODIVERSITY. Protects the biological diversity on state lands even if they are leased or sold.
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WLH, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF RETIREES. Allows a county to hire retired state or county government employees without restriction as to length of employment or number of hours worked per week.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Permit the department of health to distribute excess moneys in the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to the counties to support the establishment and maintenance of recycling programs.
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EEP, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. Appropriates funds to the city and county of Honolulu for the development of a data encryption system.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHAPTER 853, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Adds street solicitation of prostitution to the offenses for which a defendant may not seek deferred acceptance of a guilty or no contest plea.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ARSON. Specifies the firefighting costs that a defendant convicted of arson may be requires to reimburse.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Prohibits sale of cigarettes in Hawaii that are not reduced ignition propensity "fire-safe" beginning 07/01/09. Sets civil fines and requires state fire council to adopt rules to enforce law.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER FIREWORKS. Imposes a total ban on consumer fireworks except for permitted religious or cultural purposes.
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TAC, JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Prohibits the sale or use of consumer fireworks on the Fourth of July in counties with populations over 500,000.
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TAC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Establishes 2 full-time equivalency positions for the state fire council, an administrator and an administrative assistant, to be funded by the department of labor and industrial relations.
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PSM/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Authorizes the respective county councils to enact more stringent fireworks laws than those imposed by state fireworks law, chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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TAC, JUD |
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RELATING TO A FIRE SPRINKLER TAX DEDUCTION. Provides an income tax deduction to residential unit owner occupants for qualifying costs of installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system installed after 12/31/08.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Redefines "display fireworks" to include display fireworks designated as UN0334 by the United States Department of Transportation. Eliminates permits for acts that are generally prohibited. Authorizes the setting off of fireworks within 500 feet of a hotel if done by permit. Prohibits minors from selling fireworks.
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TAC, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to conduct a feasibility study for a Hawaii state public safety and emergency response training facility to respond to natural and manmade disasters.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS. Qualifies a candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney to qualify for partial public campaign financing if the candidate does not exceed the respective campaign expenditure limit.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Prohibits, without the contributor's written consent, contributions to be used for any purpose, including for an election for another state or county office, other than for the office sought by the candidate at the time the contribution is received.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Clarifies campaign spending law relating to electronic filing of reports.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING. Makes various amendments to the campaign financing law.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires all health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide mandatory coverage for all policyholders, member, subscribers, and individuals under age 21 for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders beginning 1/1/2009.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE. Adopts multi-state compact for election of President of the United States by national popular vote.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO BURGLARY. Creates a new offense of burglary in the first degree involving a dangerous instrument. Defines "dangerous instrument".
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JUD |
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RELATING TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD MEETINGS. Prescribes the procedure to be followed at certain neighborhood board meetings, such as the information that may be included in the written public notice, the information that the board may receive on a matter, and the deliberation and decision‑making process.
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JUD |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR KALANIHUIA ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT. Appropriates funds for Kalanihuia elderly housing project.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Increases the reserved housing requirement for a planned development on a lot of at least one acre in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area.
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WLH/HSH |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Prohibits public housing policies that deny rent supplement benefits based on the number of persons sharing a bedroom in an apartment or whether tenants reside in Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidized housing. Assesses a graduated anti-speculation tax on the capital gains realized on real property held for less than 24 months before sold. Provides lessees under a long-term residential lease the right to purchase the fee simple title to the leased land. Directs the HPHA to expand the eligibility requirements for the family self-sufficiency program and appropriates funds therefor.
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HSH, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA. Authorizes the department of labor and industrial relations to implement and operate media production training programs. Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to allow a tax credit on fifty per cent of wages paid to below-the-line crew who are Hawaii residents that meet certain training and certification requirements.
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TAC, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Appropriates funds for the contract hiring of at least three full‑time security officers at Mayor Wright homes public housing complex.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS BILL OF RIGHTS. Establishes the small business bill of rights. Requires the ombudsman to investigate complaints of violations of the small business bill of rights.
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EDB, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the planning and design of a reservoir in Upcountry Maui to serve both agricultural and residential water needs.
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WLH/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Exempts, from the purview of the Public Utilities Commission, any person who controls, operates, or manages irrigation facilities for transmitting nonpotable water for private, nondomestic use.
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WLH, CPC |
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RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Qualifies agricultural businesses for enterprise zones and allows them to receive benefits in case of force majeure. Counts leased employees and joint employment workers in hiring formulas. Changes hiring increases for certain years of operation. Qualifies certain value-added agricultural sales towards certification for income tax credit and disallows general excise tax exemption for agricultural product retail sales.
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EDB/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF MAUI. Appropriates moneys to Maui county for fiscal year 2008-2009 for damage repair and mitigation projects necessary as a result of the winter storms of December 2007.
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RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE. Allows health care providers a right of conscience
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS. Requires 72-hour waiting period between introduction and any vote on appropriation or revenue bill, at least 24 hours between amendment proposal and any vote to adopt, and 48 hours between striking amendment proposal and any vote to adopt.
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Extends the department of transportation's jurisdiction and administrative authority over Honolulu harbor Pier 2 to include lots 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Forrest Avenue subdivision, as well.
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RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT ROUTE ECONOMIC ZONES. Creates for 20 years economic zones proximate to any mass transit route on Oahu. Grants nonrefundable tax credits in varying percentages to economic zone qualified businesses earning above and below $ in gross annual revenues. Grants % tax credit for development of housing within zones.
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RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT ROUTE ECONOMIC ZONES. Creates a task force to recommend parameters for the creation of mass transit route economic zones including geographic criteria, eligibility for participating businesses, and benefits and incentives such as tax credits. Report to legislature. Task force terminates on 06/30/2009.
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RELATING TO HYDROGEN FUEL. Provides a tax credit and general excise tax exemption for the hydrogen fuel industry.
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RELATING TO DEFAMATION. Establishes that communication of defamatory statements by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail, or other computer communication meets the requirement of publication.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai irrigation system.
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RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION. Implements recommendations of the 12/2007 report of the Hawaii identity theft task force to protect the security of personal information collected and maintained by state and county government.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOR PEACE EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaii for the hiring of a director; administrative, professional, and technical staff; and an assistant professor. Also appropriates funds for research and an international conference.
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERNET. Appropriates funds for archived and indexed video and audio streams of legislative proceedings on the internet.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires that the physician performing an independent medical examination be licensed in the State for 5 years, be subject to peer review, and be known in the local medical community to have been in the practice of treating injured employees and conducting independent medical examinations for the employers. Repeals authority of employer to appoint a physician to examine the employee where the employer is dissatisfied with the progress of the case or where surgery is contemplated. Prohibits more than one independent medical examination per case.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for salary increases for unit 5 employees for fiscal year 2008-2009.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the board of education to establish the duration of probationary periods for new teachers, principals, and vice-principals of the department of education.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Re-opens election and membership into class H until 7/1/09.
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RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. Establishes a hospital loan guarantee program to guarantee a portion of a loan by a private financial institution to a hospital that is experiencing short-term financial problems. Repealed 6/30/20 .
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RELATING TO HOSPITALS. Establishes a hospital capital loan program under department of health. Requires loan to Hawaii Medical Center, LLC.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the department of taxation to defer general excise tax collection for the Hawaii Medical Center's hospital operations between July 1, 2008, and an unspecified date. Also requires the department to collect the deferred taxes plus interest after the unspecified date. Provides for immediate payment of deferred taxes, interest, and penalty upon occurrence of certain events.
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Extends the general excise tax exemption for non-profit hospitals, infirmaries, and sanitaria to for-profit hospitals, infirmaries, and sanitaria. Makes conforming amendments.
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RELATING TO THE OAHU METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. Adds 2 members to the Oahu metropolitan planning organization policy committee – chairperson of the citizen advisory group and chairperson of the technical advisory group.
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RELATING TO WOMEN'S HEALTH. Requires not less than 6 months post-partum and interconception care for women of childbearing age who are participants in the Hawaii QUEST health insurance program. Defines "interconception care." Requires department of human services to adopt rules. Appropriation.
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Provides protections for domestic violence victims in rental housing.
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RELATING TO THE CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS TASK FORCE. Re-establishes the children of incarcerated parents task force, which ceased to exist on December 31, 2007. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a bill of rights for children of incarcerated parents.
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RELATING TO CRIME. Enables prosecution of human trafficking under Hawaii law by creating new offense of sexual exploitation of a minor, amending existing kidnapping, extortion, and prostitution offenses, and including sexual exploitation of a minor in definition of racketeering. Eliminates distinction between minors under 18 and minors under 16 for purposes of promoting prostitution. Makes victims of sexual exploitation of a minor and promoting prostitution in the first degree eligible for crime victim compensation.
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING. Requires electronic monitoring of persons convicted of violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or protective order.
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Requires the department of human services to contract the services of a health and human services provider to establish a pilot prostitution prevention education and diversion program.
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Changes the composition, terms, and the duties of the advisory board on veterans' services.
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RELATING TO MEAT. Requires grocers to list the country of origin of all beef, pork, poultry, and lamb sold.
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RELATING TO BRIDGE TO HOPE PROGRAM. Expands the bridge to hope program to enable all heads of households receiving financial assistance and participating in first-to-work to pursue education beyond the federal limit of one-year of vocational education.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Clarifies the eligibility requirements of and expands the bridge to hope program to enable all heads of households who are receiving financial assistance and participating in the first‑to-work program to pursue a full range of educational activities as part of their work activities.
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RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Extends the sunset date for the Hawaii Anti-trafficking Task Force to 2010. Adds members to the Task Force. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO DNA COLLECTION. Requires DNA collection from those arrested on felony charges.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Expands QUEST coverage for post-pregnancy interconception care to up to six months. Appropriates funds for this purpose.
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RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING. Amends HRS sec. 349-2(b) to increase the salary cap for the director of the executive office on aging from sixty-nine to eighty per cent of the salary of the director of the department of human resources development.
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Prohibits pre-signed and predated prescriptions. Clarifies how the narcotic enforcement division administrator shall conduct inspections at pharmacies.
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Establishes an income tax credit for farmers who purchase water at higher rates from county water boards rather than at lower state irrigation system rates. Establishes the amount of the credit as the difference between the amount charged by state irrigation systems and the amount the state irrigation systems should charge in order to sustain operations. Deducts the cost of the tax credit from the irrigation system revolving fund.
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Requires DBEDT to report on the social and economic benefits of tax credits.
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RELATING TO GRAY WATER. Requires the department of health to establish a gray water recycling program.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWELFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvements for the benefit of the 12th Representative District.
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RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Requires agency Small Business Impact Statement for a proposed rule that imposes a higher standard than federal, state, or county law, to justify the proposed higher standard; requires agency to periodically identify and justify existing rules that impose those higher standards.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows public-private partnership agreements to build, operate, own, or finance transport facilities. Exempts bus operations. Requires prior legislative approval. Tolls apply only to new facilities. Imposes % in-state hiring preference. Facilities revert to State upon agreement termination.
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RELATING TO COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX. Broadens the use of the county surcharge on state tax to include the building of highways for counties with a population greater than 500,000.
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RELATING TO SHOPPING CARTS. Allows abandoned shopping carts to be confiscated by the refuse division of any county with a population greater than 500,000; allows the county to impose a $50 pick-up fee or a $100 recycling fee.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO CONTROL OR ERADICATE THE NETTLE CATERPILLAR (DARNA PALLIVITTA MOTH) ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI. Appropriates funds to control or eradicate the Nettle caterpillar (Darna pallivitta moth) on the island of Maui.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Exempts moneys for librarians from the weighted student formula.
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RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Requires the civil defense division to include in the state preparedness report a plan for providing incident-specific notice for each community.
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RELATING TO ZONING. Prohibits a county from issuing a permit or special permit for any residential or commercial development of any wetland or tidal area abutting the shoreline unless the county first holds a public informational meeting in the affected community and solicits public input on the proposed development.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE COUNTY OF MAUI. Appropriates $ in FY 2008-2009 for ambulance service in the Haiku region of Maui and $ for the island of Molokai.
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RELATING TO ADULT CORRECTIONS OFFICERS AND YOUTH CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. Provides adult corrections officers and youth 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. Requires increased percentage of contributions to ERS for hybrid plan adult corrections officers and youth corrections officers.
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Bans all fireworks in counties with a population of more than 500,000 persons.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the board of education to provide wage adjustments to substitute teachers that are comparable to wage adjustments that are negotiated for teachers in collective bargaining unit 5.
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RELATING TO LEGAL SERVICES. Allows the board of education to employ or retain its own attorneys.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist nonprofit corporations supporting one or more charter schools, community development financial institutions benefiting one or more public charter schools, and charter schools.
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Establishes a timeline by which the department of health shall reconcile managed care supplemental payments; provides a clear definition of what conditions constitute a “change of scope” for purposes of increasing or decreasing rates paid to a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic; specifies a process through which these providers may file for a new rate due to “change of scope;” and identifies services that are required to be reimbursed under the prospective payment system.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides that health insurance companies with more than 50 per cent of the market share provide increased insurance reimbursements and those insurers with less than 50 per cent of the market share will be afforded an exemption from taxes on premiums provided they work toward decreasing the number of uninsured in Hawaii.
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RELATING TO THE KALOKO HOUSING PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the design, planning, and construction of the Kaloko Housing Program in West Hawaii.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER RATES. Directs the public utilities commission to require private utilities that furnish water used for agricultural purposes in areas zoned for agricultural use to establish a reduced water rate for qualified agricultural water users.
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Authorizes the use of a payor provided identification number in mail-order prescriptions.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WILDLIFE VIEWING SITE AT KIPUKA 21 ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the planning, design, engineering, and construction of a wildlife viewing site at Kipuka 21 on Saddle Road on the island of Hawaii .
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RELATING TO HOME CARE AGENCIES. Requires home care agencies to be licensed by the Department of Health. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY TRAFFIC ACCESS TO WAIANAE COAST. Requires department of transportation to open 1 lane in each direction at Kaena Point on the Waianae Coast to provide traffic access during emergencies. Requires start of construction no later than . Appropriation.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Creates a tax credit for electric utilities for undergrounding facilities.
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RELATING TO KEWALO BASIN. Transfers from the Hawaii community development authority to the department of land and natural resources sole jurisdiction and administrative responsibility for the management of the maritime uses and the submerged lands within Kewalo basin.
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts sales of clothing and accessories from the general excise tax on the first Saturday occurring three weeks before the first day of public school.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR. Authorizes and funds an investigative unit in the Office of the Auditor to conduct investigations involving alleged or suspected government waste, fraud, abuse, nonfeasance, or malfeasance.
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Provides incentives to landowners who designate their land as important agricultural lands.
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RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Provides incentives and protections to establish and sustain viable agricultural operations on important agricultural lands.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a program for state matching funds for expenses incurred by the counties in supporting agriculture.
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RELATING TO WATER RATES. Establishes a process for just and reasonable water rates for farming operations with PUC oversight, but excludes the water supplier from the definition of a "public utility."
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Transfers general funds into the energy systems development special fund. Appropriates funds from the energy systems development special fund for the Hawaii natural energy institute.
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RELATING TO 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. Directs the public utilities commission to establish and administer an underground conversion program.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study on creating incentives for public housing tenants to transition into permanent housing.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 44th representative district.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to submit annual reports to the legislature on the number of vacant units in public housing projects and related information.
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RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Requires the Department of Health to license substance abuse rehabilitation homes and to establish standard operating procedures.
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RELATING TO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. Makes an appropriation of $4,800,000 for the music entertainment learning experience program at Honolulu community college, and issues general obligation bonds for site development, renovation, facilities remodeling, and studio construction.
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