HREF 03-06-08 1

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		REFERRAL

HR107	REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO EXAMINE UPCOMING CONDOMINIUM LEASEHOLD EXPIRATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF REPLACEMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HAWAII RESIDENTS.	HSH, LMG
HR108	URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH ANGER PROBLEMS.	EDN
HR109	REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO PROCLAIM JUNE 8TH OF EVERY YEAR AS WORLD OCEAN DAY.	WLH/EEP
HR110	SUPPORTING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION.	INT/HSH
HR111	REQUESTING TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOUSING.	HLT/HSH, FIN
HCR125	REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO EXAMINE UPCOMING CONDOMINIUM LEASEHOLD EXPIRATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF REPLACEMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HAWAII RESIDENTS.	HSH, LMG
HCR126	URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH ANGER PROBLEMS.	EDN
HCR127	REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO PROCLAIM JUNE 8TH OF EVERY YEAR AS WORLD OCEAN DAY.	WLH/EEP
HCR128	SUPPORTING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION.	INT, HSH
HCR129	REQUESTING TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL SHELTER HOUSING.	HLT/HSH, FIN
SB521, SD1	RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Corrects references in the HRS, to "trust territories" as this term is no longer in use; adds the full names of the three sovereign states under the Compact of Free Association. (SD1)	INT, HSH
SB1809	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires scheduling of special association meetings by petition to be set no later than 60 days from receipt of petition. Clarifies that petitioners may send out notice of meeting and proxies at associations expense if secretary or managing agent fails to do so.	CPC
SB2034	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST OCEANLINX HAWAII LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for planning, designing, and constructing a wave or hydrokinetic power facility on Maui.	EEP/WLH, FIN
SB2041	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to match federal funding for the disproportionate share hospital allowance.	HLT/HSH, FIN
SB2141	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits the consumption of any liquor on any public sidewalk or common area within a public housing project.	HSH, JUD
SB2202	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.	JUD, FIN
SB2226, SD1	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD. Appropriates funds for the state commission on fatherhood. (SD1)	HSH, FIN
SB2312	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Allows condominium associations to invest funds in certificates of deposit through the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service network.	CPC, JUD
SB2314, SD1	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows an exception for small insurers with less than five per cent of the health insurance market share to offer different types of benefits in a single unified policy. (SD1)	CPC, JUD, FIN
SB2523, SD1	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Prohibits the sale of plants designated as restricted plants or noxious weeds. (SD1)	AGR, EEP, JUD
SB2675, SD1	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the transfer of all university funds, with the exception of general funds and tuition funds, into the University of Hawaii commercial enterprises revolving fund. (SD1)	HED, FIN
SB2714	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.	JUD
SB2861	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM LAND SALES PRACTICES ACT. Exempts offers or dispositions of interests in time share plans from the Uniform Land Sales Practices Act.	TAC, CPC/JUD
SB2876	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2008-09 in Reed Act funds for services of the unemployment insurance and workforce development divisions.	LAB, FIN
SB2900, SD1	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Establishes that any county has the power to enforce laws and rules applicable to the use of public streets or highways whose ownership is in dispute between the State and county; ensures that the general public retains the right to use public road whose ownership is in dispute to access coastal and inland recreational areas, including beaches, shores, parks, and trails. (SD1)	TRN, WLH, JUD
SB2959	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTRICITY, SEWER, REFUSE, AND INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYMENTS. Appropriates $271,852 from the Stadium Special Fund to pay fiscal year 2007-2008 increases in electricity, sewer, refuse, and insurance premium payments for Aloha Stadium.	FIN
SB3021, SD1	RELATING TO VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS. Protects those with terminal or chronic illnesses from unscrupulous brokers who trade in life insurance policies of the sick, by requiring disclosure of the consequences to the consumer, providing the right to rescind the contract, and prohibiting the transfer of the life insurance benefits to the new owner for five years. (SD1)	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
SB3028	RELATING TO GRADUATES OF FOREIGN ACUPUNCTURE PROGRAMS. Requires applicants for acupuncture licensure who graduated from foreign institutes to have their educational information evaluated by a professional crediting evaluator as a prerequisite for taking an exam and getting a license in Hawaii.	HLT, CPC
SB3088	RELATING TO THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD. Authorizes the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (Board) to employ a hearings officer, as well as to allow that hearings officer to hold a hearing, in order for the Board to expedite hearings on certain workers' compensation matters.	LAB, FIN
SB3109, SD1	RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND. Repeals the correctional program revolving fund which has never been used by the department of public safety and has no funds in it. (SD1)	PSM, FIN
SB3130, SD1	RELATING TO NURSING. Provides an additional means to qualify for licensure as a registered nurse by allowing a graduate with a completed portion of a master’s entry program in nursing to apply as a registered nurse by examination. (SD1)	HED/HLT, CPC
SB3190	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SOPOGY INC., IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds in an amount not exceeding $35,000,000 to assist Sopogy, Inc. with planning, designing, construction, equipping, and operating a solar farm power plant on the island of Oahu to produce electricity from solar power.	EEP, FIN
SB3196	RELATING TO LEASE TO FEE CONVERSION. Grants lessees a right of first refusal contingent upon a lessor displaying an objective intent to sell or its acceptance of an offer to purchase.	CPC