Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTRICITY PAYMENTS STATEWIDE. Appropriates $1.0 million in general funds to pay statewide increases in electricity payments for fiscal year 2007-2008.
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTRICTY, 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.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires the department of land and natural resources to extend the recreation-residence use leases at the Koke‘e and Waimea canyon state parks for 5 years. Sunsets 01/01/12.
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RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Clarifies that the conservation of park resources and values is the predominant concern of the state park system.
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RELATING TO STATE PARKS ON KAUAI. Establishes a sub-account under the state parks special fund into which 100% of the proceeds collected from the various fees collected at the Kokee state park and Waimea canyon state park, less any net amounts due to OHA, will be deposited and used to cover the cost of repair, maintenance, and operation at the Kokee state park and Waimea canyon state park.
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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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RELATING TO THE ALA WAI WATERSHED. Makes an appropriation to the department of land and natural resources to study the use of land trusts and easements to reduce flooding and pollution in the Ala Wai watershed.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii association of conservation districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR FERAL PIG ABATEMENT. Appropriating funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the control and abatement of the feral pig population, including the purchase of box traps, baits, and corrals.
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. Provides a mandatory tax credit to taxpayers pursuant to article VII, section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism, and the department of human services to evaluate certain tax credits and tax exemptions and report to legislature as to whether they should be modified, reenacted, or repealed. Provides automatic repeal of the tax credits and tax exemptions unless extended by the legislature.
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Decision making to follow.
2:00 p.m. AGENDA
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RELATING TO KAWAI NUI MARSH. Establishes the Kawai Nui marsh advisory council; appropriates moneys to DLNR for the work of the council.
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Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Provides a short form measure for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code for calendar year 2007.
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COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY. Authorizes the public utilities commission, after first assessing beneficial impacts, to establish a photovoltaic rebate program to all grid-connected residential, community-center, and small business utility customers within electric utility service areas. (HD1)
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. Addresses medical malpractice insurance costs by capping non-economic damages at $250,000, establishing a limit of $3,000,000 for noneconomic damages determined by the court to be catastrophic damages, and requiring that economic damages be allocated based upon proportionate percentage of negligence. Sunsets June 30, 2013. (HB1992 HD1)
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HLT, CPC, JUD |
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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. (HB3325 HD1)
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TAC, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES. Requires that an agreement to operate or share an automated teller machine may not prohibit, limit, or restrict the right of the owner or operator of the automated teller machine to charge a customer transaction fee.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Allows condominium associations to invest funds in certificates of deposit through the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service network.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Allows for the restatement of planned community association documents.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Makes amendments to the recodified condominium law in chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify and improve implementation of its provisions.
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CPC |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (deferred on 01-30-08):
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Holds grantee of a unit jointly and severally liable with the grantor for delinquent assessments against the grantor.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Specifies matters that are subject to mediation. Permits unsatisfied parties to mediation to pursue arbitration after 30 days.
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CPC, JUD |
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO TEACHERS. Provides teachers receiving satisfactory service performance evaluations with annual step increases for five years. Denies public school teachers with marginal service performance evaluations from receiving annual step increases. Excludes teachers at the top salary levels from receiving annual step increases.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
2:15 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH CREATIVITY ACADEMIES. Appropriates funds to support the development of the creativity academy program, including a turnkey digital media program. (HB2587 HD1)
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TAC, EDN/HED, FIN |
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EDN ONLY:
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Extends the deadline within which to file a request for a due process hearing relating to the education of a child with a disability from ninety days to two years when the request is for reimbursement of costs of a child's placement. Requires the department to adopt rules that provide for the reimbursement of expert witness and other relevant fees and expenses associated with a hearing. Requires the establishment of an appeals board and process wherein a state review officer shall review the decisions of the impartial hearings officers.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN. Establishes guidelines for school placement and transportation for foster children. (HB2051 HD1)
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HSH, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. Holds parent or guardian liable for damages, injury, or death caused by child while on school grounds and requires parent or guardian to reimburse department of education for reward offered to identify the perpetrator, up to $10,000.
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EDN, JUD |
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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 THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to adopt rules necessary to ensure that a license is not issued or renewed or is suspended or revoked if the person is convicted of a crime if the board finds by reason of the nature and circumstances of the crime that the person poses a risk to the health, safety, or well-being of children.
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EDN, JUD |
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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 |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (deferred on 01-30-08):
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the board of education and the superintendent of education to determine the minimum amount of time that new teachers, principals, or vice-principals shall serve during their initial probationary period.
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EDN, LAB |
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, February 7, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO FUEL TAX. Clarifies that the license tax on diesel fuel is 1 cent, rather than 2 cents if used in power-generating facilities.
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TRN, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii county economic opportunity council to establish a renewable energy project to build components for rechargeable, battery-powered automobiles.
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EEP, 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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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 AIR POLLUTION. Removes the maximum limitation on fees for air pollution emissions from covered sources.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the energy security special fund and the energy security tax and appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/08.
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EEP, FIN |
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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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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.
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EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy. |
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COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, February 7, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (deferred on 02-05-08):
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires that the renewable portfolio standards of 20 per cent by 2020 be met by classic electricity generation from renewable sources.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires retailers in the State to distribute only recyclable, reusable, or compostable checkout bags.
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EEP, EDB, 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 ENERGY RESOURCES. To comprehensively address deficiencies in Hawaii's energy resources coordination statutes. Provide policy guidance needed to provide adequate detail on the nature and relationship of the energy data analyses functions required of the State Energy Resources Coordinator and Energy Program.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. To comprehensively address deficiencies in Hawaii's energy emergency preparedness statutes. Provide up to date policy guidance needed for consistency with current federal and state energy emergency and overall emergency management policies and plans, and to provide definitive guidance on critical energy data analyses functions.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Thursday, February 7, 2008
9:05 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (deferred on 02-05-08):
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RELATING TO WATER. Imposes a 5 cent surcharge for bottled water produced or distributed in the State to protect watershed areas and to fight invasive species.
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EEP/WLH, AGR/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes a renewable energy facility siting process to expedite the review and action upon state and county permits necessary for the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility.
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EEP/WLH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WIND ENERGY. Establishes a consolidated process for the approval of permits for an interisland wind energy and undersea cable project.
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EEP/WLH, CPC, FIN |
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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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EEP/WLH, EDB, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, February 7, 2008
10:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (deferred on 01-31-08):
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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 |
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING
Thursday, February 7, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (deferred on 02-05-08):
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to Human Services.
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HSH |
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Thursday, February 7, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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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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HSH/LAB, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Thursday, February 7, 2008
8:45 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. Requires regular surveys of residents of multi-unit residential buildings on specific needs and issues relating to medical needs, accommodations for the disabled, and other special needs for emergency preparation purposes. Requires multi-unit residential buildings to have and inform their residents of emergency evacuation plans.
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HSH/HLT, CPC |
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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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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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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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HSH/HLT, TRN |
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit for improvements made to federally qualified health centers.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for care home operators who make modifications to their home to increase accessibility for their clients.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med‑QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care limited to 24 visits per calendar year. Requires department of human services to pass funding on to QUEST plans to implement the services. Appropriates funds.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING
Thursday, February 7, 2008
9:15 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO SENIOR CENTERS. Makes appropriation for certain senior centers on Oahu.
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HSH, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL. Makes an appropriation to the office of community services for the Hawaii county economic opportunity council to implement new programs and expend existing programs to aid the Marshallese in the county of Hawaii.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Makes the guardian or caretaker of an eligible ward or minor, respectively, eligible for assistance as follows: a caretaker may receive assistance from the temporary assistance for needy families and temporary assistance for other needy families programs; and a guardian may receive assistance only from the temporary assistance for other needy families program.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Directs the Department of Human Services to establish a three-year pilot project, beginning with fiscal year 2008-2009, to conduct and expand asset building classes statewide to serve individuals with disabilities and parents of children with a disability in developing skills.
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HSH, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ASSET BUILDING. Establishes three-year pilot project within the department of human services to conduct and expand asset building classes statewide to serve individuals with disabilities and the parents of children with a disability.
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HSH, FIN |
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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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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARENTAL PREFERENCES IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. Repeals an obsolete requirement that all State and County Executive Branch agencies and the Judiciary report to the Legislature annually identifying programs, contracts, and services that provide preference to a parent.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO SERIOUS OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MINORS. Permits family court to commit a minor, who commits an act that constitutes sexual assault or murder, to be incarcerated at a youth correctional facility until age 18 then transferred to the custody of the director of public safety until age 26.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Repeals the existing offense of abuse of family or household members and separately recodifies its procedural and substantive provisions. Establishes three degrees of the offense of abuse of a family or household member. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2008.
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HSH, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Thursday, February 7, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2605 |
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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PSM/TRN, FIN |
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HB 3023 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE. Allows an active service member of the U.S. armed forces to apply for renewal od driver's license twenty-four months prior to the date of expiration. |
PSM/TRN, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, February 7, 2008
8:45 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2008 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Repeals section 353-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which provides that gifts of money or property donated to the department of public safety must be deposited in the state treasury and reported to the legislature by the department annually.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2009 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Repeals section 353-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which establishes the correctional program revolving fund for the purpose of offsetting the cost of providing programs for inmates.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2146 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators to ensure that the department is in compliance with the Community Safety Act of 2007. Requires monthly reports to the legislature, using key performance indicators, such as inmate drug test failure rates, educational goals achieved, reentry plans, post-incarceration employment, victim restitution paid, and recidivism rates.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2685 |
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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HB 2945 |
RELATING TO PRISONS. Directs the department of public safety to increase its use of a programs approach to case management and adopt a policy mandating all inmates to participate in in-facility programs. Appropriates funds to increase inmate worklines at correctional facilities and in the community.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 3246 |
RELATING TO COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING. Appropriates funds for the Department of Public Safety to provide reintegration programs thatcombine cognitive behavioral theory with Native Hawaiian holistic interventions that address domestic violence, addictions, self mastery through identity, and community connections for successful transitions back into the community.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 1989 |
RELATING TO VETERANS. Requires director of office of veterans' services to deposit gifts into an Account in the state treasury to be known as the veterans' gift trust fund.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 3019 |
RELATING TO VETERANS. Establishes a veterans bonus for qualifying veterans.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2160 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCIES. Establishes an emergency advisory radio station pilot project on the island of Hawaii .
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2787 |
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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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2207 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF. Appropriates moneys to maximize available federal reimbursements to assist Hawaii county with earthquake recovery efforts.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2740 |
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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PSM, FIN |
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HB 2610 |
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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HB 3024 |
RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT. Requires financial institutions and creditors that extend consumer credit to the members of the armed forces or reserves on active duty and their dependents, to conform their lending practices to the federal John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, as amended, relating to the terms of consumer credit extended to the military and their dependents, including maximum annual percentage rates and required disclosures.
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PSM, CPC |
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HB 2306 |
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION. Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by managed care support contractors as reimbursements of costs or advances made pursuant to a contract for the administration of the federal TRICARE program.
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PSM, FIN |
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HB 3402 |
RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Provides an exemption from county permitting requirements for civil defense sirens installation.
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PSM, WLH |
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HB 3112 |
RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Supports State Civil Defense’s Shelter-in-Place initiative by exempting civil liability for care homes and schools, in addition to hotels, during an officially designated emergency.
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PSM, JUD |
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HB 2555 |
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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HB 2577 |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the administrator of the Maui County Civil Defense Agency 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 $ (HB2577 HD1).
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TRN, PSM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thursday, February 7, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 3029, HD1 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Includes as public works, construction contracts using public lands for commercial, for-profit activity. Effective 07/01/2059. (HB3029 HD1)
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. Transfer the Workforce Development Council from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to assist in aligning Hawaii's workforce development policy with the State's economic development initiatives. Effective 07/01/2059. (HB3162 HD1)
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. Allows holder of class 1 liquor manufacturer's license to also sell liquor made from cane for private consumption, and to sell liquor from fruits or cane grown in Hawaii for consumption on the premises; requires liquor labeled with "Hawaii" or similar terms to be wholly manufactured in the State.
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EDB, CPC/JUD |
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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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EDB, EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.