OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 5
6th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 30, 2009
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Committee Abbreviations:
AGR - Agriculture |
CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
EBM - Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs |
EDN - Education |
EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
FIN - Finance |
HAW - Hawaiian Affairs |
HED - Higher Education |
HLT - Health |
HSG - Housing |
HUS - Human Services |
JUD - Judiciary |
LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
LMG - Legislative Management |
PBS - Public Safety |
TCI - Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs |
TRN - Transportation |
WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources |
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. Requires a legislator to disclose each source of annual income derived from a single source $25,000 or more, or that represents an amount equal to 25% or more of the legislator's total annual income from all sources, excluding legislative salary.
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LMG, JUD |
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RELATING TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. Allows the office of information practices to enforce chapter 92, public agency meetings and records. Allows OIP to waive fees to access government records if public interest is served by a waiver.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Requires state and county agencies to maintain a log of information requests relating to government records.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Increases the reserved housing requirement for a major development on a lot of at least 1 acre in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area.
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WLO/HSG |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes capital improvement projects to benefit the 47th representative district.
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RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Requires the governor, board of regents, and board of education to negotiate with the exclusive representatives of certain bargaining units to start school instruction at a later time or at staggered times.
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TRN/LAB, HED/EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital Improvements for the 19th District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SALARIES. Freezes the salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, justices and judges of all state courts, Administrative Director of the State, departmental directors and deputy directors, and members of the Legislature.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. Specifies that any person who provides for an automated external defibrillator training program is generally immune from vicarious civil liability resulting from any act or omission of a Good Samaritan attempting to use the device to resuscitate a person.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE PRODUCTS. Requires public schools to use environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. Directs the department of health to establish guidelines and specifications for the products. Requires the state procurement office to maintain a list of vendors who produce, manufacture, or sell environmentally-sensitive products.
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EEP, HLT/EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL TREATMENT. Requires a health care provider to disclose to patients adverse events relating to their medical treatment.
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HLT, JUD/CPC |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL TREATMENT. Requires the Hawaii medical board to collect and publish information about physicians licensed in the State to allow consumers to make informed decisions in selecting physicians.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. Prohibits setting out items for bulky pick-up earlier than the evening before the scheduled pick-up day. Imposes a fine for violations.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO ENERGY PROJECTORIES. Appropriates funds for the department of health to investigate and assess possible hazards of energy projectories and adopt rules.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to a task force attached to the University of Hawaii school of ocean and earth science and technology to provide recommendations to prevent, mitigate, and reverse beach erosion at Kailua beach.
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WLO, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX EXEMPTIONS. Conforms state tax exemptions to federal phaseout provisions under section 151(d)(3) of the IRC.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX DEDUCTIONS. Generally adopts the overall limitation for tax deductions under the Internal Revenue Code.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the construction of an information technology building at the University of Hawaii.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKING VIOLATIONS. Requires an additional parking violation surcharge of $10 to be deposited into the general fund and $5 for the counties. Authorizes 10% of the counties' funds to pay for administrative costs.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Omnibus tax bill to provide tax equity and stimulate the economy by increasing general excise tax rates, reducing income tax rates, and establishing hotel construction and remodeling tax credit.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Assesses a surcharge on speeding violators and apportions the proceeds between the State and the counties.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes the state income tax on rollovers made by state and county employees and employees of certain tax exempt employers from qualifying deferred compensation plans to eligible retirement plans.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Removes the refunding feature of the capital goods excise tax credit from 01/01/09 to 06/30/15.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes DLNR to issue long-term residential leases to qualified persons currently residing in Kahana Valley state living park. Establishes Kahana planning council to develop Kahana valley state living park master plan to ensure the living park achieves its purpose and goals.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO A SPECIAL COUNSEL. Creates office of independent counsel. Specifies duties, authority, and qualification of independent counsel. Specifies role of attorney general with respect to independent counsel. Creates special division of court to appoint independent counsel. Authorizes chief justice to assign judges to special division.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Allows Chairperson of DHHL and director of city and county department of planning and permitting to designate a representative to serve on HCDA.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO RESPIRATORY CARE. Establishes licensing and regulatory requirements for practice of respiratory care. Establishes board of respiratory care in the department of commerce and consumer affairs, provides for disciplinary criteria, and penalties.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Short form bill relating to the judiciary.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Short form bill relating to crime.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Short form bill relating to government.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Short form bill relating to elections.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ATTORNEYS. Short form bill relating to attorneys.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS. Specifies that acting as a real estate broker and salesperson pursuant to a real estate license does not constitute the practice of law.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse who provides care to a patient requesting medical certification forms, the authority to sign certifications applicable to the care provided within the advanced practice registered nurse's scope of practice.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO RESPIRATORY CARE. Establishes licensing and regulatory requirements for practice of respiratory care. Establishes board of respiratory care in the department of commerce and consumer affairs, provides for disciplinary criteria, and penalties.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish crime victim rights.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Includes cemetery property, preneed funeral services, and preneed interment in definition of unclaimed property; requires notice. Creates presumption.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 46th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. On 1/1/2010, treats each new skilled nursing facility or facility expanding its operations outside an enterprise zone as operating within an enterprise zone for purposes of eligibility to receive all benefits provided in enterprise zones. Adds definition of skilled nursing facility. Amends definition of medical and health care services.
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HUS/HLT, EBM, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. Makes an appropriation to the state department of defense to assist the American Red Cross, Hawaii Chapter, with needed capital improvement projects.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOTEL RENOVATION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION TAX CREDIT. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to hotel renovation tax credit.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS. Establishes the language access translation bank. Requires the office of language access to maintain a group of translators that shall be available to departments. Appropriates funds.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to employer-union health benefits.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to contractors.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to employer-union health benefits.
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LAB |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO DELETE THE ONE-YEAR RESIDENCY AND VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING AND TO FORTIFY THE RIGHT TO VOTE. Proposes constitutional amendment to repeal the one-year residency and voter registration requirement for voting; establishes a constitutional right to vote for citizens of Hawaii eighteen years old and over.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX. Authorizes a county to levy a one-half percent general excise tax to be used for county schools; establishes a County Education Surcharge Trust Fund; authorizes complex area superintendents to establish criteria for awarding schools funds from the fund.
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EDN, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes a county to levy a one-half percent general excise tax to be used for water infrastructure, including drainage improvements, wastewater infrastructure, and reclaimed water infrastructure.
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WLO, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Provides for registration of real estate appraisal management companies with the real estate commission of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Establishes standards and violations.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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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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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Repeals the exception that allows smoking in correctional facilities.
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HLT, PBS |
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RELATING TO DATA COLLECTION. Requires the Department of Human Services, in cooperation with the Department of Health, to form a task force to evaluate what types of data would help homeless advocates provide services to the homeless, how the data should be collected, and how it should be reported.
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HSG, HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Requires the Hawaii community development authority to collaborate with and consider the recommendations of the working group of interested stakeholders in developing, accepting, and implementing plans for the development of Kakaako makai.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Requires state executive department and state legislative branch employees who are exempt from chapter 76, HRS (civil service law) to use or donate accumulated and accrued vacation allowance prior to discharge, or to forfeit remaining vacation allowance and any compensation in lieu of retaining vacation allowance upon discharge. Sunsets December 31, 2010.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Reduces tax credits allowable under chapters 235, 239, 241, and 431, HRS, by a certain amount for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009, and ending before January 1, 2012. Suspends the use of tax credit carryovers generated from taxable years beginning before January 1, 2009, until January 1, 2012.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RATE OF INTEREST APPLICABLE TO OVERPAYMENTS OF TAX. Amends the current interest rate payable on overpayments of tax to the rate of one-third of one per cent for each month or fraction thereof.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES. Assesses the transient accommodations tax and the general excise tax on online travel companies that facilitate transient accommodations over the Internet.
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TCI, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates a nexus standard for taxing out-of-state businesses on their business activities in Hawaii.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes the department of taxation to adopt temporary rules to be in effect no longer than eighteen months having the force and effect of permanent rules when certain notice requirements are satisfied. Requires temporary rules to be adopted concurrently with issuance of proposed permanent rules.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Reduces tax credits allowable under chapters 235, 239, 241, and 431, HRS, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009 and ending before January 1, 2011. Imposes a tax credit ceiling.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Reduces tax credits allowable under chapters 235, 239, 241, and 431, HRS, by a certain amount for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009, and ending before January 1, 2011. Suspends the use of tax credit carryovers generated from taxable years beginning before January 1, 2009, until January 1, 2011.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Provides that an employee who first enters government service after 6/30/09 and thereafter retires or leaves service shall receive additional retirement service credit for unused sick leave only if the employee pays to the retirement system an employee's contribution for the credit.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Provides that the restriction on the resale of affordable housing to "qualified residents" shall apply in perpetuity instead of only 10 years.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes provisions for the leveraging of union financing for affordable housing projects.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Clarifies provisions contained in long-term commercial and industrial ground leases.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE CONDITION OF LAND. Imposes on a landowner or land occupier a continuing duty to inspect the property for risk of rockslide, landslide, and for natural hazards and man-made hazards that could result in harm to persons or property.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. Enables a two-year attrition policy to reduce the costs of state government.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHAPTER 92, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Makes the "sunshine law" law applicable to nonajudicatory functions of the judiciary.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Requires government agencies to file and comply with a retention schedule of government records. Clarifies the definition of government record.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Taxes a lessor of real property for capital improvements made by a lessee upon the termination of a lease.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Mandates conditions applicable to certain commercial and industrial leases.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts from the general excise tax the amounts received by a common paymaster to pay the remuneration for related persons to the common paymaster.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Mandates certain conditions applicable to certain commercial and industrial leases. Exempts certain sales of fee interest to lessee from state income tax.
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EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO APPRAISALS. Requires a real estate appraiser to comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice when acting as an appraiser or arbitrator in an arbitration to determine the value or rental of real estate.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO HAWAII'S ECONOMY. Direct the legislative reference bureau to undertake an economic diagnostic assessment of the State's economy. Makes an appropriation for costs of economic consultants to assist in the study.
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EBM, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Imposes a tax upon the value of improvements surrendered to a lessor by a lessee, without compensation to the lessee, upon the expiration of a long-term non-residential lease.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes the Hawaii tax review initiative to review and report on whether Hawaii's tax policies are relevant and effective in achieving Hawaii's long-term economic and social goals and objectives.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONVERSION. Provides for the mandatory lease-to-fee conversion of leasehold business property.
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EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Restructures the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation so the Corporate Board takes on a new role as a service and coordination group to assist the Regional Boards in improving public hospital services.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Prohibits landlord-tenant agreements from having no pet clauses.
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Prohibits landlords from discriminating against tenants with pets.
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HSG, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Allows recovery for negligent infliction of serious emotional distress or disturbance by the owner of a pet for negligent injuries to the pet, not to exceed $25,000.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO LABELING OF MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS. Requires truthful labeling of meat and fish that has been gas‑treated.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Permits the department of Hawaiian home lands to receive and subsequently assign, transfer, or exchange county affordable housing credits.
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HAW/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Transfers functions and duties of the Hawaii teacher standards board to the board of education.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTING. Establishes a vote by mail election pilot program for all federal, state, and county elections in the county of Hawaii. Makes an appropriation.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Prohibits the DLNR from denying a moorage permit for any uses of a small boat harbor in a county with a population of less than 250,000 to a vessel owner that is a business entity.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes a state gaming commission; provides for casino gaming; permits casino gaming at the option of counties.
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EBM/TCI, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO. Establishes the office of the vice chancellor for research and economic development at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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HED, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds to support the statewide economic development program of the Hawaii small business development center network.
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HED, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TAXES. Includes hospitals in health care provider assessments. Reestablishes the Medical Services Excise Tax Credit and Health Care Revolving Fund.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD. Appropriates funds for the state commission on fatherhood.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWELFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 12th representative district.
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RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD. Requires the small business regulatory review board to identify rules that shall be amended or repealed to conform to the repeal of related statutes. Directs the board to work with state agencies to develop a procedure for expediting the amendment or repeal of rules when the changes are required only to comply with the repeal of statutes.
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EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TIME SHARE PLANS. Repeals the exception that allowed time share plans, time share units, or transient vacation rentals in any county with a population in excess of 500,000, in an existing hotel which is a nonconforming use under county ordinance.
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TCI, WLO |
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RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. Amends the appointment process for members of the stadium authority to allow for the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house, and the president of the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet Vendors Association to name appointments.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Requires the DOTAX to coordinate with the Hawaii tourism authority and each county to identify property owners subject to the transient accommodations tax who operate transient vacation rentals and bed and breakfast establishments. Allows audits of these owners and other enforcement actions to ensure compliance with applicable laws relating to the transient accommodations tax. Requires the counties to share transient accommodations information with DOTAX. Requires DOTAX to provide annual reports, including providing information on the estimated amount of general excise tax and transient accommodations tax revenue that is uncollected due to the lack of county enforcement.
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TCI, FIN |
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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 12/31/09.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds for Carbon Diversion Inc. for development of non-fossil fuel energy production.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST BIOENERGY HAWAII, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist BioEnergy Hawaii, LLC establish a cogeneration facility and related energy production facilities
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS. Requires new state buildings to be evaluated for suitability as an emergency shelter, and requires qualifying new state buildings to be modified to serve as emergency shelters.
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PBS, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 7th representative district.
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Repeals prohibition on sale and possession of electric guns.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO BICYCLING. Creates the offense of infliction of serious physical injury or death to a vulnerable user of a public way. Requires motor vehicles to pass bicycles on the left at a safe distance. Prohibits motor vehicles from making a sudden right turn within 100 feet after passing a bicycle on the left. Entitles bicycles to use an entire traffic lane.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of products for young children that contain bisphenol-A or phthalates. Requires manufacturers to choose safe alternatives.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. Authorizes suspension and revocation of retail tobacco permit for repeat violations of prohibition against sale of tobacco to minors. Permanently enacts retail tobacco permit requirement.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Establishes new recordkeeping requirements and establishes penalties; amends and adds definitions; requires physical examination of patient by physician; and increases penalties relating to medical marijuana.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL PHYSICIANS. Provides additional protection for physicians who render medical services in genuine emergency situations involving an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the definition of nameplate capacity for ethanol facilities. Revises the allowable tax credit for qualified ethanol production facilities to 40 cents per gallon of ethanol produced. Excludes corn (Zea mays L.) as an organic feedstock for the production of ethanol.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 26th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES. Clarifies the condominium property regime law with respect to common expense assessments.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes capital improvement projects to benefit the 45th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER. Appropriates funds for emergency services at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.
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RELATING TO THE PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Specifies that proposals for purchases of health and human services must be submitted by duly licensed providers and for the exact amount to be expended by the State.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Disallows medicaid coverage for non-therapeutic infant circumcision.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE THE ADMISSION OF RELEVANT EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES UNLESS EXCLUDED BY LAW. Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that relevant evidence may never be excluded in criminal cases, except pursuant to law.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 31st representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes a vote by mail election pilot program for all federal, state, and county elections in the county of Hawaii in 2010 through 2014.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Requires a judge who denies a petition for an ex parte temporary restraining order to issue an order that includes the reasons for denial. Allows the petitioner to proceed to a noticed hearing if the denied petition is jurisdictionally adequate. Permits petitioner to waive the right to a noticed hearing
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JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides parents of children with disabilities with additional flexibility in choices relating to education.
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EDN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. In a case where a complaint, indictment, or information charging a crime of domestic abuse has been filed, authorizes a court to issue a restraining order upon a good cause belief, including results of a criminal history search, that harm to the victim or a witness has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires 25 per cent of all consumer motor vehicles to be electric-powered by January 1, 2020. Requires the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum to develop a regulatory scheme to implement this policy.
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EEP, TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. Addresses medical malpractice insurance costs by capping non-economic damages at $500,000 for high-risk medical specialties and $250,000 for all other specialties, establishing a limit of $3,000,000 for noneconomic damages determined by the court to be for catastrophic injuries, and requiring that economic damages be allocated based upon proportionate percentage of negligence. Sunsets December 31, 2015.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 5th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital Improvements for the 27th District
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Establishes a tax credit for taxi fleet operators that purchase hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles for fleet use.
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EEP/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires mopeds to have license plates, similar to motorcycles, as opposed to tags. Treats mopeds like motor vehicles instead of bicycles for registration purposes.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides parents of children with disabilities with additional flexibility in choices relating to education.
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EDN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO JURISDICTION. Clarifies that a county police department has concurrent jurisdiction with the conservation and resources enforcement division on property owned by the department of land and natural resources.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes and funds a traditional Hawaiian navigation pilot program in the public schools.
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HAW, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CODE. Directs the state building code council to establish standards and criteria allowing the use of bamboo as an accepted construction material.
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WLO, CPC |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIANS. Recognizes Hawaiians as the indigenous people of Hawaii.
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HAW, JUD |
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RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS. Requires the office of Hawaiian affairs to hold in trust any lands where the owner of an inheritable interest in kuleana lands dies intestate and there is no taker under the Hawaii uniform probate code, for 10 years before passing to the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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HAW, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Clarifies that a burial site may include a cave or lava tube or a portion of a cave or lava tube. Defines burial cave.
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HAW, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO TARO SECURITY. Prohibits the development, testing, propagation, release, importation, planting, or growing of genetically modified taro in the State of Hawaii.
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HAW, AGR |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes a program within the Department of Public Safety that assigns select, non-violent inmates on a work detail that restores historical sites selected by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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HAW, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS. Prohibits the sale of public lands on which government-owned Hawaiian fishponds are located.
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HAW, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include both state languages.
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HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO CEDED LANDS. Prohibits the board of land and natural resources from selling, exchanging, or otherwise alienating ceded lands in the public land trust.
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ATTRACTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TAX CREDIT. Repeals the attractions and educational facilities tax credit for Ko Olina Resort and Marina and Makaha Resort. Effective upon approval.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes an assistant military liaison position within the department of education.
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EDN/LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON SALARIES. Requires Commission on Salaries to hold public hearings and provide public notice of each hearing.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends certain tax incentives for high technology and research.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Tasks the department of education to enact a dating violence policy and age-appropriate dating violence education to middle and high school students and dating violence prevention training to appropriate staff.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING. Adds requirement of electronic monitoring to covered offenders under chapter 846E.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADVERTISING. Prohibits certain marketing techniques of certain food products and beverages.
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EDN, HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOKAUEA ISLAND. Authorizes DLNR to renegotiate leases with residents of Mokauea island to facilitate creation of an educational center where students, teachers, and other members of the public can learn the traditional methods used in a self sustaining Hawaiian fishing village. Establishes the Mokauea island advisory committee.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Requires that the collective bargaining agreement be submitted to the director of labor and industrial relations in order for the terms in the agreement to dictate the prevailing wages with regard to a project financed through the issuance of a special purpose revenue bond.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS. Permits access to original birth certificate by an adopted person when the person attains the age of 18.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds for LifeGrid Solutions, LLC for development of non-fossil fuel energy production.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FOURTH, AND THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 33rd, 34th, and 36th representative districts.
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RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children to remove barriers to educational attainment faced by children of military families due to frequent moves and deployment of parents.
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EDN, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 23rd representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Extends EZ tax credits and exemptions, for businesses engaged in the manufacturing of tangible personal property or in the producing or processing of agricultural products, for an additional seven years. Allows the receipts, sales, and employees of a business's establishments in all enterprise zones located within the same county to count towards qualification requirements.
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EBM/AGR, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires procurement contracts for food operations of state facilities to be awarded to lowest responsible and responsive bidders, with preference given to agricultural products raised or grown in Hawaii.
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AGR/EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Prevents and reduces the intentional introduction and spread of invasive species by establishing severe penalties appropriate to the harm caused by the intentional introduction and spread of invasive species to the economy, natural environment, and the health and lifestyle of Hawaii's people.
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AGR/EEP, TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Creates a voter registration and participation task force within the office of elections to study increasing voter registration options and requiring mail-in voting to increase voter registration and turnout rates.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Establishes a charter school funding mechanism to ensure that charter schools receive fair and equitable funding.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO SICK LEAVE. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to employees.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX CHECK-OFF. Increases the school-level minor repairs and maintenance and the libraries income tax check-off provisions from $2 to $5.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION RECORDS PRIVACY. Protects the confidentiality of prescription records identifying a doctor or other health care professional licensed to prescribe medications by prohibiting the use of such information for marketing purposes. Ensures that the State comply with federal restrictions on the transfer and use of medicaid data.
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HLT/HUS, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Clarifies that teachers hired on an emergency hire basis are required to demonstrate active pursuit of a teacher's license in each year of their employment as teachers over a maximum of four years.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Declares that a candidate who is not opposed by any candidate, nonpartisan or otherwise, and is nominated at the primary election shall be deemed to be elected to that office.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Restricts federal and state low income housing leases in certain cases, to no more than 5 years.
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HSG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WEST OAHU. Requires the Office of Planning to review the City & County of Honolulu's revised Ewa Development Plan to ensure the infrastructural needs of the rapidly developing area are adequately met.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to establish a minimum rent of $250 per month for all state public housing units. Prohibits the Hawaii public housing authority from establishing preferences for tenant selection.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGES. Makes various amendments to the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Prevention Act.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. Replaces "collision damage waiver" with "damage waiver" in the motor vehicle rental industry law. Repeals requirement to place notices of certain vehicle laws in each rental vehicle and repeals power of DCCA to prescribe form of signs to be posted at rental sites. Clarifies charges that may be assessed a lessee for damage to a rental vehicle. Repeals requirement to submit collision damage waiver statistics to DCCA.
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TRN, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO BICYCLES. Increases the registration fee for bicycles and mopeds.
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TRN, JUD |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO LEGALIZE SLOT MACHINE GAMBLING AND GAMBLING BY VIDEO POKER MACHINES. Proposes a constitutional amendment to legalize slot machine and video poker gambling in designated resort areas and airports within a county as determined by the legislature by law.
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TRN/TCI, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GAMING. Legalizes slot machine gambling and video poker gambling machines in designated resort areas and to security areas of international airports located in Honolulu.
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TRN/TCI, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GAMBLING. Allows slot machines in state airports. Creates Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes a 10% wagering tax on gross receipts. Reserves % of state gaming fund for administration and % for problem gambler services; of remainder, reserves % and % to fund unspecified programs.
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TRN/TCI, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAXES. Provides an exemption from general excise taxes on certain food and medical products.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ROADS. Allows any person to file for a contested case hearing to determine jurisdiction over a public road and establishes the determination process.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS. Short form bill relating to business.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to economic development.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO ECONOMY. Short form bill relating to economy.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO ECONOMY. Short form bill relating to economy.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO THE MILITARY. Short form bill relating to the military.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO UNENCUMBERED PUBLIC LANDS. Requires the department of land and natural resources to establish a simple permit process for wedding ceremonies at state beaches and parks.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMITTED PERSONS' ACCOUNTS. Requires all inmate funds to be deposited into a noninterest-bearing account for each committed person who shall have access to withdraw moneys for approved purchases. Allows director of public safety to designate a percentage of all moneys earned by a committed person to be placed into a separate noninterest-bearing subaccount from which no withdrawals may be made until the committed person is released from custody.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an amnesty for delinquent income tax obligations, provides equitable relief in certain tax situations, and places the burden of proof on the department of taxation in certain circumstances.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER FOR IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Supports making sufficient water available for agricultural activity on important agricultural lands.
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WLO/AGR, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING. Requires the department of land and natural resources to submit a report to the legislature on any proposed rules to regulate the taking of uhu, weke/moana kali, and ulua/papio.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAZARDS. Allows Civil Defense, when no emergency exists, to enter on private property to mitigate hazardous situations after giving the landowner notice.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Authorizes state employers to establish a voluntary unpaid leave program for state employees from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO RETIREMENT. Increases, for new public employees, the minimum age and length of service for an unreduced service retirement allowance.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Requires the percentages of employers' contributions to the public employees' retirement system for fiscal year 2009-10 and 2010-11 to be based on fully amortizing the unfunded liability on 6/30/38, and no earlier. Requires the percentages of employers' contribution for each fiscal year thereafter to be based on amortizing the unfunded liability before 6/30/38.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires the Hawaii employer-union trust fund to contract with a carrier to provide health benefit plans to members and dependents. Deletes authority of the board of trustees to provide health benefits through self insurance.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS. Specifies that the requirement that the State and the counties reimburse retired employees for medicare part B premiums through the employer-union trust fund applies only to the employees who retire prior to 12/31/09.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Suspends state and county contributions to the EUTF for all state and county employee-beneficiaries who retire after 7/1/09, regardless of date of hire and years of service, if the employee retires before the employee's medicare retirement age. Resumes coverage after medicare retirement age. Allows employee to retain health coverage through the EUTF by paying the respective state or county share of premiums until medicare retirement age.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS. Specifies that the requirement that the State and the counties reimburse retired employees for medicare part B premiums through the employer-union trust fund applies only to the employees who retire prior to 07/01/09. Further specifies that there will be no reimbursement for employees who retire after 06/30/09 between the date of their retirement and 06/30/15.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to design and provide a health benefits plan for active employees and their dependent-beneficiaries that does not exceed a specified maximum projected cost.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires, from 7/1/2009 until 6/30/2015, the employer-union trust fund to provide to active employees and their dependent-beneficiaries the minimum health benefits plan required under the Hawaii prepaid health care act. Does not affect retired employees and their dependent-beneficiaries.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Makes employer contributions to the employer-union health benefits trust fund non-negotiable under collective bargaining. Establishes employer contributions for active public employees at 55 per cent of monthly cost of the health benefits plan.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HEALTH TRUST FUND. Repeals provisions making a per diem employee of and contractor with the State or a county eligible for health fund benefits.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. From 07/01/2009 to 06/30/2015: (1) prohibits health benefits plan of the employer-union health benefits trust fund from providing prescription drug coverage; and (2)allows board of trustees to make prescription drug benefits available through drug coverage plans that are paid for entirely by employee-beneficiaries.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HEALTH FUND. Prohibits the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund from providing group life insurance benefits if any of the premiums are paid by the State or a county. Allows the trust fund to contract with a group life insurer to make available group life insurance benefits to employee-beneficiaries provided that none of the premiums are paid by the State or any county and the insurer pays a fee to the board of trustees.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Prohibits the health benefits plan of the employer-union health benefits trust fund from providing dental and vision coverage from 07/01/2009 until 06/30/2015. Allows the board of trustees to make dental and vision benefits available to employee-beneficiaries at no cost to the employers.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FEES. Provides flexibility for administrative agencies to increase fees.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Requires that payments of the amounts attributable to the interest on the principal of the general obligation bonds authorized and issued for the acquisition and renovation of the old federal building for the department of commerce and consumer affairs be made out of the compliance resolution fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to fund construction of the cancer research center of Hawaii. Authorizes transfer of $20,000,000 on 7/1/2009 and 7/1/2010 from the Hawaii cancer research special fund into the state general fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SPECIAL FUND. Reallocates for 6 years from 07/01/09 to 06/30/2015, distribution of moneys in the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund, including depositing 14% into the state general fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Transfers temporarily until 06/30/2015 by reduction or deletion of certain earmarked amounts from the cigarette tax back to the state general fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INTEREST. Provides for the temporary transfer of interest from certain special funds, revolving funds, and special accounts to the general fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF STATE FUNDS. Increases for 6 years from 7/1/09 to 6/30/15, annual rate of central service expenses assessments fees on special funds to 6%. Removes all exemptions from central service expenses assessments for all special funds beginning on 6/1/09.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Advances the date of filing of a general excise monthly tax return from the last day of the calendar month following the month in which the taxes accrue to the 20th day of that month to generate a one-time windfall in revenue due to earlier collection of taxes within the fiscal year.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES. Requires each appropriate state authority to implement a furlough program for the authority's state excluded employees.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Excludes certain forms of pay in computing compensation for retirement purposes.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Deletes the sunset date of 1/2/11 on the prohibition on approving employees' retirement system benefit enhancements while an unfunded accrued liability exists.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Prohibits recipients of federal grants or moneys from qualifying for state tax credits.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO FUNDS. Subjects all special funds, except the Hawaii hurricane relief fund, convention center enterprise special fund, and the tourism special fund, to assessments for central service and departmental administrative expenses. Repealed on 6/30/2015.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Suspends temporarily the distribution of a portion of the conveyance tax to the land conservation fund. Reduces temporarily the portions transmitted to the natural area reserve fund and rental housing trust fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals certain general excise and use tax excise exemptions and exclusions, but retains the exemption for nonprofit religious organizations. Reduces the tax rate on sales to the final consumer from 4% to 3.5%. Reduces also the public service company tax rate and repeals certain public service company tax exemptions. Subjects to the general excise tax certain sales of real property and sales of securities, commodity futures, and bonds. Makes conforming amendments to other laws.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Reduces the income tax rate for the lower brackets. Repeals various income tax credits and deductions.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Suspends for 6 years from 07/01/2009 to 06/30/2015 the distribution of transient accommodations tax revenues to the counties.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LOW-INCOME REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT. Changes the eligibility for the low-income refundable food and excise tax credit by requiring taxpayers to be eligible for state public assistance and repeals the tax credit on 12/31/2015.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Temporarily suspends selected state tax relief measures enacted within the past 6 years for an unspecified period.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts the state income tax for individuals who earn less than $40,000 per year and increases the income tax for individuals who earn $750,000 or more. Drops dead 12/31/15.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE PREMIUM TAXES. Changes the insurance premium tax rates for life insurance and ocean marine insurance contracts.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX. Makes the insurance premium tax applicable to mutual benefit societies, fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations. Establishes medical workforce promotion, health workforce education, or an indigent health care program tax credit.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Amends the definition of "familial status" to specify that a non‑parent individual cohabiting with any minor children must have evidence of legitimate consent of the child's parent to qualify for "familial status" under the state housing laws.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS FRAUD. Establishes the offense of communication service fraud in the first and second degrees. Provides civil remedies. Authorizes forfeiture. Establishes evidentiary presumption. Adds definitions.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO REPEAT OFFENDERS. Excludes non-violent offenders from repeat offenders statute requiring mandatory minimum prison terms.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Makes driving over 15 miles per hour above the posted speed limit a speeding violation.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Exempts excessive speeding from the requirement to provide proof of financial responsibility from a license suspension or revocation.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Exempts driving under the influence from the requirement to provide proof of financial responsibility following a license suspension or revocation.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Allows for expungement of convictions for non-violent offenses that are over 5 years old.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Transfers regulation of private landfills from the counties to the department of health; establishes a private landfill permit program administered by the department of health.
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EEP/WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Exempts GSA-approved vendors on procurements involving federal matching funds from certain sole source procurement provisions.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT. Creates a Hawaii work opportunity tax credit of varying amounts for employers who hire any of 9 categories of individuals, paralleling the federal work opportunity tax credit.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Mandates service learning participation as a requirement for graduation.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. Removes restriction on income tax credit for solar thermal energy systems installed in single-family residential dwellings.
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EEP/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PENALTIES. Increases fines for illegal littering, dumping, and graffiti and requires or increases the amount of community service to be performed upon conviction.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Repeals the Hawaii tourism authority; establishes the department of tourism; transfers the convention center enterprise special fund, the tourism special fund, and the tourism emergency trust fund to the department of tourism; renames the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the department of business and economic development.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 14th, 15th, and 16th representative districts.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MANDATORY BOATING SAFETY EDUCATION. Establishes a mandatory boating safety education program within the State.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Permits commercial vessels to occupy Ala Wai boat harbor if the vessel has a permitted moorage at Ala Wai boat harbor and does not engage in any commercial activities in the harbor.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN. Limits county eminent domain powers to preclude condemnation of private property owned by tax exempt charitable organizations for use for certain economic development related purposes.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Raises the ceiling for bid security requirements from $25,000 to an unspecified sum.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Establishes procedures by which employees, including agricultural laborers, may certify union representation for collective bargaining purposes.
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LAB, AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes requirements for the regulation of respiratory care practitioners.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAXES. Creates additional income tax brackets and provides corresponding new tax rates.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAXES. Reduces income tax rates for all current income tax brackets. Creates additional income tax brackets and provides corresponding new tax rates.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAXES. Conforms state income tax brackets to federal income tax brackets and provides corresponding new tax rates.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to obtain parental consent prior to a minor student's participation in sex education or classes on sexually transmitted diseases. Requires public schools to provide a schedule of any classes on sex education or sexually transmitted diseases to parents of minor students at the beginning of the school year.
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EDN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING. Prohibits importation to the State or possession of shark fins unless the fins were taken from a shark landed whole in the State. Applies prohibition to any vessel stopping to refuel or offload cargo or otherwise in transit through waters of the State. Establishes presumption regarding possession of shark fins not attached to the carcass.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires director of public safety to transmit monthly reports to department of human services (DHS) listing all newly admitted inmates during the previous month to a correctional facility. Requires DHS to identify inmates who receive public assistance, regardless of the nature of the inmate's offense, to enforce the prohibition of inmates from receiving public assistance.
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PBS, HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Directs the department of land and natural resources to designate at least 5% of shoreline on each Hawaiian island as a marine life conservation district.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO WALKING TRAILS. Request the Na Ala Hele program under the department of land and natural resources to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Pi‘ilani trail from Kaupo to Kapalua as an important Hawaiian coastal cultural heritage corridor and opening the trail to the public.
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WLO, HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 11th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SENTENCING OF REPEAT OFFENDERS. Changes the mandatory minimum sentencing of repeat offenders from mandatory to discretionary.
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JUD, FIN |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Proposes a new section to article V of the Hawaii constitution to provide for the election of the attorney general. Amends article III, section 19, of the Hawaii constitution to allow for impeachment of the attorney general. Makes conforming amendment to article V, section 6, of the Hawaii Constitution relating to removal of the attorney general with the advice and consent of the senate.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE. Creates an office of state coordinator of health information exchange within the department of health and creates a health information exchange program. Makes appropriations.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CLAIM CONCILIATION PANEL. Amends provisions relating to the medical claim compensation panel by establishing a health court. Increases the number of panel members and amends the manner in which they are appointed.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Limits the amount awarded for non-economic damages in medical tort cases to $750,000 aggregate and $250,000 per physician, healthcare provider, healthcare facility, and any other involved parties. Sets the award limit for non-economic damages in cases of gross negligence at $3,000,000.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS. Establishes a medical malpractice damages task force to develop a strategic plan to address the high costs of medical malpractice insurance rates and make recommendations on damage award ranges and guidelines for medical malpractice claims.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GAMING. Allows casino gaming at 1 location on a 5-year license in a county having a population of more than 500,000 admitting only persons over 21, nonresidents, or who have round-trip tickets for travel to a final destination outside Hawaii. Creates a gaming commission and imposes a 7% tax on the casino's monthly gross receipts and an annual $250 fee on each gaming device for deposit into the general fund except % and % for administrative costs and administering a problem gamblers program.
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TCI, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Allows office of consumer protection to order mediation of disputes between a residential landlord and tenant.
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Mandates the family court to provide relevant information to the department of public safety for the purposes of maintaining a statewide victim information and notification program.
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HUS, PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE FEES. Limits the amount of fees that may be charged by a lender for a residential mortgage.
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON. Amends the definition of "person" for purposes of offenses of murder, manslaughter, and negligent injury to provide protection for a viable fetus. Defines "viable fetus." Adds provision that gestational age of 24 weeks or greater is prima facie evidence that fetus is viable.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Criminalizes the action of animal hit and run.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Establishes the evaluative mediation program.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Amends provisions of the of the fireworks control law to provide the counties more authority for enforcement.
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PBS/TRN, TCI, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Indemnifies any private developer and holds State and counties not liable for injuries due to any highway improvements accepted by the State or county and made available for public use prior to the improvements being warranted by a traffic impact analysis report.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Establishes an after-school pilot program to educate public elementary school students about Hawaii's natural resources. Requires pilot program to be established in public elementary schools on Molokai, Lanai, and the Hana district of Maui.
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EDN, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO KUPUNA HONORARY DEGREE PROGRAM. Requires office of Hawaiian affairs to develop and administer the kupuna honorary degree program, which shall award the pohaku degree, intended to be Hawaii's equivalent to the Nobel prizes, to eligible Hawaiian kupuna worldwide.
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HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTING. Establishes a pilot project to implement 100% voting by mail for 2010 elections.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM. Clarifies the uses of the natural area reserve fund and the forest stewardship fund.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO A SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT BOARD. Establishes the sex offender management board to develop comprehensive sex offender management program to achieve safer communities by reducing sexual victimization.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE LEASES. Subordinates solar energy facility agricultural leases to all other agricultural leases with respect to lease extensions and renewals.
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WLO/EEP, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO FARMING. Provides incentives and preferences for small farmers.
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AGR/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides an income tax credit to employers who allow their employees to telecommute.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTING. Prohibits vote information from being transmitted over telephone lines or the Internet. Requires vote information to be physically transported in locked containers to the state count center.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Subjects offerors or subcontractors who intentionally use false information or misrepresentations to obtain a procurement contract to sanctions including the rejection of the solicitation and a 1 year mandatory suspension from consideration for procurement awards. Nullifies solicitations containing false information or knowing misrepresentations. Requires a 3-tier system of protests and appeal.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Prohibits the disposition in fee simple of ceded lands.
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Establishes the Aha Ahupua‘a Task Force to establish a hiearchy of natural resource advisory councils known as Aha Ahapua‘a Councils. Establishes an Aha Kiole Council and Aha Moku councils to advise the state and counties on traditional land management and natural resources issues.
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HAW, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER QUALITY. Short form bill relating to water quality.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO COASTAL AREAS. Requires maintenance of public beach accesses by adjacent landowners and imposes penalties for noncompliance. Establishes shoreline access as an objective of the coastal zone management program. Requires the department of land and natural resources to provide written notice to property owners affected by this Act.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Establishes a television recycling and recovery program.
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EEP/EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Directs the public utilities commission to establish energy efficiency portfolio standards. Directs the public benefits fee administrator to review energy use patterns and develop an energy efficiency plan. Directs the energy resources coordinator to review energy efficiency in building construction and recommend amendments to county building codes and the state building code. Requires the state building code to contain provisions of the International Energy Conservation Code and directs counties to adopt those provisions. Allows for the review of energy efficiency in existing state buildings and directs the energy resources coordinator to establish energy efficiency guidelines for retro-commissioning and retrofits. Requires existing state buildings to be retro-commissioned no less than every five years. Requires the energy resources coordinator to publish an annual energy efficiency report. Requires energy performance contracts for retro-commissioning to meet energy efficiency standards. Expands the pay as you save pilot program to include photovoltaic energy systems and refrigerator exchanges. Directs the public benefits fee administrator to develop and implement a program to encourage residential retail electricity customers to replace inefficient household appliances with ENERGY STAR appliances. Provides a net zero energy building tax credit to builders of residential or commercial buildings that produce enough energy that is equal to or greater than the energy consumed by the occupants of the building. Directs the public utilities commission to establish a consumer information program on energy efficient properties. Allows a taxpayer who claims the low-income household renter's tax credit to transfer the credit to the taxpayer's landlord.
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EEP/WLO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION ENERGY. Establishes a comprehensive approach to increasing the use of alternative fuel vehicles in the State, including state procurement of alternative fuel vehicles, tax incentives, and infrastructure requirements
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EEP, TRN, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Amends Hawaii constitution to allow the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist any (rather than just a not-for profit) corporation that provides health care facilities to the general public.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER. Amends part II of chapter 39A, HRS, to allow the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to all corporations that provide health care facilities to the general public. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Medical Center.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES. Prohibits both public and private hospitals from forcing nurses to work overtime, except in cases of a federal, state, or county declared emergency. Excludes nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists from mandatory overtime requirements.
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HLT, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 42ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 42nd representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SALARIES. Reduces by 5 percent the current salaries of certain employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Freezes salaries of such employees for fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TATTOOING. Exempts traditional Hawaiian tattoo experts from current tattoo licensure laws.
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HLT, HAW |
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RELATING TO COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING. Requires the department of public safety to establish a reintegration pilot program that combines 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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PBS, HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Ensures that all state transportation planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and any other change of any transportation facility implements complete streets principles.
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TRN, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACCESS TO REAL PROPERTY. Requires a seller to disclose in writing to a buyer the existence, if any, of legal or traditional public access that burden the residential or real property being sold.
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AGR, HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 1st representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Creates the temporary health insurance for unemployed persons program to provide temporary health insurance to persons who have lost coverage and assist with premiums for persons who are COBRA-eligible due to furlough, layoff, reduced work hours, or termination of employment on or after July 1, 2008.
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LAB, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO RESPIRATORY CARE. Establishes licensing and regulatory requirements for practice of respiratory care. Establishes board of respiratory care in the department of commerce and consumer affairs, provides for disciplinary criteria, and penalties.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCES. Requires the filing of a co-tenancy agreement with the county upon the conveyance of a fractional interest in fee simple title to a single-family, residential property, with exceptions.
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. Requires mortgagors and mortgagees to explore options to avoid foreclosure, including modification or restructuring of loans; effective on approval and repeals 12/31/2012. Requires notice of foreclosure be given to a tenant of the foreclosed property with the option to keep rental agreement in full force or vacate premises in 60 days.
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO CEDED LANDS. Prohibits the sale or exchange of ceded lands by the state.
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 51st representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires workers' compensation insurers to use rates that are proportional to the number of employees.
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LAB, CPC |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC STIMULUS. Directs the state Director of Finance to release funds for county projects required to match funds counties are to receive from the federal stimulus program within fifteen days of receipt of federal funds and to release funds for state projects required to match funds the State is to receive from the federal stimulus program within thirty days of receipt of federal funds.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. Transfers fee time share interest from the land court system to the regular system; establishes a pilot program to implement electronic recording of fee time share interests.
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WLO, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. Creates the military affairs liaison special fund within a nonprofit entity to support the nonprofit entity's duties as the state liaison in matters relating to the military. Requires adjutant general, with the governor's concurrence, to select the nonprofit entity. Appropriates funds to the special fund.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Excludes fringe benefits, special education, and federal funding from the per pupil appropriation to charter schools. Requires the charter school review panel to evaluate schools in certain years. Authorizes the panel to determine the duration of a school's probation and permits the board to direct the panel to take appropriate action. Authorizes the board to direct the panel to take appropriate action when serious health or safety issues exist.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 13th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. Establishes the military affairs liaison trust fund as a separate fund of a nonprofit corporation, to support the nonprofit corporation in its duties as the state liaison in matters relating to the military. Appropriates funds for the trust fund.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Amends the 2008 CIP appropriation for traffic safety improvements to the Hawaii Belt Road and Papaikou Mill Road intersection in Hawaii county.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Requires existing single-family homes to be retrofitted with solar water heater systems after a specified date. Authorizes the PUC to permit electrical utilities to collect a surcharge for non-compliance.
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HSG/EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCIES. Authorizes the governor to negotiate with the United States Navy to provide temporary emergency power from its nuclear-powered submarines
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PBS, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Allows for the placement of wind turbines on electrical and telephone poles.
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EEP/WLO, CPC |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for 17th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Amends the disclosure requirements for recipients of monetary awards from the State. Requires the department of accounting and general services to manage and update the information posted on the website.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS TRUST. Prohibits the sale, exchange or other permanent transfer of lands in the public lands trust to a private entity; requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to make an inventory of lands in the public lands trust; appropriates funds for the inventory, to be matched by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Requires pet dealers and dog breeders to provide purchasers of dogs with written statements of the dog's medical history. Allows consumers to return dogs to a pet dealer or breeder for a refund or exchange where the dog has a pre-existing condition. Requires pet dealers to provide purchasers of cats with written statements of the cat's medical history.
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EBM, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes comprehensive measures for increasing the production and use of renewable energy in the State.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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