COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Requires class 5 dispenser liquor licensees to carry liability insurance as a condition of acquiring, transferring, and renewing a license. (HB563 HD1)
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EBM, CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Gives boards of directors authority to install or allow the installation of solar energy or wind energy devices on the common elements of condominiums.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Extends the condominium dispute resolution pilot project until 6/30/11.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Increased the maximum amount of the special assessment for delinquent monthly common assessments that can be charged against a person who purchases a condominium unit. Expands limitations on association liability for elderly unit owners or residents aging in place to include disabled persons. (HB876 HD1)
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HUS, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
2:15 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO PATRIOT DAY. Designates September 11 as Patriot Day.
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PBS |
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URGING THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO MAKE PERMANENT ITS MASS EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
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PBS, FIN |
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URGING THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO MAKE PERMANENT ITS MASS EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
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PBS, FIN |
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URGING THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO AMEND ITS BUILDING CODE TO REQUIRE FILTERS AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SYSTEMS IN WATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE INSTALLED IN VOG-IMPACTED AREAS.
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PBS, CPC |
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URGING THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO AMEND ITS BUILDING CODE TO REQUIRE FILTERS AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SYSTEMS IN WATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE INSTALLED IN VOG-IMPACTED AREAS.
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PBS, CPC |
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REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SENATE, AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO THE CONTINUATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
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PBS, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SENATE, AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO THE CONTINUATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
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PBS, FIN |
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REQUESTING A STUDY OF DISPARATE TREATMENT IN HAWAII'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
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PBS, HAW |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
10:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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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. Repealed in 2012. (HB1536 HD1)
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. Provides a mandatory tax credit to taxpayers pursuant to article VII, section 6 of the Hawaii Constitution.
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FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF PROJECTED EXCESS REVENUES. Routes a portion of projected increases in general fund revenues to emergency and budget reserve fund established by law. Sets 7% as the percentage that triggers the disposition. (HB993 HD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Amends the definition of engaging in business under section 237-2, HRS (general excise tax), to include persons who enter into an agreement with residents of the State where the person pays a commission for referral of potential customers. (HB1405 HD1)
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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. Taxes a lessor of real property for capital improvements made by a lessee upon the termination of a lease.
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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 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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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the department of taxation to enter into a contract for a taxpayer non-compliance identification program to use high speed information processing to identify taxpayers who may have underreported their state tax liability. (HD1)
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EBM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
11:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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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. Imposes the state income tax on rollovers made by state and county employees from qualifying deferred-compensation plans and qualifying annuity plans to eligible retirement plans or individual retirement accounts if the funds are used to obtain retirement credits. (HB1550 HD1)
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LAB, 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 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 ETHANOL FACILITY TAX CREDIT. Caps the total annual amount of ethanol facility tax credits allowed at $8,000,000 in the aggregate between 7/1/11 to 12/31/12. (HB1491 HD1)
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EEP, 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 STATE INCOME TAX. Repeals deduction of wagering losses for Hawaii state income tax purposes.
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FIN |
Decision making to follow.
12:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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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 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 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 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 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 |
Decision making to follow.
1:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Places a cap on itemized deductions claimed on state income tax returns and increases the state standard deduction.
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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 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 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 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 INCOME TAX. Exempts individuals from income tax if they earn less than 100 percent of the current Federal Poverty Income Guideline for Hawaii.
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HUS, 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. 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 |
Decision making to follow.
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the high technology business investment, research, and technology infrastructure renovation tax credits to 12/31/2015. Caps aggregate investment credits for a year to $ . Caps aggregate credits in a year for investments in a single qualified business to $10,000,000. Establishes review board to decide appeals of Department of Taxation denials of certification of credits claimed for investments in wholly-owned subsidiaries. (HB1451 HD1)
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EBM, 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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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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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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FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Department of Taxation to evaluate certain tax credits and tax exemptions and report to legislature. Provides automatic repeal of the tax credits and tax exemptions. Provides a penalty for excessive amounts filed for tax refunds and credits.
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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. 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 |
Decision making to follow.
4:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. Fiscal Year 2009-2010 appropriation from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund in lieu of general funds for the health care payments program (HMS 401) to address the budget shortfall in fiscal biennium 2009-2011. (HB1065 HD1)
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. Emergency appropriation from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to replace general funds appropriated for the health care payments program (HMS 401) to address the budget shortfall in fiscal year 2008-2009.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS. Establishes a temporary health insurance program for unemployed individuals. Appropriates funds.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Directs funding provided by the federal government's 2009 economic stimulus package for health care programs.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER QUALITY. Authorizes the director health to use federal moneys from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund drinking water and wastewater infrastructure programs.
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EEP/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates money to match federal funds for medicaid.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. Appropriates federal funds from the economic stimulus package to (1) DBEDT to identify and develop a strategy to meet the needs of a green economy sector; and (2) RCUH to create an emergency environmental workforce to provide employment to persons who have lost their jobs in the economic downturn. (HB281 HD2)
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EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO DENTISTS. Authorizes the board of dental examiners to sanction licensees for false or misleading advertising.
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HLT, 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. Effective 07/01/2020. (HB1696 HD1)
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TRN, CPC/JUD |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on Monday, February 23, 2009):
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RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. Provides for notice to tenants of rental properties that are foreclosed upon. (HB202 HD1)
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Allows a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or harassment by stalking to terminate his or her rental agreement. (HB812 HD1)
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HUS, CPC/JUD |
JUD only:
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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 TORT LIABILITY. Repeals the sunset date and makes permanent the law shielding county lifeguards from liability.
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WLO, JUD |
Decision making only (heard on Tuesday, February 3, 2009):
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RELATING TO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF TRUSTEE TO THIRD PARTIES. Amends Hawaii Probate Code provisions on personal liability of a trustee for consistency with Uniform Probate Code.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Makes nomination papers available until the 58th day prior to the deadline for filing nomination papers. Provides 3 additional business days for candidates to file papers if there are no candidates for an office.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires incumbent elected officials to file nomination papers for re-election 7 days prior to the filing deadline for non-incumbents.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Extends the filing deadline by 5 days in cases where a candidate withdraws less than 5 days prior to the filing deadline.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the office of elections to develop a standard withdrawal and declaration of candidacy form by 01/01/2010. Requires a candidate to file the standard form to withdraw as a candidate prior to the subsequent filing of nomination papers for any other elective office.
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JUD |
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Friday, February 27, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on Monday, February 23, 2009):
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Protects and promotes the proper use of Hawaii's best agricultural lands by requiring conditions of approval for subdivisions of agricultural land into smaller lots and farm dwellings, thereby ensuring meaningful agricultural use.
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WLO/AGR |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Amends chapters 46 and 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to give the counties greater authority and flexibility to define uses and regulate land use in the State Rural District consistent with broad State policies and standards.
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WLO/AGR |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Statewide Transportation Council to comply with county transportation and general plans, to the extent it does not impact federal funds, in the preparation of the statewide transportation plan for projected transportation needs for a six-year period.
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TRN, WLO |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Allows 999-year homestead leases to be assigned to land trusts that are created for purposes of managing and holding the homestead leasehold estate for the benefit of the lessee and lessee's family members.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Renders void as against public policy any county ordinance that prohibits a group living facility for the elderly and persons with disabilities from being located within any specified distance from another group living facility.
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HUS, WLO |
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Friday, February 27, 2009
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
10:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for the expansion of value-added agricultural operations at the Del Monte and Maui community college facilities.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes fines for failing to pay, bill, or remit the inspection, quarantine and eradication fee. Exempts liquid bulk freight and cement bulk freight from the fee.
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AGR/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOG. Requires the Department of Agriculture to work with the University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, to determine best methods of vog treatment and research vog-resistant varieties of plants; appropriates funding.
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AGR/HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET. Requires the governor or the director of finance to report restrictions of appropriations to the legislature.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the director of transportation to conduct a statewide pupil travel evaluation to study how students get to school and to use that information to award federal grants for school-based workshops and community planning that will reduce traffic congestion, encourage walking and bicycling, and increase health and safety. Requires the director of transportation to streamline the grant application process. Requires annual reports
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TRN, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes motor vehicle towing companies to add the general excise tax to the fees charged to the owner of a motor vehicle left unattended on private or public property.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Makes amendments to Act 171, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, reflecting recommendations of Ignition Interlock Implementation Task Force.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
11:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO TELEWORK. Establishes the telework task force to develop a comprehensive plan that will encourage and expand telework opportunities in Hawaii while reducing harmful environmental impacts, traffic congestion, the dependence on fossil fuels, and encourage a better quality of life for people who commute to work in Hawaii. Makes an appropriation.
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TRN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT ROUTE ECONOMIC ZONES. Creates a task force to recommend parameters for the creation of mass transit route economic zones including eligibility and benefits and incentives such as tax credits. Report to legislature, including process to designate economic zones and incentives to attract businesses and affordable housing to encourage ridership. Task force terminates on 06/30/10.
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TRN, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A COUNTY TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING FUND. Creates the county infrastructure development revolving loan fund within department of budget and finance to provide no-interest loans to the counties for the development, pre-development, or construction of infrastructure projects to expedite the building of transit-oriented development, especially those involving affordable housing. Effective 07/01/2050.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows the State to enter into agreements with private entities to build, operate, own, or finance newly constructed transportation facilities including toll highways.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Authorize the department of transportation to pursue a comprehensive 6-year modernization program and providing it sufficient resources to implement the plan by amending the state liquid fuel tax, state vehicle registration fee, state vehicle weight fee, and rental motor vehicle surcharge through increases of the various taxes and the flat rate amount in sections 243-4(a), 249-31, 249-33(a), and 251-2(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes. Authorize the implementation of a Vehicle Miles Traveled Pilot Program. Effective 07/01/2011.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS. Clarifies that government entities are only liable in certain cases for the percentage share of the damages they actually caused.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the Director of Transportation to require any person who uses or occupies State commercial harbors for business or commercial purposes, to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the State against claims that may arise from such use or occupation.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AIRPORTS. Allows the Director of Transportation to adopt rules to require users or occupiers of airport land, buildings, or facilities for business or commercial purposes to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the State against all claims, suits, and demands arising out of or resulting from the use or occupation. Also allows the Director to adopt rules relating to the designation of airport operational areas.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AIRPORT CONCESSIONS. Allows for certain adjustments and modifications to airport concession leases. Effective 07/01/2050.
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TRN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
12:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO INMATES. Requires return of all out-of-state inmates in private prisons by 12/31/2015. Requires the public safety department to plan, design, and construct sufficient facilities to house inmates in Hawaii by 12/31/2015.
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PBS, 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 COMMITTED PERSONS' ACCOUNTS. Amends section 353-20, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to permit the Director of Public Safety to direct the department to have one or more accounts for committed persons. Also states that the accounts are non-interest bearing and that no interest can be paid to committed persons on the individual accounts. Effective July 1, 2025.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRUG TREATMENT. Authorizes placement of certain offenders in secure drug treatment facilities.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a state residential drug abuse program with an in‑community component to help inmates' reentry into the community upon their release from prison. Expands number of transition beds in module nineteen at the Oahu community correctional center.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Establishes staff positions for the state fire council to accomplish its duties and responsibilities.
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PBS/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTES. Delays implementation of the reduced ignition propensity cigarettes law to 09/30/2010. Creates a special revolving fund to receive deposits of cigarette certification fees. Authorizes the state fire council to expend moneys from the fund to cover the reduced ignition propensity cigarettes personnel and program costs.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS OTHER THAN CIGARETTES. Increases the tobacco tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes from 40 percent to 60 percent of the wholesale price and deposits 33.3 percent of the proceeds collected into the community health centers special fund.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. Makes permanent the retail tobacco permit law.
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HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
1:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Clarifies that the additional one cent license tax added to diesel fuel is not applicable to diesel oil that is sold for use in electric power generation by a power-generating facility.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the sunset provision relating to the one cent tax on naphtha fuel used in a power-generating facility.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Clarifies solar water heater variance request procedures and authority and provides guidance with respect to solar water heater system standards.
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EEP/HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Makes the GET exemption amendments for timeshare operators and condominium submanagers permanent.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. Makes state low-income housing tax credits more valuable by shortening the period over which the credits can be taken from ten years to five years.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates a state earned income tax credit funded initially with TANF funds. Restricts the interest charged by tax preparers to clients who claim the earned income tax credit.
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HUS, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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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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FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Exempts the office of elections from procurement code requirements relating to cost or pricing data.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY BY THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or convey any real property located in the Kakaako community development district except for the area makai of Ala Moana boulevard, but excluding from such area the land identified by tax map key 2-1-14:16.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Untilizes certain special funds to support invasive species control and mitigation and to promote reforestation and sediment run-off mitigation.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Establishes a transitional management team within the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to planning for necessary restructuring to ensure the strength of the state's health care safety net.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Authorizes Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) and the Maui Regional System Board to remove the Maui Regional Health Care System and its facilities from HHSC by transferring regional assets to a legal entity which will finance and continue to provide health care services to Maui.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSITIONING OF THE REGIONS AND FACILITIES OF HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Authorizes a facility or regional health care system under the Hawaii health systems corporation to transition into a new legal entity, including a nonprofit or for-profit corporation, municipal facility, or public benefit corporation.
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HLT, 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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FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII ENDOWMENT FUND. Amends the $4,000,000 appropriation to the State of Hawaii Endowment Fund authorized under Act 97, SLH 2006, as amended by Act 156, SLH 2007) to stipulate that all portions of pledges not matched by actual payment of the pledge by February 28, 2013, revert to the general fund.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Removes from the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) Board the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Director of Transportation, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and Executive Director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and places them in an advisory group to HTA.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND. Increases the amount of state fund appropriations for capital improvement construction costs earmarked for the Works of Art Special Fund (Special Fund) from one to two percent. Allows 50 percent of the Special Fund to be used for capital improvement projects, the purchase of facilities, and repair and maintenance of facilities dedicated to culture and the arts.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Broadens the scope of a "tourism emergency" to include a regional or worldwide economic crisis.
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Requires, for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 only, an additional distribution of not more than $10,000,000 in Transient Accommodations Tax revenues to the Tourism Special Fund.
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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, Tourism Special Fund, and 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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RELATING TO STATE IDENTIFICATION. Allows the attorney general to contract with counties to process and issue state identification cards.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT. Enacts Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act and in so doing, replaces and updates similar law codified as chapter 658C, HRS. Updates former law by, among other things, allocating burden of proof with respect to application of law, setting out procedure for obtaining recognition of foreign country money judgments, expanding grounds for denying recognition and allocating burden of proof to do so. Establishes statute of limitations.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT. Adopts the Uniform Mediation Act. Provides certain rules for mediations. Establishes a privilege that assures confidentiality of mediations in legal proceedings. Protects integrity and knowing consent through provisions that provide exceptions to the privilege, limit disclosures by the mediator to judges and others who may rule on the case, requires mediators to disclose conflicts of interest, and assures that parties may bring a lawyer or other support person to the mediation session.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.
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RELATING TO SURCHARGE FOR INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES. Increases the initial filing fee for civil actions.
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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. May seek recovery and reimbursement of costs and expenses.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING. Organizes, clarifies, updates, and recodifies campaign finance laws.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Amends the pilot project for comprehensive public funding of Hawaii county council elections by commencing the project in the general election year 2014.
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT. Creates a process for a patient to direct end-of-life treatment in a standardized physician orders for life sustaining form.
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Establishes eligibility for unemployment insurance.
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Creates the Domestic Violence Special Fund to provide grants to organizations that provide domestic violence services. Provides grants to the counties for their career criminal prosecution units and victim witness assistance programs.
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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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RELATING TO SENTENCING. Restores a statutory provision allowing for presentence mental health or medical examination of defendants for purposes of sentencing.
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