OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 1
3rd LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 23, 2009
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EBM - Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HAW - Hawaiian Affairs |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HUS - Human Services |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PBS - Public Safety |
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TCI - Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources |
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HOUSE BILLS
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REFERRAL
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RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY. Directs the department of business, economic, development, and tourism to develop a permitting process for nuclear energy generation facilities in Hawaii.
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EEP/WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC. Requires DOT to establish and operate a county-wide highway traffic advisory AM radio system to advise motorists of updated current traffic conditions in any county having a population of greater than 300,000. Appropriation.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF ALOHA STADIUM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Transfers the Aloha Stadium to the University of Hawaii.
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WLO, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ALOHA STADIUM. Requires governor to direct department of land and natural resources to: dispose of Aloha Stadium; acquire suitable lands at an appropriate location on Oahu upon which to build a new stadium; and ensure that proceeds of the disposition of Aloha stadium and surrounding lands are used to acquire the new lands.
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WLO/TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO CALORIE INFORMATION. Requires food service establishments in the State that meet certain criteria to provide calorie information for menu items.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Allows members without vested benefit status in the employees' retirement system who return to service to continue accumulating service credit as if no break in service had occurred. Requires the State to pay the entire base monthly contribution into the employer-union health benefits trust fund for retirees hired prior to 7/1/96 who cumulatively accrue, either prior to or after a break in service of any duration, a total of at least 10 years of credited service.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. Makes Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association trust law permanent.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Bases University of Hawaii general funding on a student-weighted formula.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Establishes that a motor vehicle owner is responsible for paying outstanding parking citations even after transferring ownership of the vehicle. Establishes that unpaid parking citations shall not prevent the transfer of ownership and re-registration of the vehicle. Provides an exemption for U-drive companies.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 SERVICE. Eliminates the $0.66 monthly surcharge on wireless telephone accounts and terminates the wireless enhanced 911 fund once all moneys in the fund are expended. Effective 7/1/2009.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Makes clarifying amendments to laws affecting the charter schools.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Authorizes the Board of Education to employ or retain its own attorneys.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS. Authorizes the board of education to file any meeting notice that specifies legislation or legislation-related agenda items no fewer than two calendar days before a meeting during the period from the convening of the legislature in regular session to adjournment sine die of each regular session, and during any special session of the legislature.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Bans minors from using ATV's; provides a ban on riding in truck beds; mandatory helmet law for all two-wheeled vehicles and ATV's; mandate video screens be behind driver; prohibits cell phone operation except for hands free; prohibits the use of electronic wireless communication devices while operating a motor vehicle. Prohibits text messaging, gaming, and e-mailing while operating a motor vehicle.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Prohibits the use of mobile telephones without hands free accessories while operating a motor vehicle. Prohibits the use of electronic wireless communication devices while operating a motor vehicle. Prohibits text messaging, gaming, and e-mailing while operating a motor vehicle. Sets forth exemptions.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO PICKUP TRUCKS. Prohibits operation of a pickup truck with a passenger in the bed or load-carrying area. Increases fine. Makes applicable to counties with populations of 500,000 or greater.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HELMETS. Mandates adoption of rules for safety helmets for motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, and bicycles. Prohibits the operation or riding on a motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, or bicycle without a safety helmet. Prohibits the sale, rental, or lease of a motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped without provision of safety helmet.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO VIDEO MONITOR SAFETY. Prohibits operation of a motor vehicle when an LCD panel or video monitor is located forward of the back of the driver's seat. Sets forth exceptions, including vehicle operation, observation, or navigation.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO DNA COLLECTION. Requires DNA collection from those arrested on felony charges.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO REQUIRING WRITTEN CONSENT FROM A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PROVISIONAL LICENSES. Adds the requirement of written consent from a parent or legal guardian for issuance of a provisional license to a minor.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESSES. Requires business registrants with 10 or fewer anticipated employees to attend business management training courses.
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EBM, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO NUISANCES. Makes the maintenance of a property nuisance a misdemeanor.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an income tax and general excise tax exemption for companies that provide potable water and are tax exempt under section 501(c)(12) of the IRC. Applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/08.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires department of health to send annual list of death certificates to county clerks to assist in removing names from voter registration lists. Requires chief election officer to review compensation for election officials annually. Mandates training and certification for political party watchers. Clarifies voting hours in absentee polling places.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Allows restrained dogs in state parks in designated areas that have access to the shoreline; limits the State's liability.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Directs office of planning to petition the land use commission to reclassify certain public lands in North Kohala from the agricultural district to the conservation district.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Requires owners of certain transient accommodations to provide disaster shelters for their guests and provides a tax credit to owners for costs of constructing the disaster shelters.
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PBS, TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEAD HUMAN BODIES. Adds to the prohibition against buying dead human bodies, the selling of dead human bodies. Defines the term "dead human body" to include plastinated bodies and body parts. Increases the fine for buying or selling a dead human body to up to $5,000.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEAD HUMAN BODIES. Prohibits the commercial display of dead human bodies without a permit from the department of health.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Under certain circumstances, exempts from tort liability a person who allows their personal property to be used by another person for shelter without remuneration, and a person who allows a nonprofit organization to use tangible personal property without remuneration.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Establishes employer's use of individual's credit history in hiring and termination decisions as an unlawful discriminatory practice.
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LAB, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO SALARIES. Clarifies that the comptroller may waive certain administrative requirements pertaining to the payment of salaries and pensions, and the automatic deposit thereof, in accordance with rules adopted under the Hawaii Administrative Procedures Act.
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FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, and Ombudsman.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13 of the State Constitution to declare that issuance of authorized bonds will not cause debt limit to be exceeded.
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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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RELATING TO HEALTH. Changes the name of the Environmental Health Education Fund to the Sanitation and Environmental Health Fund and allows the Fund to be used for sanitation program activities.
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HLT, EEP, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A TAX REFUND OR TAX CREDIT BE PROVIDED TO TAXPAYERS WHENEVER THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AT THE CLOSE OF TWO SUCCESSIVE FISCAL YEARS EXCEEDS FIVE PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR EACH OF THE TWO FISCAL YEARS. Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution that would repeal the requirement that a tax refund or tax rebate be provided to taxpayers whenever the general fund balance of each of two successive fiscal years exceeds five percent of general fund revenues for each of the two fiscal years.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Short form bill relating to non-general funds.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE REVENUES. Short form bill relating to state revenues.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Short form bill relating to state bonds.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Short form bill relating to the state budget.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill relating to taxation.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Makes technical a amendment to the budget allotment modification law.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Makes technical amendments state budget laws on transfer of non-general funds to the general fund law.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. Makes technical amendments to the state budget laws relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Makes technical amendments to the state budget law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires department of land and natural resources to notify an existing lessee of public lands of its intent to dispose of the lands in a subsequent transaction not less than 120 days prior to the expiration of the existing lease term.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO ELECTION DAY VOTER REGISTRATION. Authorizes voter registration on election day. Requires office of elections to develop an election day registration system. Makes appropriations.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Makes the $1,000 limit for "handyman" contract exemptions to contractor licensing requirements apply only to labor costs.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. Requires a minor adjudicated of actions that would constitute promoting a controlled substance to choose either detention in youth correctional facility or substance abuse counseling program with parents or legal guardians.
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HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS. Prohibits persons convicted of felonies involving fraud or misrepresentation from being licensed as a real estate broker.
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CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO LIBRARIES. Establishes a working group to explore projected needs and alternative funding mechanisms for the development of libraries throughout the State.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Amends section 249-10, HRS (vehicular taxes; penalties) to clarify that an owner of an antique motor vehicle may operate that vehicle on the highways for limited purposes.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Clarifies candidate filing and withdrawal requirements in state and county elections. Clarifies that when a political party fills a vacancy, the party shall notify the appropriate election official no later than 3 business days after receiving notice of the vacancy from the election official.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations on tax collections. Clarifies that the three-year statute of limitations on tax assessments for the general excise tax, use tax, and other period taxes begins running from the filing of each periodic return
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Repeals permit requirement for accounting firms to engage in public accountancy. Terminates rights, duties, and proceedings under repealed requirement on effective date of Act.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Requires district court to delete from a driver's traffic abstract any violation which the driver is found not to have committed.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES. Allows the board of directors of an association to allow owners to install antennas for amateur radios. Requires a written statement of the reasons for a denial.
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CPC |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATED TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Amends the state constitution to require candidates for the state senate or house of representatives to be a resident of the legislative district from which the person is a candidate for not less than twelve consecutive months prior to the general election.
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LMG, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Allows motor vehicle audible reverse warning system to be manually turned off between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.; provided that the vehicle is guided while reversing by a person other than the driver of the vehicle.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO NOISE. Requires department of health to change its decibel weighting system from the dBA system to the dBC system for purpose of community noise control.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC COURT RECORDS. Permits online requests of traffic abstracts and traffic court reports. Authorizes judiciary to impose a fee and require verification of identity before releasing reports.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits audible motor vehicle alarm systems, effective 01/01/2010. Provides exception for authorized emergency vehicles.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits as disorderly conduct the operation of a leaf blower between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any day of the week.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO SIDEWALKS. Defines the downtown Honolulu business district. Prohibits use of bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, skateboards, roller stakes, and other similar toys on sidewalks in the downtown Honolulu business district.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii public housing authority.
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HSG/HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Allows condominium property regimes and cooperative housing corporations to prohibit smoking pursuant to an adoption of a rule.
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Bans smoking on public streets and sidewalks.
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TRN/HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Authorizes forfeiture of a motor vehicle after a conviction for a prostitution offense if the vehicle was used by the defendant to commit or facilitated commission of the offense or represents proceeds of the offense.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL PROCEDURE. Extends the time within which a claim must be brought for coercion into prostitution, drug dealer liability, or sexual offenses against minors. Amends standard of proof in claims for drug dealer liability. Presumes vicarious liability and respondeat superior for an employee or agent.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Directs Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine ownership of certain rights of way in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Amends criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities or a police officer. Excludes an invited guest.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Extends the period of time, from 1 to 3 years, that an applicant who has been denied or refused a liquor license must wait before becoming eligible to submit another application for the same class of license at the same location.
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RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Amends the crime of disorderly conduct to include impeding or obstructing the use of or access to a bus stop by laying across any bench or more than one seat provided at the bus stop or sleeping on the ground within or abutting any bus stop shelter or other bus stop structure. Effective 1/1/2010.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Requires turning driver to yield right-of-way to pedestrian in a crosswalk even if the pedestrian enters the crosswalk after the vehicle begins its turn.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Establishes a $150 fine for traffic-control signal violations.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Specifies that a county shall not grant an exemption from the general excise tax (GET) or receipt taxes for a mixed-use transit-oriented joint development project. Exempts from GET a project developed to provide affordable rental housing or a community health care facility within a mixed-use transit-oriented joint development project.
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RELATING TO MIXED-USE CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS. Allows a condominium board of directors to lease common elements of the condominium, under certain conditions, if elements are not used by unit owners for purposes permitted in the declaration. Requires all direct costs attributable to condominium hotel operations to be charged only to unit owners whose units are included in condominium hotel operations.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE RATE FILINGS. Requires insurers to file rates that provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges for insureds who are 65 years of age and older after successfully completing a motor vehicle accident prevention course. Requires the department of transportation to develop the criteria for the motor vehicle accident prevention course. Establishes that the instructor-led or online version of the National Safety Council Defensive Driving Course are deemed to meet the department's criteria.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIABILITY OF ROOSTER OWNERS. Makes it illegal for a rooster to escape or be removed from its owner's property while wearing a sharp object. Imposes penalties.
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes baby boom generation commission to determine impact of baby boomers leaving the workforce and how to retrain baby boomers to fill anticipated vacancies in the workforce. Establishes lifelong learning accounts and tax credits to finance retraining. Establishes lifelong learning program in DLIR. Appropriates funds.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Establishes an annual exemption from the general excise tax on the purchase of school supplies of less than $50 per purchase and computers, computer software, and computer supplies of less than $750 per purchase made between 12:01 A.M. on the last Friday in July and 11:59 P.M. the following Sunday.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTORBOATS. Requires operators of motorboats and thrillcraft in the State to complete a boater safety course.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Reduces the jury duty exemption age from 80 to 75 years old.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Makes an appropriation for the planning, design, and construction for a second access road for leeward community college.
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HED, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the student member of the board of education to vote on all matters.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides the Department of Education with oversight and monitoring powers over a child receiving special education services at a private school but at public expense.
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RELATING TO AMMUNITION. Requires all ammunition of a specified caliber manufactured or sold in Hawaii that is capable of use in handguns, including assault pistols, to be coded to assist law enforcement in identifying and prosecuting gun crime offenders. Requires Attorney General to establish a statewide database to track coded ammunition. Effective 7/1/2009.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING. Prohibits text messaging while driving.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING. Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone by a minor while driving unless equipped with a hands-free accessory and being used in the hands-free mode. Exempts mobile radios. Prohibits transit drivers from using cellular phones whenever their vehicle is in motion.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 2 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 3 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 4 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 5 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 6 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the state and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009‑2011.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 8 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 9 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 10 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for the fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 13 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to labor.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to labor.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to workers' compensation.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to public employment.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to unemployment.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO STATE SALARIES. Establishes a two year statute of limitations for recovering indebtedness to State through withholding of state salary.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. Appropriates funds for the ombudsman to develop and implement a pilot program using informed customers to investigate customer service at the Hawaii public housing authority.
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HSG, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM HOTELS. Prohibits the managing agent of a condominium from engaging in the business of a condominium hotel operator for any property managed by the agent.
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TCI, CPC |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE POLLUTION. Prohibits the issuance of a permit for the construction or operation of an injection well within a special management area if the water to be deposited in the well will not meet department of health standards for R-1 water.
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EEP/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits the placement of hazardous waste storage facilities or underground storage tanks within tsunami inundation areas.
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EEP, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Directs PUC to investigate the implementation of a tiered rate structure for electric rate-making based on consumption.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SENTENCING. Allows the court to consider extenuating circumstance when sentencing a defendant for endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree in situations where the defendant and minor live on the same premises as another party who is involved in drug activity.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.
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HED |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.
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HED |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.
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HED |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.
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HED |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.
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HED |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to issue additional revenue bonds in the principal amount of $150,000,000 for the purpose of financing the costs of construction or maintenance of capital improvement projects constituting university projects. Appropriates the proceeds of the initial $100,000,000 of the revenue bonds (as authorized by Act 161, SLH 2007), in the current fiscal year and any of the fiscal years thereafter, to and including fiscal year 2012-2013. Appropriates the proceeds of the additional $150,000,000 in the current fiscal year and any of the fiscal years thereafter, to and including fiscal year 2014-2015.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Quentin Burdick rural health interdisciplinary training program.
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HED, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS PROGRAMS. Transfers small boat harbors, boating, ocean recreation, and coastal areas programs from DLNR back to DOT; requires the Director of Transportation when leasing boating facility fast lands by negotiation to make the finding of public interest and administer the negotiation process.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Permits wind energy systems in all land use districts where structures of any sort are allowed, except for the conservation district. Allows in conservation district if permitted by the department of land and natural resources. Establishes requirements for wind energy systems.
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Allows mining as a permitted use in the agricultural district.
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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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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Disallows the use of DAG and DANC pleas in cases regarding negligent homicide in the third degree. Requires mandatory minimum sentence. Requires license revocation for a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 10 years if driver is found to have committed 5 or more traffic infractions within the preceding 5-year period.
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RELATING TO JUDGMENTS. Amends the uniform foreign money-judgments recognition act with regard to defamation judgments acquired in foreign courts. Enforceability depends on the free speech and free press protections afforded by the defamation law applied by the foreign court.
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RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Allows individuals attempting to claim certain unclaimed property from the State to assert ownership through a notarized affidavit signed under penalty of perjury.
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS. Provides an annual maximum deduction of $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly for contributions made to a section 529 qualified tuition program in 2009 and thereafter.
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Excludes cost of materials in determining whether cost of project is less than $1,000 for purposes of exemption from contractor licensing law.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING. Requires applicants for driver licenses and instruction permits to submit proof that the applicant is legally in the United States. Further requires driver licenses or instruction permits of legal nonimmigrants to expire no later than the date of the legal nonimmigrant's authorized period of stay in the United States.
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RELATING TO THE STATE INSECT. Designates the Kamehameha butterfly as the state insect.
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RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Establishes the graffiti eradication sentencing program within the judiciary, to allow a person who has committed an act of graffiti to discharge a community service sentence through graffiti eradication activities. Makes appropriation.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Makes variety of amendments to the recodified condominium law to clarify and improve implementation of its provisions. Requires insurers to provide summary to association board of directors of association insurance policy.
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes a procurement preference, applicable to construction contracts to be performed in counties with a population of 250,000 or less, for firms that are headquartered in the county where the construction project is to take place.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows the State to enter into agreements with private entities to build, operate, own, or finance transportation facilities including toll highways.
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REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
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REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
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