OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-SEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 5
5th LEGISLATIVE DAY-THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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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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OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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PBS - Public Safety |
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TOU - Tourism |
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TRN - Transportation |
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VMI - Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts |
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WAL - Water & Land |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ARCHIVES.
Clarifies the duties of the State Archivist to enable the agency to address the management of the digital archives and protection of electronic records of enduring value and to establish the State Archives Preservation and Long-Term Access Special Fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO WASHINGTON PLACE. Designates the Department of Accounting and General Services as the entity responsible for management and operations of Washington Place and establishes a trust fund for its operations.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE. Modifies the composition of the Hawaii State Building Code Council and revises the State Building Code. Effective July 1, 2013.
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WAL |
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RELATING TO THE ACCESS HAWAII COMMITTEE. Designates the Chief Information Officer or the Chief Information Officer's designee to serve on and chair the Access Hawaii Committee. Effective upon approval.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENHANCED 911 BOARD. Replaces the Comptroller with the Chief Information Officer as a member of the Enhanced 911 Board.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO KAPOLEI RECREATIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX. Repeals the provisions providing for the maintenance, operation, management, and promotion of the Kapolei recreational sports complex from the Stadium Authority's statutory framework.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Assigns to the Chief Information Officer the responsibility and authority to direct the development, adoption, and training of policies, procedures, and standards to minimize vulnerability to threats, regularly assess security risks, determine appropriate security measures, and perform security audits of government information systems and data communications infrastructures.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND. Authorizes the transfer of a portion of the Transient Accommodations Tax revenues to the Works of Art Special fund for the promotion, advancement, and support of Hawaiian culture and the arts.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Exempts the purchase of fresh meats and produce and animals and plants by any governmental body from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.
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AGR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIVESTOCK BIOSECURITY. Allows for agricultural loans to be administered for livestock biosecurity projects.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Modifies the new farmer loan program of the Department of Agriculture to promote the development of innovative technologies and to assist new farm enterprises.
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AGR, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Allows for overnight accommodations for bona fide farming operations. Defines bona fide farming operations.
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AGR/TOU, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION WATER DEVELOPMENT. Allows for an engineering program administrator to oversee the responsibilities mandated by chapter 167, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for irrigation water development.
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AGR, WAL |
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RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Identifies permissible and accessory uses and activities on important agricultural lands.
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AGR, WAL |
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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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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT TORT LIABILITY. Amends section 662-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the State of Hawaii to demand a trial by jury in the same manner as a private individual in a tort action.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY. Amends and clarifies the definition of "improved public lands" for the limitation of liability for public entities based on the duty to warn of dangers on public lands.
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WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY. Makes permanent the limitations of liability for public entities based on the duty to warn of dangers on public lands.
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WAL, 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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OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO LEGAL SERVICES. Permits a deputy attorney general, except for the Attorney General's first deputy, to provide pro bono legal service if, in the determination of the Attorney General, the pro bono legal service does not conflict with the duties of the deputy's office.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AWARDS OF ATTORNEY'S FEES OR INTEREST AGAINST THE STATE. Limits awards or the recovery of attorney's fees or interest against or from the State to only those cases for which the Legislature expressly waives the State's sovereign immunity to permit the award or recovery.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS UNDER CHAPTER 103F. Repeals the existing protest procedures in chapter 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and replaces them with a procedure governing the award of health and human services contracts that will not involve the exercise of adjudicatory authority by the executive branch agency in order to bring chapter 103F into compliance with recent decisions by the Hawaii Supreme Court.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS RECORDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. Authorizes the Department of Health to provide public health statistics records to law enforcement officers to facilitate criminal investigations.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION. Clarifies the grading of the offense of refusal or failure to provide a required blood specimen, buccal swab sample, or print impression for forensic identification by making it a class C felony.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF RECORDS. Amends provisions of Act 325, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which allow for the service of process issued by another state upon a Hawaii recipient and clarifies the following: (1) that the service of process may be upon a person or business, but not a government agency; (2) that the process is for the production of records; (3) that the process must be based upon a pending criminal investigation or prosecution; and (4) that the person or business being served must have conducted business or engaged in transactions occurring at least in part in the issuing state.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF COVERED OFFENDERS. Adds comparable foreign convictions and tribal convictions to covered offenses; makes offenders who are subject to sex offender registration or notification in their jurisdiction of conviction, covered offenders under Hawaii law; makes it clear that a covered offender must register and report the offender's permanent residence, current temporary residence, or if an address is not available, a description of the place or area in which the covered offender resides; amends the definition of "conviction" in section 846E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that conviction, for purposes of sex offender registration, occurs on the date judgment is entered; creates a tier classification for any covered sexual offenses that are not clearly included within the current tier classification law; addresses the problem of covered offenders who do not have registered residences to which the post office can deliver mail and cannot receive the ninety-day verification mailings by requiring these offenders to report in person once per month; and repeals the definitions of "mental abnormality, "personality disorder," and "predatory."
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO ATTORNEY'S FEES. Clarify that section 28-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, allows a court to award the Department of the Attorney General attorney's fees and litigation costs when it prevails in a lawsuit.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Adds the definition of "new hire" to the requirements for new hire reporting.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Allows the Governor to appoint an acting member of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board in the event a regular member is unable to act for a reason such as recusal.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO CHARITABLE SOLICITATION. Extends reporting requirements to commercial co-venturers, allows for penalties to be imposed on commercial co-venturers who fail to comply with the reporting requirements, and clarifies the exemption from registration for organizations who receive less than $25,000 in contributions annually.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Adds a new section to clearly provide that directors of a nonprofit corporation shall have access to the books and records of the corporation to the extent reasonably related to their duties.
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CPC, JUD |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES. Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges from seventy to eighty years of age.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC. Clarifies the information required to be on notary seals, authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the fees to become a notary and to renew a notary commission by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and authorizes other fees related to the regulation of notaries public to be established and adjusted by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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JUD, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that only yes or no votes be counted in determining whether or not a majority of votes have approved ratifying or approving an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii that has been proposed by the Legislature.
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LMG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. Updates the Hula Mae Single Family mortgage loan program to allow for broader program participation by potential homeowners, add downpayment assistance as a program feature, and make housekeeping and conforming amendments.
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Provides the Land Use Commission with more efficient and varied methods of dealing with situations where a petitioner has violated the conditions contained in a decision and order.
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WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Adds a new section to part II of chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide a process for state consistency review and certification for development by a state agency on state land within the special management area. After a notice of state consistency certification is published in the periodic bulletin by the Office of Environmental Quality Control, or upon issuance of federal consistency, a development by a state agency on state land shall be allowed within a special management area without obtaining a special management area permit or shoreline setback variance as otherwise required by chapter 205A.
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WAL, OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO NOTICE BY THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Clarifies notice requirements for Hawaii Community Development Authority public hearings.
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WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA DEVELOPMENT. Amends section 235-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by deleting the Internet-only distribution exclusion for advertising messages; clarifying the definitions of qualified production costs to exclude state and county facility and location fees that are not subject to Hawaii general excise tax; raising the ceiling on total tax credit claim to $12,000,000 per qualified production; and extending the sunset date for the tax credit to January 1, 2025.
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VMI, EDB, FIN |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM FROM THE ENERGY SECURITY SPECIAL FUND.
Makes an emergency appropriation of $145,000 from the Energy Security Special Fund to staff and support the Hawaii Refinery Task Force.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN. Establishes a defined contribution plan for retiree health benefits that will be applied to employees hired on or after July 1, 2013.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires the State of Hawaii and its employees, but not the counties and their employees, to make monthly contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund separate trust fund established to prefund other post-employment benefits if such a fund is established.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE. Amends section 39-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow premiums received from the sale of general obligation bonds to be used for eligible capital expenditures pursuant to section 39-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 13, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION. Proposes a constitutional amendment to exempt refunding general obligation bonds from the requirement that all general obligation bonds for a term exceeding two years shall be in serial form maturing in substantially equal installments of principal, or maturing in substantially equal installments of both principal and interest.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FEDERAL TAX QUALIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends chapter 88, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to comply with Internal Revenue Code requirements and pre-ERISA vesting rules to maintain the Employees' Retirement System's status as a tax-qualified plan.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PERSONNEL. Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System, through its Administrator, to appoint one or more investment officers and changes the title of the "Administrator" of the system to "Executive Director."
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR JUDGES. Corrects anomalies of service retirement service eligibility and normal and early retirement allowances for judges who became members of the Employees' Retirement System prior to July 1, 2012, and first earned service credit as a judge after June 30, 2012.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends chapter 88, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to preserve the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement System and to clarify the application of chapter 88 to civil unions.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Consolidates the submission of reports made by the Public Utilities Commission on a fiscal year basis to the Legislature within the Commission's annual report required under section 269-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC SYSTEMS. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to consider the value of implementing advanced grid modernization technology in the State.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO ENERGY INFORMATION REPORTING. Amends the responsibilities and powers of the Public Utilities Commission in receiving energy industry data information registrations, and authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to receive such registrations; and eliminates the Commission's powers concerning the oversight and examination of energy distributors in relation to energy industry information reporting under chapter 486J, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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EEP, EDB/CPC |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Inserts new position titles within existing statutes describing the civil service status of Public Utilities Commission staff and repeals existing position staff descriptions for the Commission under Act 177, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to examine all documents and other information and data deemed necessary for the review of power purchase agreements before the Commission, including financial records, projections, cost reports, and other material of third-party electricity producers seeking to sell power to a public utility under a power purchase agreement.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND MEDICARE PART B ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENT. Requires Medicare Part B enrollment as a requirement for eligibility for medical and prescription drug plans only. Eligibility for and enrollment in Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund dental, vision, and life plans not affected by nonenrollment in Medicare Part B.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES. Directs the Public Utilities Commission and the Division of Consumer Advocacy to specifically consider the ownership structure and interests of an electric cooperative; and authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to waive or exempt an electric cooperative operating in the State from compliance with the provisions of chapter 269, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as well as any other applicable charters, franchises, rules, decisions, orders, or any other laws.
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EEP, CPC |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 2 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 3 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 4 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 5 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 6 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 8 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 9 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 10 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTIONS. Provides Employer contribution amounts for plan years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining unit 9 and its excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTIONS. Provides Employer contribution amounts for plan years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining unit 10 and its excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTIONS. Provides Employer contribution amounts for plan years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining unit 11 and its excluded counterparts.
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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 11 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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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 13 and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENT. Establishes a health reimbursement arrangement for retiree health benefits that will be applied to employees hired on or after July 1, 2013.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for all collective bargaining cost items for salary increases and other wage related costs in the arbitrated settlement for Unit 9 and its excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2011-2013.
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for all collective bargaining cost items for salary increases and other wage related costs in the arbitrated settlement for Unit 10 and its excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2011-2013.
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for all collective bargaining cost items for salary increases and other wage related costs in the arbitrated settlement for Unit 11 and its excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2011-2013.
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RELATING TO SECURITIES LAW. Clarifies, corrects errors, and amends Hawaii's securities laws.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES. Requires escrow depositories to report any change of their corporate designated escrow officer or branch manager to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions; establishes a statutory fee for the transfer or change in control of an escrow depository license; increases the fidelity bond maintained by escrow depositories to a minimum of $100,000; increases the errors and omissions policy amount escrow depositories are required to carry to not less than $250,000; increases fees; provides powers for the commissioner to supervise and regulate the industry; and empowers the commissioner to issue cease and desist orders; increases net capital requirement to $100,000.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to require money transmitters to register with NMLS; establishes procedures for a licensed money transmitter to surrender its license; and amends the bond requirement, the fee structure for services provided by the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for the regulation of money transmitters, and the fine for violations of money transmitter regulations.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATION. Raises application and renewal fees for mortgage loan originators, mortgage loan originator companies, and exempt sponsoring mortgage loan originator companies; and establishes fees for mortgage servicer companies that conduct mortgage loan origination activities.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to conduct examinations and investigations and adjust the fees for mortgage servicer licensees to use NMLS.
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Replaces individual fees for Hawaii banks, and nondepositories for specific regulatory items with one assessment. Increases, and clarifies bank powers. Clarifies the authority of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Updates the Insurance Code.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS. Establishes licensing and financial solvency requirements for dental service corporations and repeals chapters 423 and 448D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY. Amends chapter 461J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to regulate physical therapist assistants by limiting the use of certain titles, ensuring that the regulated physical therapist assistants will have the appropriate education and training background, requiring physical therapist assistants to obtain a license to work in the State, and adds a physical therapist assistant to the composition of the Board of Physical Therapy of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY. Amends chapter 461J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by mandating that physical therapists practicing in the State of Hawaii shall submit evidence of continuing competence at each renewal period.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE USE OF THE DOCTOR OF ACUPUNCTURE TITLE. Requires acupuncture applicants for the use of the doctor of acupuncture title to complete their doctoral studies from an institution recognized by the United States acupuncture accrediting body or from a foreign institution that is licensed, approved, or accredited by the applicable governmental authority in that respective foreign jurisdiction and also requires applicants for the use of the doctor of acupuncture title who complete their doctoral studies from a doctoral program at an educational institution in a foreign jurisdiction to have their doctoral education credentials evaluated by professional evaluators designated by the Board of Acupuncture.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE OWNER-BUILDER EXEMPTION. Sets forth specific responsibilities of and protections for owner-builders exempted under chapter 444, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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WAL/AGR, CPC |
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RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY. Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board to summarily suspend a license and order a licensee to submit to a physical and mental examination under specific circumstances.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Amends the definition of "small employer" contained in section 431:2-201.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes; amends sections 432:1-102(b) and 432D-19(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, by including the producer licensing requirements contained in article 9A of chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Recodifies Hawaii's emergency management statutes by updating the statutes, clarifying the relationship between the state and county emergency management agencies, and delineating the emergency management functions and powers of the Governor and mayors.
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RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. Establishes a Homeland Security Office and supporting laws to provide a comprehensive program to protect Hawaii’s citizens, infrastructure, and government from terrorism and threat of attack.
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PBS/VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Deletes statutory language specifying considerations and provisions for contracting transportation of school children.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Amends section 103-55(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make wage certification inapplicable to contracts to provide transportation services for school children.
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EDN, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT THE APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to permit the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education programs, as provided by law, to help the State meet its goal of providing an early learning system for the children of Hawaii.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO OBESITY PREVENTION. Imposes a fee on sugar-sweetened beverages. Establishes the Obesity Prevention Special Fund to support obesity prevention programs.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL. Authorizes the conducting of elections, in whole or in part, by mail. Appropriates funds.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes a regulatory financing structure that authorizes the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to provide low-cost loans for green infrastructure equipment to achieve measurable cost savings and achieve Hawaii's clean energy goals.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Reallocates the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax to carry out the intended sustainability purposes of section 128D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Act 73, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010. Repeals the sunset date in Act 73, and provides appropriations of the anticipated additional revenues. Removes the repeal date in Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, as amended by Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, for the Energy Systems Development Special Fund and periodic evaluation and plan of action requirements of the Energy Systems Development Special Fund.
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RELATING TO THE HI GROWTH INITIATIVE. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation for the HI Growth Initiative, an investment program to develop an ecosystem to support high-growth entrepreneurial companies in the State. Effective July 1, 2013.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMPLETE STREETS. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop and adopt complete streets design standards and street plans for the community development districts.
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TRN, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ITEMIZED INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS. Exempts charitable income tax deductions from the itemized deduction caps.
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FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO RECAPITALIZE THE HURRICANE RESERVE TRUST FUND. Makes a general fund appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 to recapitalize the Hurricane Reserve Trust Fund.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL READINESS. Establishes the School Readiness Program within the early learning system.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Makes a general fund appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 to recapitalize the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund.
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RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Establishes the Early Childhood Education Program within the early learning system.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT. Establishes framework for the development of twenty-first century schools through the redevelopment of public school lands by the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
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RELATING TO SEWER SYSTEMS SERVICING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Clarifies and confirms counties' ownership of and responsibility for certain existing sewer transmission lines and facilities servicing Hawaiian Home Lands. Requires the counties to accept dedication of and to own, operate, improve, maintain, and repair certain other sewer transmission lines and other sewerage facilities servicing Hawaiian home lands.
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RELATING TO THE MANDATORY REPORTING OF FINANCIAL ABUSE OF ELDERS BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Amend section 412:3-114.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require financial institutions to report instances of suspected financial abuse of an elder directly to the appropriate police department instead of the Department of Human Services.
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RELATING TO ELIMINATING THE ASSET LIMIT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM. Eliminates the asset limit for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Allows the Department of Human Services to draw from other funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services to maintain the level of General Assistance benefits payments set at the beginning of each fiscal year for the entire fiscal year.
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RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERIM ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT SPECIAL FUND. Establishes a special fund, the Interim Assistance Reimbursement Special Fund, into which interim assistance reimbursements received from the Social Security Administration are deposited for repayment of state-funded financial assistance provided under the general assistance, aged, blind and disabled or temporary assistance for needy families for recipients who are retroactively approved for supplemental security income and authorizes the Department of Human Services to expend the funds for state-funded financial assistance programs. Appropriation.
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM SPECIAL FUND. Appropriates the sum of $43,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012–2013, out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund with such moneys to be used consistent with the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund, including the reimbursement of moneys advanced in fiscal year 2012-2013 from the health care payments program (HMS 401).
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM SPECIAL FUND. Appropriates the sum of $12,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012–2013, out of the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund with such moneys to be used consistent with the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund, including the reimbursement of moneys advanced for those purposes in fiscal year 2012-2013 from the health care payments program (HMS 401).
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RELATING TO THE YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE ACT. Sets the requirements for extending the age of foster care to age twenty-one.
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RELATING TO CHILD VICTIMS OF SEX AND LABOR TRAFFICKING. Ensures that the Department of Human Services provides the necessary services to Hawaii's youth who are victims of sex and labor trafficking.
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RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CHILD CARE LICENSING. Allows a child care program licensed by the United States Department of Defense and the Hawaii Council of Private Schools to be exempt from licensing by the Department of Human Services. In order for a child care program licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools to be exempt from licensure by the Department of Human Services, the child care program must apply and show evidence that the licensing standards of the Hawaii Council of Private Schools meet or exceed the licensing standards of the Department of Human Services, and that the standards include a monitoring system that ensures compliance with the standards.
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RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A SECOND DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Restore the second deputy director position for the Department Of Human Services.
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RELATING TO THE DESIGNEES FOR THE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, OF HEALTH, OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HAWAII HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE. Allows the directors of the Departments of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, of Health, of Human Services, and of Labor and Industrial Relations to delegate voting authority to their designees for a specified meeting or meetings.
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RELATING TO HOSPITAL STANDARDS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. Adds a new part to chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to ensure that victims of sexual assault are provided with medically and factually unbiased information about and access to emergency contraception when receiving emergency medical care at Hawaii's hospitals for sexual assaults.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Amend Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to continue the Hospital Sustainability Program by extending the sunset date of the Act, updating the referral dates in the statute, and to revise the funding amount for the hospital sustainability program for fiscal year 2013-2014. Effective June 29, 2013. Repealed on June 30, 2014.
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RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Amends Act 156, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to continue the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program by extending the sunset date of the Act, updating the referral dates in the statute, and appropriating funding out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal year 2013-2014. Effective June 29, 2013. Repeals June 30, 2014.
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RELATING TO DELETING STATE PUBLIC HOUSING DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to delete delinquent accounts receivable records for state low-income public housing projects that have been delinquent at least ninety days and also authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to assign delinquent accounts to a collection agency.
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RELATING TO IMPROVING PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to adopt policies, regulations, standards, procedures, and rental agreements for its federal programs without regard to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, where federal regulations provide for the manner of adoption required; and provides that in conflicts between state and federal regulations, federal regulations shall prevail.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to process terminations of tenancy or evictions from the federal low-income public housing program without providing a grievance hearing where permitted under federal regulations.
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RELATING TO OPEN CONTAINERS OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR IN PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits the possession or storage of an open container holding intoxicating liquor on any sidewalk or common area within any public housing project under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
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RELATING TO DEFINITION OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT. Expands the definition of "public housing projects" to include all potential properties that could be managed by a public housing agency under HUD regulations.
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RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM STATE TAX ON PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY INCOME AND OBLIGATIONS. Moves the statute that exempts income earned and obligations issued by a nonprofit entity determined to constitute a "public housing agency" from all state taxes where they are declared to be exempt from all federal taxes under section 11(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, by repealing section 201H-37, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), and re-enacting it as a section in chapter 356D, HRS.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority Board of Directors to set the salaries of the executive director, the executive assistant, and other key management personnel subject to federal limitations.
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RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ON PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES. Provides the process by which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority may dispose of abandoned or seized property that it has acquired on state public housing projects.
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RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM AGE FOR COMMITMENT TO A YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Eliminates the incarceration of eighteen year olds in a youth correctional facility.
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RELATING TO ADDING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS. Adds the Executive Director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to the membership of the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION DRUGS. Establishes price caps for the Hawaii workers' compensation insurance system for drugs. Authorizes reimbursement of a dispensing fee to physicians who dispense prescription medications directly to patients. Effective July 1, 2013.
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RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Increases the state vehicle registration fee by $1, to be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund to cover the costs of administering the parking program for persons with disabilities.
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RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE SPECIAL FUND. Authorizes the Department of Health to expend fees from the Dietitian Licensure Special Fund to offset the expenses incurred relating to the licensing of dietitians.
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RELATING TO VITAL RECORDS FEES. Raises the fees associated with vital statistics certified copy and expedited and correction services.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES. Raises the marriage license fee; increases deposits to domestic violence special funds.
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RELATING TO SALES OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES TO PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE Adds electronic smoking devices to tobacco as products that are unlawful to sell to or be purchased by persons under eighteen years of age; and requires the additional listing of electronic smoking devices to sales prohibition signage.
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RELATING TO FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. Replaces "registered sanitarian" with "duly authorized agent of the department of health" for purposes of food establishment inspections; and repeals the Advisory Council on Food Protection Practices.
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RELATING TO PARKED VEHICLES. Removes the Department of Health's authority to promulgate rules pertaining to people living in parked vehicles.
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Restores the exemption from central services fees assessment for the Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Establishes a tiered glass advanced disposal fee system based on the capacity of a glass container.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Increases the solid waste management surcharge to $1.25 per ton of solid waste disposed of in landfills or shipped out-of-state; increases the solid waste management surcharge to 60 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities that accept 150,000 tons or more of solid waste annually; provides for no surcharges to waste-to-energy facilities that accept less than 150,000 tons of solid waste annually and for ash disposed of in landfills that originates from a waste-to-energy facility; and defines "waste-to-energy facility".
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EEP, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Removes the exemption for dietary supplements from the deposit beverage container program.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION. Establishes a separate Water Pollution Control account within existing Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and authorizes the Director of Health to adopt through rules fees to help fund operations of the Department of Health in managing pollution from nonpoint sources and individual wastewater systems.
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Amends and expands the Electronic Device and Television Recycling program.
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RELATING TO NEWBORN SCREENING. Authorizes the Department of Health to implement point of care newborn screening, amends section 321-291 concerning the newborn metabolic screening special fund.
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RELATING TO THE SYSTEMATIC HEARING AND VISION PROGRAM. Repeals chapter 321, part IX, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for housekeeping purposes.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO VACCINATION GUIDELINES. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt, amend, or repeal a list of specific vaccines and to adopt, amend, or repeal, as rules, the immunization recommendations of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as they apply to the list of specific vaccines. This will ensure that immunizations required, and the manner and frequency of their administration, conform with currently recognized standard medical practices.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOME VISITING PROGRAM. Establishes a statewide hospital-based early identification and home visiting system to enhance health and safety outcomes, and prevent child abuse and neglect; and appropriates funds to the department of health to administer the program.
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RELATING TO INFANT MORTALITY PROGRAM. Clarifies the role of the Department of Health in reducing infant mortality rates and creates the Infant Mortality Advisory Board. Requires birthing facility reporting.
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RELATING TO FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH. Amends the penal code provisions that affect adult mental health and the Hawaii State Hospital census.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICE. Establishes an Office of Environmental Information Technology within the Department of Health.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL. Establishes filing fees to help fund operations of the Office of Environmental Quality Control; creates a special fund and authorizes expenditures out of the special fund; and provides for a lag time for collection of fees.
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING WELLNESS GUIDELINES. Establishes non-binding early childhood education and care program wellness guidelines for young children who attend licensed early childhood and childcare programs.
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RELATING TO OBESITY PREVENTION. Establishes the Hawaii Interagency Obesity Prevention Council; Appropriates funds from the Children's Health Promotion fund for programs related to obesity prevention and related chronic diseases.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. Prohibits noncharging of an employer's account when the employer (or agent) is at fault and imposes a fifteen per cent penalty on fraudulent benefit overpayments effective October 1, 2013; provides for deductions from federal income tax refunds to recover delinquent debts effective April 1, 2013; and allows the withdrawal of fees from the unemployment trust fund effective April 1, 2013.
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RELATING TO MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE. Increases the minimum hourly wage to $8.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2014; adjusts the minimum hourly wage thereafter in accordance with the consumer price index; and increases the tip credit to thirty cents.
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RELATING TO WAGES. Requires employers to provide employees with specific wage and employer information in employees' pay records; requires employers to maintain accurate and timely wage recordkeeping. Effective January 1, 2014.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND. Allows Employment and Training Fund moneys collected for the purpose of paying interest assessments on loans to the unemployment trust fund to be used for a period of one year for costs to administer, manage, report, and oversee Title I programs funded under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for which insufficient federal funds were allocated. Effective July 1, 2013.
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RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYMENT. Clarifies exemptions from civil service for federally funded work experience programs and temporary public service employment; allows persons with criminal conviction of a controlled-substance-related offense to participate in such programs provided reasonable safeguards are in place.
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RELATING TO APPEALS TO THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD. Authorizes the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board to establish a $30 fee for the filing of appeals and fees for other administrative expenses associated with the processing of appeals and to establish a Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board Special Fund.
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RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD. Affirms the authority of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board to issue orders or take other appropriate action to enforce its rules and orders and allows parties to electronically file appeals to the appellate court.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL BENEFITS UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Amends section 386-21(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, by allowing the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to make a decision on disputes regarding treatment plans and continued medical services without a hearing.
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RELATING TO DISABILITY COMPENSATION DIVISION SPECIAL FUND. Establishes a Disability Compensation Division Special Fund and authorizes the Disability Compensation Division to establish reasonable fees for issuing subpoenas, and filing injury reports and hearings applications; and also authorizes the establishment of and funds two full-time positions.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to provide written notice of hearing to all parties by first class mail at least fifteen days before the hearing, notwithstanding section 91-9.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and makes necessary housekeeping amendments that conform to existing law.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY APPEALS REFEREE'S OFFICE. Modifies the notice period for unemployment appeal hearings from fifteen days to twelve days and authorizes notices and correspondence to be sent electronically in lieu of notice by mail.
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RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HEARINGS. Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations board to provide written notice of hearing to all parties by first class mail at least fifteen days before the hearing, notwithstanding section 91-9.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and clarifies the board's powers for conducting appeals under chapter 396, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND. Strengthens the use of the Employment and Training Fund to assist local small businesses through training programs identified in the State's economic development strategy as identified by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and local Workforce Investment Boards.
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RELATING TO CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Clarifies the classification of certain special funds under the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations as trust funds as recommended by the Legislative Auditor.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSESSMENT. Beginning January 1, 2013, exempts the employment and training assessment on contributory employers with zero per cent and the maximum rate according to the applicable contribution rate schedule in section 383-68.
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RELATING TO VESSELS. Clarifies that all costs and expenses associated with the impoundment and disposal of an unauthorized vessel by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall be borne by the vessel owner and clarifies circumstances when no vessel registration shall be renewed or transferred.
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RELATING TO SHORELINE VEGETATION. Makes permanent the statutory changes enacted into law (Act 160, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010) by the 2010 Legislature, to require the removal of landowner's induced or cultivated vegetation that interferes or encroaches seaward of the shoreline.
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RELATING TO MINERAL RESOURCES. Revises statutory provisions relating to the regulation of mineral resources under chapters 171 and 182, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include geothermal within the definition of a "renewable energy producer" and to provide clarity, eliminate ambiguities, and incorporate technical, nonsubstantive changes in accordance with Act 97, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.
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EEP, WAL |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL SHORELINE ENCROACHMENT EASEMENTS. Provides the Board of Land and Natural Resources discretion to grant easements for less than fair market value for structures that were authorized by a governmental authority and constructed landward of the shoreline within the record boundary of the landward property at the time of construction, but are now located seaward of the shoreline on public land.
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RELATING TO SINGLE-USE CHECKOUT BAGS FEES. Establishes an offset fee for the distribution of single-use checkout bags and funding programs to mitigate against damaging effects of single-use checkout bags by improving water quality and resilience to climate change.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Increases the Conveyance Tax on certain real estate transactions and directs an additional ten per cent of Conveyance Tax proceeds to the Natural Area Reserve Fund for watershed protection and invasive species control.
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RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY FOR MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, ROCK CLIMBING, RAPPELLING, AND BOULDERING ON GOVERNMENT LAND. Clarifies that no public entity or public employee shall be liable to any person for injury or damage sustained on government land when engaged in mountain climbing, rock climbing, rappelling, and bouldering.
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RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY FOR MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, ROCK CLIMBING, RAPPELLING, AND BOULDERING ON GOVERNMENT LAND. Clarifies that no public entity or public employee shall be liable to any person for injury or damage sustained on government land when engaged in mountain climbing, rock climbing, rappelling, and bouldering.
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RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE. Clarifies that any equipment, article, instrument, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, business record, or natural resource used or taken in violation of the rules applicable to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve may be seized and subject to forfeiture pursuant to section 199-7 and chapter 712A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Provides alternative civil enforcement options that may be utilized by the Board of Land and Natural Resources in the processing of natural and cultural resource violation cases.
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RELATING TO THE REVIEW OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS. Authorizes the phased review of projects by the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division to ensure consistency between state and federal law.
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RELATING TO THE NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM COMMISSION. Amends the composition of the Natural Area Reserves System Commission by adding a member possessing a background in native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices, and removing the Superintendent of Education as a member.
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RELATING TO HARBORS AND PARKS DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Harbors and Parks Development Authority to coordinate and administer programs to make optimal use of harbors and park lands, while ensuring that the public lands are maintained for the people of Hawaii.
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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Makes emergency appropriations for costs associated with the operations of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Appropriations for LTG100, PSD503, and AGS221.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in federal law on controlled substances; amends section 329-14 to add new controlled substances emergency scheduled by the State under section 329-11; and amends section 329-75(h) to limit the penalty to violations of section 329-75(g) relating to pseudoephedrine.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY. Allows designees be appointed to the panel that reviews applicants for the paroling authority and nominates members for the Governor's consideration.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE REENTRY COMMISSION. Replaces the Reentry Coordinator with the Director of Public Safety as an ex officio nonvoting member of the Reentry Commission.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Clarifies the intent of Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, by defining the quorum required to take action on matters before the Hawaii Paroling Authority, amending conditions for time served for a parole violation, and correcting the sunset section.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO COURT ORDERS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR INMATES AND DETAINEES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Provides for the filing of a petition for involuntary medical treatment in either the district or circuit court; allows for a declaration to be filed with the petition as an alternative to an affidavit; expands the court's ability to continue the hearing on the petition for good cause; gives the court more flexibility in deciding when a guardian ad litem is necessary; changes the time requirement for filing for a court order for medical treatment from a period of within two days of an examination of the person to within five days; redefines the persons who must be notified of the petition; and clarifies the effective expiration date of the order for persons who return to custody after release.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY SCHEDULING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires the Department of Public Safety to post a public notice thirty days prior to the effective date of the emergency scheduling action, at the State Capitol, in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and on the department's website for public inspection.
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PBS/HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO COMMITTED PERSONS ON FURLOUGH. Adds child support payments as obligations for inmates on furlough who are employed and delineates percentage of earnings that shall be deducted to satisfy outstanding orders regarding restitution, crime victim compensation, other fees and fines, and child support and reimbursement to the State for the cost of room and board.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS. Update the statutes to authorize persons authorized by the courts to serve legal process.
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RELATING TO INTAKE SERVICE CENTERS. Provides pretrial bail reports to the courts on adult offenders that are consented to by the defendant or that are ordered by the court and amends the law to provide statutory authority to the courts to treat information contained in the pretrial bail reports as confidential.
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made in calendar year 2012.
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RELATING TO DENIAL OF GENERAL EXCISE TAX BENEFITS. Mandates that nonprofit organizations receive notice before denial of general excise tax benefit; limits liability of persons having control of certain amounts held in trust for nonprofit organizations; and defines "nonprofit organization".
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends the penalties imposed for failure to comply with Act 326, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012 and imposes civil penalties instead of criminal penalties.
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TOU, JUD |
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RELATING TO DELINQUENT TAXES. Establishes a reasonableness standard for when a tax is deemed uncollectible.
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RELATING TO THE ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAXES. Amends the definition of the applicable exclusion amount and clarifies the application of estate and generation-skipping taxes for civil union couples and makes technical, housekeeping amendments for consistency.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX FRAUD. Prohibits the use of zappers, or automated sales suppression devices, used to commit tax fraud.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF USE TAX ON IMPORTED CONTRACTING. Clarifies taxation of contracting under use and general excise tax laws.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO BOARDS OF REVIEW. Allows for up to three boards of review per taxation district and allows members of one board to be temporarily assigned to another board within the same district for purposes of establishing quorum.
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RELATING TO COLLECTION OF TAXES. Increases the amount of time that the Department of Taxation has within which to sell property that has been seized due to a failure of the taxpayer to pay the tax delinquency and provides for a tolling of the time period if any party commences an action concerning the seized property.
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RELATING TO SECTION 237-24.3, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Repeal exemption for liquor, tobacco, and food sold to common carriers.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Eliminates the sunset of the Transient Accommodations Tax rate of 9.25 per cent, and also eliminates the sunset date for the amounts to be distributed to the tourism special fund and the counties.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES. Amends general excise tax exemption for scientific contracts.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CASH ECONOMY ENFORCEMENT. Assists with enforcement of cash economy laws by the Department of Taxation.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT SECTION. Deletes the sunset provisions for the Special Enforcement Section of the Department of Taxation.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INCOME TAX CREDIT. Clarifies the renewable energy technologies income tax credit.
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RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF TAX RETURNS AND TAX RETURN INFORMATION. Consolidates and clarifies unlawful disclosure of tax returns and tax return information requirements under chapter 231, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF TAX RETURNS AND TAX RETURN INFORMATION. Codifies the Department of Taxation's current unauthorized inspection policies and procedures, which were adopted in conformance with the prohibitions of the Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act of 1997 and Internal Revenue Code section 7123A, including criminal penalty provisions.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Clarifies fees that are subject to the transient accommodations tax.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Eliminates the sunset of the Transient Accommodations Tax rate of 9.25 per cent and raises the rate to 11.25 per cent beginning July 1, 2013, and also eliminates the sunset date for the amounts to be distributed to the tourism special fund and the counties.
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii estate and generation-skipping transfer tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made in calendar year 2012.
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RELATING TO ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX LAW. Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii estate and generation-skipping transfer tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made by Public Law 112-240.
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX LAW. Provides a vehicle for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code made by Public Law 112-240.
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RELATING TO TAX COLLECTION. Clarifies provisions regarding the collection of taxes.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Amends chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exempt the Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, from the permit and site plan approvals requirements relating to submerged lands within the conservation district.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Conforms state law to the most recent federal regulations to ensure that the Hawaii laws parallel the federal regulations relating to commercial driver licensing.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. More specifically lists the types of vending activities that are prohibited on State highways and authorizes the Director of Transportation to make exceptions for vending in the highway airspace.
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt rules to impose upon private parties who use state commercial harbors the duty to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the State against claims that arise from such use.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Creates a new law prohibiting the use of mobile electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle within the State of Hawaii. Establishes penalties.
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RELATING TO THE STATE FUEL TAX. Assesses the State Fuel Tax based on a percentage of the weighted wholesale price per gallon of gasoline and average wholesale price per gallon of diesel.
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RELATING TO UTILITY FRANCHISES. Allows the State Department of Transportation Highways Division to collect an equitable compensation from franchise utility companies for the use of the state right of way.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Repeals the Commission on Transportation in the Department of Transportation.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires child care facilities, including infant and toddler child care centers that care for children one year of age or younger, to develop, maintain, and implement safe sleep policies to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant death syndrome.
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Directs DHS to implement automated systems to detect and prevent fraudulent, wasteful, and abusive medicaid claims.
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RELATING TO FOSTER CARE SERVICES. Increases the monthly board rate distributed by the department of human services for foster care services for children.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds to DHS to restore staff positions on Maui, Lanai, and Molokai that were eliminated during the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Makes an appropriation for six full-time medicaid eligibility workers. Makes an appropriation for physician positions that are essential and critical in serving the needs of medicaid patients.
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RELATING TO NATIVE WILDLIFE. Increases the environmental response, energy, and food security tax by an unspecified amount until 06/30/15 and then by 2 cents per barrel on 07/01/15, and deposits the increases into the wildlife recovery and rehabilitation special fund. Establishes the wildlife recovery and rehabilitation special fund to support the operations of a facility to respond to oil and fuel-related disasters affecting native wildlife in the State. Effective 07/01/13.
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RELATING TO FISH. Requires the DLNR to calculate penalties for the unlawful taking of each saltwater or freshwater non-game fish, or any specimen of aquatic life, by multiplying each separate species unlawfully taken by the quantity of that species taken, using the appropriate fine based on the species of the fish or aquatic life.
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RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Amends the HRS relating to the land use commission.
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