OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 2
5TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 28, 2015
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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 AGRICULTURE. Directs public utilities to establish discounted utility rates for agricultural activities.
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AGR, CPC |
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems.
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AGR, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION. Appropriates $4,000,000 for county drought mitigation projects and measures.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Increases the pesticide licensing fee. Amends authorized uses for moneys in the pesticide use revolving fund. Requires memorandum of understanding between the department of agriculture and the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources regarding the expenditure of funds from the pesticide use revolving fund and a report to the legislature. Establishes an environmental toxicologist position within the department of agriculture and a pesticide extension specialist, through a contract with the department of agriculture, within the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources. Appropriates funds out of the pesticide use revolving fund for specific purposes. Removes the sunset date of Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010.
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AGR, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an agricultural development and food security program. Establishes state planning objectives to increase demand and access to locally grown foods. Makes appropriations.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a working group to evaluate the procurement process for agricultural products in order to increase the consumption of locally-grown agricultural products within state institutions.
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AGR/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates moneys to the department of agriculture, in cooperation with UH, to research and develop methods for the prevention and treatment of macadamia felted coccid.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes within the Livestock Revitalization Program a grant program for qualified feed developers.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF TARO. Creates a classification of agricultural public lands entitled "taro lands". Appropriates funds to the board of land and natural resources to create an inventory of lands classified as taro lands.
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AGR, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires PSD to establish guidelines that allow committed persons serving a term of imprisonment for a felony or misdemeanor to earn reductions in the person's minimum term for good behavior, educational attainment, and meritorious service. Provides for forfeiture of credit for improper behavior.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATED TO HARASSMENT. Prohibits the harassment of persons marine fishing and aquarium fishing. Specifically includes the enforcement of harassment as a duty of a conservation and resources enforcement officer.
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OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to register each year with DCCA.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires the signature of the patient or an authorized agent when delivering prescribed controlled substances by mail.
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HLT, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO FUNDS CONTROLLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Authorizes deposit of funds for the trail and access program into the wildlife revolving fund via the special land and development fund.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO REMNANTS. Clarifies the definition of the term "remnant" for purposes relating to the disposition of public lands. Establishes restrictions on the disposition of remnants.
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WAL, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM. Authorizes the BLNR to adopt a fee schedule for the historic preservation program at a public meeting. Exempts the adoption of the fee schedule from the Administrative Procedure Act.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Repeals section 103-55.6, Hawaii Revised statutes, the provision requiring a procurement preference to a bidder in a public works construction contract of not less than $250,000, if the bidder is a party to an apprenticeship agreement registered with the department of labor and industrial relations for each apprenticeable trade the bidder will employ to construct the public works.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS. Grants lessees of public land the right to relinquish a lease. Provides for the valuation of improvements to the land. Provides that a relinquishing lessee shall not automatically be required to remove improvements. Provides for disposition of the land at public auction after relinquishment. Defines "improvements" to include infrastructure.
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WAL, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUNTING. Establishes requirements for DLNR to issue hunting apprentice permits authorizing persons without a hunting license to hunt under direct supervision of a licensed hunter. Requires the hunter education program to be available online.
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WAL, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Makes a technical amendment to the workforce development council's organizational relationships.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Makes a technical amendment to the law regarding retirement allowance or pension payable under the employees' retirement system with regard to pensioners' bonuses.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Makes a technical amendment to the law on incentives and service awards allowed to employees who contribute to the improvement of government services.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Makes a technical amendment to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund mail-order prescription opt-out provision.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Makes a technical amendment to the prohibition on certain increases in salary for certain state and county officers or employees.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Prohibits smoking and the use of tobacco, electronic smoking devices, or betel nut products within the state park system. Requires posting of signage. Includes definitions.
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HLT, WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO PATIENTS' RIGHTS. Authorizes patients undergoing a medical procedure under anesthesia to have the procedure videotaped at the patients' expense.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE LIFEGUARDS. Appropriates funds for salaries and benefits for lifeguards for Kua bay, Kekaha Kai state park, on the island of Hawaii, an area under the jurisdiction of DLNR.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Makes an appropriation to the Hawaii invasive species council for the coordinated management of albizia trees on Hawaii island and throughout the State.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ARREST BOOKING PHOTOGRAPHS. For criminal cases resulting in no conviction: 1) prohibits commercial websites from collecting a fee for removing arrest booking photographs from the website; and 2) prohibits criminal justice agencies from posting arrest booking photographs on a website except as provided by law.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Establishes a fee schedule within DLNR for commercial and non-profit events on public land. Effective 1/1/16.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HERITAGE BREED ANIMALS. Directs the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources to conduct a study and inventory of heritage breed animals that existed in the State prior to 1778. Appropriates moneys.
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AGR, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Authorizes the members of a planned community association to call a special meeting by petition signed by not less than 25% of the members.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an income tax credit for the qualified costs of developing or renovating certain agricultural buildings or structures that are exempt from building permit or building code requirements.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO SECTION 266-17, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Provides discounted rates and fees for the use of harbors, wharves, and properties managed and operated by the DOT for shipment of Hawaii-grown agricultural products. Makes a housekeeping amendment relating to Kewalo Basin.
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AGR, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Requires twelve weeks of family leave. Establishes a partial wage replacement for leave trust fund funded by employee wage withholdings. Uses the trust fund to provide partial wage replacement for the weeks of family leave that are unpaid. Appropriates moneys to administer the trust fund.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. Requires equal pay for similar work for any employee performing services under certain government contracts. Establishes a requirement for government contractors to report wages paid to employees, by gender. Provides penalties for contractors found to be in violation of these practices, including liquidated damages and suspension from government contract work. Also prohibits contractors on certain government contracts from retaliating against employees who disclose wage information.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a refundable state earned income tax credit. Requires DOTAX to prepare an annual report on the tax credit's usage for the previous year. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2015.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires telecommunications carriers to release individuals from shared or family wireless plans, without charge, upon written request in documented instances of domestic violence.
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HUS, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ATHLETICS. Establishes the University of Hawaii at Manoa athletics department as an entity governed by a board of governors. Transfers administration of the University of Hawaii at Manoa intercollegiate athletics special fund from the university to the board of governors. Authorizes the board of governors to select an athletic director.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. Repeals sunset provisions with respect to accounting and fiscal management requirements relating to the University of Hawaii. Requires quarterly variance reports for revenues and expenditures.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEES SPECIAL FUND. Requires lapse of excess funds in the UH tuition and fees special fund under certain circumstances. Requires appropriation of at least the same amount lapsed to the university in the following fiscal year.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET. Removes program execution exceptions provisions that are specific to the University of Hawaii. Establishes fund reporting requirements for all departments.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the auditor to audit the University of Hawaii's management of faculty workload one year prior to the expiration of UHPA agreements. Requires the auditor to conduct an audit of the University of Hawaii's management of faculty workload and report to the 2016 legislature.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER. Requires the UH BOR to study the feasibility of selling or leasing the building that houses the UH Cancer Center.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO FUNDS. Repeals various non-general funds and accounts and transfers the unencumbered balances to the general fund. Makes conforming amendments.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS. Requires UH to provide nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions with the same educational benefits provided to faculty.
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LAB, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the University of Hawaii to develop the Ana Hoohalike Guidance Program, including structured, default pathways to graduation, meta-majors, academic maps, cornerstone classes, and highly-structured options.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Establishes a board of governors to administer a special fund for the UH Hilo college of pharmacy.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE LEGAL LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE. Establishes a loan repayment program for attorneys who practice in an area of law related to public service. Makes an appropriation.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Prohibits bid shopping and bid peddling for the competitive sealed bidding process. Repeals the subcontractor listing requirement for construction bids made under the competitive sealed bidding process.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOLUCCA ALBIZIA TREES. Appropriates moneys to DLNR to eradicate molucca albizia trees.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Adds three voting members to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to represent undergraduate students, research faculty, and other faculty. Converts existing student member to represent graduate students.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Allows UH graduate students to be included in an appropriate collective bargaining unit.
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LAB, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to pay student employees at new or expanded worksites on each campus.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires that any undergraduate degree-granting program that graduates less than ten graduates per year be abolished. Provides an exception for undergraduate programs that are self-sustaining. Authorizes the board of regents to extend the three-year time period to six years.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Limits certain certified officers and employees of the Research Corporation of UH to non-renewable positions of no more than three years. Requires placement of all other officers or employees in appropriate collective bargaining unit.
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LAB, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO NURSING. Establishes a statewide nurse residency program within the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO OVERTIME. Limits overtime compensation to those hours worked in excess of forty hours in a workweek. Excludes those hours taken as paid time off from the calculation of the forty hours.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE GODDARD BUILDING. Ceases all work on the demolition of the Goddard Building on the Hawaii State Hospital grounds. Authorizes the State to enter into a public-private partnership with a non-profit organization to lease the Goddard Building for use as a community center to serve all community members, with emphasis on support for Native Hawaiian children and kupuna.
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HLT, OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS. Requires hospitals to provide expectant parents with information on options available to them regarding the donation of umbilical cord blood.
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HLT, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA. Prohibits employers from requiring or requesting employees and potential employees to grant access to personal account usernames and passwords.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO CROSSWALKS. Requires installation of marked crosswalks at newly constructed, reconstructed, resurfaced, or renovated intersections of arterial streets.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Establishes minimum monthly salaries for various legislative staff positions.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATION. Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the 50TH Anniversary of the Vietnam War.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. Defines and prohibits the use of dangerous wheels.
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TRN, JUD/CPC |
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RELATING TO THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER. Makes chief election officer responsible for the maximization of voter turnout.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Requires the electronic filing of lobbyist disclosure statements. Requires that the filed statements be posted online.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AERIAL ADVERTISING DEVICES. Bans aerial advertising in the State. Prohibits the Department of Transportation from entering into contracts that permit an aircraft to display an aerial advertising device.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL AMNESTY. Establishes limited immunity for individuals who seek medical assistance for victims of drug or alcohol overdoses.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Clarifies the prohibition on the modification of the exhaust system of a moped that amplifies or increases the noise emitted by the muffler originally installed on the moped. Effective January 1, 2016.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS. Requires a condominium hotel developer's public report to disclose past years' general excise taxes and transient accommodations taxes for converted condominium hotels. Requires that each condominium hotel operator file an annual report with the real estate commission.
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TOU, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Provides an income tax credit for qualified hotel construction and renovation for taxable years beginning in the period after December 31, 2015, through December 31, 2020.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. Establishes the Hawaii good agricultural practices program to develop and support good agricultural practices for Hawaii farms growing agricultural food products.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Amends the offense of murder in the first degree to include the act of intentionally or knowingly killing a person in an especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel manner, manifesting exceptional depravity.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires resident managers, managing agents, and condominium association boards to keep a record of the email addresses of condominium association members.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO THE STATE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INNOVATION WAIVER. Provides resources to develop a waiver from certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for community health centers in the State.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, requires a child to undergo a physical examination prior to attending seventh grade. Provides for provisional attendance with written documentation if child is in progress of undergoing a physical examination and sets deadline for submittal of documentation of completion of such examination.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH. Permits dental hygienists to apply preventative sealants, in consultation with a licensed dentist, in a school-based dental sealant program or federally qualified health center. Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a school-based dental sealant program in a high-need school. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS. Establishes licensure requirement for durable medical equipment suppliers participating in the nationwide competitive bidding program through the office of health care assurance. Appropriates funds from the office of health care assurance special fund.
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RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the Hospital Sustainability Program by extending its sunset date to June 30, 2016, updating the referral dates in the statute, and revising the funding amount for the Hospital Sustainability Program for fiscal year 2015-2016.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program for one year; appropriates funds out of the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund for Fiscal Year 2015-2016.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Provides for an annual inflationary adjustment to long-term care facility prospective reimbursement rates for care provided to Medicaid recipients.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL. Amends the offense of assault in the second degree as it applies to medical professionals by expanding the types of medical services providers protected under this offense. Clarifies that assault in the second degree does not apply to patients receiving medical services outside of an emergency room.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES. Prohibits the use of electronic smoking devices in places where smoking is prohibited. Updates signage requirements.
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HLT, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND E-CIGARETTES ON HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION PREMISES. Prohibits the use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes on premises of the facilities operated by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. Requires the corporation to offer tobacco cessation programs to employees.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Increases the minimum age for persons who may purchase tobacco products or electronic smoking devices from eighteen to twenty-one years of age. Amends the definition of "electronic smoking device" as used in section 709-908, Hawaii Revised States. Defines "tobacco products".
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires each individual or group accident and health or sickness insurance policy and hospital or medical service contract issued or renewed after December 31, 2015, to provide coverage for medically necessary orthodontic services for the treatment of orofacial anomalies.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO STROKE CARE. Establishes a stroke coalition and a stroke database in the DOH.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a maternal mortality review panel in the DOH to conduct comprehensive, multidisciplinary reviews of maternal mortality in the State. Appropriates moneys for the panel.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Requires the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources and the Hawaii Public Health Association to appoint members to a climate change and health working group to examine various potential health impacts of climate change and assist the State's health professionals in effectively and efficiently preparing for and responding to the various potential health impacts; and requires the interagency climate adaption committee to include the findings and recommendations of the climate change and health working group in the committee's report to the legislature.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Allows the news media to access areas that are closed pursuant to emergency management powers of the governor and mayor.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires DLNR to evaluate its rules and regulations relating to state beach parks to determine the feasibility of providing greater access for persons accompanied by pet animals.
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WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTORCYCLES. Provides that a person riding a three-wheeled motorcycle that is designed to allow an operator and passenger to sit side by side shall not be required to sit astride a seat with one leg on each side of the motorcycle.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Adds specific requirements to Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law. Requires the BOE and DOE to collaborate to provide curricula information to the public. Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction under specified condition.
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HLT, EDN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Funds various homelessness service programs. Mandates the establishment of the pilot Return-to-Home Program. Transfers administrative responsibility for the Homeless Assistance Working Group from DHS to the Legislature. Requires chairpersons of the committees on human services of the Senate and the House of Representatives to convene the Homeless Assistance Working Group.
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RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Requires the Board of Regents to adopt a sexual assault policy that includes an affirmative consent standard.
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HED, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to: (1) charge and collect fees for the licensing, relicensing, certification, and recertification of community care facilities; and (2) submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2016 Regular Session on implementation of the fees.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a tuition waiver program within the nursing scholars program administered by UH. Appropriates moneys.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. Authorizes the Department of Health to allow two private-pay individuals to be cared for in the same community care foster family home if certain requirements are met.
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RELATING TO PRIVATE ROADS. Establishes a task force to make recommendations for a plan to address the repair and maintenance of private roads.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. Establishes the unfunded liabilities task force to develop recommendations to address state and county unfunded liabilities.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys to DOH to establish and operate a comprehensive transitional service center for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO SAKADA DAY. Designates December 20 of each year as Sakada Day in Hawaii.
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires that funding for charter school student transportation and meals be separate from the per-pupil allocation. Requires that funding for charter school student transportation and meal costs be included in the department of budget and finance's annual budget request.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING RIGHTS. Establishes a 10 year moratorium on the taking of aquarium fish. Provides assistance, training, and related employment services to workers dislocated by the moratorium.
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OMH, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Requires that each neighbor island county is represented on the early learning advisory board for a term of office of three years.
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EDN, FIN |
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AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO WAIMEA NUI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds up to $45,000,000 to Waimea Nui Community Development Corporation, a private not-for-profit corporation, for the planning, acquisition, and construction of agriculture, renewable energy, and educational facilities.
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AGR, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. Restricts the use, navigation, or piloting of unmanned aircraft systems. Creates criminal penalties and civil remedies.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A FEDERAL INSPECTION STATION AT KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. Appropriates monies for a federal inspection station at Kona international airport.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DIGITIZATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION RECORDS. Appropriates monies for the digitization of historic preservation records. Establishes a special fund.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. In the event of an election postponement in any precinct, prohibits the public disclosure of voting results from every precinct for any ballot contest or question affected by the postponement, until the closing of the polls for the postponed election.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO STUDENT DATA MANAGEMENT. Limits and controls the ways in which a computer service provider working with the DOE can use student data.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO PHARMACISTS. Requires health insurance drug coverage to include related laboratory tests ordered by a pharmacist in conjunction with the dispensing of a drug.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. Short form bill relating to environment.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a renewable fuels production tax credit and repeals the ethanol facility tax credit. Allows qualifying taxpayers to claim a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 cents per seventy six thousand British thermal units of renewable fuel, capped at $3,000,000 per year for up to five years. Caps the credit at $12,000,000 per year in aggregate. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to certify all tax credits and submit a report regarding the production and sale of renewable fuels to the governor and legislature each year. Directs the department of taxation to create forms for the tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MERGER, ACQUISITION, AND CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES. Requires the PUC to apply certain standards and criteria and hold a public hearing to determine whether to approve a merger, acquisition, or consolidation of an electric utility.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires plastic products labeled as biodegradable, degradable, decomposable, or compostable to meet ASTM D6400 standards.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Gradually prohibits the manufacture and sale of personal care products containing synthetic plastic microbeads to protect marine life.
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RELATING TO FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Includes fuel cell electric vehicles in the definition of electric vehicles for purposes of parking exemptions, HOV lane use, registration, and required parking spaces in places of public accommodation. Grants procurement priority for fuel cell electric vehicles for state and county vehicle purchases.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE STANDARDS. Defines "large self-generator". Increases renewable portfolio standards to 70 per cent by 12/31/2035 and 100 per cent by 12/31/2040, unless the acquisition of renewable energy is not beneficial to Hawaii's economy. Establishes renewable standards for large self-generators. Subjects large self-generators to applicable renewable standards. Clarifies and establishes events or circumstances that are outside of an electric company's or large self-generator's reasonable control. Establishes large self-generator reporting requirements to the public utilities commission. Requires the public utilities commission to report on cost-effectiveness of renewable portfolio standards to address the impact on renewable energy developer energy prices.
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RELATING TO THE FAMILY COURTS. Clarifies the factors under which the family awards custody and visitation of a minor child to ensure parental parity.
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Includes misdemeanor stalking and sexual assault among the offenses that disqualify a person from owning, possessing, or controlling any firearm or ammunition.
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RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS WHILE CONSUMING OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT. Prohibits the physical possession of any firearm while consuming or under the influence of an intoxicant.
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RELATING TO A FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. Establishes the Hawaii farm to school program and two farm to school coordinator positions. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Amends campaign spending for advertisements and creates a reporting requirement for "covered transfers".
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT. Establishes the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Program in HRS. Establishes criminal and administrative penalties. Allows DLNR to establish a fee schedule for services provided by the Monument Program. Provides for advice to the Governor and other state agencies regarding the Monument. Allows the Monument Program to solicit and accept grants and donations.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Prohibits corporate election contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures except in accordance with the will of a majority of the corporation's shareholders.
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RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH. Establishes the documentation required when requesting the Department of Health to issue a new birth certificate with a gender designation change. Establishes birth registrant's cause of action to petition for new certificate when Department refuses to issue a new certificate.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes for testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles in the State of Hawaii. Requires Department of Transportation to establish an application and approval process and report annually to the legislature. Makes an appropriation.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires prior legislative approval for any proposed University of Hawaii tuition fee increase, before the increase can take effect.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who incur certain expenses for manufacturing products in Hawaii. Appropriates funds for DBEDT to certify claims for the tax credit. Effective upon approval, with appropriation effective 7/1/16 and tax credit applicable to taxable years after 12/31/15. Repeals 1/1/2024.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MICRO HOUSING. Defines micro housing and makes the construction and use of micro housing units legal.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. Specifies that the purpose of the aerospace advisory committee includes tracking drone development and use. Requires the committee to appoint a drone regulation temporary working group to study and report to the legislature on recommended legislation. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Amend the offenses of violation of privacy in the first and second degrees to specifically address the use of unmanned aerial vehicles or "drones" in the commission of these offenses.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides that interferon-gamma release assays approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration is an acceptable method of testing for tuberculosis infection with regard to tuberculosis examination requirements for children attending school for the first time in the State.
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RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Increases civil and criminal fines for causing property damage by graffiti.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FUEL TAX LAW. Decreases the per barrel distribution from the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to the energy security special fund and the agricultural development and food security special fund from 15 cents each to 10 cents each. Increases the per barrel distribution to the environmental response revolving fund from 5 cents to 15 cents.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes a conveyance tax on the conveyance of a controlling interest of an entity with an interest in real property in the State.
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WAL, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Provides a GET exemption for the first $500,000 in sales of food waste sold for animal consumption.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts wind resistive devices from the general excise tax on wholesale and retail transactions from 1/1/2016 to 12/31/2017.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Prohibits corporations from making contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures for an election except in accordance with the preference of the majority of the corporation's shareholders. Requires corporations to post information on a website within forty-eight hours of making a contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure.
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RELATING TO THE MILITARY. Makes an appropriation to address concerns relating to and the repair of the leaking underground fuel storage tanks at the Red Hill fuel storage facility.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Repeals the requirement for special inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles prior to operation upon a public highway.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES. Establishes penalties for the destruction or harvesting of native sandalwood trees. Requires replanting for trees harvested. Bans the export of raw or unprocessed native sandalwood timber. Establishes Department of Land and Natural Resources policies regarding sandalwood.
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the China-Hawaii Economic Council to further economic relations between China and Hawaii. Appropriates money.
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VMI, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Establishes a 3-year pilot program that enables new businesses to produce value-added products using fruits and vegetables deemed unsuitable to be sold as fresh. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO REMNANTS. Allows the purchase of remnants by non-abutting owners.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Repeals the State CIO, OIMT, and shared services technology special fund. Transfers remaining responsibilities of the State CIO to the comptroller.
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RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Grants immunity to county and state agencies and employees from liability for injury arising out of hazardous recreational activities. Specifies hazardous recreational activities from which private landowners have limited liability for damages arising therefrom.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires workers' compensation settlement agreements to be paid within 14 days. Requires that a request for an independent medical examination be approved or denied by the director of labor and industrial relations within 14 days.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the China-Hawaii economic council within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for economic development.
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VMI, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GLASS CONTAINER RECOVERY. Repeals the glass container recovery program.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop disaster preparedness educational materials and conduct community outreach seminars.
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PBS, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxpayers who purchase residential backup generators.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (2) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (3) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (4) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Appropriates moneys for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (5) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (8) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (9) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Repeals provision providing that arbitration shall not be available to resolve disputes regarding EUTF contributions by State and counties.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Grants OHA officers and employees collective bargaining rights. Gives OHA voting rights as a public employer.
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OMH, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Authorizes charter schools to vote on agreements for collective bargaining units (5) and (6). Requires agreements for collective bargaining unit (9) to provide 3 votes for the governor, 1 for HHSC, and 1 for each mayor.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Requires the appropriations of general funds to fund cost items negotiated in collective bargaining agreements or awarded in arbitrations between the bargaining unit and the State.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Replaces special fund moneys with general fund moneys to pay for Hawaii health systems public employee cost items for fiscal biennium 2013-2015.
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HLT, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Sets state and county contributions for health plans equal to the cost of the most popular self plan for public employees hired after 6/30/2015. Allows current active employees to make a one-time election to receive the same contributions for health plans that are offered to public employees hired after 6/30/2015. Limits vacation and sick leave to 480 hours each for public employees hired after 6/30/2015. Eliminates retirement health benefits for public employees hired after 6/30/2015.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES. Establishes term limits on board of director members for planned community associations and condominiums.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX COLLECTION DATE. Amends the date of filing of monthly, quarterly, and semiannual general excise tax returns from the 20th day of the respective applicable month to the last day of the month. Applicable to returns and payments after 7/1/15.
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RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. Provides insurance coverage equality for women who are diagnosed with infertility by making available to them expanded treatment options, ensuring adequate and affordable health care services.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FERTILITY RIGHTS OF CANCER PATIENTS. Requires insurance coverage for embryo, oocyte, and sperm cryopreservation procedures to preserve the fertility of adults diagnosed with cancer who have not yet started cancer treatment.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INCENTIVES. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who purchase bus passes or passes for a public transportation program.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO WATERSHED PROTECTION. Establishes a watershed initiatives program in DLNR. Subjects program employees to the civil service laws. Appropriates moneys.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Authorizes the chair of the state public charter school commission to vote on agreements for collective bargaining units (5) and (6). Requires agreements for collective bargaining unit (9) to provide 3 votes for the governor, 1 for HHSC, and 1 for each mayor.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2014-2015 as a subsidy for Hawaii health systems corporation for employment costs.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires collective bargaining for charter school matters to be conducted between the exclusive representatives of charter school employees as the employee and the governor, board of education, and representatives elected by charter school governing boards as the employer.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Imposes a penalty on an employer who does not pay an employee temporary partial disability benefits within fourteen calendar days after the end of the employee's workweek as defined by administrative rule. Clarifies that an eligibility determination for disability benefits depends on the primary care physician to certify the employee's disability. Clarifies that the failure of the employee's primary care physician to certify the dates of disability in an interim report does not disqualify the employee from disability benefits. Allows contemporaneous certification of an employee's disability status to be waived. Clarifies that certification requirements only apply during the period that an employee's injuries have not reach medical stabilization or the employee is enrolled in the vocational rehabilitation process.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows the court to decree a forfeiture by the member, former member, or retirant of all or a portion of any interest, hypothetical account balance (in excess of the amount representing any employee contributions made by or on behalf of the member, former member, or retirant), pension, annuity, or retirement allowance that the member, former member, or retirant may otherwise be entitled to if a member, former member, or retirant is convicted of a felony and the court finds that the felony is related to the employment of the member, former member, or retirant by the State or any county. Requires the employees' retirement system to comply with the court order and suspend or deny payment to the member, former member, or retirant as provided in the order.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Repeals sections of part VIII, Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014. Transfers rights and resources related to capital improvement programs, repair and maintenance functions, and operation of a central human resources system for DOE employees from DOE to DAGS and DHRD, respectively.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Requires that bidders who receive a procurement preference on a public works contract be a party to a DLIR registered apprenticeship agreement for each apprenticable trade that the bidder will utilize to complete the contract.
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LAB, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Authorizes the executive director to dismiss a discrimination complaint and issue a notice of right to sue after a determination of a reasonable cause of discrimination is made and conciliation fails.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Allows an employee who has suffered a tangible adverse employment action resulting from a supervisor's discriminatory actions to sue the employee's employer. Allows an employer to raise an affirmative defense.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Requires all entities and individuals that employ employees on a non-temporary basis to provide notice to employees at least thirty days in advance of any planned layoff. Subjects violators to civil penalties.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FISH. Prohibits propagating, cultivating, or farming genetically engineered fish in state marine waters.
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OMH, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes counties to regulate genetically engineered organisms and pesticide use to the extent that the regulations are more stringent than state or federal laws.
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AGR, EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING. Requires the Department of Transportation to issue limited purpose driver's licenses, limited purpose provisional driver's licenses, and limited purpose instruction permits to persons who meet the qualifications of licensure regardless of immigration status.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ZERO-BASED BUDGETING. Incorporates zero-based budgeting into the executive budget.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STUDENT LOANS. Establishes a program to provide loan forgiveness for medical, law, and doctoral degree students who enter public service. Appropriates moneys.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the income tax credit for low-income household renters to an unspecified amount.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CROWDFUNDING. Authorizes DOE to use crowdfunding to fund specific capital improvement projects. Establishes the school capital improvement project crowdfunding special fund. Defines crowdfunding.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Imposes disclosure, notification, and reporting requirements on outdoor use of pesticides in specified areas. Prohibits pesticide use within a certain distance from specified areas, including schools, health care facilities, and water resources. Bans prohibitions on qualifying county regulations.
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AGR, EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorize groups of health care providers to organize as coordinated care organizations for the provision of medical care, services, and supplies under Hawaii's workers' compensation law. Effective 1/1/2016.
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LAB, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Repeals article 431:14A, HRS, which statutorily established the Hawaii employers' mutual insurance company (HEMIC) to provide workers' compensation coverage for Hawaii employers. Provides for continuing operation of HEMIC and any policies and coverages issued by it.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Hawaii healthcare workforce advisory board to help increase and strengthen the healthcare workforce in the State.
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HLT, LAB |
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RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES. Establishes DAGS as the lead department for negotiating and processing real property leases for state departments.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH. Requires the Department of Education and Department of Health to jointly establish an interagency working group to create a comprehensive school health program.
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EDN, HLT |
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RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals and transfers the unencumbered balances of various non-general funds and accounts.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO REVENUE BONDS FOR PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS. Repeals the Hawaii Community Development Authority's never-exercised authority to finance public facility projects through the issuance of special facility revenue bonds and establishment of separate special funds for each financed public facility by repealing Part IV of Chapter 206E, HRS.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUND. Repeals Chapter 211G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which established the Capitol Formation Revolving Fund.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Extends criminal liability to the owner of a dog that has been deprived of sustenance. Requires persons holding a dog license to provide notification if ownership of the dog is transferred. Requires persons holding a dog license to provide microchip information.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows proof of motor vehicle insurance to be stored and displayed on a mobile electronic device.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Allows United States service military veterans to pay resident tuition at the UOH campuses.
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VMI, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Reclassifies various housing loan special funds as revolving funds and repeals the fee simple residential revolving fund, as recommended by the auditor in auditor's report no. 14-13.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals various non-general funds and accounts, transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund, and reclassifies selected special funds to revolving funds, as recommended by the auditor in report no. 14-18.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals and transfers the unencumbered balances of various non-general funds and accounts as recommended by the auditor in auditor's report nos. 14-04 and 14-13.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Establishes an advisory committee to examine the barriers that hinder the redevelopment of visitor facilities and infrastructure in the Banyan Drive area on the Waiakea Peninsula in East Hawaii. Appropriates moneys for the advisory committee.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRIVATE DETECTIVES AND GUARDS. Requires that of the two persons on the Board of Detectives and Guards who are actively engaged in any of the licensed practices, one shall be a public employee.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires a county police chief to grant an applicant a license to carry a concealed handgun and ammunition within the county.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO BOATING. Conforms boating laws to federal standards by clarifying applicability, prohibiting the use of noncomplying vessels, and clarifying which information may be inspected as public records.
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WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Exempts NELHA from the state procurement code when purchasing replacement parts and repair and maintenance services for equipment associated with the seawater delivery system unless agreement requires otherwise.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Requires the appropriate licensing boards to hire and train private deputies to investigate the use of unlicensed persons by contractors on construction sites. Increases penalties for violation of scope of contracting. Requires report. Appropriates moneys from the compliance resolution fund.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Prohibits general engineering contractors and general building contractors from performing incidental or supplemental work. Requires general engineering contractors and general building contractors to engage an appropriate specialty contractor to perform incidental work. Defines incidental work.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES. Amends the definition of bicycle to include low-speed electric bicycles.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO INNOVATIVE BUSINESS INTERACTION. Establishes an innovative business interaction program under DBEDT, with the assistance of the Hawaii tourism authority. Increases the transient accommodations tax revenues deposited into the tourism special fund by an amount to be used for the program.
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EDB/TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Legalizes under state law the growing, processing, possession, transfer, and personal use of marijuana in a specified quantity to persons at least twenty-one years of age. Requires licensing to operate marijuana establishments. Subjects marijuana establishments to excise taxes and income taxes.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX. Establishes a reduced per gallon tax rate on beer sold in barrels for the first 60,000 barrels sold annually. Effective 1/1/2016.
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EDB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LAHAINA FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for the Lahaina Flood Control Project. Requires the appropriation to be matched by county funds.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE WEST MAUI OCEAN RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA. Makes permanent the west Maui ocean recreation management area advisory committee. Adds one member to the committee with a background in ocean safety.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO BEACH ACCESS. Requires reasonable accommodations for disabled persons to access the beach.
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OMH/WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO LIPOA POINT. Establishes a Lipoa point management council in DLNR for the development of Lipoa point. Appropriates moneys for land surveyor services, maintenance services, and development of a master plan for Lipoa point.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACTIVITY DESKS. Requires activity desk to designate fiduciaries in case of certain business closures and to submit monthly financial reports to DCCA. Exempts from the law certain activity desks that operate without compensation.
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TOU, CPC |
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RELATING TO BROADBAND ACCESS AVAILABILITY IN RESORT AREAS. Establishes a task force to create a master plan for the availability of universal high speed broadband access in Waikiki and other resort areas.
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EDB/TOU, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX. Temporarily imposes an insurance premium tax on mutual benefit societies and health maintenance organizations but exempts them from the tax if they do not file for an insurance plan rate increase during that period.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH CONNECTOR. Requires health insurers with at least a 20% share of the health insurance market to submit its qualified plans for inclusion in the Hawaii health connector.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE. Requires a plan offered through the health connector to be at least a gold plan as determined by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires a health organization to annually disclose de-identified claims data to Insurance Commissioner. Requires Insurance Commissioner to annually disclose de-identified claims data to a large group purchaser upon request. Exempts de-identified claims data from public disclosure except as provided. Makes conforming amendments.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO THE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING AND AWARENESS PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes a two-year Hawaii colorectal cancer screening and awareness pilot program using the Hawaii comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program as a model. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. Repeals on June 30, 2017.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. Requires state agencies to hold public hearings in the county, or counties, primarily impacted by the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of any administrative rule. Requires at least one public hearing with thirty days' notice on each island that a proposed rule will likely have a significant monetary impact on residents or communities of that island.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. Establishes a five-year evidence-based physical-activity and nutritional-education pilot program within the A+ Program in Hawaii's public elementary schools. Makes appropriations.
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EDN, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO SUPPORT THE AFTER-SCHOOL PLUS PROGRAM. Appropriates moneys for the After-School Plus (A+) Program.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERINARY TECHNICIANS. Establishes requirements for the regulation of veterinary technicians and the practice of veterinary technology under chapter 471, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to veterinary medicine. Establishes provisions relating to registration requirements, educational requirements, limitations on use of titles, grounds for refusal to grant and revocation or suspension of registration, hearings, and criminal penalties. Requires the board of veterinary examiners to issue certificates of registration to applicants beginning on July 1, 2017.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the housing first voucher program within the Department of Human Services. Appropriates general funds to the Housing First Special Fund to implement the program.
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HUS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Establishes graduated requirements for the provision of reserved housing as a condition of development permits for multi-family dwelling units within the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Community Development Authority on a lot greater than 20,000 gross square feet based on the sales price of units within the development.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriation to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the redevelopment of their Kuhio Homes and Kuhio Park Terrace Low Rise properties.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. Authorizes the Hawaii property insurance association to spend funds in the Hawaii hurricane relief fund to pay for extraordinary losses caused by the flow of lava or other volcanic activity.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS. Establishes a misdemeanor for knowingly misrepresenting oneself as the owner or trainer of a service dog.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO SERVICE BY PUBLICATION. Clarifies the requirements for service by publication.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Authorizes the counties to enter into contracts with dealers and rental car companies for the registration of used cars.
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RELATING TO TOWING. Establishes definitions of "hooked up", "scene", and "vehicle owner" to clarify when a vehicle must be released by a towing company. Establishes date and time stamped photo as proof of vehicle being hooked up.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES USED IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES. Includes transportation network companies and transportation network drivers in the motor carrier law. Raises motor vehicle liability insurance limits for motor carriers. Excludes motor carrier and taxicabs from coverage under personal motor vehicle insurance policy unless specifically included.
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RELATING TO ETHANOL. Repeals existing requirement that gasoline for motor vehicles be composed of 10 per cent ethanol.
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RELATING TO CHECK CASHING. Places a cap on the interest that a check casher can charge pursuant to a deferred deposit agreement at 36 per cent per annum.
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RELATING TO FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS. Gives various types of fiduciaries access to the digital assets of the principal.
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RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY. Exempts the Hawaii cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator from civil service. Establishes one secretary position. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO MARRIAGE. Repeals the provision allowing actions for annulment, divorce, or separation of a marriage solemnized in this State, where the parties do not meet state domicile or physical presence requirements, if the parties are domiciled in a jurisdiction that does not recognize the marriage.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Applies the general excise tax on the manufacture and sale, at wholesale and retail, of all products containing nicotine, at a rate of 10%. Applies to gross income and gross proceeds received after 12/31/2016.
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