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HB 1356
Status
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RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.
Establishes the Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund to
stabilize the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund when there is
insufficient money to cover the costs of providing benefits to
employee-beneficiaries and dependent-beneficiaries. Caps employer
contributions to the separate trust fund when the separate accounts for each
public employer within the separate trust fund have a combined balance of at
least $2,000,000,000.
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FIN
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HB 1293
Status
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION.
Clarifies that the real property tax exemption for
property owned as a primary home covers persons who own, but cannot occupy
in, the primary home due to a serious medical condition; provided that they
do not rent or lease out that property.
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FIN
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HB 1180
Status
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Requires the state procurement office to establish a
database to record inadequate past performance by contractors on public works
projects.
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FIN
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HB 810
Status
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RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Appropriates funds for the P4C Program of the University
of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and for
teachers of the Department of Education to train with the P4C Program.
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FIN
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HB 1187
Status
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RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF TAX REVENUES.
Amends the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law by
establishing maximum dollar amounts that shall be distributed among certain
non-general funds. Retains provision that the general fund receive the
remainder after distribution.
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FIN
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HB 1188
Status
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SPECIAL FUND.
Changes appropriations of money in the Hawaii tobacco
settlement fund to set dollar amounts.
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FIN
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HB 83
Status
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX.
Restores the deduction for state taxes paid for taxpayers
with income above specified thresholds. Establishes limitations on claims for
itemized tax deductions, based on taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income.
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FIN
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HB 314
Status
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
Authorizes the use of outdoor advertising devices for
purposes of all owing the naming rights of state buildings.
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FIN
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HB 318
Status
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
Exempts contracts for the naming rights of State buildings
from the sealed bid process and the fifteen-year limitation on concession
contracts.
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FIN
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HB 1352
Status
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Requires the Auditor to conduct a comprehensive financial,
management, and program audit of the Department of Education. Appropriates
funds.
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FIN
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HB 1167
Status
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RELATING TO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TAX CREDIT.
Increases from $2,500,000 to $5,000,0000 the maximum tax
credit for qualified tenants per taxable year. Allows capital infrastructure
costs exceeding $5,000,000 for one taxable year to be
applied to subsequent tax years. Amends definition of "capital
improvement costs".
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FIN
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HB 1172
Status
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RELATING TO RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
Allows for a credit for all qualified research expenses
without regard to the amount of expenses for previous years.
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FIN
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HB 825, HD1
(HSCR72)
Status
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.
Establishes licensing requirements and enforcement
provisions for transient vacation rentals to be administered by the
department of commerce and consumer affairs.
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TOU, FIN
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HB 1370, HD1
(HSCR113)
Status
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RELATING TO DIVORCE.
Provides statutory authority for the Employees' Retirement
System Administrator to make direct payment to a former spouse of a member of
benefits or portion thereof pursuant to valid court judgment, order, or
decree. Appropriates moneys to Employees' Retirement System.
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LAB, FIN
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HB 600, HD1
(HSCR502)
Status
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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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HUS/HLT, FIN
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HB 1195, HD1
(HSCR425)
Status
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RELATING TO EXPANDED ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES.
Increases the capacity from two to three nursing facility
level residents in Type I Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes.
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HLT/HUS, FIN
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HB 452
(HSCR264)
Status
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RELATING TO STATEWIDE SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to increase the base budget of the
department of the attorney general for statewide sexual assault services for
fiscal biennium 2016-2017 to $2,380,000 per fiscal year. Beginning with the
2017-2018 fiscal year, requires the base budget of the department of the
attorney general for statewide sexual assault services to be at least $2,380,000
per fiscal year.
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JUD, FIN
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HB 180
(HSCR62)
Status
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RELATING TO LOBBYING CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
STATEMENTS.
Clarifies the requirements relating to the statement of
expenditures to be filed upon the adjournment sine die of a special session.
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JUD, FIN
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HB 492
(HSCR265)
Status
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Appropriates funds for the judiciary to enter into contracts
with community mediation centers for mediation services.
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JUD, FIN
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HB 968, HD1
(HSCR396)
Status
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RELATING TO LIABILITY FOR AMOUNTS PASSED ON AS TAX.
Creates conclusive presumption that taxpayer is liable for
any amounts passed on to consumers as payment for any tax authorized by title
14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, unless the taxpayer returns the overpayment to
the consumer. Provides for civil penalty and reporting of violations to the
office of consumer protection.
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JUD, FIN
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HB 906, HD1
(HSCR130)
Status
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTIFIED OR
APPROVED HOUSING PROJECTS.
Ensures that certain eligible housing projects will remain
affordable for certain minimum periods to be certified for exemption from general
excise taxes.
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HSG, FIN
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HB 145, HD1
(HSCR485)
Status
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RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a refundable income tax credit for qualified
cigar producers. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2112.
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CPC, FIN
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HB 1098, HD1
(HSCR447)
Status
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RELATING TO THE SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT FOR MORTGAGE
LICENSING ACT.
Authorizes the commissioner of financial institutions to
make adjustments to the collection of fees for the mortgage loan recovery
fund without regard to chapter 91 to better maintain the intended $750,000
balance in the mortgage loan recovery fund.
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CPC, FIN
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HB 1042
(HSCR528)
Status
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RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Appropriates funds for grants-in-aid to the counties for
assistance with identifying and mapping important agricultural lands.
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AGR, FIN
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