OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 3
5TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 27, 2016
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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 GOVERNMENT ISSUED IDENTIFICATION. Appropriates funds to the department of human services homeless programs office for services to obtain government issued identification.
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HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO YOUTH GANGS. Appropriates moneys to fund operational costs to provide therapeutic prevention and mental health programs for high risk youth.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSEE ADVERTISING. Provides definitions of "advertising" and "solicitation materials" as they apply to the regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons. Specifies information that must be included on advertising and solicitation materials.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. Appropriates moneys to the department of health to hire five full-time employees (5.0 FTE) and retain consultants to monitor the United States Navy and the United States Defense Logistics Agency's compliance with an Administrative Order on Consent regarding leaks of fuel at the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. Expands the low income-household renter's credit based on adjusted gross income, filing status, and the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2016.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Updates fee provisions relating to financial institutions.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. Allows lessors of rental motor vehicles to pass on to lessees a vehicle license recovery fee. Defines vehicle license recovery fee.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL WORKERS. Clarifies the supervision requirements for licensure of clinical social workers, including permitting the supervision requirements to be met through face-to-face supervision or via a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-certified video conferencing service.
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HUS, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes a pilot project within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to provide certain tax and other benefits, similar to those provided in an enterprise zone, for physicians and dentists who agree to work within those areas for a certain period. Provides that no agreement may be entered into after June 30, 2021 and no benefits may be granted after June 30, 2028.
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EDB/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. Appropriates moneys to operate an additional emergency medical services unit in the Moanalua, Aliamanu, Red Hill, Salt Lake, and Foster Village areas.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits the University of Hawaii Board of Regents from charging student athletic fees.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Provides that a lessee shall have the option to purchase nonresidential real property under certain conditions.
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WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE SMALL-SATELLITE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT STUDY. Authorizes a small-satellite economic assessment study to analyze potential markets, timeframes, and other drivers of small-satellite launch facilities in Hawaii. Appropriates moneys.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARTITION OF HEIRS PROPERTY. Adopts Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. Establishes procedures and remedies for use in actions for partition of real property involving heirs property (real property held in tenancy in common that meets certain requirements). Effective 1/1/17.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF MAUNALUA BAY. Establishes a Maunalua Bay task force to study and develop recommendations for a Maunalua Bay master plan.
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OMH/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Authorizes Korean War veterans of Korea are to have "Veteran" status on their driver's license or civil identification card.
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VMI, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL. Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to employ and retain independent counsel.
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OMH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Appropriates funds for the administration and operation of the aha moku advisory committee and for community outreach.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Appropriates funds to establish long-term Hawaiian language resources and capacity building to train experts in the Hawaiian language field.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Protects the free exercise of religious beliefs and moral convictions by prohibiting the State from taking any discriminatory action against a person based on the person's sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction. Provides a cause of action for a violation of the Act.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HELMETS. Requires applicants for category 1 (moped) licenses to designate whether the applicant elects to wear a safety helmet with a chin strap at all times when operating the moped. Requires licenses to bear the indication of the election. Waives moped registration fees for moped owners who elect to wear safety helmets securely fastened with a chin strap. Requires all operators of mopeds to wear a safety helmet securely fastened with a chin strap. Establishes penalties for not wearing a safety helmet securely fastened with a chin strap while operating a moped.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Prohibits corporations from making election contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures except in accordance with the majority vote of the corporation's shareholders. Requires corporations to provide notices to shareholders and on their publicly accessible websites within forty-eight hours of making a contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the design and construction of a food security facility.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO CARBON FARMING. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who practice carbon farming for agricultural purposes on property located in agricultural districts.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISLOCATED SUGAR WORKERS. Directs and appropriates funds for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide workforce development, worker training and retraining, and other dislocated worker assistance programs for workers affected by the cessation of sugar production on Maui.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes an uninsured motorist identification database program and special fund within the insurance division to verify motorist compliance with insurance requirements and reduce the number of uninsured motorists.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES. Authorizes Hawaii Correctional Industries to sell products and services on the open market to the general public.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LASER DEVICES. Prohibits the intentional projection of a beam of light from a laser or laser scope at an aircraft or at the flight path of an aircraft.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE PUUHONUA COMMISSION. Establishes the puuhonua commission within the department of public safety to help post-incarcerated persons, probationers, and parolees reintegrate into society. Creates county advisory committees to advise the commission. Establishes a special fund.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an appropriation to fund the State Building Code Council's administrative expenses. Requires the Council to develop plans and strategies to secure long-term dedicated funding for Council operations. Appropriates funds.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO FRANCHISES. Makes voidable, franchise provisions that restrict the resolution of claims arising under or relating to a franchise in this State to a foreign forum.
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EDB, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Subjects to legislative disapproval any tuition fee increase at the University of Hawaii. Requires the University to submit a resolution for review of and a detailed justification for the increase. Applies to tuition fees for the 2017-2018 academic year and subsequent academic years, including summer sessions.
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HED, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Clarifies application of ethics code to technology transfer supported by the University of Hawaii. Requires annual report.
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HED, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Repeals requirement that UH prepare an annual report regarding the construction academy.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING. Authorizes issuance of driver's licenses with the notation of "veteran" for persons who are veterans of the Korean conflict.
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VMI, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the design and construction of a warehouse to serve as a storage site for training logistics and related matters for the Hawaii Army National Guard at Pohakuloa training area on Hawaii island.
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VMI, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR UKUMEHAME RESERVOIRS. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to provide financing to assist West Maui Investors, LLC, with 2 Ukumehame reservoirs.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a Transit Oriented Development Authority within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to oversee and manage development of infrastructure on state lands within one-quarter mile radius of rail stations.
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TRN/WAL, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESOURCES. Authorizes the BLNR Chairperson to transfer public land trust funds to the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Authorizes the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to expend public land trust funds for purposes consistent with those of the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund.
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OMH, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Prohibits deferred acceptance of a guilty or no contest plea where the defendant has been charged with committing an offense against a family or household member.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEE EXEMPTIONS FOR HOUSING PROJECTS. Clarifies that housing projects claiming an exemption pursuant to chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, cannot claim an exemption from the school impact fee.
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WAL, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO FORCE-PLACED INSURANCE. Requires financial institutions and mortgage servicers to provide written notice to borrowers regarding the status of their insurance coverage; obtain force-placed insurance subject to certain conditions; and terminate and refund any moneys to the borrower upon receipt of the confirmation of a borrower's existing insurance coverage.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals annual increment and longevity step salary increases for department of education teachers and educational officers and clarifies that such increases shall be determined through collective bargaining.
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LAB, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Authorizes the charter school commission to adopt interim rules. Establishes requirements for meeting minutes. Authorizes charter schools to assess fees and charges for co-curricular activities.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Short form bill relating to collective bargaining.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Makes technical amendments regarding collective bargaining payroll deductions for an exclusive representative of a bargaining unit.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Requires DLIR to provide written determination letters to individuals and employers that have been the subjects of an unemployment insurance investigate describing why the individual is deemed to be an employee or independent contractor. Authorizes individuals and employers to request an advisory opinion from DLIR explaining whether an individual could be deemed an employee or independent contractor. Requires DLIR to place redacted advisory opinions on its website. Requires DLIR to respond to an employer's appeal of a determination of employment status within 30 days or the appeal will be dismissed in favor of the employer.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Specifies that employers may take adverse employment action for reasons other than those currently protected under Hawaii's anti-discrimination law.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO COASTAL PROTECTION. Authorizes counties to establish a surcharge on real property taxes collected from oceanfront properties. Requires counties to deposit surcharges collected into a special fund to be used for coastal protection and management programs and activities.
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OMH/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Health Care Task Force (Task Force) to develop a plan to improve the delivery of health care in the State, including ways to address the shortage of physicians statewide. Appropriates funds for the Task Force.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Provides that an attorney or a non-attorney advocate may represent a student during non-academic disciplinary hearings or appeals that could result in suspension or expulsion.
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HED, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Establishes a state funds matching grant program for resident undergraduate UH students with financial need and whose parents have not earned a baccalaureate or higher degree.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. Simplifies the process for an entity to become an authorizer (an entity that approves or denies applications to become a charter school). Establishes a shortened timeline for the release of charter school funds. Authorizes charter schools to retain attorneys for charter contract negotiation, charter revocation, and charter nonrenewal processes.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO OFFENSES INVOLVING THE CONFINEMENT OR RESTRAINT OF DOGS. Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful confinement or restraint of a dog to enhance related offenses under the cruelty to animals law and provide standards for the use of tethers and enclosures for dogs.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Requires single-occupancy restrooms in all public buildings to be gender-neutral, with appropriate signage.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AMENDING OR REPEALING HAWAII REAL PROPERTY TAX LAWS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Repeals various sections of the real property tax laws for the purpose of deleting obsolete and unnecessary provisions.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO AMENDING OR REPEALING HAWAII INCOME TAX LAWS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends various sections of the income tax law for the purpose of deleting obsolete and unnecessary provisions.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INNOVATION BUSINESS INTERACTION. Establishes a loan program in the HTDC to support high-technology small businesses. Appropriate funds.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires health insurance coverage for lifestyle and nutrition programs intended to treat various conditions.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKING. Establishes fines beginning January 1, 2017, for owners of parking facilities with at least one hundred parking spaces that do not provide at least one parking space equipped with a charging system exclusively for electric vehicles.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Amends the definition of "debilitating medical condition" to allow for greater physician discretion to prescribe low potency medical marijuana.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the department of health, and the department of land and natural resources for programs, studies, and activities related to rat lungworm disease.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates general funds for 4.0 FTE positions for the UH Pamantasan Council to promote access and diversity, including for programs and policies related to Philippine courses and Filipino students.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of transportation to conduct a feasibility study of establishing an interisland ferry system. Makes an appropriation for the study.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS. Appropriates funds for three full-time equivalent permanent positions within the Office of Language Access.
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HUS, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Appropriates funds to continue the operations of the Statewide Language Access Resource Center and Multilingual Website Pilot Project within the Office of Language Access.
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HLT, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Requires all students in the twelfth grade in public schools who are eligible to vote to register to vote as a requirement of graduation. Requires the Department of Education to hold a one-hour class session for all twelfth-grade students in public schools that is dedicated to elections and voting.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO SPORTS. Establishes the Hawaii Sports Task Force to plan and coordinate efforts to keep the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, and to secure Hawaii as a host site for a National Football League preseason game, world-title soccer tournaments at Aloha Stadium, mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments at Aloha Stadium, and other international sporting events.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY. Requires hosting platforms that offer or advertise a residential unit on the Internet for transient occupancy to report certain information annually to the DCCA. Provides for administrative fine to be deposited into the compliance resolution fund.
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TOU, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY COOPERATIVES. Clarifies that a publicly owned energy cooperative may be considered an energy project and project party for purposes of receiving financing through special purpose revenue bonds.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Phases out the use of polystyrene foam (styrofoam) containers by restaurants, food establishments, hotels, and food packagers beginning 1/1/17. Prohibits all expanded polystyrene foam use beginning 1/1/23. Authorizes DOH to allow exemptions.
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EEP/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. Requires health care professionals to take a continuing medical education course in health issues unique to Hawaii. Requires the DOH to develop the course, in consultation with the Hawaii medical board.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO DENGUE FEVER. Requires the auditor to conduct a management audit to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the disease outbreak control division of the department of health in the division's response to the 2015 outbreak of dengue fever on the island of Hawaii. Appropriates funds to the department of health for mosquito assessment and control efforts for the island of Hawaii to assist in reducing the occurrence and combatting the risk of dengue fever.
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HLT, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HONOKOHAU SMALL BOAT HARBOR. Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to transfer the operation, administration, management, and maintenance of Honokohau small boat harbor to a community-based board of Hawaii county, a public-private partnership, or a private organization. Appropriates funds for repairs and maintenance of the harbor.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Replaces the current renewable energy technology systems tax credit with tax credits for solar energy property, wind energy property, and energy storage property. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2016.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN. Appropriates funds to the department of health to support the revision of the state integrated solid waste management plan.
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EEP, FIN |
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AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HAWAII RENEWABLE RESOURCES, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Renewable Resources, LLC, with the development of a natural gas production facility on Maui that will establish and fund food crops, with renewable natural gas and electricity production and related facilities and projects on the island of Maui.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Authorizes the public benefits fee to be used to install and upgrade electric power infrastructure to facilitate the use of electric vehicles. Authorizes the public benefits fee administrator to establish procedures for the administration of public benefits fee programs that install or upgrade electric power infrastructure to facilitate the use of electric vehicles. Sunsets on 6/30/2020.
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TRN, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the University of Hawaii green special fund within UH to reduce energy consumption and costs.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the state procurement policy board to perform annual random audits of government purchasing agencies and audits of agencies selected based on a pattern of agency noncompliance.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires past performance to be factored into future bid selection of a contractor. Defines past performance. Requires past performance to be considered in sole source procurement. Appropriates funds. Takes effect on 1/1/2017.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLERS. Removes the sunset date of Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, thereby making permanent the prohibition on the counties from requiring the installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers or automatic fire sprinkler systems in new and existing detached one-or two-family dwelling units in residential structures and non-residential agricultural and aquacultural structures outside an urban area, with an exception for certain new homes.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Makes various appropriations for various housing programs.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Increases penalties for animal desertion.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes a seven-year limit on tenants in state low-income housing projects. Prohibits state low-income housing units from being passed along from one individual to another. Requires unemployed tenants who live in state low-income housing to perform community service or enroll in classes.
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HUS, HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL TRAVEL. Requires the State and counties to pay the approved travel costs of their officers and employees directly to vendors or by cash advance to the officer or employee, unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS. Clarifies procedures to amend condominium association declarations and bylaws.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO NOISE. Establishes enhanced penalties for multiple noise violations by a licensee in a county with a population of 500,000 or more during a single calendar year.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Appropriates revenues for repair work and resurfacing of Kalani Street, Auld Lane, and Rawlins Lane on the island of Oahu.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Increases the advance disposal fee for glass containers to 3 cents for containers less than 2 liters and 4.5 cents for containers 2 liters and greater.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISCHARGE PLANNING. Requires hospitals to adopt and maintain discharge policies, consistent with recent updates to federal regulations, to ensure that patients continue to receive necessary care after leaving the hospital. Effective July 1, 2017.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. Expands access to opioid antagonists to prevent drug-overdose fatalities. Establishes the Overdose Prevention and Emergency Response Act.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires health benefits plans under the employer-union health benefits trust fund to include all benefits required under article 10A of chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, article 1 of chapter 432, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and chapter 432D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. Clarifies powers of physician assistants regarding nurses under chapter regulating physicians. Removes sunset date of Act 255, SLH 2012.
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RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. Authorizes a naturopathic physician to prescribe controlled substances that are consistent with naturopathic medical practice. Clarifies that narcotic drugs shall not be included within the naturopathic formulary.
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HLT, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 24th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to support three additional inspector positions on the island of Oahu within the department of agriculture's pesticides branch.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC LEAKAGE. Requires DBEDT to prepare a report examining the severity of economic leakage in Hawaii's tourism industry. Makes an appropriation.
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TOU, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds from fiscal years 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 for the design and construction of a new patient facility at the Hawaii state hospital.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIABILITY. Makes permanent the limited liability protection for county lifeguards, the employing county, and the State for civil damages resulting from any act or omission of the lifeguard while providing lifeguard services within the lifeguard's scope of employment.
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RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds for the continuation of the manufacturing grant program, within High Technology Development Corporation.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for the department of business, economic development, and tourism to conduct an economic assessment study on the development and economic viability of a small satellite launch and processing facility on the island of Hawaii.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Makes an appropriation to the high technology development corporation for the provision of technology internship grants and development of programs to support the local talent pipeline for the technology industry.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Places the state foundation on culture and the arts within the creative industries division of the department of business, economic development, and tourism instead of the department of accounting and general services. Designates the director of business, economic development, and tourism, instead of the comptroller, in selecting works of art for acquisition.
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EDB, VMI, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EARLY LEARNING. Makes appropriations to the Executive Office on Early Learning and Early Learning Advisory Board for staffing, travel, and attendance at relevant conferences, as applicable.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS. Defines curricular materials to include both printed and digital material. Requires textbook manufacturers to make a digital format of the textbook available for use in public schools. Clarifies that moneys for curricular materials can be used for digital formats. Appropriates funds.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY. Re-designates the second Monday of October from "Discoverers' Day" to "Indigenous Peoples' Day".
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Expands the national board certification incentive program to provide greater monetary incentives to public school counselors and school psychologists. Authorizes continuing bonuses for teachers, counselors, and school psychologists in designated high-need schools that improve and become no longer designated as such.
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EDN, FIN |
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the high technology business investment tax credit.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the John A. Burns School of Medicine to fund medical residency programs to help alleviate the shortage of primary care physicians in rural Oahu and neighbor island communities.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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