THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2019
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 |
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TIME: |
10:05 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO RESTORE ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS TO MEDICAID ENROLLEES. Makes an appropriation to the department of human services to restore adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees. Requires federal matching funds.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the Office of the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Human Services Disability Determination Branch. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate two mobile clinics to serve homeless persons; provided that one of the mobile clinics shall be allocated to the county of Hawaii. Requires matching funds. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMS. Permits individual vocational programs within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to engage in commercial enterprises, including the sales of goods and services, for self-sustainability purposes. Establishes the Office of Youth Services revolving fund. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Directs the Department of Human Services, in partnership with the state procurement office, to provide training on government procurement and other relevant procedures to nonprofit organizations that offer homeless outreach services or manage homeless housing programs in rural areas of the State. Appropriates funds for the training program. (SD1)
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HMS/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO OHANA ZONES. Increases the number of ohana zone sites on Oahu from three to six. Increases the number of ohana zones on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, if the ohana zones pilot program capacity permits. Requires that additional information be included in the reports submitted no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2020 and 2021. Provides additional time for the implementation of the ohana zones pilot program. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the ohana zones pilot program. (SD1)
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HMS/HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Makes an appropriation for the state rent supplement program.
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HMS/HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the Hawaii nutrition employment and training program. (SD1)
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HMS/HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO YOUTH. Establishes and appropriate funds for a safe places for youth pilot program. Requires and appropriates funds for the office of youth services to reduce the use of status offense laws and implement a status offense diversion program.
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HMS/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to adopt rules without regard to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Appropriates an unspecified amount to the Hawaii public housing authority to reimburse landlords who participate in the section 8 housing choice voucher program for repair costs of tenant-caused property damage when such repair costs exceed the tenant's security deposit and for one full time-equivalent position to assist and administer the reimbursement program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Removes certain limits on costs eligible for a GET exemption for newly constructed or substantially renovated affordable rental housing projects. Makes permanent amendments to sections 104-2 and 201H-36, HRS, by Act 54, SLH 2017, as amended by Act 39, SLH 2018, relating to the types of rental housing projects that shall be exempt from GET and prevailing wages for the construction of certain rental housing projects, respectively. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the qualified nonprofit housing trust program to authorize the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to provide loans to qualified nonprofit housing trusts and nonprofit community development financial institutions to develop affordable housing units. Makes an appropriation into and out of the qualified nonprofit housing trust revolving fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO TEACHER RENTAL HOUSING. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to assist the Department of Education in developing teacher housing projects. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to, in addition, contract or sponsor with any state department or agency. Requires the Department of Education to lease land and contract with private entities for the development, revitalization, maintenance, and management of teacher housing. Permits the Department of Education to lease teacher housing to other eligible tenants if occupancy of teacher housing falls below ninety-five per cent. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for deposit into the dwelling unit revolving fund. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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HOU/EDU, WAM |
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RELATING TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE. Requires the department of human services to establish a housing homeless children rental assistance pilot program to assist families with minor children experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness due to domestic violence. Requires each family member to obtain financial management and budget counseling services. Requires the department of human services to participate in the Continuum of Care's Coordinated Entry system for homeless services. Requires inputting of data into the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Homeless Management Information System. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. Requires report to the legislature. (SD1)
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HOU/HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONES. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), at the request of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), to establish and operate transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone subaccounts within the dwelling unit revolving fund for the benefit of infrastructure improvement projects within a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone. Requires HCDA to develop a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program to foster infrastructure development by strategically investing in public facilities. Appropriates funds to HCDA for staff necessary to develop and manage the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HOU/TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONDOMINIUMS ON LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to enter into seventy-five year leases of units in residential condominiums located on state lands. Subjects lands set aside by the governor or lands leased to HHFDC by any agency or department of the State to the legislative approval requirement prior to the sale or gift of the lands. (SD1)
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HOU/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the ALOHA homes program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) to facilitate the development of low-cost homes for sale to Hawaii residents on state-owned and county-owned land near rail stations of the Honolulu rail transit system, to be known as the urban redevelopment district. Establishes guidelines within the urban redevelopment district and provisions related to the sale of leasehold interest of ALOHA homes. Exempts lands to which HHFDC holds title and land set aside or leased to the HHFDC from the definition of public lands in section 171‑2, HRS, except for purposes of accounting for receipts from ceded lands. Establishes and appropriates funds into and out of the ALOHA homes revolving fund. Authorizes the HHFDC to sell the leasehold interest in residential condominium units located on state lands for lease terms of 99 years. (SD1)
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HOU/WTL/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for additional funding for the Hawaii promise program for four-year institutions. (SD1)
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HRE, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates $500,000 for each year of the fiscal biennium to be expended by the University of Hawaii to support student mentors and tutors at community colleges.
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HRE, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT HILO. Appropriates funds for custodial and maintenance staff at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE PUNA DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER. Appropriates funds for a post-secondary distance learning center in the Puna district within Hawaii Community College. Requires UH to submit a report on the Puna distance learning center to the legislature.
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE EDUCATION. Establishes and appropriates funds for the P-20 agriculture education coordinator position within the University of Hawaii at Manoa college of tropical agriculture and human resources. Specifies duties of the coordinator and P-20 agriculture education working group.
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council for 4 full-time equivalent positions to promote access, diversity, and workforce development, including programs and policies related to Philippine courses and Filipino students.
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA. Requires the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus, to offer a bachelor's of arts degree in creative media. Requires the University of Hawaii system and board of regents to finalize the degree by no later than May 1, 2019. (SD1)
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HRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the aeronautical sciences program at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. (SD1)
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HRE/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to digitize its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Authorizes the use of the Hawaiian Home Loan Fund and Hawaiian Home General Loan Fund to assist qualifying lessees purchasing or leasing micro housing units on approved Hawaiian home lands. Makes appropriations from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' vacancy savings to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for construction of micro housing units, subject to certain conditions, and to build general organizational capacity of native Hawaiian-controlled nonprofit housing developers. (SD1)
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Appropriates funds for deposit into and out of the cesspool compliance grant program special fund to implement the cesspool compliance grant program. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects including lot development, loans, and rehabilitation projects. Appropriates an unspecified amount for building homes, infrastructure, capital improvement projects, operating and administrative costs, fringe, and other needs and priorities. (SD1)
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Excludes lands set aside by the governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of "public lands" in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provided that the lands are not sold in fee simple. Requires legislative approval of the sale of lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title. (SD1)
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HWN/HOU/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Removes restriction on access to transcripts from public contested hearings. Removes statutory remnants from when violations of the lobbyist law resulted in criminal penalties. Allows the state ethics commission to assess an administrative fine pursuant to a settlement agreement. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO BAIL. Authorizes a defendant in custody to petition a court for unsecured bail. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates a nexus standard for taxing out-of-state businesses on their business income in Hawaii. (SD1)
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JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTING. Requires contractors and subcontractors to submit tax clearances as a condition of obtaining building permits for private developments exceeding a certain value. Requires contractors and subcontractors to submit additional tax clearances before assignment of a contract for private developments exceeding a certain value. Authorizes the department of taxation to require that tax clearance applications be submitted electronically. (SD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the auditor to conduct a performance audit of certain offices and programs within the department of public safety. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Public Safety to pay for the temporary housing of 248 inmates at a non-state facility for the remaining six months of fiscal year 2019, during work on capital improvements to the Halawa Correctional Facility, under DAGS Job No. Job No. 12-27-5644 – security electronics and hardware repairs and improvements.
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PSM, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE LIFEGUARDS. Appropriates unspecified funds for salaries and benefits for lifeguards for Kua Bay, Kekaha Kai state park, on the island of Hawai‘i, an area under the jurisdiction of DLNR.
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PSM/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050.
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TEC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Establishes a Remote Legislative Access Program to allow for the submission of testimony remotely. Appropriates funds.
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TEC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the department of accounting and general services. (SD1)
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TEC, WAM |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT DATA. Establishes a chief data officer and data set task force, within the office of enterprise technology services, to develop, implement, and manage statewide data set policies, procedures, and standards. (SD1)
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TEC, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM. Requires the legislative broadcast program to make an audio or audiovisual recording of all public hearings and informational briefings held at the State Capitol and maintain an archive of the recordings to be made available to the public. Requires both chambers of the legislature to establish rules for livestreaming public hearings and informational briefings at the State Capitol to the public through audiovisual technology. Appropriates moneys. (SD1)
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TEC, WAM |
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RELATING TO MILILANI TECHNOLOGY PARK. Requires BLNR to enter into negotiations to acquire the property identified as Tax Map Key: (1)9-5-046:042, a parcel within Mililani Technology Park, to facilitate the redevelopment of the parcel for community benefit. Appropriates funds.
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TEC/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Establishes an annual vehicle registration surcharge fee for electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, and hybrid vehicles manufactured after 2018 to be deposited into the state highway fund. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the airports division of the department of transportation. Effective on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the highways division of the department of transportation. Effective on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE PALI HIGHWAY. Appropriates funds for the traffic signal capital improvement project at four specified unsignalized intersections in the Nu‘uanu area of the Pali Highway. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires certain new state building construction and county building construction projects to dedicate at least twenty per cent of its total projected amount of parking stalls to be electric vehicle charger ready and requires that all new state building construction and county building construction have at least two electric vehicle charger ready parking stalls. (SD1)
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TRS/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires electric vehicles to pay for non-metered parking when parked for any period longer than the initial four hours of use. Extends the repeal date of Act 168, Regular Session of 2012, from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2030. (SD1)
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TRS/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO PRIVATE ROADS. Requires the Attorney General to condemn certain private roads on the island of Oahu. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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TRS/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes a red light running committee. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector systems program effective 7/1/2020. Authorizes counties to administer the program. Requires proceeds of fines to be expended in the county from which they were collected for operation of the program. Effective 7/1/2020. (SD1)
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TRS/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Clarifies that the exemption from payment of parking fees is an exception for drivers who are unable to reach or operate a parking meter or unattended pay station because of a physical disability, and who display a disabled paid parking exemption permit. Clarifies that the time limits for the parking fee exemption applies to unattended pay stations as well as meters. Makes the act of selling or buying a parking permit a misdemeanor. Provides that law enforcement may confiscate a parking permit that has been altered or is invalid. Clarifies the types of disabilities that qualify for a disability parking permit. Effective 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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TRS/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires an application for motor vehicle registration to include but not be limited to the name, occupation, address of residence, driver's license number, phone number, and emergency contacts. Authorizes the counties to assess a fine to the legal or registered owner of a vehicle deemed abandoned unless certain conditions are met. Requires the legal or registered owner to have up-to-date motor vehicle registration and motor vehicle insurance prior to repossession of the abandoned vehicle. (SD1)
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TRS/JDC, WAM |
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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