OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 3
3rd LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 22, 2010
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Committee Abbreviations:
AGR - Agriculture |
CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
EBM - Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs |
EDN - Education |
EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
FIN - Finance |
HAW - Hawaiian Affairs |
HED - Higher Education |
HLT - Health |
HSG - Housing |
HUS - Human Services |
JUD - Judiciary |
LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
LMG - Legislative Management |
PBS - Public Safety |
TCI - Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs |
TRN - Transportation |
WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources |
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RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS. Allows for shoreline setbacks to include a distance that would avoid beachfront erosion.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Makes it a class C felony for a person over age 18 to operate a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant with a passenger who is a minor who is under age 15.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires the Department of Education to allow charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities at a nearby public school if the activity is not offered at the charter school. Allows the Department to deny the student's request if the public school has a reasonable basis for the denial.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL FUNDS. Includes special funds in the auditors review of revolving and trust funds.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a curbside recycling income tax credit for qualified taxpayers for each qualified exemption they claim.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires businesses in the State to collect an offset fee for each plastic disposable checkout bag distributed to customers.
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EEP, EBM, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends the state constitution to require that the public school system school year have a minimum of 190 instructional days.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to provide a minimum of 190 instructional days in each school year.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. Exempts contracts for purchase of goods, services, construction, or health and human services from chapters 103D and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes for 36 months.
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HLT/HUS, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Requires a person convicted of criminal property damage involving graffiti to remove the graffiti within 30 days of sentencing, to perform community service for 2 years removing graffiti from within 100 yards of the site of the offense, and to reimburse property owners for two years for costs incurred in removing graffiti within 100 yards of the site of the offense.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires a marine terminal operator, rather than a distributor, to collect the environmental response tax from the owner of petroleum products at the time those products are received at the terminal.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO GASOLINE DEALERS. Requires gasoline dealers to provide access to water at no cost to customers who purchase motor vehicle fuel.
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EBM, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Requires foreclosing lenders to notify their mortgagors about mortgage counseling. Makes foreclosure void if notice not provided.
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CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Amends the Hawaii public procurement code to make public contracts effective as of the notice of the award. Specifies that the solicitation, offer, bid, or proposal and the award notice constitute the entire contract. Provides that a subsequent written and executed contract is not required.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Makes it unlawful for a person soliciting for a state contract from making campaign contributions and also includes subcontractors to a state contract in the prohibition of campaign contributions to a political party, committee, or candidate.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION OUTREACH. Requires the department of land and natural resources to work in cooperation with the department of transportation and the Hawaii tourism authority to develop and air on incoming commercial flights to the State public service announcements about the State's fragile ecosystem and how to protect it.
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TCI/TRN, WLO/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISTRIBUTIONS BY NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Permits current distributions by nonprofit corporations to its nonprofit members and affiliates, provided that the distributions are in accordance with the distributing nonprofit corporations' purposes and will not jeopardize their liquidity.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Requires collective bargaining agreements to provide for a minimum of 7.5 hours per instructional day for public schools.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTHY START. Creates the healthy start program; exempts healthy start program from the budget allotment system. Clarifies purpose of healthy start program.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Designates after-school and prevention programs that address bullying, sexual health issues, emotional literacy, domestic violence, civic responsibility, and healthy relationships as objectives and policies in the Hawaii state plan.
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HLT/HUS, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL ATHLETICS. Requires the department of education to consider the addition of surfing to the sports recognized by the Hawaii High School Athletic Association; requires report to the 2011 legislature.
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EDN, TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO RECYCLING IN SCHOOLS. Requires the department of education to assist public schools statewide in adopting and implementing comprehensive campus recycling policies; requires report to 2011 legislature.
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EDN, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO A SILVER ALERT PROGRAM FOR MISSING SENIOR CITIZENS. Directs creation and implementation of a silver alert program to be operated concurrently with the Maile Amber alert program.
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HUS, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a voluntary career mentoring program in the department of education to provide high school students with contact information for retirees who volunteer to share experience and knowledge about potential careers.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES. Establishes a joint legislative keiki caucus and a joint legislative kupuna caucus.
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HUS/HLT, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. Extends sunset date and reporting dates to legislature of long term care commission.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRE-NEED FUNERAL PLANS. Requires the deposit into trust of one hundred per cent of all funds paid to purchase a pre-need funeral plan plus all interest earned. Allows a cemetery or pre-need authority to deduct certain allowable expenses from a trust. Requires annual statements of the disposition of trust funds.
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RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING FOR GROUP LIVING FACILITIES. Requires counties to consider in zoning for group living facilities impacts of traffic safety and congestion, elevated noise levels, and disruption of commercial deliveries upon the residents in the surrounding area.
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HUS/HLT, WLO |
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RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION. Requires nursing home administrator to make application for a state civil identification certificate on behalf of a resident of the nursing home who cannot appear in person due to infirmity.
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HLT/HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to notify clients of the transfer of the client from one case worker to another.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Provides that patrons of prostitutes who are convicted of a first offense shall be required to pay a $500 surcharge and complete an 8-hour educational and counseling program. Establishes a special fund to fund and administer the program.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SPECIAL FUND. Deletes the requirement that the director of health convene an advisory group to plan the development and implementation of prevention programs and make recommendations on expenditures. Transfers the responsibilities of the advisory group to the tobacco prevention and control advisory board. Amends composition of the tobacco prevention and control advisory board.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Allows the disability and communication access board to charge a fee to defray expenses of review of construction plans to ensure compliance with law. Establishes temporary fees until the board adopts permanent fees.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Assesses a surcharge tax on all soft drinks sold in the State.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE CASE MANAGEMENT. Convenes a temporary Health Care Case Management Task Force to research the quality of care provided by case managers and case management agencies and to ensure that standards of practice are consistently followed.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CASE MANAGEMENT. Requires case management agencies and case managers to adhere to a professional code of conduct. Establishes requirements for code of conduct.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PREPAID CALLING SERVICE. Requires companies selling prepaid calling services to disclose the terms and charges of the service. Makes a violation of the disclosure requirements an unfair or deceptive act or practice in trade or commerce.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EXPANDED ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. Increases capacity from two to three nursing facility level residents in Type I Expanded Adult Residential Care Homes.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires department of human services to develop grant programs to prevent and respond to domestic violence using federal stimulus funds, private foundation grants, and other funds.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERSONAL HOME CARE ASSISTANTS. Provides for Personal Home Care Assistants to receive training by the Home Care Agency they are employed with to ensure quality home health care services.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Provides that biannual maintenance and continuing education hours required for nurse aides include a competency evaluation approved by the Department of Human Services.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Includes hiring of a senior legal analyst, research analysts, and clerks who are exempt from civil service requirements as part of the duties of the Executive Director of the Office of Language Access.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, and Ombudsman.
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RELATING TO SALARY AND PENSION PAYMENTS. Requires all employees hired prior to July 1, 1998, and who have not designated a financial account into which the State is authorized to deposit the employee's pay, to designate an account no later than a date to be determined.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Limits the contributions paid by the State and counties for the health benefit plans of retired employees to the amount of the monthly medicare part B premium paid by persons in the lowest income level recognized under medicare part B.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Conforms to medicare law the definition in the employer-union health benefits trust fund law relating to disabled individuals.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Repeals all affordable housing requirements from the effective date of the Act until 12/31/11.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS. Requires licensing for archaeologists in the State. Creates the board of archaeologists.
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WLO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Creates a state new markets tax credit and allows multiple tax credit claims for partners.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Sets, for calendar year 2010, the employer contribution rate at schedule D and the wage base at 90% of the average annual wage. Sets, for calendar year 2011, the employer contribution rate at schedule G. Retains the maximum weekly benefit rate beginning 01/01/2011 at 75% of the average weekly wage. Authorizes special assessments upon employers to pay the interest costs on loans received from the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS. Requires the department of health to provide each county's real property assessment division a monthly list of death records at no charge.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. Requires the director of taxation to provide the administrator of each county's real property assessment division with an image of all certificates of conveyances filed with the bureau of conveyances.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX. For taxable years after December 31, 2009, lowers to 8% the income tax rate for taxpayers with incomes currently taxed at a rate of 8.25% or higher. Effective from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2015, raises the 4% general excise tax rate to 5%.
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RELATING TO GIFTS DISCLOSURE. Reduces from $200 to $50, valued singly or in the aggregate, the value of a gift received directly or indirectly from one source for which a legislator or state employee must file a gifts disclosure statement with the state ethics commission.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL INTERESTS DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. Repeals the provision allowing the submission of short form financial interests disclosure statements every odd-numbered year. Also clarifies certain provisions of the financial interests disclosure law.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL. Requires the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council to meet annually instead of quarterly and to report on its activities annually instead of semi-annually. Repeals the sunset of the Council scheduled for 7/1/2010.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Requires collective bargaining agreements to provide for a minimum of 180 instructional days of not less than seven and one-half hours per instructional day per year for public schools.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO REPEAL ARTICLE X, SECTIONS 2 AND 3, AND TO AMEND ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAI`I STATE CONSTITUTION. Proposes a constitutional amendment to abolish the board of education.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Abolishes board of education.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the governor to appoint a student advocate, who shall be a licensed Hawaii attorney, to represent, protect, and advance the interests of all public school students in all collective bargaining proceedings related to the public school system and authorizes the student advocate to cast a vote in collective bargaining negotiations with the State and the department and board of education.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Mandates a periodic comprehensive review of the Department of Education, consisting of, at a minimum, a full management and financial audit of the Department of Education.
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EDN, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. Mitigates increases in unemployment insurance taxes over the next two years.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF PERMITTING. Creates a department of permitting. Requires governor to prepare organizational and functional plan for transition to new department. Establishes task force within governor's office to determine functions and responsibilities to be transferred to new department. Report to legislature in 2011.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Reduces the levies and charges paid into the workers' compensation special fund by insurers and employers by fifty per cent for calendar years 2010 and 2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Proposes amendments to strengthen and improve state public charter school laws.
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EDN/HED, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Moves primary election date to an earlier time. Makes various amendments to absentee ballot laws to comply with federal law.
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EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO IMPROPER PAYMENTS ELIMINATION AND RECOVERY. Mandates a financial management improvement program and additional reporting requirements for state agencies consistent with department of finance guidance.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. Allows holidays to be used as furlough days, subject to collective bargaining.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Creates the offense of human trafficking. Adds human trafficking as a covered offense for forfeitures, and adds human trafficking as an offense involving organized crime and racketeering activity
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit for solar energy system installers.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to delegate certain duties to the executive director or other designee. Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to conduct its meetings in accordance with chapters 91 and 92.
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EDN/LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates a blank fill-in amount for the school-level minor repairs and maintenance special fund and the libraries special fund income tax check-off boxes.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW. Allows the participation by 2 or more members of a public policy deliberative body: (1) in a public gathering or community event not tied to matters currently under official deliberation or pending action; and (2) in professional association conferences and professional development activities with a publicly accessible report of their activities.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Repeals the authority of the department of agriculture over marketing activities related to agriculture. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to assume jurisdiction over marketing activities related to aquaculture. Repeals the aquaculture development special fund.
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WLO/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE. Clarifies telehealth as a practice of medicine. Amends liability insurance provisions to allow for telehealth coverage under medical malpractice insurance.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO TELEHEALTH. Requires the Hawaii medical board to review issues relating to telemedicine and telehealth, including license portability or reciprocity. Report to legislature in 2011.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires that lenders who initiate foreclosure proceedings against a condominium property or have a foreclosure proceeding pending against a condominium property timely pay all fees and taxes associated with the property during foreclosure proceedings. Requires that lenders begin payment 6 months after initiation of foreclosure proceedings.
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Gives boards of directors authority to install or allow the installation of solar energy or wind energy devices on the common elements of condominiums.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits motorcycle, motor scooter, and moped mufflers from emitting a noise level above an unspecified decibel level. Provides a graduated schedule of fines for first, second, and subsequent violations.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires mopeds to be inspected annually, to display a certificate of inspection, and to be operated only with an exhaust system that meets original manufacturer specifications.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. To adjust and request appropriations for Fiscal Biennium 2009-11 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Applies contribution rates schedules D and F to calendar years 2010 and 2011, respectively, notwithstanding the ratio of the current reserve fund to the adequate reserve fund. Requires assessments upon employers to avoid federal penalties on outstanding loan balances on loans received from the U.S. Secretary of Labor when the balance in the unemployment compensation fund is insufficient to pay expected benefit claims. Permanently retains the adequate reserve fund at one times the product of the benefit cost rate multiplied by the total remuneration paid. Sets the taxable wage base at 90% of the average annual wage from calendar year 2010 and thereafter.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Removes definitions requiring online posting of workers' availability and prohibiting all department of labor and industrial relations' rules, current and future, that require posting of workers' availability online.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Ensures that the civil service benefits of department of education civil service employees are the same as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates moneys to fund collective bargaining cost items relating to the employer contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR NURSES. Requires nurses licensed in the state to complete 15 hours of continuing education during each two-year license period as a requirement for license renewal.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Establishes a task force to evaluate the current state of health savings accounts options in Hawaii's health insurance market and to explore ways to expand access to these accounts in Hawaii.
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HLT, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Applies contribution rates schedules E and F to calendar years 2010 and 2011, respectively, notwithstanding the ratio of the current reserve fund to the adequate reserve fund. Requires assessments upon employers to avoid federal penalties on outstanding loan balances on loans received from the U.S. Secretary of Labor when the balance in the unemployment compensation fund is insufficient to pay expected benefit claims. Permanently retains the adequate reserve fund at one times the product of the benefit cost rate multiplied by the total remuneration paid. Keeps the maximum weekly benefit amount at 75% of the average weekly wage, but reduces the maximum weekly benefit amount over the potential twenty-six week period of benefit eligibility.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires health insurers to promptly pay claims for services to medicaid recipients, by repealing the exemption for medicaid claims from the clean claims law.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO ENERGY INNOVATION AWARDS. Establishes the energy innovation award to be awarded by the high technology innovation corporation to applicants that present patentable technologies that create significant energy savings for Hawaii.
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EBM/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERMITS. Establishes permitting coordinators in the department of agriculture and department of land and natural resources to coordinate and streamline permit processing procedures. Transfers permitting functions of those departments to their permitting coordinators.
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AGR/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. Establishes a voluntary work sharing program within the department of labor and industrial relations.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF PERMITTING. Establishes a state department of permitting. Transfers functions and duties relating to permits and licenses from department of agriculture and department of land and natural resources to department of permitting.
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AGR/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO SURETY BONDING. Provides assistance in securing surety bonding and guarantees to small and emerging contractors who bid on and win federal contracts in Hawaii.
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EBM, FIN |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, AND ARTICLE X, SECTION 1, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE TO ISSUE SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS AND USE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BONDS TO ASSIST NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDING TO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES. Proposes constitutional amendments to: (1) authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist not-for-profit organizations that provide capital improvement funding to public elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities; and (2) authorize the State to combine two or more proposed issues of these bonds into a single issue in an amount not to exceed the combined total amount of the proposed issues.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. Prohibits vending on any scenic lookout, pull-off, or turnaround area of a public highway.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VESSELS. Appropriates funds to contract with a salvage company to remove non-submerged portions of the S.S. Dolphin and place a buoy marker at the site of the wreck.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING. Establishes the planning special fund for the operations of the office of planning, including personnel costs.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Creates the renewable energy facility tax credit. Increases the State's renewable energy portfolio goals. Authorizes public schools to contract with renewable energy facilities to purchase electricity.
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EEP/EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Appropriates $50,000,000 from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund for fiscal year 2009-2010 to the General Fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Mandates that any premium taxes be applied to both non-profit and for-profit companies for any health and human services contract issued by the State.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Places a prohibition on any new solid waste landfills and the expansion of any existing private solid waste landfills on the leeward coast from Kaena Point to Waimanalo Gulch on or after 08/01/10.
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EEP/WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BEVERAGE CONTAINER SURCHARGE. Establishes a 5 cent surcharge on beverage containers, to be used by the Department of Education to eliminate public school furlough days.
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EEP, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit for a taxpayer that purchases a home within 3 miles of a disabled elderly relative to care for that relative.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CARRYING CAPACITY. Requires office of planning within department of business, economic development, and tourism to conduct a study of the carrying capacity of Hawaii.
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EEP/WLO/EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS. Makes it unlawful to use a mobile communication device while operating a vehicle with exceptions for emergency responders, two-way radios used for work-related purposes, and licensed radio operators.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO DRIVERS LICENSES. Provides that information regarding anatomical gifts and the procedures involved are provided to a person when they apply for a drivers license as well as in the Hawaii State drivers manual.
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HLT, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIABILITY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS. Provides immunity from liability for farmers who unknowingly acquire and use genetically modified plants when the genetically modified plant is detected at a de minimis level.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS. Provides specific permitted interactions of board members in situations where two or more members of a board, but less than the number of members which would constitute a quorum for the board, may attend non board sponsored functions or events. Establishes reporting requirements for such occurrences.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Requires the public official in charge of records for each agency to submit a schedule of retention of government records to the comptroller. Prohibits destruction of government records prior to expiration date of retention schedule or when request for disclosure is pending. Clarifies definition of government record.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION. Requires the ethics commission to retain, in electronic form for ten years, financial and gift disclosure statements filed by legislators, employees, and delegates to a constitutional convention and statements filed by lobbyists. Makes such documents public records for so long as the documents are available, either in paper or electronic form.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Clarifies cost of reproducing government records from not less than five cents per page to not more than ten cents per page.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RECORDING OF BOARD MEETINGS. Allows audio or video recordings of board meetings.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW. Provides a temporary exemption to the open meetings law until 06/30/14, to allow board members to attend informational meetings and presentations that involve matters relating to official board business, subject to certain conditions.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS AND RECORDS. Amends the definition of "board" under the "Sunshine" law to include organizations or associations that receive administrative support from a board, whose constitution or charter are approved by a board, that abide by all rules and policies of a board, and that carry out functions or operations on behalf of a board and subject to the approval of a board.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL. Establishes the intentional or knowing taking of an Hawaiian monk seal as a class C felony; provides a private right of action to enforce conservation of aquatic life, wildlife, and land plants laws, including the Hawaiian monk seal.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Ensures that agencies that enter into energy performance contracts shall continue to receive budget appropriations for energy expenditures in an amount that shall not fall below the pre-performance contract budget.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUELS. Amends the ethanol facility income tax credit to include other liquid biofuels, and to enable larger facilities to be eligible for the tax incentive.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS. Amends definition of "renewable electrical energy" to include, beginning January 1, 2015, customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy generation.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Removes the exemption for dietary supplements from the deposit beverage container program.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Transfers the functions and duties of the historic preservation division of DLNR relating to Hawaiian burial sites to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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HAW/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC TRUST LANDS. Provides for transfer of management, control, and title of public trust land to sovereign Hawaiian entity upon recognition by the United States and State of Hawaii.
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HAW/WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Transfers the functions and duties of the historic preservation division and the Kaho`olawe island reserve commission relating to Hawaiian burial sites to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Establishes special fund. Funds operation through conveyance tax revenues. Includes cave burials and burial sites.
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HAW/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO OPIHI. Establishes a five year moratorium on the harvesting of opihi on Oahu. Establishes a ban on taking or harvesting opihi statewide, subject to open and closed seasons and traditional rights.
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RELATING TO SURFACE WATER. Prohibits obstruction of water flow from natural springs.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Provides for the election of the office of Hawaiian affairs board members through a system of nonpartisan primary and general elections.
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RELATING TO MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Prohibits the installation of buoys and moorings and use of illegal buoys and moorings in Marine Life Conservation Districts. Violators are subject to fines and permit revocation.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Directs the department of health to conduct a study on health habit incentive programs used by governments and private industry.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT. Establishes rules to determine which state has jurisdiction in guardianship and conservatorship cases where person has contacts with more than one state.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that it is unlawful for persons exempt from competitive solicitation for State or county contracts to make contributions to candidate committees, noncandidate committees, or candidates or to knowingly solicit contributions from any person for any purpose. Permits the establishment or administration of, or solicitation of contributions to, any noncandidate committee.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT. Establishes comprehensive child abduction prevention law. Lists factors to determine risk of abduction, and establishes measures courts may include in order to prevent abduction both before and after issuance of child custody decrees.
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RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes a gaming commission to oversee casino gaming. Allows the gaming commission to issue one 5-year license to a casino gaming operation in a county with a population of more than 500,000. Limits casino gaming to persons over 21 who are either nonresidents or have round-trip tickets with a final destination outside of Hawaii. Creates a wagering tax on casino gaming.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Protects agriculturally suitable lands on Oahu (lands with productivity ratings of "A" or "B"). Provides for mandatory extension of agricultural leases.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Allows designation of important agricultural lands by the legislature.
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RELATING TO COMPUTER SECURITY. Makes it a class C felony for an unauthorized user of a computer to cause installation of software through misrepresentation or deception. Authorizes the attorney general to seek civil damages and injunctive relief.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Reduces the number of required annual fingerprint-based criminal history record checks from two to one.
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