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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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB2120

RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS.

Allows for shoreline setbacks to include a distance that would avoid beachfront erosion.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2121

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.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2122

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.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2123

RELATING TO SPECIAL FUNDS.

Includes special funds in the auditors review of revolving and trust funds.

 

LMG, FIN

HB2124

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a curbside recycling income tax credit for qualified taxpayers for each qualified exemption they claim.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2125

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Requires businesses in the State to collect an offset fee for each plastic disposable checkout bag distributed to customers.

 

EEP, EBM, FIN

HB2126

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.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB2127

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education to provide a minimum of 190 instructional days in each school year.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2128

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.

 

HLT/HUS, EBM, FIN

HB2129

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.

 

JUD

HB2130

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.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2131

RELATING TO GASOLINE DEALERS.

Requires gasoline dealers to provide access to water at no cost to customers who purchase motor vehicle fuel.

 

EBM, CPC/JUD

HB2132

RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES.

Requires foreclosing lenders to notify their mortgagors about mortgage counseling.  Makes foreclosure void if notice not provided.

 

CPC/JUD

HB2133

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.

 

EBM, FIN

HB2134

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.

 

JUD

HB2135

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.

 

TCI/TRN, WLO/EEP, FIN

HB2136

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.

 

CPC

HB2137

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Requires collective bargaining agreements to provide for a minimum of 7.5 hours per instructional day for public schools.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB2138

RELATING TO HEALTHY START.

Creates the healthy start program; exempts healthy start program from the budget allotment system.  Clarifies purpose of healthy start program.

 

HLT, EDN, FIN

HB2139

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.

 

HLT/HUS, EDN, FIN

HB2140

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.

 

EDN, TCI, FIN

HB2141

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.

 

EDN, EEP, FIN

HB2142

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.

 

HUS, PBS, FIN

HB2143

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.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2144

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES.

Establishes a joint legislative keiki caucus and a joint legislative kupuna caucus.

 

HUS/HLT, LMG, FIN

HB2145

RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.

Extends sunset date and reporting dates to legislature of long term care commission.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB2146

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.

 

CPC

HB2147

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.

 

HUS/HLT, WLO

HB2148

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.

 

HLT/HUS, JUD

HB2149

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.

 

HUS, FIN

HB2150

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.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB2151

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.

 

HLT, FIN

HB2152

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.

 

HLT, FIN

HB2153

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Assesses a surcharge tax on all soft drinks sold in the State.

 

HLT, FIN

HB2154

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.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB2155

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.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB2156

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.

 

CPC, FIN

HB2157

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.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB2158

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.

 

HUS, FIN

HB2159

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.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB2160

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.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB2161

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2162

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.

 

FIN

HB2163

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2164

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2165

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2166

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Repeals all affordable housing requirements from the effective date of the Act until 12/31/11.

 

HSG, JUD

HB2167

RELATING TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS.

Requires licensing for archaeologists in the State.  Creates the board of archaeologists.

 

WLO, CPC, FIN

HB2168

RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.

Creates a state new markets tax credit and allows multiple tax credit claims for partners.

 

EBM, FIN

HB2169

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2170

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.

 

HLT, FIN

HB2171

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.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2172

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%.

 

FIN

HB2173

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.

 

JUD

HB2174

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.

 

JUD

HB2175

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.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2176

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.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB2177

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.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB2178

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Abolishes board of education.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB2179

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.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB2180

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.

 

EDN, LMG, FIN

HB2181

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Mitigates increases in unemployment insurance taxes over the next two years.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2182

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.

 

WLO, JUD, FIN

HB2183

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2184

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Proposes amendments to strengthen and improve state public charter school laws.

 

EDN/HED, LAB, FIN

HB2185

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Moves primary election date to an earlier time.  Makes various amendments to absentee ballot laws to comply with federal law.

 

EBM, JUD, FIN

HB2186

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.

 

FIN

HB2187

RELATING TO HOLIDAYS.

Allows holidays to be used as furlough days, subject to collective bargaining.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2188

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

 

JUD

HB2189

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a tax credit for solar energy system installers.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2190

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.

 

EDN/LAB, JUD

HB2191

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.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2192

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.

 

JUD

HB2193

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.

 

WLO/AGR, FIN

HB2194

RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE.

Clarifies telehealth as a practice of medicine.  Amends liability insurance provisions to allow for telehealth coverage under medical malpractice insurance.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD

HB2195

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.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2196

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.

 

HSG, CPC/JUD

HB2197

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.

 

EEP, CPC

HB2198

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.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2199

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.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2200

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.

 

FIN

HB2201

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2202

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2203

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.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB2204

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2205

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.

 

HLT, CPC

HB2206

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.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

HB2207

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.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2208

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.

 

HLT, CPC

HB2209

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.

 

EBM/EEP, FIN

HB2210

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.

 

AGR/WLO, FIN

HB2211

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Establishes a voluntary work sharing program within the department of labor and industrial relations.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2212

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.

 

AGR/WLO, FIN

HB2213

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.

 

EBM, FIN

HB2214

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.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB2215

RELATING TO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

Prohibits vending on any scenic lookout, pull-off, or turnaround area of a public highway.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2216

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.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2217

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING.

Establishes the planning special fund for the operations of the office of planning, including personnel costs.

 

EBM, FIN

HB2218

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.

 

EEP/EDN, FIN

HB2219

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.

 

FIN

HB2220

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.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB2221

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.

 

EEP/WLO, JUD, FIN

HB2222

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.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

HB2223

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.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB2224

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.

 

EEP/WLO/EBM, FIN

HB2225

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.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2226

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.

 

HLT, TRN, FIN

HB2227

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.

 

AGR, JUD

HB2228

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.

 

JUD

HB2229

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.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2230

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.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2231

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.

 

FIN

HB2232

RELATING TO THE RECORDING OF BOARD MEETINGS.

Allows audio or video recordings of board meetings.

 

JUD

HB2233

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.

 

JUD

HB2234

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.

 

JUD

HB2235

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.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2236

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.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2237

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.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2238

RELATING TO RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS.

Amends definition of "renewable electrical energy" to include, beginning January 1, 2015, customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy generation.

 

EEP, CPC

HB2239

RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.

Removes the exemption for dietary supplements from the deposit beverage container program.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2240

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.

 

HAW/WLO, FIN

HB2241

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.

 

HAW/WLO, JUD, FIN

HB2242

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.

 

HAW/WLO, FIN

HB2243

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.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2244

RELATING TO SURFACE WATER.

Prohibits obstruction of water flow from natural springs.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2245

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.

 

HAW, JUD, FIN

HB2246

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.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2247

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Directs the department of health to conduct a study on health habit incentive programs used by governments and private industry.

 

HLT, FIN

HB2248

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.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2249

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.

 

JUD

HB2250

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.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB2251

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.

 

JUD/CPC, FIN

HB2252

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.

 

AGR/WLO, JUD

HB2253

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Allows designation of important agricultural lands by the legislature.

 

AGR/WLO, FIN

HB2254

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.

 

JUD

HB2255

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS.

Reduces the number of required annual fingerprint-based criminal history record checks from two to one.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN