OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 7

5th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 27, 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

 

 

 

 

HB2482

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 26th representative district.

 

FIN

HB2483

RELATING TO SHARKS.

Requires DLNR to adopt rules for the development and placement of signs notifying the public of laws prohibiting the feeding of sharks.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2484

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Establishes fines for the knowing destruction of heiau on private lands.

 

HAW/WLO, JUD

HB2485

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Clarifies the duty of school community councils to review and approve the academic and financial plans of their respective schools.  Removing the authority of principals to set aside any decision made by school community councils.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2486

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a minimum number of instructional hours per school year for each grade.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB2487

RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.

Requires the counties to collect an impact fee equal to one per cent of every home sold by a developer with a sales price over $600,000 to fund homeless programs and parks for the use by the homeless.  Creates the parks for homeless fund.

 

HSG/WLO, JUD, FIN

HB2488

RELATING TO THE HOMELESS.

Increases by 10% the conveyance tax on the sale of luxury homes over $700,000 to finance the purchase and maintenance of state parks to serve the homeless.

 

HSG/WLO, FIN

HB2489

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Limits condominium directors to a maximum of 2 consecutive terms of office.  Requires proxies distributed to members in relation to an election of directors to be sent by certified mail and include a postage-paid self-addressed envelope.

 

CPC, JUD

HB2490

RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS.

Limits directors to a maximum of 2 consecutive terms of office.  Requires proxies for the election of directors to be sent to owners by certified mail and include a postage-paid self-addressed envelope.

 

CPC, JUD

HB2491

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to assess a public housing project common area assessment against all units in the project that is not less than one per cent of the expenses incurred for the common area.  Allows the Authority to charge a tenant for a common area expense caused by the tenant and requires the Authority to seek reimbursement for any damage to a public housing unit caused by a tenant.  Also deletes references to a prospective tenant's need with respect to tenant selection procedures.

 

HSG, JUD, FIN

HB2492

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Requires commercial permit holders who disembark fare-paying passengers entering upon any public or quasi-public real property to comply with regulations applicable to such areas.

 

WLO

HB2493

RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.

Expands duties of the rehabilitation unit and providers of rehabilitation services.  Allows employer to terminate temporary total disability benefits when the employee is able to return to work and is enrolled in a non-approved plan.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2494

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 42ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 42nd representative district.

 

FIN

HB2495

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 7th representative district.

 

FIN

HB2496

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Requires the consideration of risks from coastal hazards when reviewing a development in a special management area.  Preserves public access and public shoreline access from development.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2497

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Carbon Bio-Engineers, Inc., for development of non-fossil fuel energy production.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2498

RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION.

Limits conditions attached to land use commission decisions and orders to matters of statewide concern.  Defines matters of statewide concern.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2499

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 19TH representative district.

 

FIN

HB2500

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Sets penalty for failure to pay or remit freight inspection service fee; establishes private cause of action to enforce chapter.

 

AGR, FIN

HB2501

RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX.

Offsets increased liquor tax revenues against county expenses of enforcing violations for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

 

FIN

HB2502

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Assesses a surcharge on any land reclassified equal to any increase in the assessed value of the land.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2503

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Authorizes an expansion of the permissible uses of the Pesticides Use Revolving Fund to include personnel costs for compliance monitoring.

 

AGR, FIN

HB2504

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Allows for Nursery Certification fees to be deposited into the Pest Inspection, Quarantine, and Eradication Fund.

 

AGR, FIN

HB2505

RELATING TO THE ACCESS HAWAII COMMITTEE.

Establishes the Access Hawaii Committee Special Fund.

 

FIN

HB2506

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.

Amends various sections of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to simplify and streamline procurement processes to enable agencies to expeditiously acquire the resources or services they need to perform their missions.

 

EBM, EEP, FIN

HB2507

RELATING TO PAYROLL.

Requires all State employees to automatically deposit their paychecks into a financial institution.

 

FIN

HB2508

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.

Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2509

RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN.

Amends the offense of promoting pornography to minors to extend the prohibition against disseminating pornographic material to minors to include disseminating pornographic material to another person who represents that person to be a minor; and adds the offense of promoting child abuse in the third degree to the information charging law.

 

JUD

HB2510

RELATING TO DEFENSES TO THEFT PROSECUTION.

Clarifies the claim of right defense to a theft prosecution by making it an affirmative defense that requires a rational link between defendant's alleged unlawful conduct and defendant's claim of right to the property.

 

JUD

HB2511

RELATING TO IDENTITY THEFT.

Amends the identity theft offenses and the definition of "personal information" in chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that the identity theft offenses include the transmission of personal information of an actual person, alive or dead, or a fictitious person.

 

JUD

HB2512

RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY.

Amends the offense of violation of privacy in the second degree to remove any potential conflict with the offense of violation of privacy in the first degree, and adds violation of privacy in the first degree to the repeat offender law.

 

JUD

HB2513

RELATING TO DEFERRED ACCEPTANCE OF PLEA.

Clarifies that the provisions precluding deferred acceptance of plea when a defendant has previously been granted a deferred acceptance of guilty plea status is also applicable when a defendant has previously been granted a deferred acceptance of nolo contendere ("no contest") plea status.

 

JUD

HB2514

RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION.

Clarifies the definition of a covered, "sexual offense" for convictions from other jurisdictions; corrects an inconsistency in the law regarding the offense of failure to return the periodic verification of registration information; creates a tier classification for any covered sexual offenses that are not clearly included within the current tier classification law; and updates the list of covered sexual offenses and adds the violation of privacy offenses to the list.

 

JUD

HB2515

RELATING TO AWARDS OF ATTORNEY'S FEES OR INTEREST AGAINST THE STATE.

Limits awards or the recovery of attorney's fees or interest against or from the State to only those cases for which the Legislature expressly waives the State's sovereign immunity and permits the award or recovery.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2516

RELATING TO THE SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC.

Amends chapter 467B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow service of process by substitute service, allows the Attorney General to accept assurances of discontinuance, and amends and clarifies the charity registration exemptions, and clarifies the time period for the filing of a charity's annual financial report.

 

JUD/CPC, FIN

HB2517

RELATING TO FOSSIL FUELS.

Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for new electrical generation facilities that can only use fossil fuels as their energy source.

 

EEP, CPC

HB2518

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Modifies the renewable portfolio standards to require at least two per cent of electrical power generation starting in 2015 be from commercial operations that also produces food or biofuels.

 

EEP, CPC

HB2519

RELATING TO BIOFUELS.

Modifies the existing tax credit for ethanol production facilities to apply to other biofuel production facilities using agricultural feedstocks and removes the statewide production cap of 40,000,000 gallons per year, but retains the per-facility tax credit limit of 15,000,000 gallons of production capacity.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2520

RELATING TO PHOTOVOLTAIC READY NEW RESIDENTIAL HOMES.

Requires that new single-family residential construction incorporate design elements and minimum equipment installation at the time of construction so as to facilitate the future adoption of a photovoltaic system.

 

EEP/HSG, CPC

HB2521

RELATING TO NET ZERO ENERGY CAPABLE CONSTRUCTION.

Requires all new single-family residential construction be designed to be "net zero energy capable" as of January 1, 2015.

 

EEP/HSG, CPC

HB2522

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Exempts renewable energy systems of two megawatts or greater from the general excise tax on wholesale and retail transactions from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2015.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2523

RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Approves settlement between Aloha Tower Development Corporation and Kenneth H. Hughes, Inc. and increases budget ceiling appropriation from Aloha Tower Fund.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2524

RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

Reinstates Hawaii Community Development Authority's cash-in-lieu option.

 

WLO/HSG

HB2525

RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.

Establishes a program for granting low-income housing tax credit loans in lieu of low-income housing tax credits administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to fund loans.

 

HSG, FIN

HB2526

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Expedites the construction of affordable housing units by requiring ministerial permits associated with the project to be issued by the state or county within forty-five days of acceptance of the permit application for the project.

 

HSG/WLO, JUD

HB2527

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Establishing a quasi-legislative process to simplify the State Land Use Commission's procedures in limited situations involving state or county petitions for district boundary amendments to conform State land use classification with county plans.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2528

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Requires counties within 60 days to accept or reject a public infrastructure dedication, under specified conditions, as part of an affordable housing project, or the infrastructure is deemed dedicated.

 

HSG/WLO

HB2529

RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA.

Replaces the Hawaii Television and Film Development Board with the Hawaii Creative Media Commission and renames and expands the Hawaii Television and Film Development Special Fund into the Creative Media Development Special Fund.

 

TCI/EBM, FIN

HB2530

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCERS.

Allows the Board of Land and Natural Resources to consider a renewable energy land lease as part of its customary public meeting schedule, avoiding the expense and delay of duplicative public hearings and allows proprietary business information regarding the land lease to remain confidential.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2531

RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY BONDS.

Establishes a Hawaii Clean Energy Investment Bond Program for renewable energy system and energy efficiency improvements on residential and commercial properties, and authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the program.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2532

RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

Requires holders of unclaimed property to remit all property with their November 1 report and deletes reference to a specific number of days in which claims must be acted upon; also makes a technical correction by referencing the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund.

 

FIN

HB2533

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM RETIRANTS.

Establishes the conditions under which state and county retirees may be reemployed while still receiving employees' retirement system benefits; and requires reimbursement of retirement allowances and payment of contributions for retirees reemployed in violation of the conditions for reemployment.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2534

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Suspends employer contributions for active and retiree life insurance premiums effective July 1, 2010.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2535

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Eliminates Medicare Part B reimbursements for spouses of employee-beneficiaries who are retired employees.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2536

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Requires employer contributions for retiree health benefit plans to be limited to either a percentage of the actual health plan premium or a percentage of the base monthly contribution, whichever is less.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2537

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Clarifies how health benefit plans offered to retirees eligible for Medicare under the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund are to be coordinated with Medicare.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2538

RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BENEFITS.

Provides for the payment of state retirement system benefits on a monthly basis by direct deposit to a financial institution account.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2539

RELATING TO THE STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND.

Ensures funds are available for future fiscal emergencies by renaming and revising the Emergency Budget and Reserve Fund to create the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund and requiring five percent of general fund end of year balances to be deposited into it.

 

FIN

HB2540

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND.

Ensures funds are available for future fiscal emergencies by creating the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund in the Constitution and requiring five percent of general fund end of year balances to be deposited into it.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2541

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides employer contribution amounts for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums in plan years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 for employees of collective bargaining unit 10 and their excluded counterparts.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2542

RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Addresses the fiscal year 2009-2010 budget shortfall by transferring to the general fund a total of $10,000,000 in excess balances from certain special funds.

 

FIN

HB2543

RELATING TO DISTINGUISHING PUBLICITY RIGHTS TRADE NAMES FROM OTHER TYPES OF TRADE NAMES BY RENAMING THEM AS PUBLICITY RIGHTS NAMES AND SPECIFYING THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PUBLICITY RIGHTS NAMES.

Clarifies registration procedures for publicity rights names.

 

TCI/EBM, CPC/JUD

HB2544

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Modernizes Insurance Code.

 

CPC/JUD

HB2545

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Mandates the offer of health insurance coverage for dependents up to age 27 at the option of the parents.

 

HLT, CPC

HB2546

RELATING TO RESTORATION OF CERTAIN FORFEITED PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES.

Establishes times limits to restore forfeited chiropractic examiner licenses and individual real estate broker and salesperson licenses.

 

CPC/JUD

HB2547

RELATING TO THE DENTAL LICENSURE EXAMINATION.

Provides the Board of Dental Examiners with the ability to determine which national examination to accept by no longer requiring that the American Board of Dental Examiners (“ADEX”) examination be the national examination that can be accepted for licensure.

 

HLT, CPC

HB2548

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Updates regulation of prepaid legal services plans.

 

CPC, JUD

HB2549

RELATING TO A MAJOR DISASTER TRUST ACCOUNT.

Allows federal reimbursement moneys for disaster relief to be deposited into a trust account for future disaster relief.

 

PBS, FIN

HB2550

RELATING TO THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Extends the sunset date of the Interdepartmental Council on Early Childhood Education from June 30, 2010, to June 30, 2013, and adds four additional members to the Council.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2551

RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Repeals the cap on public charter schools, allows for multiple public charter school authorizers, requires public charter schools to apply for charter reauthorization, and ensures that public charter school students receive funding equal to non-charter public school students; authorizes the Governor to appoint the Charter School Review Panel with the advice and consent of the Senate; transfers the oversight of the Charter School Administrative Office from an executive director to a Deputy Superintendent of Public Charter Schools; makes technical amendments to clarify that charter schools are part of the state public education system; and improves Hawaii's ability to compete for federal funding under the Race to the Top grant program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2552

RELATING TO EDUCATION GOVERNANCE.

Restructures the governance system of the State's public education system in order to create greater accountability; and repeals the powers and duties of the Board of Education. Authorizes the Governor to appoint the Superintendent of Education subject to confirmation by the Senate.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB2553

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO MAKE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION A PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

Amends Hawaii's Constitution by making the department of education into a cabinet-level department with a superintendent appointed by the governor.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB2554

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Raises the threshold under the contractor licensing law's "handyman" exemption from $1,000 to $2,500.

 

CPC

HB2555

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to award costs and attorneys’ fees to employers, and provides that an employer, employee, or labor organization that commits unfair or prohibited practices that interfere with the statutory rights of an employer or employees or discriminates against an employer or employees for the exercise of protected conduct shall be subject to civil penalties.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB2556

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS.

Requires the department of education to give first preference to environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products that carry the design for the environment label designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for use in public schools.

 

EDN, EEP, FIN

HB2557

RELATING TO BOARD MEETINGS.

Expands the ability of a board or commission to facilitate public meetings through available interactive conferencing technology.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2558

RELATING TO JOB CREATION.

Provides for a job creation income tax credit for each new full time employee hired during calendar years 2010, 2011, and 2012.

 

EBM/LAB, FIN

HB2559

RELATING TO REMODELING TAX CREDITS.

Provides a ten percent tax credit on costs incurred for the construction or renovation of a hotel or resort property through December 31, 2012.

 

EBM/TCI, FIN

HB2560

RELATING TO STANDARD TIMEFRAMES FOR APPLICATION REVIEWS.

Expands the application of current law as it pertains to the processing of permits and licenses for affordable housing developed under chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to also include mixed-use developments, infrastructure for residential developments, and renewable energy facilities.

 

WLO/EEP/HSG, JUD

HB2561

RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.

Restores the law with regard to non-ceded lands controlled by the State, to what it was prior to the passage of Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2562

RELATING TO PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REPORTING.

Suspends the Petroleum Industry Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Program until it is reinstated by the Legislature.  Transfers unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the Petroleum Industry Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Special Fund to the general fund.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB2563

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.

To ensure that child protective provisions in the Hawaii Revised Statutes are consistent with federal Title IV-E provisions.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB2564

RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE.

To increase general assistance program efficiency by eliminating the requirement to send a ten-day pending notice requesting additional medical evidence when a determination and certification is made that an applicant does not have a physical, mental, or combination of a physical and mental disability.

 

HUS, FIN

HB2565

RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS.

To provide a State lump-sum death benefit in an amount equal to the Social Security Administration’s Lump-Sum Death Benefit for deceased medical or financial assistance recipients who are ineligible for the Social Security Administration benefit.

 

HUS, FIN

HB2566

RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION.

Allows the Department of Human Services to improve the safety and cost-effectiveness of psychotropic medication use.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB2567

RELATING TO WARRANTS ISSUED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES.

Authorizes the Executive Director of the Office of Youth Services to issue warrants for the arrest and return to custody of wards paroled from the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility. Additionally, authorizes county police and State law enforcement officers to arrest any ward who absconds from furlough or escapes from the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB2568

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Reduces the quorum requirement for the board of directors of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

 

HSG

HB2569

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Requires the State and counties to negotiate and execute separate collective bargaining agreements with exclusive representatives of public employee organizations.  Increases accountability by making the Governor the sole negotiator for the Department of Education.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2570

RELATING TO INTEREST ARBITRATION.

Ensures fiscal solvency of public employers by modifying the factors that an arbitration panel must consider when making binding contract decisions—including consideration of the impact of pay increases on other bargaining units.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2571

RELATING TO PUBLIC SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Remove bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13) from binding arbitration, thereby allowing these bargaining units to strike.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2572

RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATION REPORTS.

Requires courts to maintain mental health examination reports as confidential documents, subject to certain specific exceptions for limited distribution of the reports.

 

HLT, JUD

HB2573

RELATING TO TIME FRAMES TO REGAIN FITNESS TO PROCEED.

Establishes specific time frames for a commitment or release on conditions when unfit defendants are charged with petty misdemeanors (60 days), and non-violent misdemeanors (120 days).

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB2574

RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

To establish the Disability and Communication Access Board as the issuing agency that authorizes the issuance of removable windshield placards, temporary removable windshield placards, special license plates, and identification cards; to extend the validity of the placard from 4 to 6 years.

 

HLT, TRN, FIN

HB2575

RELATING TO TRAUMA.

Provide statutory protection from discovery for the Department of Health trauma care multiagency and multidisciplinary peer review and quality assurance committees.

 

HLT, JUD

HB2576

RELATING TO IMMUNIZATION.

Authorizes the Department of Health to establish and maintain a single repository of immunization records to be designated as the "Hawaii Immunization Registry" in order to aid, coordinate, and help promote efficient and cost-effective screening, prevention, and control of vaccine preventable diseases, including pandemic influenza.

 

HLT, FIN

HB2577

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Gives small business owners who meet certain exclusions the option to not obtain workers' compensation insurance.

 

LAB/EBM, FIN

HB2578

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Provides public unions and employers the same ability as private unions and their signatory employers to collectively design and enter into an alternative workers' compensation system.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2579

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Amends the employment security law to reduce the unemployment insurance tax burden on employers.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2580

RELATING TO RECREATIONAL RENAISSANCE.

Establishes the Recreational Renaissance Special Fund to fund improvements and activities related to the Recreational Renaissance Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2581

RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL PARKS ON PUBLIC LANDS.

Provides the Department of Land and Natural Resources with flexibility in developing industrial parks in order to address the growing demand in the State for available industrial lands.

 

WLO/EBM, FIN

HB2582

RELATING TO VESSELS AT ALA WAI AND KEEHI BOAT HARBORS.

Authorizes moorage for commercial vessels and commercial vessel activities in the Ala Wai and Keehi Boat Harbors and adjusts fees for permittees of vessels that are used for a place of principal habitation in state small boat harbors.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2583

RELATING TO IMPOUNDED VESSELS.

Clarifies that all costs and expenses associated with the disposal of an impounded unauthorized vessel by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall be borne by the vessel owner.

 

WLO, JUD, FIN

HB2584

RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL FUND.

Establishes the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Special Fund in the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the purpose of setting aside monies to be used toward the protection of the State's natural resources.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2585

RELATING TO THE LEGACY LAND CONSERVATION COMMISSION.

Authorizes the Chairperson of the Natural Area Reserves System Commission to designate a representative from the Natural Area Reserves System Commission to serve on the Legacy Land Conservation Commission and authorizes the members of the Legacy Land Conservation Commission to elect their own chairperson.

 

WLO

HB2586

RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS.

Establishes licensing requirements for archaeologists practicing archaeology in the State of Hawaii.

 

WLO, CPC, FIN

HB2587

RELATING TO SAINT DAMIEN DE VEUSTER DAY.

Changes the Father Damien DeVeuster Day on April 15 of each year to the Saint Damien de Veuster Day on May 10 of each year.

 

TCI

HB2588

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Establishes the Secretary of State, an elected position, to serve as the nonpartisan administrator of elections.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2589

RELATING TO THE GOVERNANCE OF ELECTIONS.

Restructures the governance system of the Office of Elections to create greater accountability by placing the Secretary of State in charge of elections.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2590

RELATING TO THE HAWAII SPORTS COMMISSION.

Enhances Hawaii's economy by establishing a Hawaii Sports Commission and attaching it to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to attract, develop, and promote sports and sporting events.

 

TCI, FIN

HB2591

RELATING TO TIP CREDIT.

Provides a segment of Hawaii's lowest paid employees and business community with economic relief by increasing Hawaii's tip credit from 25 cents to $1.25 upon approval in 2010, and to 25 per cent of the tips claimed by an employee as income beginning January 1, 2011.

 

LAB/EBM, FIN

HB2592

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Makes Hawaii's controlled substance laws consistent with that of federal law and clarifies sections of chapter 329 relating to controlled substances.

 

HLT, JUD

HB2593

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Amends the name of a division of the Department of Public Safety to more accurately reflect the division's duties and removes the member representing the American Civil Liberties Union from the reentry commission.

 

PBS

HB2594

RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

Provides a short form measure for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code for calendar year 2009.

 

FIN

HB2595

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Precludes a taxpayer from utilizing a general excise tax benefit, including exemptions, deductions, lower rates, or income splitting, unless the taxpayer follows all administrative requirements.  Creates trust fund liability for revenues collected by a business as a tax recovery.

 

FIN

HB2596

RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.

Provides for the statutory ordering of income tax credits, which requires the claiming of refundable credits first, followed by nonrefundable credits. 

 

FIN

HB2597

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX ON INSURANCE PRODUCERS.

Adjusts the rate of the general excise tax assessed on insurance commissions by making it equivalent to the tax rate paid by other commission agent counterparts.

 

FIN

HB2598

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Suspends for three years, from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2013, the distribution of transient accommodations tax revenues to the counties. 

 

FIN

HB2599

RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.

Provides for a cost recovery order issuable by the circuit court for investigation costs when a taxpayer is convicted of tax crimes.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2600

RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.

Amends the due dates for miscellaneous tax types from the last day of the month to the twentieth day of the month to conform with the general excise tax payment deadline.  Amends the due date for filing and payment of quarterly periodic insurance premiums taxes from quarterly to monthly.

 

FIN

HB2601

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

Conform sections 286-240(g) and (h), HRS to the federal commercial driver licensing law to meet the requirements of 49 CFR Section 383.51(e) before September 4, 2010, as required by Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:  A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).

 

TRN, JUD

HB2602

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Create a new law for distracted driving for drivers who operate any mobile electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle on the highways within the State of Hawaii to further define the penalties for reckless drivers will be a deterrent and result in safer roadways.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2603

RELATING TO COST SHARING IN THE RELOCATION AND UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITY FACILITIES.

Require any utility owners whose facility occupies State Highway right-of-way to provide their share of relocation costs up front to the affected state agency for encumbrance of funds in related contracts.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB2604

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

Extend the term of a commercial driver's license (CDL) for persons 21 years through 71 years from six years to eight years to prepare for the REAL ID Act, which is a nationwide effort to improve the integrity and security of state-issued driver licenses and identification cards, to help fight terrorism and reduce fraud.  Appropriate $8,000 out of the state highway fund.

 

TRN, FIN

HB2605

RELATING TO SAFETY INSPECTION OF MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLES.

Conform sections 286-207 and 286-209, HRS to be compatible to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) and avoid any type of sanctions levied by the FMCSA.

 

TRN, FIN

HB2606

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Differentiate category four motor vehicles from commercial motor vehicles to clarify that category four motor vehicles do not include commercial motor vehicles as defined in section 286-2, HRS.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2607

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Delete the sunset provisions of Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, which established provisional licenses for 16 and 17-year old drivers and continue the graduated driver licensing (GDL) program that will reduce the amount of traffic fatalities among the young drivers (16 and 17-year old).

 

TRN, JUD

HB2608

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Repeals the sunset provision in Act 106, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008.

 

HED, FIN

HB2609

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

University of Hawaii; AutonomyRepeals the sunset provisions, with respect to the University of Hawaii, from sections 40-1, 40-2, 40-4, 40-6, 40-58, and 40-81, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and amend section 14 of Act 58, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, as amended, from repealing the provisions pertaining to the University of Hawaii in sections 40-1, 40-4, and 40-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  

 

HED, FIN

HB2610

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Exempts the University of Hawaii from Hawaii Public Procurement Code requirements.

 

HED/EBM, FIN

HB2611

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Allow the Board of Regents to establish fees for campus parking at an open meeting subject to the requirements of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

HED, FIN

HB2612

RELATING TO LAND MANAGEMENT.

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources for hazard mapping.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2613

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Allows designation of important agricultural lands by the legislature.

 

WLO/AGR, LMG, JUD

HB2614

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.

 

WLO/AGR, JUD

HB2615

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Appropriates funds for the establishment of an Hawaiian language charter school on the leeward coast of Oahu.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2616

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 45th representative district.

 

FIN

HB2617

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Creates a new bargaining unit (14) for emergency first responder medical personnel and water safety officers employed by the State or counties.

 

LAB, HLT/WLO, FIN

HB2618

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires an exemption from subdivision requirements for a renewable energy facility to be deemed approved if not disapproved within the ninety-day time period.

 

EEP/WLO

HB2619

RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Expands eligible business activity in the State enterprise zones to include the development or production of various types of renewable energy.

 

EBM/EEP, FIN

HB2620

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Allows certain renewable energy projects in the State's conservation districts.

 

WLO/EEP

HB2621

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.

Requires a renewable energy project permit application that fulfills the minimum requirements established by a state or county agency in applicable permit statutes, ordinances, regulations, or rules to be accepted for processing within ten working days of the date the permit application was received by the agency.

 

EEP/WLO, FIN

HB2622

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Makes appropriations for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 10th representative district.

 

FIN

HB2623

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates moneys from the highway development special fund to conduct a feasibility study to implement an intelligent transportation system on the island of Maui. 

 

TRN, FIN

HB2624

RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS.

Conforms planned community association laws with respect to proxies to comparable provisions regulating condominium property regimes.

 

HSG, CPC/JUD

HB2625

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Clarifies various provisions of the condominium property regime law.

 

HSG, CPC/JUD

HB2626

RELATING TO RACE AND ETHNIC STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL STATISTICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING.

Requires state departments and agencies to comply with federal reporting requirements on race and ethnicity.  Provides for confidentiality of information.

 

FIN

HB2627

RELATING TO STATE INCOME TAX.

Reinstates the deduction of wagering losses for Hawaii state income tax purposes.

 

FIN

HB2628

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HONOLULU SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING LLC PROJECTS ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU.

Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds for Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2629

RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

Allows licensed chiropractors to issue certificates of disability for the purpose of obtaining disabled parking placards.

 

TRN, HLT

HB2630

RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY LICENSING ACT.

Increases the grounds for license revocations.

 

CPC, JUD

HB2631

RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY REPORTING.

Establishes the energy industry monitoring and analysis program within DBEDT.  Suspends the petroleum industry monitoring and reporting program in the PUC.

 

EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2632

RELATING TO THE LIQUOR TAX LAW.

Amends various liquor tax laws.

 

FIN

HB2633

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSEES.

Increases the continuing education requirement for real estate licensees from ten hours to twenty hours in a two-year period.

 

CPC

HB2634

RELATING TO PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING.

Requires drug manufacturers to disclose economic benefits of $25 or more provided to persons who prescribe, dispense, or purchase prescription drugs.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD

HB2635

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS.

Prohibits the sale or transfer of patient prescription information by certain businesses as an unfair and deceptive act in the conduct of trade or commerce.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD

HB2636

RELATING TO DISLOCATED WORKERS.

Authorizes the department of labor and industrial relations to exercise enforcement powers against an employer in a covered establishment that would require the employer to adhere to, and comply with, the notification and penalty provisions of section 394B-9, HRS.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB2637

RELATING TO MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION BENEFITS.

Clarifies that a physician or surgeon may conduct diagnostic testing or engage in a one-time consultation for a subspecialty diagnostic evaluation and treatment recommendations from a board certified or licensed specialist.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB2638

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Permits electric utilities to recover costs and earn a 15% rate of return from ratepayers on investments and installations of voltage regulation technologies that meet specified standards.

 

EEP, CPC

HB2639

RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS.

Includes amateur mixed martial arts under the regulation of mixed martial arts by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

CPC, FIN

HB2640

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.

Authorizing GO bonds for the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

 

FIN

HB2641

RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROJECTS.

Extends the sunset provision in Act 138, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, relating to providing funding to the University of Hawaii to construct or renovate housing units.

 

HED, FIN

HB2642

RELATING TO UTILITIES REGULATION.

Appropriates moneys for the reorganization of the PUC and the division of consumer advocacy.

 

CPC, FIN

HB2643

RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY BONDS.

Establishes a property assessed clean energy bond financing program for renewable energy system and energy efficiency improvements on residential and commercial properties, and authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the program.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2644

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Applies the solid waste disposal surcharge to waste that is deposited in a landfill, incinerator, or waste-to-energy facility, and applies the surcharge to waste that is shipped out of state for disposal.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2645

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Requiring that businesses charge a fee to consumers who choose to use non-recyclable checkout bags and also that businesses offer biodegradable plastic checkout bags and recyclable paper check out bags.

 

EEP/EBM, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2646

RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Expands eligible business activity in state enterprise zones by including the development or production of various types of renewable energy.

 

EBM/EEP, FIN

HB2647

RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

Establishes mandatory minimum prison terms and fines for negligent homicide caused by driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

 

JUD

HB2648

RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION.

Requires standup paddleboarders to be absolutely liable for injuries sustained by a swimmer due to a collision with the paddleboarder.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2649

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS.

Requires certain liquor licensees who serve alcohol on their premises to conduct criminal history record checks on security employees.

 

EBM/LAB, CPC/JUD

HB2650

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

Authorizes cabaret licensees in Waikiki to open for business to 2 a.m.

 

EBM/TCI, CPC

HB2651

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

Authorizes cabaret licensees in Waikiki to open for business to 2 a.m.  Excludes hotel bars.

 

EBM/TCI, CPC

HB2652

RELATING TO MEDICAL PROCEDURES.

Requires that patients be informed of the amount of radiation exposure to the patient prior to obtaining consent to an x-ray or computed tomography scan.

 

HLT, JUD

HB2653

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CONSTITUTIONALLY ESTABLISH THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION TO SUPERVISE THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER.

Amends the state constitution to constitutionally establish the elections commission to supervise the chief election officer.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2654

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Authorizes the chief election officer, on behalf of the elections commission, to institute or join proceedings in the supreme court for writs of mandamus or prohibition or other injunctive relief necessary to enforce elections provisions of state constitution, law, and rules.  Increases the duties of the elections commission to include supervision over the chief election officer.  Contingent upon ratification of constitutional amendment.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2655

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 4th representative district.

 

FIN

HB2656

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Allows department of public safety to parole up to an additional 200 inmates who do not have to return to prison each night and upon special conditions if the prison has insufficient number of beds to accommodate more furloughed inmates.  Requires DPS to report to legislature semi-annually.

 

PBS, FIN

HB2657

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the department of public safety to plan for a model wellness center to be built in East Hawaii.  Report to legislature in 2011.

 

PBS, FIN

HB2658

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes a fireworks surcharge on sales of all consumer fireworks to pay for inspections of incoming fireworks shipments and requires the inspection of all fireworks shipments.  Makes the importation of consumer fireworks without a valid license a class C felony.  Expands the definition of "import" to include fireworks samples not intended for resale.

 

TCI/PBS, JUD, FIN

HB2659

RELATING TO HEALTHCARE CLAIMS.

Establishes a system under the department of commerce and consumer protection to collect, analyze and distribute health insurance claims information.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2660

RELATING TO HEALTHCARE CLAIMS.

Establishes a system under the department of commerce and consumer protection to collect, analyze and distribute health insurance claims information.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2661

RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS.

Requires organ procurement organizations and transplant hospitals to procure and transplant medically suitable organs.  Imposes administrative fines and loss of accreditation for failure to comply.

 

HLT, JUD

HB2662

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.

Extends the exemption from requirement to obtain a commercial driver's license to certain former military personnel no longer on active duty who previously operated commercial motor vehicles for military purposes, provided that they met relevant minimum federal requirements that meet or exceed state requirements to operate those vehicles.

 

EBM/TRN, JUD

HB2663

RELATING TO KAMILO NUI VALLEY.

Changes the land use classification of Kamilo Nui Valley from urban to agricultural.

 

AGR, WLO, JUD

HB2664

RELATING TO SHARK FEEDING.

Prohibits commercial shark tours from operating in the State.  Allows feeding for religious, cultural, or educational purposes.  Imposes penalties.

 

EBM/WLO, JUD

HB2665

RELATING TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS.

Allows for withdrawal of deferred compensation plan funds upon showing of financial hardship by employee.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2666

RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION.

Transfers the responsibility for administering the civil identification program from the Attorney General to the counties.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2667

RELATING TO FERRIES.

Establishes the Hawaii state ferry system and the Hawaii state ferry system special fund for the operation of a ferry system between the islands.

 

TRN, FIN

HB2668

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 14th, 15th, and 16th representative districts.

 

FIN

HB2669

RELATING TO WALU.

Prohibits the catching, selling, or possession of walu in Hawaii.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2670

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Lifts the cap on the amount of expenditures that the UH Board of Regents can authorize from the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund.

 

HED, FIN

HB2671

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes a surcharge for the application of a building permit for a residence with a valuation in excess of $700,000 to be deposited into a parks for homeless special fund to develop homeless parks.

 

HSG/WLO, JUD, FIN

HB2672

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Resolves claims and disputes relating to the portion of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust for use by the office of Hawaiian affairs between 11/7/1978, and 7/1/2008; requires payment of cash to the office of Hawaiian affairs.

 

HAW/WLO, JUD, FIN

HB2673

RELATING TO TARO.

Extends the final report deadline for the taro security and purity task force for two years.  Appropriates funds with a dollar for dollar matching requirement by the office of Hawaiian affairs.

 

HAW, AGR, FIN

HB2674

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Removes the requirement of representation by large development and property owners on burial councils.  Requires regional representatives to be members or descendants of indigenous Polynesians.

 

HAW, WLO

HB2675

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Requires the department of education to purchase poi or other taro products for schools that have a taro farm within the school district.  Requires the agriculture education program to arrange for opportunities to work, volunteer, or study on taro farms within a school district.

 

EDN, HAW, FIN

HB2676

RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION.

Exempts contracts made by the Kaho‘olawe island reserve commission for the procurement of food or fuel products from the state procurement code.

 

HAW, EBM, FIN

HB2677

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Increases the penalties for fireworks violations.

 

TCI/PBS, JUD

HB2678

RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACY.

Clarifies the definitions of "remote dispensing machine" and "remote dispensing pharmacy".

 

HLT, CPC

HB2679

RELATING TO HYBRID BICYCLES.

Clarifies the definition of bicycle to include electric motor bicycles for purposes of county vehicular taxes and the statewide traffic code.  Specifies type of bicycles to be allowed to be transported on public busses.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2680

RELATING TO CLEAN AND SOBER AND HALFWAY HOME REGULATION.

Establishes a licensing requirement for all clean and sober homes and halfway houses and requires the department of health to establish rules to oversee them.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB2681

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides until 12/31/11, a tax credit for hotel construction and renovations.

 

TCI/EBM, FIN

HB2682

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Raises the penalties for certain violations of the fireworks law to a class C felony.

 

TCI/PBS, JUD, FIN

HB2683

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON PUBLIC LANDS.

Prohibits the Board of Land and Natural Resources from issuing or authorizing the issuance of permits to engage in commercial wedding or photography activity on unencumbered public lands that are not equipped with adequate facilities to accommodate the permitted activity.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2684

RELATING TO REGULATORY PROCESSES.

Allows government agencies to extend deadlines for processing applications for business or development-related permits, licenses, and approvals, if a furlough of public employees would prevent the timely processing of applications that would consequently be automatically approved.

 

EBM, FIN

HB2685

RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BUDGET.

Requires the University of Hawaii to use zero-based budgeting principles in formulating the budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

 

HED, FIN

HB2686

RELATING TO MOORING RATE INCREASES.

Suspends all rate increases adopted by the board of land and natural resources on December 11, 2009, until the earlier of approval by a majority vote of both houses of the legislature or January 1, 2013.

 

WLO, LMG, FIN

HB2687

RELATING TO THE BOATING SPECIAL FUND.

Restricts the board of land and natural resources from transferring funds from the boating special fund for purposes other than the repair, maintenance, and capital improvements of state boating facilities for a period of 5 years.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2688

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Changes the name of the environmental health education fund to the sanitation and environmental health fund and allows the fund to be used for sanitation program activities.  Increases threshold for deposit of excess fund into general fund.

 

HLT, FIN

HB2689

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEMS.

Exempts conveyances of agricultural water systems to Board of Agriculture from subdivision requirements; requires notice of conveyance to applicable county.

 

WLO/AGR, FIN

HB2690

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Requires that the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal-aid money accepted for expenditure in the state.

 

FIN

HB2691

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Allows smoking in properly permitted liquor establishments not to include restaurants.  Requires collection of smoking establishment permit fee with proceeds to go towards organ donation education.

 

HLT/EBM, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2692

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING.

Requires the director of civil defense to prepare a disaster preparedness plan for the 44th and 45th House of Representatives districts and to report to the legislature in 2011.

 

PBS, FIN

HB2693

RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINTS.

Amends law to prohibit the transport of a child under 8 years of age in a motor vehicle on a public highway in the State, when a parent or legal guardian is present in the motor vehicle, except under certain circumstances.  Allows children under the age of 8 and under 4 feet and 9 inches in height to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle, under certain circumstances.

 

TRN, JUD

HB2694

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL.

Emergency appropriation to address the budget shortfall for general assistance payments in January to June of 2010.

 

FIN

HB2695

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL ASSISTANCE.

Makes appropriation out of the emergency and budget reserve fund for the general assistance program.

 

FIN

HB2696

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE.

Establishes a three-year demonstration project to be administered by the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to attract out-of-state physicians to residency programs that provide services to rural areas of the state.

 

HLT, HED, FIN

HB2697

RELATING TO SAINT DAMIEN DAY.

Establishes May 10 as Saint Damien Day, which is not to be construed as a state holiday.

 

TCI, JUD

HB2698

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

Creates the Hawaii broadband commission and the Hawaii broadband commissioner to promote and maximize availability of broadband services in the State.

 

EBM/CPC, FIN

HB2699

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides that the transient accommodation tax shall be assessed and collected at a minimum rate of $8 per day.  Effective 7/1/10.

 

FIN

HB2700

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Imposes the general excise tax and the transient accommodations tax on gross rental proceeds received from a rewards club central fund to the operator of a transient accommodation.

 

FIN

HB2701

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes a task force to develop a strategic plan to increase the commercialization of University of Hawaii's research.

 

HED, FIN

HB2702

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.  Changes from annual to semi-annual the contribution rate schedules for unemployment contributions.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2703

RELATING TO DAMAGE TO A PLACE OF BURIAL.

Makes it unlawful to negligently or intentionally cause damage to a place of burial.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2704

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Requires a management audit of the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

WLO, LMG, FIN

HB2705

RELATING TO SHARKS.

Prohibits the operation of shark tours that feed or attract sharks.  Amends the prohibition of shark feeding to include those aiding and abetting shark tours by feeding sharks or dispensing attractant.  Defines shark tour operations.  Establishes criminal and administrative penalties for violations.

 

EBM, WLO, JUD

HB2706

RELATING TO THE PERMITTED TRANSFERS IN TRUST ACT.

Creates the Permitted Transfers in Trust Act to govern transfers of currency, bonds, and securities from a transferor to a trustee by means of an irrevocable trust instrument.  Specifies that the rule against perpetuities does not apply to transfers pursuant to the Permitted Transfers in Trust Act.

 

CPC

HB2707

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 35th representative district.

 

FIN

HB2708

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a public involvement process when developing the statewide transportation plan.

 

TRN, FIN

HB2709

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires common interest communities consisting of single-family dwellings to adopt rules imposing fines for fireworks violations.

 

TCI/PBS, JUD

HB2710

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Requires the State, counties, and private contractors performing work on a public highway to post signs warning motorists of steel plates placed in the roadway.

 

TRN

HB2711

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Amends the appropriations allocated to the workforce investment boards on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii; amends the appropriation to be used by the workforce development council; repeals the appropriation allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative expenses.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2712

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides an income tax credit for the purchase of a principal residence that has not been previously occupied.

 

HSG, FIN

HB2713

RELATING TO EXCISE TAXES.

Exempts amounts received from sales of green technology manufacturing equipment from the general excise tax law.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2714

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 22nd representative district.

 

FIN

HB2715

RELATING TO PISCARY RIGHTS.

Preserves the piscary rights of residents who resided in the State for more than three years to fish within state marine waters.

 

WLO, JUD

HB2716

RELATING TO STATE AGENCIES.

Increases the membership of the commission on water resource management, board of land and natural resources, and land use commission, respectively, by one member who is a trustee of the office of Hawaiian affairs.

 

WLO, HAW, FIN

HB2717

RELATING TO FUNDS.

Repeals the Tax Administration Special Fund and Cigarette Tax Stamp Administrative Special Fund.  Establishes provisions for automatic repeal of certain special and revolving funds beginning on June 30, 2011.  Makes clarifying amendments to provisions pertaining to new special or revolving funds.

 

FIN

HB2718

RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE.

Provides that the governor may order and direct government agencies, officers, and employees, state or local, to take actions and employ measures necessary to mitigate hazardous situations.  Allows the governor to authorize state or local agencies, officers, and employees to enter private property at reasonable times to investigate, determine, or mitigate situations deemed by the governor to be hazardous to the health and safety of the public, even in the absence of a civil defense activity or other emergency.

 

PBS, JUD

HB2719

RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to hold a public meeting prior to the award of a contract to manage or operate a state park or a program within a park.

 

WLO, EBM

HB2720

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires a permit for the purchase of all consumer fireworks and requires the counties to set the fee for a consumer fireworks permit.  Also directs the proceeds of the permit fee to be used exclusively by, and at the discretion of the police department in the county that collected the fee.

 

TCI/PBS, JUD, FIN

HB2721

RELATING TO COURT REPORTERS.

Authorizes certified shorthand reporters to administer oaths or affirmations and to perform the duties of a deposition officer.

 

JUD

HB2722

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Creates a health savings account assessment task force to assess the viability of health savings accounts in the State.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

HB2723

RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY.

Amends the food safety consultative and education program under the department of health to include information and education efforts regarding food allergies and anaphylaxis.  Establishes a "food allergy friendly" program.

 

HLT, EBM, FIN

HB2724

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER.

Permits tethering of an unattended dog if the tether meets certain specifications and the dog is at least 6 months old.  Establishes mandatory fines.

 

JUD

HB2725

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Amends the definition of necessary sustenance to include a primary pet enclosure that provides shelter; safe construction to prevent injury; room to stand, sit, or lie down; and safe interactions with other animals.

 

JUD

HB2726

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Exempts lessors from the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax when renting an electric vehicle.

 

TRN, FIN

HB2727

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION.

Permits driver whose license has been administratively revoked for life to seek reinstatement of the license after 10 years have passed since the occurrence of the lifetime revocation.  Requires driver to have had no arrests or convictions for driving while license revoked and to be free from dependency or abuse of alcohol and drugs.  Effective 7/1/11.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB2728

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 38th representative district.

 

FIN

HB2729

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Amends the definition of "agricultural commodity" to include livestock of the bovine, equine, swine, sheep, or goat species and the carcasses or meat of those species.

 

AGR, FIN

HB2730

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes the Hawaii tax review initiative to review and report on whether Hawaii's tax policies are relevant and effective in achieving Hawaii's long-term economic and social goals and objectives.

 

FIN

HB2731

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

Replaces the quality review committee under the state board of public accountancy with a peer review committee.

 

CPC, FIN

HB2732

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Amends the term "medical marijuana" to "medical cannabis"; transfers the administration of the program from the department of public safety to the department of health.  Establishes procedure for employment-related marijuana drug testing and review of results by medical review officer.  Directs the department of health to establish a system of distribution outlets.  Directs the counties to establish a system to license, tax, and regulate medical cannabis family farms.  Directs the department of health, in consultation with the University of Hawaii, to establish a system to license research and development for medical cannabis related products.  Allows out-of-state visitors who are qualifying patients or primary caregivers to apply for a temporary registration certificate.

 

PBS/HLT/AGR, JUD, FIN

HB2733

RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS.

Prohibits the use of gas power leaf blowers; prohibits the use of leaf blowers on or near residential zones, except within allowed time periods; prohibits leaf blowing operations from blowing debris onto adjacent property without permission.

 

EEP, JUD

HB2734

MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds to the judicial selection commission for staff and operational expenses.

 

JUD, FIN

HB2735

RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT.

Establishes a preference to hire Hawaii residents on public procurement construction contracts.

 

EBM/LAB, JUD

HB2736

RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT.

Requires at least eighty per cent of workers on public works and construction contracts to be Hawaii residents.

 

EBM/LAB, FIN

HB2737

RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS.

Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to fund the general fund by disposing of public lands.  Also directs the Department to dispose of public lands leased to not-for-profit organizations meeting certain criteria.

 

FIN

HB2738

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Amends provisions of the land use law by authorizing the counties to regulate uses on urban and rural lands; provides for voluntary agricultural classification by a landowner; authorizes the counties and the office of planning to petition the land use commission for district boundary amendments; provides reclassification criteria for the land use commission; limits the uses in the agricultural district; and eliminates the use of special permits for nonagricultural uses in the agricultural or rural districts and the provisions relating to the identification of important agricultural lands.

 

WLO/AGR, JUD

HB2739

RELATING TO DAMS AND RESERVOIRS.

Establishes standards for the permitting, inspection, and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, and their appurtenant structures.  Establishes the dam rehabilitation loan revolving fund and loan program.  Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds to fund the dam rehabilitation loan program.

 

WLO/JUD, FIN

HB2740

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Directs the department of education to enter into a financing agreement for the planning and design of the Royal Kunia Elementary School II using certificates of participation.

 

EDN, FIN

HB2741

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Requires the DLNR to issue a commercial permit to the owner of a commercial vessel with a mooring permit under certain conditions.

 

WLO, FIN

HB2742

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Clarifies definition of bar to include standalone bars and bars that share premises with another business such as a restaurant.  Allows bars to allow smoking on entire premises or in separately enclosed or partially enclosed designated areas by posting signs.  Establishes smoking permit program and smoking permit special fund. Requires employees of bars where smoking is allowed to sign a standardized DOH-developed acknowledgment form affirming the employee's knowledge and acceptance of risks and potential adverse consequences of inhaling secondhand smoke.  Requires the director of health to adopt rules by 1/1/11.

 

HLT/EBM, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2743

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends section 235-12.5, HRS, to expand the credit for renewable energy projects installed on commercial properties, reduces the credit reduction for taxpayers seeking a refundable credit, allows the tax credit to be transferred between taxpayers, and amends chapter 431, HRS, to expressly allow insurance companies to be eligible to claim a renewable energy technologies income tax credit.

 

EEP, FIN

HB2744

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS.

Short Form.

 

EBM

HB2745

RELATING TO NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII.

Short form.

 

EBM

HB2746

RELATING TO BUSINESS.

Short form bill relating to business.

 

EBM

HB2747

RELATING TO CAPITAL FORMATION.

Short form.

 

EBM

HB2748

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Short form.

 

EBM

HB2749

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Adds three new sections on selection of benefit plan carriers, fiduciary duties, and liability for breach of fiduciary duty; exempts the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund from the requirement to use the attorney general; increases the members of the board of trustees from ten to twelve and changes membership and terms; authorizes the board to retain an attorney who is independent of the attorney general as legal advisor; transfers the fund from the department of budget and finance to the department of human resources development.

 

LAB, FIN

HB2750

RELATING TO CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY.

Requiring extensive reporting and evaluation of corporations to promote transparency.

 

EBM/LAB, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB2751

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes Pearl Harbor special fund into which shall be deposited impact fees collected from development in west Oahu to fund a feasibility study and planning for a Pearl Harbor underwater transportation tunnel.

 

TRN, WLO, FIN