GOVERNOR’S – BED (Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)
Click on a bill number to list all drafts of the bill and bill status
HB No. |
SB No. |
Title |
Description |
Relating to Agricultural Loans |
Proposes standards, criteria, and process for the identification of important agricultural lands. |
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Relating to Condominium Property Regimes |
Clarifies that projects created as condominium property regimes under chapter 514A are subject to county zoning and other county building and development ordinances and rules. |
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Relating to Coastal Zone Management |
Establishes a coastal zone special fund to allow the CZM program to retain fees, fines, and moneys directed to the program by non-state sources, and to us the moneys for program purposes. |
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Relating to Geographic Information Systems |
Establishes a special fund to help support the operation and maintenance of the Statewide Planning and Geographic Information System and to enable the Office of Planing to charge fees for spatial analysis services. |
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Relating to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
Adds a new objective to the State’s energy facility system planning objectives concerning the reduced greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Relating to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii |
Proposes amendments to the State Rent Supplement Program to allow more persons who earn 50% or less of the median family income to participate in the program, and increase the rent contribution of each tenant from 20% to 30% of the tenant’s annual income. |
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Relating to Residential Leaseholds |
Places responsibility of payment of lessor’s costs upon the lessees, when an abandonment of eminent domain proceedings by the HCDCH is due to a lessee’s inability, failure, or refusal to comply with the provisions of chapter 516, or to purchase the leased fee interest condemned. |
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Relating to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii |
Establishes resident advisory boards in federal public projects. |
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Relating to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit |
Allows a partnership, a limited liability company, and S corporation investors to claim the state low-income housing tax credit whether or not they claimed the federal low-income housing tax credit. |
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Relating to land Use |
Limits a land reclassification to the urban district to a five year period, unless before the end of the period, the Land Use Commission finds there has been substantial progress in the urban development of the lands. |
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Relating to State Finances |
Authorizes and appropriates $550,000 from the Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development Revolving Fund and $1,000,000 from the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation Revolving Fund into the general fund for fiscal year 2000-2001. |
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Relating to Tourism |
Allows the Convention Center Authority to sunset on June 30, 2000. Assigns responsibility to market, operate, manage, and maintain the convention center to the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Transfers the Convention Center Capital and Operations Special Fund to a new Hawaii Convention Center special fund. Allows TAT revenues exceeding 5% of the allocation to the tourism Special Fund to be used to pay convention center debt service. |
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Relating to the Ala Wai Golf Course |
Deletes the requirement that the Ala Wai golf course land be used only for a municipal golf course. |
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Relating to Land Use |
Clarifies the purposes of state land use districts, and clarifies uses, including open area recreation, allowed in the state agricultural districts. Allows more uses in state rural districts, and enables clustering in rural districts. |
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Relating to State Enterprise Zones |
Specifies biotechnology businesses and certain types of call centers as qualified businesses within an enterprise zone. Clarifies eligibility criteria for the EZ contractor exemption from the general excise tax. |
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Relating to Technology |
Consolidates state agencies charged with promoting the development of technological industries. (Short form bill) |
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Relating to Taxation |
Provides a new construction credit similar to the hotel remodeling tax credit effective for tax years 1999 to 2001. |
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Relating to Biological Materials |
Defines "biological materials" and provides for the recognition of biological materials as personal property. |
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Relating to Economic Development Financing |
Allows the ERS to support the development of new Hawaii businesses and technology companies by investing in venture capital partnerships in conjunction with or through the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation. |
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Relating to High Technology Development Corporation |
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds and special facility revenue bonds to develop high technology projects. |