SB 105

SD1

(SSCR864)

RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA.

Provides for the development of infrastructure, including water infrastructure, at the Kikala-Keokea homestead area of the island of Hawaii. Establishes the infrastructure development fund and Kikala-Keokea housing revolving fund.

SB 854

SD1

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides an unspecified earned income tax credit to resident taxpayers. Amends Hawaii's income tax law to conform to changes in federal law (IRC conformity).

SB 1199

SD2 HD1

RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

Amends the definition of concession to include the sale of services such as advertising, communications and telecommunications. Rental car operation concession contract by competitive sealed bid.

SB 1028

SD2 HD1

RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

Consolidates the Aloha Tower Development Corporation and the Barber's Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission into the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

SB 1030

SD2 HD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to issue special facility revenue bonds for eligible projects, including an ocean science center, in the Kakaako community development district.

SB 950

SD1

relating to diamond head.

Expands the breadth of Diamond Head State Monument area to include all public lands within the area including Kuilei Cliffs Park, Diamond Head Park, and the BWS booster pump site.

SB 499

SD1

relating to leave sharing.

Enables the legislature to establish a leave-sharing program.

SB 588

SD2

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

Exempts amounts paid to a professional employment organization on behalf of employees hired by a client company from the GET.

SB 678

SD1 HD1

relating to technology.

Appropriates money for the New Economy Transition (NET) program; appropriates moneys to DBEDT; appropriates GO bonds to extend the community-based economic development loan and grant program for info technology in distressed rural areas; creates a high technology task force to develop goals and an implementation plan to improve Hawaii's high technology industry; requires conversion of legislative documents and reports received by the legislature to electronic copy; requires administration to process bill payments electronically.

SB 1081

HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Makes numerous amendments to the charter school law.

SB 1567

SD2 HD1

relating to school complexes.

Requires DOE to offer students eligible for free or reduced cost school lunch a subsidized school bus fare to their new school for a period not to exceed one year when they are forced to transfer schools because of redistricting. Appropriates money to pay for the subsidized bus fares. Requires DOE to delay school complex redistricting for one year and grandfather current residents in Mauka Lani school district. Appropriates funds for a security guard at Barbers Point elementary school.

SB 120

SD2 HD1

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Appropriates state matching funds of $47,177 for fiscal year 2001-2002 to develop, implement, and maintain a sentencing simulation model in the State. Allows the governor to contract for private sector operation of correctional facilities. Establishes criteria necessary for an acceptable contract for privatized operation of a correctional facility.

SB 704

SD1 HD1

relating to crime victim compensation.

Repeals the 7/1/01 sunset date of Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, to permanently eliminate the 30 percent cap on operating expenses of the Crime Victim Compensation Commission. Exempts the executive director and administrative assistant of the commission from the civil service law. Appropriates funds to compensate crime victims and their providers. Requires a report to legislature.

SB 1188

SD2 HD1

RELATING TO SENTENCING FOR DRUGS AND INTOXICATING COMPOUNDS OFFENSES.

Mandates substance abuse assessment/treatment for offenders under the custody of the Department of Public Safety. Implements a policy shift in addressing non-violent drug possession offenses by requiring mandatory community-supervision and treatment in lieu of incarceration. Repeals mandatory minimum sentence for Class C possession of methamphetamine.

SB 992

SD2 HD1

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Prohibits the resale of cigarettes purchased at Armed Services sales outlets. Creates a presumption that all cigarettes are subject to the cigarette tax. Establishes the cigarette tax stamp enforcement special fund and the cigarette tax stamp administrative special fund. Allows licensee stamp affixation cost recovery.

SB 336

SD3 HD1

RELATING TO Tourism.

Repeals the Hawaii tourism authority effective 6/30/2003.

SB 1029

SD3 HD1

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Assigns responsibility to market, operate, manage, and maintain the Hawaii convention center facility to the Hawaii tourism authority (HTA); increases membership of the HTA board; requires legislative notice for HTA contracts over $50,000; allocates TAT moneys to state parks special fund.

SB 1169

SD2 HD1

RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Sets forth a funding mechanism that directly links the state park system's operating and maintenance expenditures to income derived from tourists and appropriates $4,000,000 for the purpose of the state parks special fund.

SB 1207

SD1 HD1

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires UH general counsel to advise clients on how to avoid future claims and request clients to take remedial action. Includes a reporting requirement to the Legislature. Clarifies that UH's immunity from suit under the 11^th Amendment was not abrogated by Act 115, SLH 1998.

SB 1068

SD1 HD1

RELATING TO PRODUCER LICENSING.

Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Producer Licensing Model Act.

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Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine