RELATING TO TELEMARKETING.

Creates the offense of telemarketing fraud.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE.

Establishes the offense of ticket scalping as a misdemeanor.

relating to the privacy of health care information act.

Changes effective date of Act 87, Session laws of Hawaii 1999, regarding privacy of health care information from 7/1/01 to 1/1/03.

RELATING TO CHECK CASHING.

Removes the 7/1/01 sunset date from the check cashing act.

RELATING TO TRAVEL AGENTS.

Adds travel agents as a category to persons who are liable for the GET only proportional to their proportion of the commission.

RELATING TO MANDATED HEALTH COVERAGE REVIEW

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Repeals the Hawaii Environmental Disclosure Law which was passed in 1982 to alert the public to major corporate changes, particularly in the case of the agricultural industry, that may affect Hawaii's environment, land use, jobs, and economy.

EEP, CPC, FIN

RELATING TO SAFE DRINKING WATER.

Extends the requirement to use "lead free" components in drinking water distribution systems.

EEP, FIN

RELATING TO THE SALE OF POISONS.

Makes rules concerning poisons optional, rather than mandatory.

EEP

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

Establishes criminal penalties for the abandonment of hazardous waste or used oil, and increases certain criminal penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony.

RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE.

Facilitates reporting requirements by making it easier for hazardous waste brokers to notify the DOH of their activities.

RELATING TO USED OIL.

Establishes a comprehensive used oil collection and recycling program.

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL SURCHARGE.

Increases the solid waste management disposal surcharge from 35 cents per ton to 75 cents per ton for all disposal facilities except permitted inert and construction and demolition waste disposal facilities.

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.

Delegates the responsibility of regulating individual wastewater systems to the counties from the DOH.

relating to public utilities.

Requires the establishment of a consumer disclosure standard under which retail suppliers of electricity disclose information on the fuel mix of the electricity products they sell.

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Creates statewide licensure mechanism for retail tobacco sales that provides for licensing retail tobacco vendors, inspections and enforcement, adjudication of fines and penalties, training and education for retail merchants and public awareness of the State's statute governing the sale of tobacco to minors

HLT, JHA, FIN

RELATING TO MINORS.

Prohibits possession of any amount of tobacco by a minor. Requires the court to revoke the minor's driving privileges for certain periods for a violation

HLT, TRN, JHA

RELATING TO SMOKING IN THE WORKPLACE.

Requires employers with 2 or more employees to adopt a smoking policy. Prohibits smoking in enclosed areas of state-owned or state controlled workplaces and all state-owned or state-leased vehicles; does not apply to dining area of restaurants, bars, and hotel guest rooms. Does not regulate smoking in residential accommodation in building owned, leased or rented by the state

HLT, EDB, FIN

RELATING TO NEUROTRAUMA.

Establishes a neurotrauma special fund and commission

HLT, JHA, FIN

RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS.

HLT, CPC, FIN

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Sets minimum wage at fifty cents above the federal minimum wage.

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

To increase the minimum wage to adjust for the effects of inflation; to increase the amount of tip credit.

LAB, FIN

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Increases the tip credit to a blank percentage beginning 1/1/___ .

RELATING TO MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULES.

Changes current medical fee schedule for workers' compensation reimbursement from 110% of Medicare to the annually adjusted federal workers' compensation medical fee schedule for use in Hawaii.

LAB, CPC, FIN

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL FEES.

Returns the medical fee structure to the structure existing before Act 234, SLH 1995.