RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

Proposes provisions to address the power of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to expedite emergency applications and to subpoena witnesses. Establishes new fee to enable the Division of Financial Institutions to recover costs incurred in responding to requests by the public to search, review, or segregate the records.

RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES.

Recognizes the confidentiality of portions of escrow depository company applications and records. Provides procedures to close a branch office and revise procedures to voluntarily terminate escrow depository operations. And allows the Commissioner to establish new fees by rule.

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS.

Provides for reasonable experience requirements for real estate broker candidates, streamlines regulatory requirements for condominium hotel operators, and clarifies the requirement of fidelity bond information for condominium managing agents.

RELATING TO THE CONVERSION OF PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES.

Allows professional and vocational licenses of business entities to be converted when the underlying entity has been converted or merged to form a new entity.

RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKER LICENSING.

Proposes amendments to the mortgage broker and solicitor licensing law.

RELATING TO RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.

Provides for a streamlined license renewal process for medical professionals.

RELATING TO ARCHITECTS.

Proposes revisions to applicant testing and licensure.

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Adds an option to the net worth requirements of mutual benefit societies and health maintenance organizations by providing another net worth component that requires a minimum net worth of three times the average of monthly net claims paid during the past calendar year be maintained by affected societies and organizations.

RELATING TO LIMITING HURRICANE PROPERTY INSURANCE RISK.

Requires risks among hurricane property insurers to be spread as much as possible so that in case of a catastrophic event, the financial health of these insurers are minimally exposed.

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Corrects the incorrect cross references and clarifies consumer notice requirements to ease compliance with and enforcement of the new replacements law.

RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES AND COURSE PROVIDERS FOR INSURANCE LICENSEES.

Allows the Department to assess fees for the approval of courses and providers of continuing education credits required for insurance licensees.

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Clarifies bond and errors and omissions insurance policy requirements for managing general agents and reinsurance intermediary managers.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND.

Gives the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund Board of Directors the power to suspend special mortgage recording fees that are imposed on all mortgages filed with the Bureau of Conveyances. Extends the authorization to issue reimbursable general obligation bonds.

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION SALES OF INSURANCE.

Provides greater consumer protection in retail sales of insurance products and annuities by depository institutions or by persons engaged in sales activities.

RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION.

Updates Hawaii's business registration laws to reflect modern business practices.

RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS.

Updates limited liability partnership statutory provisions.

RELATING TO PRESCIPTION DRUGS.

Allows for electronic recordkeeping by drug dispensers and for electronic prescriptions from practitioners to dispensers.

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.

Eliminates substance abuse counselor certification requirements for certain licensed professionals, i.e., physicians, psychologists, advanced practice registered nurses, and clinical social workers, for health insurance reimbursement purposes.

RELATING TO A COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM TAX CREDIT.

Establishes a college savings program tax credit.

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes the University of Hawaii Hawaiian language college to contract directly with providers, such as Aha Punana Leo, Inc., when conducting business in the Hawaiian language.

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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Transfers moneys remaining in the Hurricane Reserve Trust Fund to the Emergency and Budget Reserve funds and creates the New Century Scholarships Program Endowment Special Fund to provide scholarships for academically deserving students in the University of Hawaii System.

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Provides flexibility in allocating portions of the indirect overhead revenues generated by the University from research and training programs.

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes the transfer of all University funds, with the exception of general funds, into the University of Hawaii Commercial Enterprises Revolving Fund to finance the establishment of new enterprises.

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Specifies that the settlements of claims and judgments against the university shall be payable from the moneys appropriated by the legislature.

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Provides that service of process upon the university shall be made by delivering the complaint and the summons to the university's general counsel or to any attorney in the Office of the University General Counsel.

RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.

Appropriates monies for the payment of settlements of claims against the university for judgements and for other miscellaneous payments.

RELATING TO THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Revises the content requirements of the RCUH Annual Report.

RELATING TO THE EXCLUSION OF FOOD, RESIDENTIAL RENT, AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES FROM THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Excludes proceeds from the manufacture, packaging and sale of food, residential rent, and the provision of services and products for health care from the general excise tax.

RELATING TO THE EXCLUSION OF proceeds FROM THE manufacture, packaging, and sale of food from GENERAL EXCISE TAX liability.

This Act seeks to exclude proceeds from the manufacture, packaging, and sale of food from general excise tax liability.

RELATING TO THE EXCLUSION OF FOOD, RESIDENTIAL RENT, AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES FROM THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Excludes proceeds from the manufacture, packaging and sale of food, residential rent, and the provision of services and products for health care.

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Eliminates the personal income tax beginning January 1, 2002. Exempts food and health care services from GET. Increases the GET rate from four per cent to eight per cent.

relating to taxation.

Adds new tax benefits for high tech industries and amends current benefits to improve them.

RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Requires State to share with the relevant county a portion of general excise, use, and income taxes paid by businesses initially assisted by State and local incentives to allow county to recoup its initial investment in an enterprise zone.

RELATING TO BUSINESS SUBSIDIES.

Regulates state and county business subsidies.

relating to education.

Appropriates funds to the DOE to expand the E-academy concept to all public high schools, and establish E-academies in selected public elementary and middle schools and in selected new century charter schools.

RELATING TO RECYCLED WATER.

Promotes use of recycled water for state and county facilities and improved commercial property using potable water.

RELATING TO GASOLINE.

Prohibits the sale of gasoline containing methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MtBE) in Hawaii beginning 7/1/01.

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

Authorizes issuance of up to $25,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hilo Coast Power Company, a division of Brewer Environmental Industries, LLC, an industrial enterprise.

relating to water pollution.

Authorizes citizen suits in water pollution enforcement.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAUI INVASIVE SPECIES COMMITTEE ACTION PLAN.

Appropriates $293,594 for the implementation of the Maui Invasive Species Committee action plan.

RELATING TO PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

Consolidates laws on plant and nondomestic animal quarantine and noxious weed control, respectively. Further incorporates provisions of the federal Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000.

RELATING TO BIOFUEL.

Establishes a preference in state contracts for the use of biofuels.

RELATING TO ENERGY CONTENT OF FUELS.

Encourages use of alternative fuels by adjusting the fuel tax to reflect the energy content of alternative fuels and reducing the fuel tax rate of alternative fuels for several years.

relating to recycling.

Establishes a computer recycling program and an income tax credit for participating in the program.

relatING to special wastes recycling.

Directs department of health to adopt rules to establish a cathode ray tube recycling program by 7/1/03.

RELATING TO SENTENCING FOR DRUGS AND INTOXICATING COMPOUNDS OFFENSES.

Requires mandatory community-supervision and treatment in lieu of incarceration.

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

Establishes a substance abuse multi-agency coordinating council within the Department of Health to develop statewide policy guidelines regarding education, prevention, and treatment programs. Provides funding sources and mechanisms.

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

Establishes a substance abuse policy council within the Office of the Governor to develop statewide policy regarding education, prevention, and treatment programs.

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Revises statutory provisions regulating the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

RELATING TO TAX CREDITS FOR BUSINESSES OFFERING DRUG TREATMENT TO EMPLOYEES.

Allows tax credit to businesses that offer drug treatment to their employees for tax years after 12/31/2000. Makes credit equal to 50% of any additional cost to the health insurance premium.

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS.

Establishes a professional counselor licensing program.

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires dental plans to reimburse all providers directly.

RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

Establishes the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund. Exempts the fund from central service surcharges and the reimbursement for departmental administrative expenses. Revises the distribution of the tobacco settlement moneys.

RELATING TO VITAL RECORDS.

Allows for verification and certification of the existence of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate and the essential facts of the vital event which are contained in the certificate in lieu of the issuance of a certified copy of the certificate.

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY.

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Establishes an Earned Time Program providing incentives for inmate rehabilitation in which inmates may earn reductions in the minimum term of imprisonment set by the Hawaii paroling authority by making consistent progress in all of the following areas: work and vocational training, social adjustment, counseling and self-help, and therapeutic, educational, and literacy programs.

RELATING TO CRIME.

Transfers the crime victim compensation commission from within the department of public safety to the department of the attorney general.

RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION SPECIAL FUND.

Exempts the Crime Victim Compensation Special Fund from the payment of central service expense fees and administrative expense fees.

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Establishes the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund under the Department of Public Safety and requests an appropriation from the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund.

RELATING TO PAROLE.

Excludes Hawaii Paroling Authority's decisions from appeal, and allows a prisoner's minimum term to be equal to or less than the maximum term of imprisonment.

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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires adult women charged with or convicted of crimes and juvenile females adjudicated for offenses that would be crimes if committed by an adult or who are adjudicated delinquents, to be provided a range and quality of programming substantially equivalent to the range and quality offered to males.

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.