RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

Provides for the establishment of literacy and lifelong learning programs.

RELATING TO THE LIBRARY ENHANCED SERVICES PROGRAM.

Makes permanent the Enhanced Services Program.

RELATING TO CONCESSIONS AT PUBLIC LIBRARY FACILITIES.

Allows the Hawaii Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library of Hawaii to conduct for-profit enterprises at state library facilities, and to deposit the net proceeds of those enterprises to their respective trust fund.

RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN.

Allows the BOE to adjust the salary of the State Librarian.

relating to the state librarian.

Provides that the salary of the state librarian shall be set by the Board of Education at a rate no greater than that of the superintendent of education.

Making an appropriation for a model United Nations program for high school students.

Appropriates funds for a Model United Nations program for high school students.

relating to education.

Appropriates funds to the DOE for development and maintenance of decision support and electronic management systems.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a community-based pilot project for the Kau and Puna communities that enables students to have an opportunity to participate in the formulation of activity programs.

Relating to Repair and MAINTENANCE of schools.

Establishes standards allowing a school to be demolished and rebuilt rather than be repaired if it is more economically feasible.

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Authorizes the reimbursement of mileage expenses for board of education (BOE) members. Establishes the rate of personal expenses for BOE members at the rate of $130 a day for out-of-state travel and $45 a day for interisland travel.

relating to education.

Appropriates funds for the school-to-work system. Requires the Hawaii state school-to-work executive council strategic plan to target specific best practices relating to career development.

relating to school-to-career initiatives.

Requires the superintendent of education, the president of the University of Hawaii, and the director of human services to enter into an interagency agreement to establish the interagency partnership for school—to—career programs. Establishes the duties of the partnership and appropriates funds for the same.

EDN/LAB, FIN

RELATING TO REALLOCATION OF VACANT LIBRARY POSITIONS.

Makes permanent the authority of the State Librarian to administratively reallocate vacant positions and establish temporary positions.

EDN/LAB, FIN

RELATING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

Repeals the requirement that principals and vice-principals have served as teachers for a period of not less than five years. Requires principals and vice-principals to have appropriate school-level experience as determined by the Department of Education (DOE). Authorizes the DOE, on a case-by-case basis, to waive the certification requirements and school-level experience for vice-principal candidates with appropriate administrative experience.

EDN/LAB, FIN

relating to rehiring retired teachers in the department of education.

Provides that Department of Education may rehire retired teachers in teacher shortage areas, with prior approval of superintendent and pursuant to collective bargaining.

EDN/LAB, FIN

relating to national board certification for department of education teachers.

Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to develop, implement, and administer a support program for National Board Certification candidates in the DOE; increases bonus for certified teachers to $5,000 for each year certificate is valid; appropriates funds.

EDN/LAB, FIN

relating to education.

Makes the Hawaii teacher standards board, rather than the DOE, responsible for the licensing and credentialing of teachers.

EDN/LAB, FIN

relating to EDUCation.

Establishes a separate bargaining unit under the State's collective bargaining law for educational officers by removing from bargaining Unit 6, other DOE personnel on the same salary schedule. Places employees displaced from Unit 6 into a new bargaining Unit 14.

EDN/LAB, FIN

relating to the salary structure of educational officers in the department of education.

Requires the BOE, before 7/1/2002, to adopt a classification and compensation structure for educational officers that more accurately reflects the level of work being performed.

EDN/LAB, FIN

relating to teacher compensation.

Requires teachers to receive their normal annual increment or longevity increase, as the case may be, for a year's satisfactory service in any fiscal year that an increase in the appropriate salary schedule is effected, except as provided by law.

EDN/LAB, FIN

relating to salary periods.

Reverses the after-the-fact payroll for bargaining unit 5 (teachers) only, by returning their pay dates to a predicted payroll, i.e., to the 15th and last day of every month.

EDN/LAB, FIN

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates $1,300,000 and $1,500,000 for FY 2001-02 and 2002-03, respectively, for homeless assistance.

making an appropriation for the state rent supplement program.

Appropriates $1,300,000 in FY 2001-2002 and $1,500,000 in FY 2002-2003 to be expended by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to fund the state rent supplement program for low-income renters.

relating to the state rent supplement program.

Allows persons receiving welfare to be qualified tenants so that HCDA can make state rent supplement payments to housing owners on behalf of qualified tenants. Appropriates $        for FY 2001-2002 and $        for FY 2002-2003 to HCDA to fund the state rent supplement program.

RELATING TO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE.

Repeals the "Hale Kokua" program.

RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII.

Establishes a resident advisory board or boards comprised of residents who are directly assisted by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii under the federal assistance programs.

RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII.

Adds a resident who is directly assisted by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii under the federal low rent public housing program or the tenant-based section 8 housing assistance payments program to the HCDCH Board of Directors as required by federal law.

RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII.

The three-year buyback provision until December 31, 2004 (at which time the buyback period returns to ten years).

RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

Authorizes the issuance of $30,000,000 in revenue bonds to be deposited into the Rental Housing Trust Fund and to appropriate funds to carry out the purposes of the RHTF.

RELATING TO THE DOWNPAYMENT LOAN PROGRAM.

Allows "owner-builders" to be eligible for the Downpayment Loan Program.

RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII.

Amends the affordable housing ratio for the undeveloped parcels in the Villages of Kapolei, Leiali'i and La'i'opua.

Relating to Taxation.

Increases the low-income renter's tax credit to $100.

RELATING TO STATE LEASES.

Provides that the current agricultural lessee has a right of first preference to re-lease the property under certain stipulations.

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Amends 205-4.5 HRS by defining farm dwelling.

RELATING TO SECTION 13 OF ACT 380, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1997.

Extends the sunset date of section 13 of Act 380 Session Laws of Hawaii 1997 from July 1, 2002 to July 1, 2007 (State Endangered Species Act 195D HRS.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

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

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Increases HCDA's tax exempt public facilities revenue bond authorization by $115,000,000 to $150,000,000.

RELATING TO DISPLACED LESSEES.

Designates a portion of the Kapalama Military Reservation near Honolulu Harbor on the island of Oahu as both an industrial park site pursuant to 171-132 HRS and an eligible relocation site pursuant to 171-142 HRS.

RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES.

Clarifies recording requirements to facilitate the recording process. Also specifies that fees collected by the bureau shall be deposited into the Bureau of Conveyance Special Fund.

A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF THE FILING OF FRIVOLOUS FINANCING STATEMENTS.

Enables the Bureau of Conveyance to distinguish between legitimate and unauthorized financing statements and to be able to reject those that are frivolous.

RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Clarifies the language of section 206E-8.5 HRS pertaining to review and approval of special management area permits and shoreline setback variances in community development districts.

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Amends section 205A to make it clear that the advisory body established in 205A-3.5 exists to advise only the lead agency; and to correct flaws in the concept of the marine and coastal zone management advisory group.

RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

Requires BLNR to use specific criteria for rendering a decision on a completed application for a permit to use public coastal land in the conservation district.

RELATING TO BURIAL SITES.

Authorizes DLNR to execute mitigation plans for the landowner, permittee, or developer, on request, for inadvertent discovery of burial sites.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE HAWAII FORESTRY AND COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE.

relating to real estate brokers and salespersons.

Exempts an owner of a timeshare interest who refers a prospective purchaser to a developer, sales agent, or resales agent of a timeshare plan from the requirement of being a licensed real estate broker or salesperson if the person receives a fee of not more than $1,000.

RELATING TO TIME SHARE PROJECTS.

Exempts time share units from some condo disclosure requirements.

RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.

Exempts time shares offered for sale outside of the State from the requirements of section 514E-8 (mutual right to cancel) and section 514E-9 (disclosure statement).

RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLAN REGISTRATIONS.

Permits the director to accept for registration a disclosure statement from a jurisdiction outside Hawaii if their requirements are substantially similar or more restrictive than Hawaii's.

RELATING TO SALES AGENTS OF TIME SHARE UNITS.

Removes requirement that time share sales agents be registered with the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

relating to time sharing plans.

Repeals requirement that timeshare agents wear identification badge.

RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.

Re-defines "acquisition agent" to exclude employees or contractors of real estate brokers.

RELATING TO DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES FOR TIME SHARE PLANS.

Requires all time share contracts to contain a notice that the purchaser has 7 days to rescind. Removes statutory requirement of contents of disclosures on promotional materials and gives the director the discretion to prescribe disclosure by rule.