Relating to higher education.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaiian language college at UH-Hilo.

Relating to the hawaiian language college.

Deletes the provision which states that the Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo shall not be given additional general funds beyond the initial funding.

relating to courts.

Repeals the exemption from jury service for attorneys, heads of executive departments, elected officials, judges, ministers or priests, practicing physicians or dentists, and active members of the armed forces, police, and fire department.

RELATING TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS.

Except under certain conditions, exempts the judiciary from financing agreement approval by the director of finance and the attorney general.

relating to garnishment.

Repeals allowances to garnishees for fees and costs in garnishment cases.

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Authorizes the probation or peace officer to admit a defendant to bail under certain circumstances.

RELATING TO ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF THE hAWAII SUPREME COURT.

Transfers from the supreme court to the circuit court original jurisdiction over contested issues relating to elections, the state budget, the procurement code, the Hawaii tourism authority, and the Hawaii community development authority.

relating to the intermediate appellate court.

Increases the number of judges on the intermediate appellate court from 3 to 5.

RELATING TO THE UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW.

Clarifies the existing unauthorized practice of law statute, and increases criminal penalties for individuals who engage in the unauthorized practice of law.

relating to judgments.

Allows for interest to be assessed on the total amount of the judgment except for pre-judgment interest against the State.

relating to attorney's fees for appointed counsel.

Increases compensation for court appointed counsel.

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT.

Enacts the uniform arbitration act and repeals the existing law relating to arbitration and awards. Specifies the manner in which arbitration proceedings are to be conducted, requirements for hearings, and remedies.

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CHILD-CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT.

Creates the uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act.

relating to minors.

Provides for expungement of a minor's record of a specific arrest upon order issued by the family court.

RELATING TO INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT.

Clarifies the definition of a "registering tribunal" and amends the notice requirements for proceedings to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered child support order.

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

Amends and strengthens various child support enforcement provisions in order to clarify and to comply with section 466 of the Social Security Act.

JHA

RELATING TO THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

Requires the CSEA Title IV-D application form to be completed and submitted to the CSEA no later than the date on which an order for custody is entered.

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.

Removes provision that child support can extend past age 18 if the child is enrolled in an institute of higher education.

RELATING TO HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD TUITION ASSISTANCE.

Eliminates the requirement that only Hawaii national guard members who are residents of the State are eligible for tuition assistance.

RELATING TO UNACCREDITED DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTIONS.

Exempts an unaccredited degree granting institution from the disclosure requirement under specified conditions.

relating to secondary market services corp.--hawaii.

Authorizes Secondary Market Services Corp.--Hawaii, the state-designated student loan secondary market, to purchase student loan notes held by mainland financial institutions.

relating to HIGHER education.

Provides members of the UH Board of Regents with a $100 per diem for each board meeting they attend.

relating to public schools.

Establishes the Hawaii school repair and maintenance trust fund as a separate fund of Hawaii 3R's, a nonprofit corporation, for coordination of private and federal efforts to repair and maintain public schools. Establishes a tax credit and procurement procedures for state contracts.

relating to public schools.

Establishes the Hawaii school repair and maintenance trust fund as a separate fund of Hawaii 3R's, a nonprofit corporation, for coordination of private and federal efforts to repair and maintain public schools. Establishes a tax credit and procurement procedures for state contracts.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Encourages/authorizes/establishes a SAT preparation course for elective credit in Hawaii public high schools.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for a 12-month (year-round) student activities coordinator for each public high school.

relating TO LAVATORIES IN SCHOOLS.

Appropriates funds to the DOE for fiscal year 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 for the improvement and maintenance of student lavatories in all Hawaii public schools.

relating to the student crimestroppers program.

Appropriates funds to establish and continue the student crimestoppers program in all departmental school districts.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes the Hawaii state student council, with student representatives from each departmental school district. Requires the council to conduct an annual conference of secondary school students. Requires the council to determine whether to select the student member of the BOE or to run an election.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Description: (Constitutional Amendment) Proposes to make the student member of the Board of Education a voting member, with the exception that the student member shall not be permitted to vote upon matters regarding personnel.

relating to privately-operated correctional facilities.

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.

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE.

Exempts the position of the correctional Health Care Administrator and authorized physician positions within the department from collective bargaining provisions. Establishes a correctional health care program within the department.

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Transfers the rights, powers, functions, and duties of personnel assigned to the Parole Administration Division of the Hawaii Paroling Authority to the Department of Public Safety.

RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

Exempt the executive director and administrative assistant from the requirements of civil service.

RELATING TO THE PROCESS FOR MANAGED COMPETITION SPECIFIED IN ACT 230, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1998.

Establishes a process for managed competition pursuant to section 6 of Act 230, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, to allow the State and counties to contract with private sector vendors for the provision of government services, or to allow those services to be performed in-house, as appropriate.

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Responds directly to the Hawaii Supreme Court's decision in Konno v. County of Hawaii, 85 Haw. 61 (1997), and the fact that Act 230, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, will sunset on June 30, 2001, without a managed competition process in place to facilitate government's effort to secure the services it needs or is required to perform more efficiently and economically.

RELATING TO PRIVATIZATION.

RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Amends the Enterprise Zones (EZ) Partnership offer statutory provision which state and county tax and other incentives to certain types of businesses which increase their hiring in zones selected by the counties and approved by the Governor.

EDB/EEP, CPC, FIN

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a tax credit for revitalization of older commercial facilities, including retail, hotel, warehouse, and industrial facilities; provided that either the facility or the commercial district where the facility is located is at least twenty-five years old; projects over $2,500,000 required to pay prevailing wages under chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

EDB/TAC, FIN

RELATING TO A FILM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING MANAGER POSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Proposes to establish a film industry development and marketing manager position in DBEDT which would be exempt from the civil service laws.

EDB/TAC, FIN

relating to the general excise tax.

Amends the general excise tax law to accelerate the timetable for pyramiding relief for the sale of services by reducing the tax rate applicable to 2.0% for sales in calendar year 2002, 1.0% for sales in calendar year 2003, and 0.5% for sales in calendar year 2004 and thereafter.

EDB, FIN

relating to the general excise tax.

Amends the general excise tax law to accelerate the depyramiding schedule from 0.5% per year to 1.0% per year, thereby speeding up the reduction of the general excise tax so that the program ends in 3 years instead of 6 years.

EDB, FIN

RELATING TO THE EXCLUSION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ROYALTIES FROM GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION.

This Act seeks to exclude proceeds from intellectual property royalties from general excise taxation.

EDB, HED, FIN

RELATING TO CAPITAL GOODS EXCISE TAX CREDIT.

Allows the use of capitalized costs to qualify for the capital goods excise tax credit.

EDB, FIN

relating to corporate income tax.

Aids corporations, small businesses, and banks by lowering the franchise and corporate income tax rates.

EDB, FIN

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED, COMMUNITY-BASED CENTER IN WAIALUA TOWN.

Appropriates funds to study the feasibility of establishing a technology-focused, community-based center in Waialua, assess community needs, and develop and implement a plan, including the purchase of computer and telecommunications equipment necessary for center operations.

EDB, FIN

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE NEW ECONOMY TRANSITION PROGRAM.

Appropriates $300,000 for FY 2001-2002 and $200,000 for FY 2002-2003 for the new economy transition program.

EDB, FIN

making an appropriation for the establishment of manufacturing extension programs.

Appropriates funds to the DBEDT for the establishment of manufacturing extension programs in Hawaii. Prohibits state funds from being made available under this Act unless matched, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by federal funds appropriated for the same purpose.

EDB, FIN

making an appropriation for pacon international.

Appropriates $50,000 to support the activities of PACON International, the Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology. Requires matching funds.

EDB, FIN

making an appropriation to recruit investment from Pacific rim countries in support of community-based economic development.

Appropriates moneys to establish a program to attract investment from Pacific Rim countries and to create a civil service exempt position in the community-based economic development program of the department of business, economic development, and tourism.

EDB, FIN

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PACIFIC BASIN ECONOMIC COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL GENERAL MEETING.

Appropriates $750,000 to the DBEDT to host the 35th International General Meeting of the Pacific Basin Economic Council.

EDB, FIN

relating to small business.

Makes the law enacting the small business regulatory flexibility act and the small business defender permanent. Moves the small business defender position to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes. Allows the small business defender to hire attorneys.

EDB, FIN

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS.

Removes the June 30, 2002, repeal date of the Hawaii Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act and makes various amendments.

EDB, FIN

RELATING TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION INDUSTRIES ACT.

Repeals the Hawaii Telecommunications and Information Industries Act because Hawaii INC, the organization established by that Act, has ceased operations.

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Requires that individuals with no health insurance to pay at the federal medical supply schedule for prescription drugs.

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.

Adds major depression to definition of serious mental illness; repeals lifetime cap of not less than two treatment episodes for alcohol or drug dependence; requires compliance with QUEST; confirms repeal date of June 30, 2003, for 2000 amendments to repeal date of chapter of July 1, 2002.

RELATING TO CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS.

Requires licensing of independent clinical social workers; protects practice of independent clinical social work; protects title of licensed clinical social workers and clinical social workers; creates board; establishes license application requirements; requires continuing education before renewal of license; exempts employed clinical social worker employed by federal, state, or county government.

RELATING TO SOCIAL WORK.

Adds to definition of practice of social work, the clinical diagnosis and psychotherapy by a clinical social worker who is both a licensed social worker and certified in clinical social work by the National Association of Social Workers or the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO NURSING HOME WITHOUT WALLS.

RELATING TO BOATING SAFETY.

Requires persons 16 years of age and under to wear life preservers on vessels underway.

RELATING TO BOATING SAFETY.

Provides for mandatory boating safety instruction as a prerequisite for vessel registration.

RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF VESSELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reduces costs and staff time involved in the disposition of unauthorized, abandoned, and derelict vessels.

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Clarifies that obtaining a loan shall not be a prerequisite to modifying to extending the term of a lease.

RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC LAND DISPOSITIONS.

Changes the public notice requirements for auctions, drawings, direct negotiation, exchanges, quit claims submerged and reclaimed lands, reservations, and easements.

RELATING TO MAJOR COMMERCIAL PUBLIC EVENTS.

Requires advance notice to the chief of police for major commercial public events.

relating to the traffic code.

Replaces current laws relating to pedestrians' rights and duties with new "pedestrians' bill of rights." Requires drivers to stop for pedestrians in intersections and crosswalks. Prohibits jaywalking when a crosswalk or intersection is nearby. Provides penalties.

relating to harbors.

Extends the vessel preferences at small boat harbors afforded to inter-island ferry services to the islands of Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu.

relating to school buses.

Restricts DOT's authority to grant exemptions to use motorcoaches rather than school buses for purposes such as obtaining extra undercarriage storage or the use of a public address system, and allows motorcoach use only when compliance with the law is impossible rather than impractical.

RELATING TO LITIGATION HIGHWAYS.

Limits the liability of the State and counties by providing that these entities do not have a duty to compensate for vehicles that are speeding more than five miles per hour faster than the speed limit or speed advisory, whichever is less, nor do these entities have a duty to compensate when vehicles are driven by intoxicated person.

RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRANSPORTAION PLANNING.

Updates statutes pertaining to statewide transportation planning to reflect the current practices and requirements.

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Authorizes and limits agency liability for rapid removal of obstructions which block or interfere with traffic or endanger public safety on state highways, and authorizes towing and other minor assistance to stranded motorists on state highways.

RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATIONAL BOATING AND COASTAL ACTIVITIES.

Transfers small boat harbors from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Transportation.

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Streamlines the process of implementing the Airports Division's capital improvement program projects by reducing redundant requirements.

RELATING TO INCREASING DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY OF PUBLIC LANDS.

Gives the Airports Division greater flexibility in the disposition of leases; subject to the approval of BLNR.