RELATING TO THE UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT.

Updates securities provisions to provide greater certainty in the capital formation process involving limited offerings, and provides a new transactional exemption mirroring the federal law involving stock options as compensation.

RELATING TO TRADEMARKS.

Updates trademark statutory provisions through conformance with the Model State Trademark.

RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS.

Updates nonprofit corporations provisions with conformance to the most recent version of the Model Nonprofit Corporations Act.

RELATING TO ANTITRUST.

Establishes the Antitrust and Consumer Protection Trust Fund. Authorizes the deposit of 10 per cent of all antitrust judgments and settlements received by the State into the Trust Fund. Authorizes the deposit of up to $150,000 from the Attorney General's general fund appropriation to capitalize the Trust Fund.

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Designates as illegal any package of cigarettes that bears a brand name that is a registered trademark of a participating manufacturer and the package was imported by anyone other than the participating manufacturer. Establishes a criminal offense for any person to affix any cigarette stamp to the package of any cigarettes that are illegal or altered.

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Establishes the Cigarette Tax Stamp Enforcement Special Fund and the Cigarette Tax Stamp Administrative Special Fund. Prohibits the resale of cigarettes purchased at sales outlets operated under the regulations of the Armed Services of the United States. And creates a presumption that all cigarettes are subject to the cigarette tax. Seeks appropriations from state general revenues to pay for the initial monitoring, administration, and enforcement of the cigarette tax stamp.

relating to contractors.

Transfers responsibility for enforcing the laws regarding the owner-builder licensing exemption and registration from the Regulated Industries Complaints Office to the counties. Establishes fines for violators.

relating to captive insurance.

Amends the definition of "lease capital facility." Includes new definitions of "participant," "participant contract," "protected cell," and "sponsor." Provides that one or more sponsors may form a leased capital facility to ensure risks of its participants. Provides that the risks of participants shall be insured through participant contracts that segregate each participant's liabilities through one or more protected cells.

relating to regulatory processes.

Amends the automatic approval law by clarifying legislative intent and what permits are covered, adding definitions, allowing for conditional approvals, amending application completeness and maximum time period requirements, adding extensions, and providing for a panel of board alternates.

relating to regulatory processes.

Amends the automatic approval law by amending the definition of "application for a business or development-related permit, license, or approval" and extending the deadline for agency rulemaking. Failure to adopt rules by the new deadline will result in a one-year statutory maximum time period.

relating to planning.

Establishes a special advisor and smart growth advisory council to implement growth and development strategies to reduce the public costs of growth and preserve the character, livability, and economic productivity of established communities and rural areas.

relating to fisheries.

Permits shark fins to be harvested from sharks processed on the ship if in equivalent processed portions.

relating to special purpose revenue bonds.

Amends Act 208, SLH 2000, to amend the amount and the effective dates.

authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and making an appropriation for the PURCHASE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE molokai electric power plant site.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to purchase and redevelop the Molokai Electric Power Plant Site.

relating to special purpose revenue bonds for hi-tech hawaii, inc.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hi-Tech Hawaii, Inc. in planning, designing, and constructing a high technology research and development facility in the State.

RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Authorizes the issuance of special facility revenue bonds for the high technology development corporation.

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

Requires the Governor to prepare an organizational and functional plan (plan) for a department of technology. Requires the Governor to submit the plan no fewer than thirty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002.

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

Includes the Governor's Special Advisor on Technology Development on the High Technology Development Corporation, the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, and the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.

RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Repeals the financial Services Assistance Program which was established to attract a Hawaii-based stock exchange.

relating to subsidies.

Requires recipients of state or county business subsidies (grants, low interest loans, tax reductions, etc.) to file a public annual report specifying the amount of the subsidy, the public purpose to be served, number and quality of jobs to be generated, etc. Failure to meet goals may result in repayment.

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Allows persons applying for certain Federal benefits to directly obtain certified copies of their former spouse's marriage or divorce certificates in support of their application. Calls for increases in the fees for certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates issued by DOH from $10 to $15 for the first copy issued and from $4 to $5 for each copy issued thereafter.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Allows the Hawaii Health Care System Corporation to enhance the community network of health care facilities throughout the state by building on the strengths of the individuals facilities, designing services more suited to meet the health care needs of the specific communities in a timely fashion, while maintaining quality standards of care.

RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING PROGRAM.

Establishes mandatory hearing impairment screening for newborn infants.

RELATING TO BIRTH DEFECTS.

Establishes a birth defect program in the DOH and establishes a funding mechanism for this program.

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING.

Deletes the requirement that individuals who are to be tested for substance abuse be given a "medication" disclosure form.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Makes an appropriation to the disability and communication access board to administer a program to provide an equitable distribution to the counties to cover the costs of administering volunteer disabled parking programs.

RELATING TO BIRTH DEFECTS.

RELATING TO A SENTENCING SIMULATION MODEL.

Appropriates state matching funds of $47,177 for fiscal year 2001-2002 to develop, implement, and maintain a sentencing simulation model in the State.

RELATING TO HURRICANE SHELTERS.

Allows the State and counties to designate buildings that shall comply with hurricane shelter resistance criteria.

RELATING TO THE KAHULUI ARMORY.

Transfers control of Kahului Armory to the Office of Veterans' Services for use as a veterans' center after the Department of Defense moves out. Establishes a veterans' center revolving fund to pay for repair and maintenance of the facility.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii National Guard to enable its members who self report their drug use to receive drug treatment.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIAL WORKER POSITIONS.

Appropriation for the establishment of three full-time social worker IV positions.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY.

Changes the composition of the Hawaii paroling authority to consist of three full-time members, rather than one full-time and two part-time members. Appropriates funds.

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE.

Requires that the Department of Public Safety test all inmates for hepatitis C.

RELATING TO DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION ASSESSMENTS.

Makes the drug demand reduction assessments special fund permanent.

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds for Department of Public Safety's drug treatment programs statewide.

RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE SEAWEED.

Allows the Director of Public Safety, with the approval of the Governor, to enter into an agreement with the mayor of a county to use inmate labor from a community correctional center to remove nuisance seaweed from the shoreline and nearshore waters of the State.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds for 6 public safety positions at Hawaii State Hospital.

RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

Repeals the sunset provision that repeals Act 278, SLH 1999, on July 1, 1999.

RELATING TO ACT 278, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999.

Prevents inadvertent repeal of crime victim compensation fund by adding reenactment language to law that was amended by law amending the crime victim compensation special fund, and scheduled to "drop dead".

RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING.

Provides net energy metering for eligible customer-generators.

RELATING TO DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC GENERATION.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to lift regulatory barriers to interconnection with the existing electric grid, and encourage the establishment of new electric generation facilities, including renewable facilities, by adopting and implementing uniform technical standards, standard interconnection agreement practices and terminology, and standard conditions for interconnection.

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop and adopt a standard power purchase contract for the purchase of electricity by public utilities from nonfossil fuel producers.

RELATING TO RECYCLING.

Short form bill relating to recycling.