RELATING TO PUBLICATON OF NOTICE.

Redefines "government agency" for purposes of the public notice requirement by not including the counties except for state procurement code and purchase of health and human services. The redefinition would allow counties to select its own rather than a state-selected publication in which to place a public notice.

RELATING TO FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.

Broadens recovery of false claims to the State to include the counties.

RELATING TO INSPECTIONS BY THE COUNTY FIRE CHIEF OR THE CHIEF'S DESIGNEES.

Authorizes a county fire chief's designees to inspect, investigate, and examine any building that the fire chief is authorized to inspect, investigate, and examine.

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Replaces the term "law enforcement officer" for "peace officer".

A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS.

Conforms amendments relating to revocation of motor vehicle registrations for repeat intoxicated drivers under ADLR proceedings with amendments that consolidate and conform offenses relating to operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.

RELATING TO CIVIL LIABILITY.

Provides the means to expedite the dismissal of a lawsuit against a person for exercising the right to petition, including informing, seeking relief, or otherwise participating in the process of government.

RELATING TO RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

Clarifies that attorneys fees and costs may not be awarded to the plaintiff in an unfair trade practice suit brought by the State or a county; allows threefold compensatory damages for injuries sustained to property from unfair or deceptive trade practices; requires that consent decrees entered into before the filing of an action do not become final until 60 days from the filing of the consent judgment or decree or until final determination of exceptions.

HB 1529

HD1

RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION.

Authorizes citizen suits in water pollution enforcement.

RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX LAW.

Redefines cooler beverage to mean any liquor containing less than 7% of alcohol by volume and blending material.

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.

Creates a new felony for sale or manufacturer of deceptive identification documents.

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Creates a class C felony offense for the manufacture or sale of false identification to a person under the age of 21.

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS.

Creates the offense of sale or manufacture of deceptive identification document as a class C felony.

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.

Requires driver's licenses and state ID cards to electronically imprint the licensee's or cardholder's date of birth to prevent alteration.

RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION.

Requires the department of the attorney general to accept an unexpired United States passport in lieu of a certified birth certificate to prove that an applicant is a US citizen or national.

RELATING TO HANDGUNS.

Establishes a handgun safety performance standard commission to adopt a safety performance standard for manufacture of all handguns. Prohibits any handgun not meeting this standard after 12/31/06.

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Prohibits the transfer of firearms without trigger locks. Authorizes the use of trigger locks in storing firearms near minors.

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Extends period after which firearms seized in domestic violence situations can be returned from 7 working days to 14 days.

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Excludes defibrillators used in emergency medical situations from definition of "electric gun" and removes exclusion of electric livestock prod from same definition. Exempts law enforcement officers from laws governing carrying, owning, and licensing of firearms.

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Details the circumstances under which and the persons to whom, the chiefs of police shall issue licenses to carry a concealed firearm; details processes for license applications, renewals, and record keeping; specifies instances where carrying concealed weapons and firearms is strictly prohibited.

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Removes the expedited sentencing program's pilot project status by repealing the sunset date and the yearly reporting requirements.

RELATING TO ACT 316, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1993, AS AMENDED BY ACT 157, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1995.

Prevents inadvertent repeal of probation laws by adding reenactment language to laws that were amended by laws establishing the expedited sentencing program, and scheduled to "drop dead".

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKING GROUP.

Appropriates funds to continue the efforts of the domestic violence working group in examining the criminal justice response to domestic violence, identifying programs, and proposing, facilitating, and coordinating the implementation of effective solutions.

RELATING TO COURTS.

Requires judges who handle family law and domestic abuse cases to undergo education in subjects relevant to issues and problems unique to those cases; appropriates funds to implement the program.

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Provides victims of domestic violence with the right to be notified by the defendant's probation officer when (1) the defendant violates any term or condition of probation; or (2) the probation officer has any information that relates to the safety and welfare of the victim.

RELATING TO ASSAULT.

Increases penalties for assault when committed against a pregnant person.

RELATING TO CRIME.

Establishes interference with the reporting of an emergency or crime as a petty misdemeanor.

RELATING TO AWARDING CUSTODY AND VISITATION.

Requires written order with reasons for decision in awarding custody to person against whom there is evidence of family violence.

RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Authorizes dismissal without hearing of certain applications to modify terms of existing protective orders.

RELATING TO PROMOTING CHILD ABUSE.

Expands definition of the acts constituting promoting of child abuse in the first degree. Increases penalty for promoting of child abuse in the 2nd degree to a class B felony.

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION REGARDING AN EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND.

Proposes to establish a fund for emergency and budget reserve purposes and to clarify that appropriations to the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund are excluded from the general fund expenditure ceiling and that appropriations from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund are included.

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SENATE OR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Proposes an amendment to Article III, section 6, of the State Constitution to require that, prior to filing nomination papers for the primary election, a candidate for state legislative office shall be a qualified voter in the district that the candidate seeks to represent.

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH 2002 AND EVERY TENTH YEAR THEREAFTER AS REAPPORTIONMENT YEARS AND TO REQUIRE THAT STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS BE REAPPORTIONED INTO MULTI-MEMBER DISTRICTS.

Amends the State Constitution to establish the year 2002 and every 10th year thereafter as reapportionment years and to require the representatives' districts to be reapportioned into 24 2-member districts, and 1 3-member district.

RELATING TO REAPPORTIONMENT.

Directs the reapportionment commission to implement multimember.

RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.

Restricts the holding of movable signs by pedestrians in certain public highway locations.

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE.

Increases the annual allowance of each member of the legislature from $5,000 to $7,500.

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Increases the legislator's per diem allowance to $120 for intrastate travel. Ties the legislator's per diem allowance for out-of-state travel to the Federal Travel Regulation and foreign travel to section 925, a supplement to the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas).

RELATING TO SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to track and monitor submission of annual and other reports to the legislature. Requires agencies to submit summary or highlights of each report, and post electronic copy of report on agency's website.

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Transfers the responsibility for the sale and distribution of legislative publications from the Lieutenant Governor to the legislature.

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION.

Provides that a reasonable fee may be charged by the legislature for providing "subscription service" to requesters--printed sets of bills, resolutions, committee reports, hearing notices, orders of the day, referral sheets, and other legislative records.

REQUESTING A STUDY TO ASCERTAIN WHAT LAWS, RULES, OR OTHER MEASURES MAY BE PUT IN PLACE TO ADDRESS POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH.

Establishes a comprehensive school health system that promotes the healthy development of all students and a comprehensive school health program. Convenes a joint planning committee to coordinate a phased implementation of the program.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SUPPORT PROGRAM.

Appropriates $______ for positions in the comprehensive school support system.

RELATING TO HEALTH.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR REGISTRAR POSITIONS AND NECESSARY CONSULTANT SERVICES AND GOODS.

Appropriates funds to the DOE for full-time registrar positions, and for necessary consultant services and goods.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes the Pearl City High School cultural center reserve account in the state treasury. Requires moneys in the reserve account to be used for the repair and maintenance of the cultural center, including the purchase of equipment and supplies. Transfers excess moneys to the state general fund.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the DOE, beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, to operate an elementary school, grades kindergarten to 6, for gifted and talented students in the Pearl City High School complex.

RELATING TO CYBERSPACE ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMIES.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to establish an academy relating to cyberspace entrepreneurs in the public school system.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LAPTOPS FOR LEARNING.

Makes appropriation for the laptops for learning program.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INTERACTIVE LEARNING.

Appropriates funds for an interactive learning program for use by the Department of Education.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for an auditor position in the Board of Education.

RELATING TO THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS.

Establishes the school-level minor repairs and maintenance revolving fund to provide moneys for school-level minor repairs and maintenance accounts. Allows an individual whose state income tax liability for any taxable year is $2 or more to designate $2 of the same to be paid over to the revolving fund.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to make the Department of Education a political subdivision headed by the Board of Education, and gives the board the authority to enact an education excise tax.

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.

Places direct responsibility of payment of lessor's costs upon the lessees when an abandonment of eminent domain proceedings by the Housing and Community Development corporation of Hawaii is due to a lessee's inability, failure, or refusal to comply with Statutory provisions or to purchase the leased fee interest condemned.

RELATING TO THE FEE SIMPLE RESIDENTIAL REVOLVING FUND.

Requires participating lessees to pay for direct costs and specifies the Fee Simple Residential Revolving Fund pays for indirect costs incurred through the administration of the Land Reform Program.

RELATING TO HOMELESS PROGRAMS.

Removes the requirement that the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii ensure that a compliance audit by an independent auditing agency is done once each fiscal biennium period.

RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

Clarifies the distinction between the Department's authority to require an agreement that future grants of assistance will constitute an agreement or lien against a claimant's interest in real property, and the agreement or lien against real property where a claimant is an inpatient.

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Provides that of the twenty-five per cent that is paid into the rental housing trust fund from the taxes collected from the conveyance tax, one-half is to be used for the homeless assistance program under the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii. Appropriates funds out of the rental housing trust fund to the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii to operate the women and families shelter under the Institute for Human Services, Inc.

RELATING TO YOUTH.

Provides for the establishment of one or more community youth investment demonstration projects in Hawaii's counties to reduce juvenile incarceration, teach youth accountability to victims and the community, and invest in early intervention and prevention.

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 ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

Establish a chief Information Officer (CIO) within the Office of the Governor on a special and temporary basis.

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Transfers the Deferred Compensation program to the Employees' Retirement System.

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Clarifies forfeiture provisions for retirees who return to work after receiving the special retirement incentive benefit under Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000.

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Clarifies that there are four retirement options in the Noncontributory Plan.

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires all new pension recipients to have their payments directly deposited into an account at a financial institution.

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Changes the salary growth assumption rate to ___ per cent effective _________.

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Increases Board membership from eight to nine members to include a fourth citizen trustee and authorize the Governor to appoint the chairperson of the board of trustees.

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Allows deputy sheriffs the same retirement benefits as police officers and firefighters.

RELATING TO PENSIONERS' BONUS.

Reinstates pensioners' bonuses provided to retirants of the employees' retirement system.

RELATING TO PENSIONERS' SPECIAL COMPENSATION.

Amends the employees' retirement system law to provide for special compensation to pensioners.

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Provides a military service credit of up to 4 years to qualified retirants of the ERS.

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.

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.

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL FEES.

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

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HONOLULU SYMPHONY.

Appropriates money for upcoming biennium for Honolulu Symphony to restore education programs and the Ohana Concert Series.

RELATING TO ANCILLARY FACILITIES FOR THE STATE ART MUSEUM IN THE NO. 1 CAPITOL DISTRICT BUILDING.

Provides funding mechanisms for ancillary improvements and programs for the proposed state art museum in the No. 1 Capitol District building.

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM, OAHU.

Authorizes the issuance of, and appropriate, $5,000,000 in general obligation bonds for each of the fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 to support the relocation of Bishop Museum.

relating to aquarium.

Requires the board of land and natural resources to develop a request for proposals for competitive sealed proposals to construct, design, improve, operate, maintain, and manage a world-class aquarium in the State.

relating to the Korean centennial celebration commission.

Appropriates $250,000 to the Korean Centennial Celebration Commission.

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Expands the Hawaii film office to promote and assist in the development of the film, video, music, arts and entertainment sectors of the internet industry.

making an appropriation for the maui arts and CULTURAL center.

Appropriates $250,000 to the Maui Arts and Cultural Center and its work in arts education with Maui Community College and the Department of Education.

HB 503

RELATING TO STATE LEASES.

WLU/AGR, FIN

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Science Technology Innovations in financing the capitol costs related to the relocation to, and construction of, a new facility in Kakaako.

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST ADTECH.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Adtech in financing the capital costs related to the relocation to, and construction of, a new facility in Kakaako.

RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Provides a funding mechanism that directly links the state park system's operating and maintenance expenditures to income derived from tourists.

RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

Consolidates the Aloha Tower Development Corporation and the Barber's Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission into the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA).

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT.

Makes an appropriation for a grant writer/public information officer in the division of conservation and resources enforcement to seek external grants for additional enforcement and educate the community.

HB 505

WLU, FIN

A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND USE.

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 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.

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.

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

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

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.

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.

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.