AGR - Agriculture

HSH - Human Services and Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce

JHA - Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs

EDB - Economic Development and

LAB - Labor and Public Employment

Business Concerns

LMG - Legislative Management

EDN - Education

PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs

EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection

TAC - Tourism and Culture

FIN - Finance

TRN - Transportation

HED - Higher Education

WLU - Water and Land Use

HLT - Health

HOUSE BILLS

Committee

H.B. NO.

24

MAKING APPROPRIATIONs FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for the HGEA bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 13. Includes appropriation for employees excluded from collective bargaining.

FIN

365

relating to agricultural commodity damage.

Establishes that any person who intentionally damages an agricultural commodity known to be part of a product development program shall be liable to damages in the amount of twice the actual damage costs.

AGR/HED,JHA

597

RELATING TO TRAVEL SERVICES.

Provides the bases for denial of registration. Imposes record keeping requirements for client trust accounts. Clarifies registration requirements.

CPC/JHA

888

relating to hawaiian language immersion program.

Creates standards for the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program

EDN,JHA,FIN

952

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Deregulates all state-regulated aspects of commercial trucking only. Does not deregulate jitneys, tour buses, or other motor carriers of passengers.

TRN,CPC,FIN

1131

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY APPRAISALS.

Requires, in a leasehold renegotiation, that a rent based on fair market value shall apply even if the value is lower than the existing rent and the contract bars the lowering of rent upon renegotiation.

CPC

1256

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.

Imposes beverage container requirements and fees. Requires beverage distributors to register with the State. Establishes the beverage container deposit special fund. Provides for the redemption of empty beverage containers. Provides requirements for recycling facilities and redemption centers.

EEP/EDB,JHA, FIN

1309

relating to special purpose revenue bonds.

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

EDB/WLU,FIN

1470

relating to taxation.

Levies a surtax on the gain from the sale or exchange of affected property in the State within two years of purchase.

WLU/HSH,FIN

1543

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.

Deregulates all state-regulated aspects of motor carriers, except the regulation of motor carrier safety.

TRN,CPC,FIN

1546

relating to special number plates for disabled veterans.

Provides for special number license plates for disabled veterans.

TRN,FIN

1596

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.

EEP,FIN