SB 2729

SD2

RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION.

Replaces references to chapters 415 and 415B (previous Business Corporation and Nonprofit Corporation Acts, respectively), with references to chapters 414 and 414D (new Business and Nonprofit Corporation Acts, respectively). Clarifies that business entity fees may be adjusted without regard to rulemaking.

SB 2732

SD1

RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION.

Updates the State's business registration laws to reflect modern business practices and department filing procedures.

SB 2730

SD1

RELATING TO MERGERS.

Expands and clarifies business merger laws.

SB 2093

SD1

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Prohibits insurance fraud in health insurance provided by accident and sickness insurance contracts, mutual benefit societies through medical indemnity or hospital service associations, and HMOs. Exempts insurance company investigators from criminal liability.

SB 233

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC.

Clarifies the practice of chiropractic to include referrals for laboratory tests, physical therapy, and massage therapy; clarifies articulations and manipulative therapies; defines "extraspinal"; and clarifies violations and penalties.

SB 2094

SD2

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT.

Removes sunset of Health Insurance Reimbursement Act; clarifies that a notice to a provider of a denied or contested claim is not required if the entity provides a monthly reimbursement report to the provider; requires entity to provide to providers a system to verify enrollee eligibility; limits the requirement of paying interest for interest accruals of at least $2; defines "clean claim".

SB 2733

SD2

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends the insurance code for internal consistency based upon enactment of the producer licensing law. Reinstates licensing scheme for managing general agents that was inadvertently repealed in Act 216, SLH 2001.

SB 2883

SD1

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Authorizes motor vehicle rental companies to sell insurance under a limited license.

SB 2723

SD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

Merges the Insurance Regulation Fund into the Compliance Resolution Fund.

SB 2743

RELATING TO CENTRAL SERVICE EXPENSES.

Deletes from the list of funds exempt from central service assessment the Compliance Resolution Fund (CRF) and the Insurance Regulation Fund (IRF).

SB 2724

SD2

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE.

Reduces regulatory requirements for limited-equity housing cooperatives. Revises the licensure requirements for out-of-state real estate licensees who have previously met equivalent pre-licensing requirements by authorizing the Commission to enter into formal license reciprocity or recognition agreements. Streamlines regulatory requirements for condominium managing agents.

SB 2885

SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides that a segregation of taxable income by a wireline telecommunications services provider is valid if not in conflict with tax rules. Effective July 1, 2050.

SB 2582

RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.

Increases the minimum allocation to the captive insurance administrative fund from $250,000 to $1.5 million. Eliminates the premium tax rate differential between pure captives and other captives. Establishes a declining premium tax rate schedule for all classes of captives.

SB 3040

SD2

RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.

Clarifies confidential treatment requirements of captive insurance companies; effective July 1, 2050.

SB 3031

SD1

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.

Replaces article 1 of UCC with new article 1; makes conforming amendments.

SB 2289

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Gives a board of directors of a condominium association the authority to install telecommunications equipment; and to change current equipment due to changes in technologies or economic considerations.

SB 2341

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Requires that condominium property regimes located in special flood hazard areas be covered under a policy of flood insurance that complies with the National Flood Insurance Program and the Federal Insurance Administration.

SB 2290

SD1

RELATING TO INDEPENDENT BILL REVIEWERS.

Expands the types of credentials that may be substituted for domiciliary, experiential, educational, and examination requirements by an applicant for independent bill reviewer licensing.

SB 2725

RELATING TO NATUROPATHY.

Revises the accrediting standards for approved naturopathic schools to eliminate adverse consequences on applicants for licensure.

SB 2728

SD1

RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES.

Makes a housekeeping amendment to provision relating to the voluntary termination of an escrow depository by eliminating redundancy.

SB 2734

SD1

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.

Reduces regulatory requirements for commercial employment agencies by eliminating the requirement to license branch offices, exempting employer paid fee agencies from having to post a bond, and eliminating the requirement of employment agencies filing a yearly schedule of placement fees.

SB 2468

SD1

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Lowers the contract price threshold for the requirement of a contractor's license from $1,000 to $500.

HCR 29

HD1

REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE THE HAWAII PREPAID HEALTH CARE ACT, CHAPTER 393, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET

Adjusts and reprioritizes State funding for fiscal biennium (FB) 2001-2003 based on November 2001 Council on Revenues estimates, by adjusting fiscal year (FY) 2002-2003 operating budget funding priorities; adjusting non-general fund authorizations; and adjusting and authorizing capital improvement projects for FB 2001-2003.

HB 2300

HD1

(HSCR 342-02)

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

SB 2375

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO HIRE SECURITY GUARDS AND TO PURCHASE SECURITY CAMERAS FOR SENIOR AND DISABLED RESIDENCE COMPLEX.

Appropriates funds for security measures at State senior and disabled residence complex.

SB 2411

SD2

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MARKETING OF HAWAII PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

Appropriates an unspecified amount to DBEDT to market Hawaii products and services.

SB 2412

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates $           to extend the economic development program of the small business development center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

SB 2540

SD2

RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for the Community-Based Economic Development Program of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

SB 2239

SD2

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OCEANIC INSTITUTE.

Appropriates funds for projects to support the work of the Oceanic Institute, to be expended by the Department of Agriculture.

SB 2912

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION.

Makes an appropriation to promote and market major aquaculture, algae, marine products, and research in biotechnology.

SB 2609

SD1

RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Expands the definition of "call center" to include a business providing customer and technical support services to disease management services. Defines "disease management services".

SB 2383

SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.

Expands the definition of "qualified hotel facility" to include property on which commercial or recreational use is permitted and offsite improvements necessary to service destination resort areas.

SB 2829

SD1

RELATING TO TAXATION OF PERSONS WITH IMPAIRED SIGHT OR HEARING OR WHO ARE TOTALLY DISABLED THAT ARE ENGAGED IN BUSINESS.

Provides the same general excise tax benefits to persons with impaired sight, hearing, or who are totally disabled regardless of the entity in which they choose to do business.

SB 2831

SD1

RELATING TO AN EXTENSION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Extends the benefits of the nonrefundable 4% residential construction and remodeling income tax credit to costs incurred to December 31, _____. Act 10, Third Special Session applies the credit to costs incurred before July 1, 2002.

SB 2907

SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a tax credit for qualified investment at Ko Olina Resort and Marina.

SB 3021

SD2

RELATING TO MOTION PICTURE AND FILM PRODUCTION.

SB 2810 SD2

RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF LANDOWNER FOR SAFE HARBOR AGREEMENTS AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS.

Clarifies the definition of landowner eligible for coverage under safe harbor agreements and habitat conservation plans. Establishes consistent standards and processes for both public and private lands; clarifies that confidentiality protection is for private lands.

SB 2003 SD1

RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION.

Requires all state agencies to: (1) designate an unspecified portion of maintenance budgets for water conservation retrofitting; and (2) comply with requests b y county water boards for voluntary reductions of water consumption.

SB 2802 SD2

RELATING TO LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCERS.

Allows the BLNR to lease public lands to renewable energy producers through direct negotiation.

SB 2238 SD1

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

Authorizes the issuance of $50,000,000 in SPRBs for Wailuku River Hydroelectric Power Company, Inc.

SB 2812 SD1

RELATING TO NONCOMMERCIAL PIERS.

Authorizes the BLNR to lease, by direct negotiation and with recourse to public auction, State submerged lands for private nonresidential noncommercial piers.

SB 2795 SD1

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Expands the DLNR's authority to possess or use chemicals and electrofishing devices that would normally be unlawful, when no other reasonable alternative is appropriate; expands the department's authority to permit non-consumptive activities that are otherwise prohibited by law; and clarifies that permits issued for chemicals and electrofishing devices include possession or use of such devices.

SB 2794 SD1

RELATING TO SECTION 17 OF ACT 85, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999.

Makes permanent certain statutory revisions to fishing laws temporarily enacted through Act 85, session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 1999. Allows the department to amend rules without amending statues.

SB 2309 SD1

(SSCR 2471)

RELATING TO WATERCRAFT.

Requires watercraft to have on board a properly functioning Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon ("EPIRB") or VHF-FM radio when watercraft is beyond one mile of shore.

SB 313

SD2

RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

Repeals the June 30, 2002 sunset date of the law authorizing the establishment of the Air Carrier Commission. Repeals the June 30, 1993, collateral deposit deadline for loan guarantees.

SB 410

SD3

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Repeals the requirement that the registered, but not legal owner of a vehicle being shipped interisland, provide the carrier with the legal owner's written consent. Requires the carrier to maintain records of the vehicle's shipment, including the vehicle's identification number, for a minimum of three years.

SB 2137

SD1

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Raises the child passenger restraint tax credit from $25 to $______ and expands the credit to include booster seats.

SB 2277

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES.

Allows veterans to select more than one category of war or conflict with the use of decal stickers as an option to permanent imprint on license plate.

SB 2306

SD2

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes a passenger facility charge not to exceed $4.50 for each overseas or international passenger who uses a state airport.

TRN, FIN

SB 2307

RELATING TO EVIDENCE.

Amends law to ensure that Hawaii courts admit photogrammetric analysis of electronic photographs.

SB 2321

RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY.

Increases the age of mandatory child safety seat usage from 4 to 8 years old.

SB 2330

SD1

RELATING TO WHARFAGE FEES.

Exempts interstate and intrastate shipping cargo from wharfage fees at intermediate ports within the State.

SB 2335

RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Eliminates requirement that neighborhood electric vehicles display slow moving vehicle emblem.

SB 2337

SD2

RELATING TO RACING ON HIGHWAYS.

Provides different categories of penalties for those with prior convictions for racing; increases fines; requires forfeiture of vehicles for third offenses.

SB 2422

SD2

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.

Lengthens the time required between certain motor vehicle inspections. Exempts vehicles less than two years old from inspection.

SB 2837

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.

Specifies that a person who refuses a test for intoxication is ineligible for a conditional driving permit under administrative driver revocation.

SB 3049

SD2

RELATING TO BONDS.

Authorizes revenue bonds for facilities for a ferry system between Iroquois Point and Ford Island to Aloha Tower and Hilton Hawaiian Village Pier.

SSCR 2602

Provides a consistent fee structure for permits relating to burial and disinterment administered by the DOH. Provides funds to help automate and modernize the process of registering death events. Provides a more streamline, efficient and convenient process for registering and recording births and deaths occurring in the State.

SSCR 2603

Creates a task force to explore different options to have access to vital statistic records to prove ancestry. Appropriates funds to be used to receive matching funds.

Requires hospitals to provide security of personal effects belonging to a patient that are necessary for the patients' health and well-being, including dentures, glasses, hearing aids, walking devices and prostheses.

Authorizes the department to assist in the implementation of a statewide poison information program.

Allows a person, a person's guardian, or agent, or surrogate with legal authority, to make health-care decisions on behalf of the person to allow withholding cardiac resuscitation and artificial breathing or to revoke CCO-DNR documents.

Establishes the Hawaii birth defects program and registry.

SB 2770 SD2

Establishes the public health nursing services special fund for case management services in the public health nursing branch program to receive and expend Medicaid funds for medically fragile children; appropriates revenues from special fund for case management services & staff training in case management services.

Establishes the offense of sexual exploitation of a minor. Authorizes action against a license and property forfeiture based upon a conviction of this offense, creates offense of failure to maintain age verification records of exotic dancers.

SB 2768 SD1

Adds the requirements of the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act rules to the design requirements for State and county construction projects; clarifies application of state law to federal projects.