SB 3

SD1

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc. (SD1)

SB 325

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Appropriates funds to finance the costs of construction improvements and for equipping health care facilities using special purpose revenue bonds.

SB 739

RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS.

Repeals sunset provision of Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, relating to anatomical gifts, making permanent the enactments for organ and tissue education fee and Hawaii organ and tissue education special fund.

SB 740

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Statutorily establishes the public health nursing services program within the DOH.

SB 1068

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

Extends the issuance deadline for special purpose revenue bonds for the Honolulu Neighborhood Housing Services.

SB 1238

SD1

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Recognizes, establishes, and sets forth an adult's and emancipated minor's rights to make enforceable advance mental health-care directives. Repeals chapter 327F relating to medical treatment decisions of psychotic disorders. (SD1)

SB 1241

RELATING TO CANCER EXAMINATIONS.

Repeals section 321-45, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requiring hospitals to offer a uterine cytologic examination for cancer to every female in-patient twenty years of age of older unless the exam is contraindicated by attending physician or was performed within the previous year.

SB 1279

SD1

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Eliminates the timing difference between the receipt of settlement moneys from the Tobacco Master Settlement moneys from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement to better match the timing of revenues and expenses utilized. Expands the authorized uses of the funds contained in the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund to include the enforcement of tax stamp requirements. Transfers the moneys held in the Cigarette tax Stamp Enforcement Special Fund into the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund. (SD1)

SB 1357

SD1

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.

Streamlines the registration of births and deaths occurring in the State by the Department of Health. (SD1)

SB 1358

SD1

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) COMPLIANCE.

Appropriates funds for an emergency appropriation ($1,292,4390) for compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. (SD1)

SB 1367

SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Allows the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to obtain criminal history information on persons who are seeking employment in any of the corporation's facilities; allows Corporation to refuse to employ an applicant under certain circumstances. (SD1)

SB 1519

SD1

RELATING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.

Increases the percentage of tobacco settlement funds that are received by the department of health and correspondingly decreases the amount appropriated into the emergency and budget reserve fund under section 328L-3. Provides that a percentage of the amounts received by the department of health shall be used to fund operating expenditures of community health centers. (SD1)

SB 1675

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Amends the certificate of need program by, inter alia, repealing letter of intent requirement, increasing expenditure minimums; adding geriatricians as primary care clinic providers; and increasing penalties for violations.

SB 1676

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Transfers the department of health's office of health care assurance to the state health planning and development agency. Renames the state health planning and development agency to the Hawaii health performance agency.

SB 12

SD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Allows the department of education to hire attorneys other than the attorney general. Requires the department to provide a cost analysis report to the legislature prior to the convening of the regular session of 2007. (SD1)

SB 361

SD1

RELATING TO THE WEED AND SEED PROGRAM.

Establishes a temporary interdepartmental council for the purpose of managing and implementing Weed and Seed programs. Attaches the council to the lieutenant governor's office for administrative purposes. Appropriates $700,000 to the lieutenant governor for Weed and Seed programs and for grant writing services. (SD1)

SB 381

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF DAMAGES FOR HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TRUST INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS.

Appropriates funds for payments to claimants awarded damages by the Hawaiian home lands trust individual claims review panel. (SD1)

SB 474

SD1

RELATING TO THE AUDITOR.

Designates the Auditor as authorized representative of the DOE and DOH for purposes of accessing student records. Requires the office of the Auditor to develop courtesy and confidentiality protocol training for their employees. (SD1)

SB 610

SD1

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS RESOLUTION UNDER THE HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TRUST.

Replaces the individual claims review panel with a court-appointed special master to expedite the settlement of remaining claims. (SD1)

SB 611

RELATING TO COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL.

Increases the hourly rate of compensation and certain maximum fees for court appointed counsel to correspond with federal rates.

SB 635

SD1

RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES.

Establishes a problem solving courts special fund for various treatment programs as directed by the chief justice of the judiciary. Directs $5,000,000 in fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 from uncontested fines, forfeitures, assessments, and penalties for traffic infractions to the judiciary computer system special fund, and deposits the excess uncontested fines, forfeitures, assessments, and penalties for traffic infractions, grants, donations, and other funding sources into the problem solving courts special fund. (SD1)

SB 802

SD1

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Repeals minimum 5¢ per page copying fee and establishes 25¢ per page copying fee cap for government records that do not exceed 8-1/2 x 14. (SD1)

SB 1139

SD1

RELATING TO FAMILY COURT.

Increases the mandatory surcharge for parent education from $35 to $50. Repeals the discretionary $15 donation. (SD1)

SB 1142

RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.

Allows voters to register to vote on election day at the polling place for the precinct in which the voter resides. Requires proof of residency. Appropriates funds.

SB 1151

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Clarifies the lands comprising, and the revenues derived from, the public land trust under the state Constitution.

SB 1154

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Specifies that OHA is to be included with other state agencies as an agency required to reimburse the State for contributions to the employer-union health benefits trust fund.

SB 1156

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Requires OHA to establish and maintain a registry of all persons of Hawaiian ancestry, regardless of place of residence.

SB 1264

SD1

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.

Appropriates funds for payment of claims against the State, tax refunds, judgments and settlements, and other miscellaneous payments. (SD1)

SB 1333

SD1

RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

Authorizes the judicial salary commission to determine salaries for justices, judges, and appointed administrative judiciary officers effective July 1, 2004 subject to a 2/3 legislative override. (SD1)

SB 1393

SD1

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

Creates a new department of law enforcement to assume the public safety and law enforcement duties of the department of public safety. Redesignates the department of public safety as the department of corrections. Transfers department of education after-hours security contracts and library security functions to the new department of law enforcement. (SD1)

SB 1410

RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFORE.

Provides appropriations for the payment of settlements of claims against the University, for judgements, and for other miscellaneous payments.

SB 1413

RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA.

Extends the expenditure authorization for funding infrastructure improvements at Kikala-Keokea to December 31, 2004.

SB 1465

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR UNIFORM LAWS.

Appropriates funds for Hawaii's contribution to the costs of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and for related registration and travel expenses.

SB 205

SD2

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Requires public employers to provide paid leave for employees of at least eight hours per year for personal matters involving the education or health of their minor children; provided that such leave shall not be credited against vacation or sick leave benefits. (SD2)

SB 435

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.

Requires the employer-union health benefits trust fund to establish flexible health benefit option plans for retirees to select benefits coverage under separate option categories. Allows employee-beneficiaries whose spouses are not public employees or retired public employees to enroll in plans.

SB 577

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided within the employer's jurisdiction.

SB 759

SD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION BENEFITS TRUST PLAN.

Excludes the inclusion of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund administrative costs in its health benefits plan and long-term care benefits plan rates. Sunsets on July 1, 2007. (SD1)

SB 761

RELATING TO THE HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Allows the Board of Trustees for the Health Benefits Trust Fund to hire independent legal counsel.

SB 768

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Reinstates binding arbitration for bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 13.

SB 773

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

Provides for an alternate method of calculating the base period for unemployment insurance benefits.

SB 787

RELATING TO DISASTER LEAVE.

Allows certain state and county employees who are trained and experienced in disaster relief to provide such services for brief periods without loss of pay and benefits.

SB 789

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.

Extends authority of the Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund to contract for health and life insurance benefits from 7/1/03 to 7/1/04. Enables orderly transition of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to a single health benefits delivery system for public employees. Provides the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund the needed time, flexibility, and authority to develop health benefits plans and the administrative systems to manage the new program.

SB 1065

RELATING TO MANAGED COMPETITION.

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 service to be performed in-house, as appropriate.

SB 1155

SD1

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Allows trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, who were in service on July 1, 2002, with less than five years of ERS membership service and who elected to become an ERS member prior to October 1, 2002, to purchase their service credit pursuant to section 88-59(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)

SB 1312

SD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires the ERS to pay interest on the retroactive amount due retirees whose pensions are not finalized within six calendar months following the month of retirement. Authorizes the ERS to assess an employing agency a late fee for each month of delay in reporting unused sick leave balances, lump sum vacation payments and other pertinent information (e.g., breakdown of retroactive payments) needed to finalize a retiree's pension. (SD1)

SB 1332

SD1

RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

Establishes an executive salary commission to review the salaries of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the department heads of the Executive Branch, executive officers (other than the president of the University of Hawaii and the Superintendent of Education), and the deputy department heads, which are currently set by statute. Provides for the salary determinations of the commission to take effect at the beginning of the next fiscal year unless rejected by the Legislature by three-fourths vote of the members of each house of the Legislature. (SD1)

SB 1373

SD1

RELATING TO STAFFING FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS.

Provides for exempt positions to implement federally funded employment or training programs. (SD1)

SB 1438

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts.

SB 1439

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 appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining.

SB 1440

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds to pay for raises for bargaining unit 5.

SB 1441

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the state and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2003-2005.

SB 1442

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Funds all collective bargaining cost items in the arbitration award for state employees in unit 10, including excluded employees and employers assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation.

SB 1443

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit 11, Firefighters, and its excluded counterpart.

SB 1444

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 12 negotiated by the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2003-2005.

SB 1445

RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.

Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

SB 426

SD1

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to create a single Internet website comprised of data and information from all government agencies. Requires the information to be easily accessible and manipulated for analysis. (SD1)

SB 455

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE FRIENDS OF WAIPAHU CULTURAL GARDEN PARK.

Provides matching funds up to $75,000 for the plantation village programs through the Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park.

SB 1249

SD1

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GRANTS.

Expands the high technology research and development loans and grants provided by the High Technology Development Corporation, to include matching grants for companies that receive small business technology transfer grants. Appropriates moneys for the expansion. (SD1)

SB 1251

SD1

RELATING TO A STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

Assigns the functions of a chief information officer to the office of the comptroller within the department of accounting and general services. (SD1)

SB 1489

SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

Appropriates $50,000 for fiscal year 2003-2004 to the Legislative Reference Bureau for the Student Legislative Participation Pilot Project to encourage students to participate in the legislative process. (SD1)

SB 26

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS.

Transfers the responsibility for the sale and distribution of House and Senate Journals from the lieutenant governor to the legislature.

SB 44

SD1

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Provides further economic relief for airport concessionaires. (SD1)

SB 296

SD1

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Provides for mandatory ethics training for legislators, elected members of the board of education, executive department heads and deputies, and trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs.

SB 317

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE KOREAN WAR COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds for the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Korean War Commission. (SD1)

SB 318

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Requires government agencies to attempt to use a system of public-private managed competition before contracting with a private entity for services.

SB 386

RELATING TO UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

Prohibits the Governor and the Director of Finance from restricting any state agency's ability to expend federal grant moneys if already approved by the granting federal agency.

SB 464

SD1

RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIXED RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.

Requires the Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization and the city and county of Honolulu, to develop an action plan for implementation of a fixed rail transit system or monorail on Oahu. Requires the DOT to begin process of acquiring land for the system. (SD1)

SB 528

SD1

RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF COUNTY LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

Transfers lands and improvements utilized by the department of education, in the county of Hawaii, to the State. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

SB 579

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-EMERGENCY REPORT SYSTEM, KNOWN AS 3-1-1.

Appropriates funds to Honolulu police department for development costs for a 3-1-1 non-emergency report system. (SD1)

SB 880

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Transfers state capitol tour service from the Office of the Governor to the Legislature; appropriates funds.

SB 966

SD1

RELATING TO RESOURCE MAXIMIZATION.

Establishes an Office of Resource Maximization in the Lieutenant Governor's office to coordinate statewide grant writing and efforts to obtain federal and private foundation grants for all departments and state agencies, to consult with the Governor on preparing the state budget, and to provide ombudsman services to encourage partnerships between state agencies and nonprofit organizations to maximize federal funding; makes appropriation. (SD1)

SB 1050

SD1

RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.

Requires comptroller, on request of a deceased Filipino American veteran's survivor or interested party, to make payment of up to $2,500 directly to a mortuary or crematory for funeral/burial services and to transport the veteran's remains to the Philippines, upon submission of an unpaid invoice to the OVS. Appropriates $75,000 for World War II Filipino veterans. (SD1)

SB 1136

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE DRIVER'S LICENSE REVOCATION.

Removes law enforcement mileage fees from the costs covered by administrative hearing processing fees.

SB 1261

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT CARD PAYMENTS.

Allows purchases of goods and services to be made through the use of State-approved procurement cards.

SB 1347

SD1

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Removes the requirement that the precinct chair be of the same party as the governor. (SD1)

SB 1374

RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.

Allows the State Fire Council to expend federal grant money for the purpose of fire fighting training.

SB 1401

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to collect passenger facility charges revenue. Creates a passenger facility charge special fund.

SB 1404

SD1

RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.

Authorizes the counties to assess impact fees, and transfers revenues to a new state special fund, to help pay for state highway improvements that serve new or more intensive development. (SD1)

SB 1408

SD1

RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

Requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a statewide transportation plan and establishes a transportation committee. (SD1)

SB 1477

SD1

RELATING TO MUNICIPAL LEASES.

Allows the counties to lease, for a term not to exceed ninety-nine years, any plant, equipment of any waterworks, waterworks, mains or water distribution system or any related real or personal property; or any wastewater, sewer, or other waste disposal system and any related real and personal property for the collection, treatment, purification, and disposal of sewage. Allows the proceeds of any lease to be invested. Exempts property subject to any lease from State, county, and municipal taxation or fees. (SD1)

SB 1478

SD1

RELATING TO AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRES.

Requires public contracts for the operation of concessions at airports in the State to contain force majeure terms to absolve the parties of liability for failure to perform due to outside forces. Requires State to award taxicab concession for state airports to a single management company, and to authorize the management company to subcontract for operation of taxicabs at state airports. (SD1)

SB 1479

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VETERANS CEMETERIES.

Appropriates $      and $      in FY 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 for maintenance at veterans cemeteries in the City and County of Honolulu, and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. (SD1)

SB 534

SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds to the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for various agricultural research and outreach programs. (SD1)

SB 540

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Makes a grant-in-aid of $2.5 million per year for fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation for agricultural research and market development.

SB 546

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE RESEARCH.

Appropriates funds for pineapple research.

SB 643

SD1

RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING.

Establishes a moratorium on bioprospecting and a temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to address issues related to bioprospecting, including equitable benefit sharing. Appropriates funds to enable the temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to develop a comprehensive plan for the bioprospecting on trust lands. Provides that the commission shall cease to exist on June 30, 2005. Repeal 6/30/05. (SD1)

SB 719

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

Establishes reduced rates for Hawaii enterprises engaged in aquaculture as defined in section 187A-1.

SB 1066

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUEA CEMETERY.

Appropriates funds for maintenance and upkeep of Puea Cemetery in Kapalama.

SB 1076

SD1

RELATING TO NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM.

Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to designate public hunting as the primary means to control game animals in the natural area reserves system. (SD1)

SB 1255

SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS.

Amends the Marketing Order Revolving Fund by renaming it the Certification Services Revolving Fund. Transfers the unexpended balance of moneys from the Coffee Inspection Revolving Fund to the Certification Services Revolving Fund. Authorizes the Department to conduct audits and issue certificates for agricultural safety and security. Clarifies the responsibility for conducting seed certifications. (SD1)

SB 1257

RELATING TO THE IRRIGATION WATER DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FUND.

Eliminates the irrigation water development special fund.

SB 1258

RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Makes permanent the current composition of the Agribusiness Development Corporation Board.

SB 1287

RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Consolidates the Aloha Tower Development Corporation and the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

SB 1435

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Authorizes $10,000,000 in SPRBs to assist Hawaii Gold Cacao Tree, Inc. in financing the establishment of facilities to process cacao beans and manufacture cocoa by-products and chocolate on the island of Kauai.

SB 1495

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII DROUGHT PLAN.

Appropriates funds for further development and planning of the Hawaii Drought Plan.

SB 1555

RELATING TO A LAND EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

Authorizes and approves a land exchange between the State and the Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America for private lands located in Waikele, Oahu, and public lands located on Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island.

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi