RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires electric utility companies to establish additional renewable portfolio standard goals; requests the public utility commission to study the feasibility of implementing a rate structure to encourage the use of renewable energy and an incentives program to reward electric utility companies meeting renewable portfolio standard goals.

RELATING TO CONSUMERS.

Amends the proposed maximum pre-tax wholesale and retail price of regular unleaded gasoline by determining the baseline price according to the national spot price, and establishes maximum pre-tax wholesale and retail prices for mid-grade and premium gasoline. Provides tax credit for development of fuel storage terminal.

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

Allows local exchange carriers to elect alternate form of regulation, including its rates, terms, and conditions for its retail services. Allows for specified rate increases and decreases. Allows for rate adjustments or recover changes in costs or in revenues because of an exogenous event.

RELATING TO PENSION PLANS.

Protects 401(k) and 408A pension plans from attachment, execution, seizure, and operation of bankruptcy laws.

RELATING TO LIQUOR TAXES.

Clarifies definition of cooler beverage for purposes of liquor tax law.

RELATING TO ALIEN INSURERS.

Establishes Hawaii as a port of entry for alien insurers.

RELATING TO INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPACT.

Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Interstate Insurance Compact while exempting long term care insurance from the provisions of the compact.

RELATING TO DENTAL INSURANCE.

Delays the repeal of Act 132, SLH 2001, as amended by Act 219, SLH 2002, and Act 128, and allows the Insurance Division to continue liquidation efforts in the Hawaii Dental Health Plan cax.

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSING.

Allows the Real Estate Commission to enter into formal license recognition agreements with other states and jurisdictions recognized by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials.

RELATING TO ABANDONED APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES.

Clarifies that licensing application will be considered abandoned if it is not completed and the required documents and other information are not submitted to DCCA within 2 years from the last date documents or information were requested or submitted.

RELATING TO THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE DETECTIVES AND GUARDS.

Revises licensing requirements for private detectives and guards.

RELATING TO COSMETOLOGY LICENSE RESTORATION.

Allows the restoration of a cosmetology license beyond the current 3 year period, provided that the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology considers and approves of the restoration.

RELATING TO THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEVATOR MECHANICS.

Aligns training requirements for licensure of elevator mechanics with federal and state apprenticeship standards by increasing licensing requirements from 2 to 4 years.

RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

Exempts member owned utility consumer cooperatives from unclaimed property law.

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Establishes rate regulation for liability insurance that covers the construction industry and developers.

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

Shortens from 30 days to 15 days both the length of time that a motor vehicle insurer must continue coverage after the insurer cancels a motor vehicle insurance policy and the notice period that the insurer must provide an insured before the insurer may cancel the policy. Specifies that cancellations are for nonpayments of premiums.

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

RELATING TO CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITIONS.

Provides issuing public corporations more authority and flexibility in responding to information statements filed with the corporation.

RELATING TO SECURITIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

Authorizes the use of certificates of deposit issued through the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service to secure public funds.

RELATING TO EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS.

Creates an exemption from the general excise tax for a management company that contracts to provide managerial and operational services to related companies that engage in the provision of medical services in order to facilitate the creation of an employee stock ownership plan.

RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Removes provisions that restrict telecommunications from being designated a qualified business for enterprise zone purposes.

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

Requires that every administrative rule conforms to its related statute; provides for the automatic repeal of administrative rules effective 180 days after the repeal of the related statute or ordinance; expands scope of the small business regulatory review board's annual evaluation report.

RELATING TO THE CAPITAL LOAN PROGRAM.

Eliminates the provision which repeals the Capital Loan Revolving fund, and maintains the moneys in the Fund for the continuance of the program.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Repeals a section of Act 178, SLH 2003 which eliminates the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation Revolving Fund to allow continued investment activity by the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation.

RELATING TO LICENSING.

Allows brewpubs to sell product for consumption off-premises.

HB 2034

HD1

RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING.

Prohibits the sale or transfer of biological resources and biological diversity and establishes 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 public lands. Provides that the commission shall cease to exist on June 30, 2007. Repeal 6/30/07.

Decision making to follow.

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Implements short form bill relating to economic development.

RELATING TO BUSINESS PRACTICES.

Implements short form bill relating to business practices.

RELATING TO TAXES.

Provides a tax credit for companies that implement employee assistance programs.

RELATING TO TAXES.

Adds a new income tax credit for taxpayers with employee worksite wellness programs.

RELATING TO CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.

Proposes a 20% refundable tax credit for scientific research by qualified research and development companies. Clarifies the existing investment tax credit. Extends the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit. Proposes to establish a 20% business-research institute tax credit. Creates the Hawaii Private Investment Fund Program to increase the availability of equity and debt capital for the emerging, expanding, and restructuring enterprises. Appropriates $20 million from the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation revolving fund for the operation of Program.

RELATING TO CAPITAL FORMATION.

Adopts new capital formation incentives.

RELATING TO CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY.

Establishes safeguards to encourage corporate accountability and provides mechanisms to ensure efficient use of state funds given to corporations in the form of economic incentives.

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Appropriates $ in FY 2004-2005 to DOH and $ to DHS to reimburse family caregivers who provide at-home care to qualified relatives. Sets eligibility and uses of reimbursement. Requires DHS and DOH to adopt rules.

HSH/HLT, FIN

RELATING TO QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.

Provides income tax credit for investments in qualified mental health centers using new treatment modalities in decreasing percentages beginning in the year the investment is made and for the following four years. Requires certification from director of health. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/2003.

RELATING TO KALAUPAPA SETTLEMENT.

Requires the Department of Health to track Kalaupapa Settlement patient and non-patient costs separately and to submit an annual report to the Legislature to report initiatives and improvements.

HLT, FIN

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST ST. FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF HAWAII AND ITS AFFILIATES.

Issues special purpose revenue bonds to assist St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and its affiliates in financing the construction, improvement, and equipment of health care facilities.

RELATING TO THE SALE OF STERILE SYRINGES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE.

Makes permanent the provisions of Act 292, SLH 2001, to allow the continued sale of syringes for the prevention of disease.

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Clarifies that private pay patients are eligible to receive continuing day services from the DOH's adult mental health division on a voluntary basis if they pay in full the graduated charges established and imposed by the director of health. Appropriates $      in FY 2004-2005.

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KULAMALU LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY AND ADULT DAY CARE FACILITY IN KULA, MAUI.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the design, land acquisition, and construction of the Kulamalu Long-Term Care Facility in Kula, Maui.

RELATING TO NURSES.

Makes permanent the board of nursing's power to grant prescriptive authority to qualified advanced practice nurses. Requires board to designate the applicable formularies and to establish an advisory committee to advise on the formularies.

RELATING TO AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.

Provides immunity from liability for those who administer free AED programs; provides immunity for any person responsible for the site where an AED is located; clarifies that immunity for AED-trained individuals applies to any AED device, regardless of its location.

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

Adds language to Act 174, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003; appropriates funds pursuant to Act 174 to advance the development toward early detection and treatment of skin cancer.

HLT, FIN

RELATING TO MEDICAL BOARD DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

Expands the choices of disciplinary sanctions the Board of Medical Examiners may impose by adding the sanctions of censure and reprimand.

HLT, CPC

RELATING TO BOTTLED WATER.

Removes certain conditions and controls for producing bottled water, including the prohibition of transporting or storing bottled water in bulk tanks and the requirement of dedicated lines for the production of bottled water.

HB 2074

RELATING TO PENALTIES OF HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION LAWS.

Ensures that allowable waivers or reductions of penalties for small businesses will not apply to any laws protecting the environment or cultural resources.

RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.

Authorizes the Director of Health to regulate the discharge of fugitive dust both within and beyond a property lot line.

HB 2966

HD1

RELATING TO ELECTRICITY.

Allows government agencies to engage in wheeling, a concept in which electricity generated by a non-utility producer is transmitted over electric public utility transmission lines to another location.

Decision making to follow.

RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY RESPONSE PROGRAM.

Clarifies waiver of requesting party fees and liability exemption provision of the program.

RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.

Makes the penalty for illegal dumping a class C felony. Authorizes citizen suits for solid waste pollution offenses.

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE CONTROL.

Creates a felony charge for the disposal of solid waste.

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE.

Requires large retailers and wholesalers to backhaul their shipping materials and pallets.

RELATING TO ETHANOL TAX CREDIT.

Expands the definition of "investment" to include certain enumerated costs.

RELATING TO ETHANOL.

Changes ethanol investment tax credit to a production tax credit that provides an incentive based on production capacity of the facility. Provides credit of 30 cents per gallon of nameplate capacity between 10,000 and 15 million gallons.

RELATING TO DRUG TESTING.

Implements a new program of drug testing for public safety-sensitive positions. Requires that prospective employees for safety-sensitive positions be subject to substance abuse testing. Authorizes the Hawaii labor relations board to review appeals of employer-related substance abuse testing decisions. Excludes drug testing, drug testing procedures, and positive drug testing sanctions from collective bargaining negotiations.

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY.

Converts the 2 part-time members of the Hawaii Paroling Authority to full-time members.

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Directs the executive branch to request for proposals for the design, development, and operation of a correctional treatment facility by a private entity and to consider the undeveloped portion on the existing Halawa correctional facility as one possible site for the facility.

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII STATE DISASTER REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

Makes an emergency appropriation of $1,000,000 from the state disaster revolving loan fund to respond to assistance requests resulting from heavy rain and flooding on 12/7/03 to 12/8/03.

RELATING TO TAXABLE INCOME.

Provides a tax exemption for gross military income for members of the reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, the Hawaii National Guard, and active military personnel with home of record in Hawaii during the period they are deployed overseas in a hostile fire zone.

RELATING TO STATE MILITARY FORCES.

Exempts all income received by a member of the state military forces from state income taxes while the member is ordered to active duty in federal service.

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Amends law regulating chemical precursors to controlled substances to require reporting of certain data relating to transactions in specific chemicals. Establishes procedure for adding to list of regulated chemicals. Imposes additional penalties for violations relating to precursor chemicals.

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Requires DBEDT to assist communities surrounding military installations in obtaining financing for economic development projects that seek to address future realignment or closure of an installation.

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes the Military Community Infrastructure Development Revolving Loan Fund to help military communities develop infrastructure to minimize the possibility of or the adverse effects of the closure or reduction in capacity of a military installation on the military community.

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires that the range and quality of programming offered to women in corrections be substantially equivalent to the range and quality of programs offered to males. Requires office of youth services to develop and implement gender-responsive community-based programs for adjudicated females. Appropriates $

HB 1841

RELATING TO WATER QUALITY.

Requires applicants for a special management area permit for a major development to have a water quality monitoring program similar to monitoring protocol guidelines developed by West Hawaii Coastal Monitoring Task Force.