RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Alters composition and appointment of HHSC board membership by having the governor appoint 6 members – 3 each from a list of 9 candidates submitted by the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, respectively, for a total 18 candidates for 6 member positions.

RELATING TO SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.

Increases the per cent of the amount realized on the disposition of real property by a non-resident seller.

RELATING TO LOW-INCOME REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT.

Raises the low-income refundable tax credit.

HB 2444

HD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Prohibits the state or counties from expending federal funds under the State Homeland Security Program (Program) unless the state Department of Defense submits a report detailing expenditures under the Program and a plan for homeland security that includes certain priorities.

HB 3121

HD1

RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE.

Directs Director of Civil Defense to establish criteria, rules, and conditions for providing emergency shelters for pet animals and to identify public shelters suitable for sheltering pet animals; and may identify private shelters that are also suitable for sheltering pet animals.

HB 2371

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

Emergency appropriation ($1,320,000) to ensure that funding for the operations of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) is maintained through the end of FY 2005-2006.

HB 2130

HD1

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Establishes a Harbor Land Commission to identify and designate important harbor lands; permits only harbor uses on important harbor lands.

HB 2256

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Prohibits the unauthorized access to or control of a computer or the inducing, by misrepresentation, authorized person to load software. Authorizes attorney general or prosecuting attorney to seek up to $2,500 per violation. Authorizes private action to recover $5,000 per violation or 5 times the amount of damage cause, whichever is greater.

HB 2717

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Creates a selection commission to pick members of the Public Utilities Commission. Establishes terms of service.

HB 3261

RELATING TO INGENUITY CORPORATION CHARTER.

Establishes the Hawaii Ingenuity Corporation Charter.

HB 3080

RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA.

Temporarily replaces the motion picture and film production tax credit with the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit which provides an income tax credit amounting to 15% of qualified production costs incurred, in any county of Hawaii with a population over 700,000, and 20% in any county of Hawaii with a population under 700,000; establishes criteria to qualify for the tax credit; caps credit at $8,000,000 per production.

HB 2670

HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Creates Hawaii health authority to develop a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care in Hawaii. Appropriates $1. Report to 2008 regular session of the legislature.

HB 3087

HD1

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Amends the Procurement Code to give the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation more autonomy regarding procurement matters. Raises threshold amount to qualify as small purchases from $25,000 to $100,000.

HB 3129

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers and employers for premiums paid for long-term care insurance contracts and requires the department of taxation in cooperation with the department of commerce and consumer affairs to submit a report back to the legislature annually regarding the status of this Act's provisions. Sunsets December 31, 2011.

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Rep. Dwight Takamine