SB 2958

SD1

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates funds for homeless and transitional housing programs. Appropriates funds to repair vacant public housing units. Adjusts allocation of conveyance tax revenues. Allows state-owned parcels to be leased for the development of self-help housing. Amends the state low-income housing tax credit to be used for construction and rehabilitation of existing affordable housing units. (SD1)

SB 2180

SD1

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Requires public housing set asides for grandparents raising grandchildren; makes appropriations for repair and maintenance of public housing, improvements to infrastructure for new and existing transitional housing, support services provided by homeless shelters, shelter care plus program, housing placement program, habitat for humanity, and rental housing trust fund. Authorizes bond issuance for affordable housing. Allows public assistance recipients to receive rental income supplements. Increases rental income supplements. Increases membership on boards of HCDCH and HHFDA to include homeless advocate and low income advocate. (SD1)

SB 2957

SD1

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Increases renewable energy tax credit for photovoltaic systems and removes the credits' 2008 sunset date; authorizes bond issuances to install photovoltaic systems at public schools statewide and enable state facilities to meet greenhouse gas and energy consumption reduction goals; requires incorporation of leadership in energy in environmental design silver standards for certain state-funded facilities; establishes the pay as you save pilot project to help finance residential solar hot water systems. (SD1)

SB 2461

RELATING TO GRANTS.

Makes grants to various entities for transportation and housing on the island of Maui.

SB 3275

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENTS FOR UNINSURED STUDENTS.

Establishes an "assessment bank" to cover the cost of substance abuse assessments for uninsured students who are found to be in violation of the department of education's zero tolerance policy relating to alcohol and other drugs. Makes appropriation. (SD1)

SB 2617

SD1

RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES.

Appropriates or authorizes moneys for various services to be funded out of temporary assistance for needy families program funds. (SD1)

SB 301

SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Appropriates funds for an investigator, legal assistant, and attorney mediation coordinator positions for fiscal year 2006-2007. (SD1)

SB 916

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Allows trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs, who were in service on 07/01/02, with no fewer than 5 years of employees' retirement system membership service and who elected to become an employees' retirement system member prior to 10/01/02, to purchase their service credit pursuant to section 88-59(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SB 2209

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS.

Requires DLIR to enforce the laws of chapter 104 and the collection and maintenance of the certified copies of all payrolls.

SB 2272

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Permits the EUTF to require individuals who become eligible for Medicare Part B reimbursements on or after 7/01-06 to accept direct deposit of the reimbursements to an institution of their choice.

SB 2273

SD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Adds a definition of "child or children" to conform to administrative interpretation and includes in the definition: children living with an ERS member in a regular parent-child relationship for whom the member is the guardian or has legal and physical custody pursuant to a valid court order. Allows former contributory plan members and returning nonvested contributory plan members whose ERS accumulated contribution balances are $1,000 or more to leave their contributions in the system until they reach age 62. (SD1)

SB 2274

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Excludes from membership in the hybrid plan members of the employees' retirement system who received in-service refunds of pension contributions made under section 414 (h) (2) of the IRC. Repeals the provision for hardship withdrawal of employees' retirement system contributions.

SB 2546

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes a task force to study the feasibility of establishing a Hawaii construction authority.

SB 2616

RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS.

Requires the provision of rest or meal break periods of at least thirty consecutive minutes for employees who work five or more continuous hours. Clarifies that the employer not be required to compensate the employee for the break. Excludes employers who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement that contains an express provision for employee meal breaks, a common carrier of passengers or a power generating utility, or the operator of a continuously operating facility regulated by an environmental permit.

SB 2640

RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS.

Clarifies that VEBA trusts can be established by an employee organization for all state and county employees represented by that employee organization.

SB 2643

RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.

Allows the director to refer employees who have been deemed unable to return to work in their regular jobs as a result of work injury to receive vocational rehabilitation services.

SB 3009

SD1

RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPT EMPLOYEES.

Changes the status of statutorily exempt positions to conform with the annual review of these positions under Act 253, SLH 2000. (SD1)

SB 3011

RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

Requires public employees with satisfactory performance in public service to be considered first in filling vacancies.

SB 3022

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Removes the requirement that funds appropriated to the county of Hawaii workforce investment board be expended for the eradication of coqui frogs and other invasive species. Removes the timeline requirement for the release of funds under Act 249, SLH 2005.

SB 3031

SD1

RELATING TO UNINTERRUPTED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR WORK-RELATED INJURIES.

Ensures that uninterrupted medical care is provided to an injured worker, even if the employer denies further treatment, until the director of labor and industrial relations renders a final decision on the matter. (SD1)

SB 3034

SD1

RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES.

Requires indirect public works project to comply with the law relating to prevailing wages in public works projects. Defines indirect public works project. (SD1)

SB 3035

RELATING TO CONTINUED TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS TO INJURED EMPLOYEES.

Prevents the termination of temporary total disability benefits until the director of labor decides to terminate them.

SB 3090

SD1

RELATING TO STANDARDIZED FORMS FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

Requires the director of labor and industrial relations, with input from interested stakeholders in the workers' compensation system, to establish standardized forms for medical service providers to use when reporting on and billing for injuries compensable under the State's workers' compensation law. (SD1)

SB 2156

SD1

RELATING TO THE AUDITOR.

Provides explicit authority to the auditor to inspect all accounts, books, records, files, papers, and documents and all financial affairs of the department of taxation. (SD1)

SB 2237

RELATING TO STATE RISK MANAGEMENT.

Authorizes the Comptroller to exercise discretion to deposit money received from the settlement of claims or losses of the State into an affected agency's account instead of the State risk Management Revolving Fund.

SB 2488

RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS.

Provides a tax credit for purchase of a hybrid motor vehicle.

SB 2662

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Provides temporary reprieve from lease and permit requirements for airport vendors who want to make improvements.

SB 2663

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Clarifies that law on flexible highway design applies also to the koolau loa coastal highway from Kaaawa to Waimea on Oahu.

SB 2857

SD1

RELATING TO EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR NATURAL DISASTERS.

Authorizes the governor to order the release of up to ten per cent of moneys appropriated from interest earnings in the emergency and budget reserve fund for emergency assistance to residents and businesses sustaining damage from natural disasters. Also appropriates funds for emergency assistance. (SD1)

SB 2901

RELATING TO HIGHWAY IMPACT FEES.

Removes the restriction that allows only counties with a population of greater than 500,000 to impose highway impact fees.

SB 2897

SD1

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Raises small purchases limit from $25,000 to $50,000; requires small purchases to be transacted over the Internet; requires selection of bidders from pre-qualified lists of vendors. (SD1)

SB 2899

SD1

(SSCR2154)

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Restores exemptions for SPRBs from procurement code. (SD1)

SB 2995

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Exempts the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii from the procurement code.

SB 2996

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Exempts the Hawaii strategic development corporation from the procurement code.

SB 2997

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Restores procurement exemption for the high technology development corporation.

SB 2067

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Appropriates $1,000,000 for the loss mitigation grant program.

SB 2569

RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT.

Ratifies the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and allows Hawaii to become a member.

SB 2288

SD1

RELATING TO MONEYS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Raises the ceiling on expenditures from the major disaster fund from $1 million to $2 million to provide for additional disaster relief; returns the interest earned on the hurricane reserve trust fund to the hurricane reserve trust fund when the Hawaii hurricane relief fund has policyholders; creates a civil defense disaster preparedness special fund to build or improve public shelters, improve early warning systems, conduct public education on disaster preparedness, promote loss mitigation efforts, provide around the clock alert staff, update evacuation maps in phone books, develop statewide residential safe room design standards, fund disaster or emergency response programs, establish and maintain emergency supplies. (SD1)

SB 3268

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS.

Funds a study to conduct a structural analysis of each hospital and nursing home facility to determine their ability to withstand hurricanes. Makes appropriation. (SD1)

SB 2214

SD1

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes hurricane resistant building code for state buildings; requires developers to install siren warning devices in developments; provides wind resistant devices income tax credit; establishes rebuttal presumption in favor of undergrounding utilities in tsunami-prone areas; clarifies governor's duties in deploying national guard; allocates funds from FY06 to establish emergency cache; prohibits profiteering and price gouging; creates residential disaster assistance special fund; requires director of civil defense to develop a disaster preparedness emergency shelter plan that provides adequate emergency shelter for residents and visitors. (SD1)

SB 2955

SD1

RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS.

Requires health care facilities and nursing homes subject to licensing or certification by the DOH to file a disaster preparedness plan with the DOH; mandates the HCDCH to coordinate efforts with the counties to identify places for temporary emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund retrofit of public school buildings to enable them to be used as emergency shelters; appropriates funds to retrofit existing and construct new emergency shelters, operate shelters on a 24/7 basis, upgrade civil defense communication systems, conduct an education and awareness campaign; makes appropriations for emergency shelters. (SD1)

SB 2090

SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Establishes legislative oversight, review, and approval of the Hawaii community development authority's master planning functions and development of community development districts prior to the expenditure of public funds on development district infrastructure. Requires the authority to post public notice of its proceedings and its meeting minutes on the authority's website. (SD1)

SB 2235

RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LOANS.

Increases from $25, 000 to $75, 000 the chairperson's authority to approve agricultural loans and aquacultural loans.

SB 2360

SD1

RELATING TO GROUNDED VESSELS.

Allows the State to take immediate action when a vessel is grounded on a coral reef or is in imminent danger of breaking up. (SD1)

SB 2476

SD1

RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.

Requires ADC, HCDA, HCDCH, HTDC, and UH to obtain legislative approval before disposing of state lands under their respective jurisdictions. (SD1)

SB 2478

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates $1,000,000 for Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation to conduct agricultural research and market development.

SB 2480

RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.

Appropriates funds for a feasibility study for a wastewater treatment facility for the Kapoho Vacationland Estates and Farmlots and public restrooms at the Wai O Pae Marine Life Conservation District.

SB 2482

SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Appropriates funds to create a master plan for a 150-acre parcel in Royal Kunia on the island of Oahu.

SB 2484

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VOG MONITORING STATIONS.

Appropriates funds out of the general revenues to install vog-monitoring stations at Mountain View and Pahala on the island of Hawaii.

SB 2485

SD1

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Allows the authorization of special purpose revenue bonds for certain agricultural business operating on important agricultural lands. (SD1)

SB 2493

RELATING TO STATE PLANNING.

Extends the deadline for the auditor to submit the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan for an additional year and extends the authority of the Hawaii 2050 task force to 6/30/08.

SB 2550

SD1

RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes the Kakaako central small business district. Requires the Hawaii community development authority to solicit input from the Kakaako central small business district community when adopting or amending a master plan for the area. Places a moratorium on infrastructure and street improvements in the Kakaako central small business district until 12/31/06. (SD1)

SB 2575

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF THE WAIANAE COAST OCEAN AREA.

Appropriates funds for a baseline environmental study of the Waianae Coast ocean area in accordance with Act 6, Special Session Laws of Hawaii, 2005. (SD1)

SB 2753

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

Appropriates funds for the continued operation and maintenance of the east Kauai irrigation system.

SB 2954

SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes an irrigation repair and maintenance special fund. Establishes a tax credit for matching funds provided by landowners who receive funding from the special fund. Appropriates money for the repair of irrigation systems statewide. (SD1)

SB 3037

RELATING TO RELIEF OF MANOA FLOOD VICTIMS.

Provides a one-time nonrefundable tax credit to victims of the Manoa flood of October 2004.

SB 3077

SD1

RELATING TO CONSERVATION.

Creates a legacy land conservation commission to assist DLNR and BLNR in administering the land conservation fund; establishes priorities for land and easement acquisitions with moneys in the fund. (SD1)

SB 3086

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LEASES.

Specifies that for reopenings of agricultural park leases, appraisals shall be based on highest and best use determined through an agricultural income capitalization approach considering the potential yield from the property.

SB 3098

SD1

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Removes Honolulu harbor piers 1 and 2 from Kakaako community development district and grants jurisdiction and administrative authority over piers 1 and 2 to department of transportation. (SD1)

SB 3138

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE 2050 SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.

Makes an appropriation for the auditor to prepare the 2050 sustainability plan.

SB 3147

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF WAIMEA VALLEY, OAHU.

Makes an appropriation for the purchase of Waimea valley, Oahu. (SD1)

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi