SB 2956

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for DOE and UH operations and facility repair and maintenance. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for DOE capital improvement projects and the repair and maintenance of UH facilities. Authorizes DOE to use certificates of participation to finance the construction of new schools. Establishes and appropriates funds for the New School Construction Special Fund from which lease back payments can be made.

SB 2704

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Repeals: (1) the school-level minor repair and maintenance account that consists of general funds, (2) the annual report to the Department of Accounting and General Services regarding expenditures made from the school-level minor repair and maintenance accounts, and (3) the requirement that DOE allocate funds from these accounts based on the age, condition, and number of students of the school.

SB 3195

SD2, HD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for a weighted student formula conversion program that provides supplementary funds to help schools transition into the new spending method under the weighted student formula. Appropriates funds for various other educational needs.

SB 2708

SD2

RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.

Extends work of school impact fee working group established by Act 246, SLH 2005, one more year to 7/30/07; makes an appropriation.

SB 2720

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Repeals the transfer of functions from the departments of Budget and Finance, Attorney General, and Human Services to the Department of Education. Delays the transfer of school health aides and public health nurses from the Department of Health to the Department of Education.

SB 3101

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Builds a comprehensive system of early childhood learning services by further developing and refining the recommendations of the temporary early childhood education task force. Establishes and appropriates funds for an early learning educational task force. Builds upon the existing framework and services for early childhood learning.

SB 3273

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

Improves the process by which public school students are assessed and treated for substance abuse by amending the zero tolerance policy (Policy) for drugs and alcohol in public schools, including allowing certified substance abuse counselors to conduct assessments to qualify individuals for substance abuse-related insurance benefits, and making permanent the provisions that allow a child who violates the Policy to return to school earlier than indicated in the original disciplinary determination.

SB 3059

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education to establish, provide, and maintain a model curriculum for each grade level, with course content that meets the state performance standards and reflect the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

SB 2229

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO TEACHERS' HOUSING.

Transfers administration of the teachers' housing program from the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to the Department of Education. Requires the unexpended balances of the proceeds of general obligation bonds, rental payments for housing from teacher tenants, and repayment of downpayment loans to teachers be deposited in the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund. Expands the uses of the Revolving Fund to include the financing and repair of teachers' housing. Authorizes DOE to make downpayment loans for the purchase of residential property to teachers.

SB 3197

SD2

RELATING TO SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

Establishes that the compensation of substitute teachers shall be tied to the salary or wage increases provided to licensed class II teachers of the department of education.

SB 2652

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Confers the same rights, privileges, and benefits of civil service employees in DOE to civil service employees of new century conversion charter schools. Confers the same rights, privileges, and benefits of exempt civil service employees of DOE to exempt civil service employees of new century charter schools and new century conversion charter schools. Ensures that civil service employees at new century conversion charter schools who are promoted or take a voluntary demotion to another civil service position within DOE receive the same rights, privileges, and benefits of continuous, uninterrupted civil service.

SB 2718

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Caps the maximum annual contribution from a nonprofit organization that creates a charter school.

SB 2719

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Omnibus public charter schools recodification. Creates a new chapter on charter school governance.

SB 3054

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Provides seed money to establish the charter school facilities fund partnership. Allows the State to enter into leases with charter schools at rates comparable to other state agencies.

SB 2954

SD2, HD1

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.

SB 2753

SD1, HD1

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 2479

HD1

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue SPRBs and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist agricultural enterprises.

SB 2485

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Allows the authorization of special purpose revenue bonds for certain agricultural enterprises operating on agricultural lands.

SB 2486

SD2

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Adds 4 senators, one from each county, and 4 representatives, one from each county, to membership of the invasive species council; places council under department of land and natural resources; repeals sunset date of Act 85, SLH 2003.

SB 2550

SD2

RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

(1) Establishes the Kakaako central small business district; (2) returns zoning and land use controls for the Kakaako central small business district to the jurisdiction of the city and county of Honolulu; and (3) places a restriction on infrastructure and street improvements in the Kakaako central small business district by the HCDA.

SB 1593

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Establishes the Liliha-Palama community development district within the administration of the Hawaii community development authority.

SB 2090

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Requires HCDA to adopt community and public notice procedures, including posting its proposed plans for development, public notice of its proceedings, and meeting minutes on its website, and providing the public with the opportunity to testify at its decision making hearings. Requires HCDA to notify the Legislature prior to any public hearing, and after the hearing regarding the public's reaction.

SB 2476

SD2, HD2

RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.

Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to obtain legislative approval before disposing of certain state lands under their respective jurisdictions in Kakaako Makai. Prohibits residential projects on state lands in Kakaako Makai.

SB 2487

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Adds 2 more members to the governing body of the Hawaii community development authority. Requires the governor to appoint 2 nominees, 1 from a list of nominees provided by the senate president, and 1 from a list of nominees provided by the speaker of the house of representatives.

SB 3077

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO CONSERVATION.

Requires DLNR and BLNR to consult with the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding the acquisition of Land Having Value as a Resource to the State.

SB 3084

SD2, HD2

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.

Clarifies the appraisal process for state acquisitions of "Lands Having Value as a Resource to the State"; permits the State to purchase land at a cost higher than appraisal if it determines the higher cost is justified; and exempts donated lands from the appraisal requirements.

SB 2150

SD1, HD1

RELATING TO BOATING.

Requires 50 per cent of the moorage application fees collected from commercial permittees of the small boat harbors be credited to the Boating Special Funds. Prohibits the transfer of the small boat harbors to the county without Legislative approval.

SB 2575

SD2

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.

SB 2214

SD2, HD2

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Prepares for Disasters by: establishing Civil Defense Disaster Preparedness Special Fund and makes appropriation to the fund; establishing Prepared Emergency Response Plan Commission; requiring counties to designate and maintain emergency shelter for homeless, hospitals and nursing homes to develop disaster preparedness plans; Department of Health to study structural integrity of hospitals and nursing homes, Department of Defense to develop disaster preparedness emergency shelter plan and report to Legislature; establishes the Residential Disaster Special Assistance Fund; increases expenditure cap of Major Disaster Fund to $2,000,000; authorizes Governor to expend funds from the emergency and budget reserve fund to provide emergency assistance to residents and businesses of the State after natural disaster; limits the percentage of National Guard that can be activated by Governor for purposes other than disaster relief; establishes class C felony and misdemeanor offenses for price gouging and profiteering after natural disaster.

SB 2879

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL.

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol.

SB 2926

SD1, HD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds to the department of public safety for the expansion of work furlough programs and facilities and the planning of minimum-security housing at Kalaeloa.

SB 2949

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Gives the Office of the Ombudsman authority to investigate acts of private, out-of-state, or federal correctional facilities with which the Department of Public Safety has contracted to house persons committed to the custody of the Director of Public Safety.

SB 3037

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO RELIEF OF MANOA FLOOD VICTIMS.

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

SB 2984

SD1, HD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE KIKALA-KEOKEA HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.

Appropriates funds to the Kikala-Keokea housing revolving fund.

SB 2958

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes State Rent Supplement Program funds to be used for operating subsidies for state low-income housing units transferred to private organizations to operate and manage the units. Increases the allocation of conveyance tax revenues to the Rental Housing Trust Fund. Allows state-owned parcels to be leased for the development of self-help housing. Provides for the transfer of public lands suitable for affordable residential development to the Hawaii Housing and Finance Development Administration. Appropriates funds for homeless and transitional housing programs. Appropriates funds to repair vacant public housing units. Appropriates funds for interim construction loans to develop self-help ownership homes. Appropriates $6,800,000 to acquire the property currently known as Kulana Nani Apartments from Kamehameha Schools. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide shelter to homeless veterans.

SB 2571

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Proposes constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist not-for-profit private organizations in the development of low and moderate income housing.

SB 2572

SD2

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

Assists not-for-profit private organizations in the development of low and moderate income housing by authorizing the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds for their benefit. Contingent upon ratification of constitutional amendment authorizing the same. Eff. 7/1/2050.

SB 2773

SD3, HD1

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes a program for low-interest loans and grants for home acquisition and rehabilitation for displaced pineapple plantation workers at Kunia and Poamoho, Oahu. Establishes a rental assistance program for rental of safe, decent, and sanitary units in the private market. Provides supportive services to prepare displaced workers for homeownership.

SB 2774

SD2

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Provides that plantation community subdivisions such as Kunia Camp, Oahu, shall be a permitted land use under agricultural land use district classification and zoning.

SB 2076

SD2, HD1

RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONVERSION.

Exempts from taxation 100 percent of capital gains realized during taxable years 2007-2011 from the sale of leased fee interest in residential house lot or multi-family residential leasehold property to lessee, AOAO, or cooperative.

SB 3000

SD2

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires agencies in the land use permit review process to expedite review of applications for affordable housing projects. Authorizes the counties to waive certain infrastructure requirements for affordable housing projects. Amends the process for approval of affordable housing projects exempt from planning, zoning, and construction standards.

SB 2461

SD1

RELATING TO GRANTS.

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

RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE GOVERNOR OR THE GOVERNOR'S DESIGNEE IN A JOINT LEGISLATIVE/EXECUTIVE BRANCH WORK GROUP DEDICATED TO FINDING AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONS TO HAWAII'S HEALTHCARE CRISIS.

HCR 226 / HR 171

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DETERMINE FAMILY PLANNING FUNDING NEEDS FOR LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION IN THE STATE'S 2007-2008 BUDGET.

HCR 283 / HR 218

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE MEANS TO ESTABLISH AN "AGING IN PLACE" TAX CREDIT FOR HAWAII TAXPAYERS.

HCR 290 / HR 225

REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING TO CONVENE A FOCUS GROUP WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ASSESS YEARLY SERVICE DELIVERY NEEDS AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR KUPUNA CARE.

REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO ADOPT CHANGES TO THE MEDICARE PART D PROGRAM.

HCR 270 / HR 210

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO SPEEDILY REBUILD A SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

SB 2462

SD1

RELATING TO THE MAKENA-KEONEOIO GOVERNMENT ROAD.

Directs County of Maui to limit access on the Makena-Keoneoio government road through the Ahihi-Kinau natural area reserve. (SD1)

REQUESTING A STUDY TO SHOW THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, AND THE ADVISABILITY OF MANDATING THE USE OF SEAT BELTS FOR MINORS IN EVERY SCHOOL BUS.

REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REVIEW THE STATE'S LANDING FEES AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE LANDING FEES AT STATE AIRPORTS SHOULD BE INCREASED.

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING TO COLLABORATE ON PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO SENIORS AND TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS, AND EXPRESSING THE LEGISLATURE'S SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ITNAMERICA FOR A FIVE-YEAR NATIONAL ROLL-OUT AND GRANTS.