AGR - Agriculture

HSG Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce

HUS - Human Services

EDB - Economic Development &

INT - International Affairs

Business Concerns

JUD - Judiciary

EDN - Education

LAB - Labor & Public Employment

EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection

LMG - Legislative Management

FIN - Finance

PSM - Public Safety & Military Affairs

HAW Hawaiian Affairs

TAC - Tourism & Culture

HED - Higher Education

TRN - Transportation

HLT - Health

WLO - Water, Land & Ocean Resources

HOUSE BILLS

Committee

H.B. NO.

112, HD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to renovate the old Greyhound facility near the airport to relocate and consolidate the operations of the sheriff division. Requires the governor to transfer jurisdiction over the land from DOT to DPS.

PSM/TRN, FIN

296

RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE.

Makes a $1,000,000 appropriation for tuition assistance for national guard and military reservists enrolled in degree programs at the University of Hawaii.

PSM, FIN

2082

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCHOOL-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

Appropriates funds to DOH to support increased school-based substance abuse treatment programs for middle schools.

HLT, EDN/JUD, FIN

2145, HD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM.

Allows agricultural tourism conducted on an existing working farm or an existing farming operation; provided that the agricultural tourism activity is accessory and secondary to the principal agricultural use and does not interfere with surrounding farm operations. (HB2145 HD1)

WLO/AGR, JUD, TAC

2269

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Allows the counties to establish a residential property tax discount program for certain homeowners based on the number of years the property taxpayer has resided in the State. Appropriates funds to be matched by the counties to obtain tax software upgrades.

FIN

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.

PSM, FIN

2606

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

Clarifies the process of payments for benefits under automobile personal injury protection coverage where the bill for medical services submitted does not conform to the fee schedule or where there is a dispute between the medical provider and insurer on compliance.

CPC, FIN

2683

RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Clarified definition of "tenant" to a person who executes a rental agreement.

HSG, CPC/JUD

2699

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires an employer of an injured employee who is cleared to return to light or reduced duty work to provide that level of work to the injured employee.

LAB/CPC, FIN

2705

RELATING TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING.

Establishes conditions under which political signs may be displayed on residential property.

JUD

2769

RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Establishes that agricultural businesses shall remain eligible for tax incentives under the EZ program in the event of force majeure. Allows agricultural businesses to meet annual gross revenue requirements if the businesses are unable to meet annual full-time employee requirements. Clarifies the definition of "full-time employees". Specifies that tax credits taken in the EZ program cannot be duplicated in other tax incentive programs.

AGR/EDB, FIN

2854

RELATING TO UNMARRIED COUPLES.

Ensures parity between unmarried couples and married couples by extending the benefits provided under the State's employer-union health benefits trust fund to reciprocal beneficiaries.

JUD

2902

RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS.

Limits costs of copying medical records for documentary evidence to not more than a total of $1 for any number of pages up to the first 50 pages and not more than $0.50 for each page in excess of 50. Limits to unspecified amounts the cost for copying: (1) electronic documents and microfilm documents; and (2) x-rays.

HLT, JUD, FIN