OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 4
6th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 30, 2009
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EBM - Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HAW - Hawaiian Affairs |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HUS - Human Services |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PBS - Public Safety |
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TCI - Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources |
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RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF HEARING NOTICES. Saves money by allowing the Public Utility Commission to provide hearing notices to only the island(s) affected by a public utility proposal for change in utility rates and ratemaking procedures. Hearing notices will continue to be sent to those directly impacted by any proposed changes.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Guarantees the operation of water and sewer services to Hawaii residents by allowing the Public Utility Commission to take necessary action and appoint receivers whenever regulated public utilities fail to provide adequate and reasonable service.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS. Repeals the Public Utilities Commission's responsibility for pipeline safety and inspection functions in Hawaii because this has been the responsibility of the Federal Office of Pipeline Safety since 1993.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. Lowers the cost of health benefits for public employers and public employees by ensuring all health benefits are administered under one system through the repeal of Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Trusts.
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LAB, EDN, FIN |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. Emergency appropriation from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to replace general funds appropriated for the health care payments program (HMS 401) to address the budget shortfall in fiscal year 2008-2009.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. Fiscal Year 2009-2010 appropriation from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund in lieu of general funds for the health care payments program (HMS 401) to address the budget shortfall in fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Transfers excess balances from certain special funds to the general fund to address the budget shortfall in fiscal biennium 2009-2011.
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PBS/EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEPOSITS INTO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Ensures funds are available for future fiscal emergencies by replenishing and building-up the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund when general fund carry-over balances become available.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. Proposes housekeeping amendments to clarify and streamline business registration laws.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES. Revises the escrow depository law to: (1) clarify which escrow transactions are covered by the statute and which are not; (2) update the statute to adequately reflect the present day size of the transactions routinely handled by the industry; (3) provide for more flexibility in supervising and regulating the industry; and (4) ensure adequate protection for the consumer.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Amends and updates Hawaii's Code of Financial Institutions to address temporary office relocations and to place prudent limits on certain kinds of investments by financial institutions.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Enacts a new chapter of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to provide for the licensing and regulation of mortgage servicers that service residential mortgage loans secured by real property located in the State of Hawaii.
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HSG, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Authorization for Criminal History Record Check Model Act to allow fingerprinting of insurance licensees.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends the unfair or deceptive insurance practices statutes by prohibiting certain unfair or deceptive practices by health insurers.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Updates references in Insurance Code.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Updates references in Article 10H of the Insurance Code governing long-term care insurance.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THE MORTGAGE RESCUE FRAUD PREVENTION ACT TO REAL ESTATE LICENSEES. Excludes real estate licensees from the definition of distressed property consultant in Act 137, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, the Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act, and adds to section 467-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, prohibitions against certain conduct by real estate licensees that specifically relate to distressed property.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. Establishes the Hawaii Communications Commission (HCC) in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA). Transfers functions relating to telecommunications from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to the HCC. Also transfers functions relating to cable services from DCCA to HCC.
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EBM, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE LAW. Increases effectiveness and efficiency by affirming that positions in the Hawaii National Guard sponsored youth and adult educational programs are exempt from civil service requirements.
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LAB/EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. Removes barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families by frequent moves and deployment of their parents through the adoption of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
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EDN, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Supports State Civil Defense's Shelter-in-Place initiative by exempting civil liability for care homes and schools, in addition to hotels, during an officially designated emergency.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Repeals the charter schools funding formula for two years and creates a new funding formula to be enacted on July 1, 2011. Makes a general revenue appropriation for charter schools for FY 2009-2010 and FY 2010-2011. Revises the duties of the Charter School Review Panel.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH INCOME TAX CREDIT. Provides an income tax credit for donations made to a qualifying science, technology, engineering, and math academy certified by the department of business, economic development, and tourism.
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EDN/HED, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Stimulates the expeditious development of affordable housing using faster project reviews for mixed use housing projects and related infrastructure projects.
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HSG/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Expedites the construction of affordable housing units by requiring ministerial permits associated with the project to be issued by the county within forty-five days of county council approval of the project.
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HSG/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PLANNING. Establishes a new process that simplifies the State Land Use Commission's procedures for county government petitions for boundary amendments. District boundary amendments conducted under this process would be quasi-legislative rather than quasi-judicial in nature; allowing for expeditious approval of urban and rural classified lands that could be set-aside for affordable housing.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Amends chapter 150A by reducing the inspection, quarantine and eradication fee to 20 cents per thousand pounds effective
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AGR/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. Transfers the Office of Community Services from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of Human Services.
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HUS, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Expands ability of a board or commission to facilitate public meetings through available interactive conferencing technology.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DEDICATION OF HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE TO COUNTIES. Requires counties to accept a public infrastructure dedication that has been developed as part of a housing project within sixty days of the dedication request.
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HSG/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Establishes affordable housing receiving zones to encourage the development of affordable housing.
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HSG/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY REVIEW OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. Allows state and county agencies to utilize third-party review to facilitate the processing and issuance of building permits on a timely basis for affordable housing projects, including the performance of inspections.
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HSG/WLO, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Improves the coordination of homeless programs and services within the Department of Human Services by relocating the state homeless programs from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to the Benefit, Employment, and Support Services Division.
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HSG, HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Proposes to extend from 65 to 99 years the maximum aggregate term of general lease and project developer agreements that are for uses other than homesteading programs, including existing agreements.
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HAW, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERMANENCY HEARINGS. Amends chapter 587, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to ensure compliance with federal Title IV-E hearing requirements.
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HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO NOTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS. Amends section 560:5-113, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that notice to parents shall not be required if the parents have been served in a proceeding under chapter 587, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and a permanent plan has been ordered by the Court.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Amends section 346-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding definitions of "work eligible household" and "other work eligible household" and repealing the definition of "exempt household" to be consistent with recent changes in federal regulations. Also amends section 346-53(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the new definitions.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR AGED, BLIND, AND PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED PERSONS. Indicates that assistance for eligible aged, blind, and permanently and totally disabled persons is available up to the amount of any legislative appropriation not to exceed the current statutory sixty-two and one-half per cent of the standard of need.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE. Places a twelve-month limit on general assistance to households without minor dependents with appropriate exceptions.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THIRD PARTY LIABILITY FOR MEDICAID. Ensures State compliance to the P.L. 109-171, the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), section 6035, that requires the strengthening of the State's ability to identify and obtain payments from third party resources that are legally responsible to pay claims primary to medicaid.
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HLT/HUS, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID LIENS. Clarifies existing law so the notice of the intent to place a lien on the real property of a Medicaid recipient will be valid if provided to the recipient or a designated representative of the recipient.
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HLT/HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVESTIGATORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Authorizes the Director of Human Services to appoint and commission investigators to investigate incidents at the Hawaii youth correctional facilities, and gives these investigators access to necessary information maintained by state and county entities.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO RECORD CHECKS FOR THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES. Authorizes the Director of Human Services to conduct child abuse record checks as part of the record checks for all current staff and new staff members of the Hawaii youth correctional facilities.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND CENTERS. Repeals section 348-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that establishes the Statewide Council on Independent Living.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. Assist eligible state and participating county employees in saving for retirement by automatically enrolling new employees into the State of Hawaii Deferred Compensation Plan, with an opt-out option.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. Provides flexibility and reliability to the hiring and contracting processes by exempting positions or contracts with private persons or businesses for personal services from civil service law.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Protects the rights of public employees by preserving health, retirement, leave, and other benefits if furloughs are implemented in fiscal years 2009 to 2013.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT. Protects the rights of public employers by exempting grievance arbitration procedures between public employers and union representatives from the Uniform Arbitration Act, except for awards procedures. Also recognizes that public sector arbitration awards with one public employer should not be used as binding precedent with other public employers not involved with the initial award.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTEREST ARBITRATION. Ensures fiscal solvency of public employers by modifying the factors that an arbitration panel must consider when making binding contract decisions—including consideration of the impact of pay increases on other bargaining units.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SALARIES. Requests State leaders to lead-by-example during fiscally challenging times by deferring for two years salary increases recommended by the 2006 State Commission on Salaries for legislators, judges, and senior officials of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PROTECTION. Amends section 338-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to redefine data reportable to county clerks in a manner consistent with protecting social security numbers.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE PROGRAM. Abolishes the dietitian licensure program and the dietitian licensure special fund in the general treasury.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES. Provides for medical expenses and immunity from liability for licensed medical personnel providing volunteer medical services on behalf of the State or a county.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS. Grants the Department of Health authority to take samples necessary for epidemiologic investigations.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTING. Proposes to expand routine HIV testing by health care providers to improve early diagnosis of HIV by removing the requirement for health care providers to obtain written informed consent and to provide pre-test counseling prior to testing for HIV.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY LICENSURE OF DENTISTS. Amends the dentistry statutes to provide for temporary licensure to practice dentistry while in the employment of or under contract with the Department of Health.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION. Establish exempt positions entitled Total Maximum Daily Load Coordinator.
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EEP, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE LAW. Amends chapter 128D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with federal law, which protects innocent purchasers of, and property owners who are contiguous to, contaminated property from liability for addressing contamination they did not cause.
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EEP/WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CERTIFICATES. Repeals the requirement for a sanitation certificate to be issued for county business licenses for the operation of a lodging or tenement house, group home, group residence, group living arrangement, hotel, or boarding house. The City and County of Honolulu no longer requires business licenses for these facilities because of Act 35, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, so the sanitation certificate is unnecessary for Oahu. The counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii never required a sanitation certificate for these types of businesses.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Clarifies that the provisions of section 704-412, Hawaii Revised Statutes, govern the timing and standards of decision for applications for conditional release or discharge from the custody of the Director of Health and includes a time frame for decisions on motions for conditional release or discharge.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. Addresses medical malpractice insurance costs by capping non-economic damages at $250,000, establishing limits for attorney contingent fees, and requiring that economic damages be allocated based upon proportionate percentage of negligence.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. Amends the current certificate of need requirement under chapter 323D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to promote increased access to quality health care.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires direct payment to the State for provision of pre-hospital ambulance treatment and transport services.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION BACKGROUND CHECKS. Authorizes the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to conduct FBI criminal history record checks through the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center on employees, applicants, current or prospective contractors, providers, or volunteers.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Ensure compliance with the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. § 15801.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Clarifies the classification of certain special funds as trust funds and appropriates $5,000,000 from the special fund for disability benefits for automation of the disability compensation division.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Excludes services for a limited liability company (LLC) or limited liability partnership (LLP) from the definition of "employment" in the workers' compensation law if the person performing services has a 50 per cent or higher transferable interest in the LLC or LLP.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. Makes permanent the 1.0 adequate reserve ratio, and the 75 percent maximum weekly benefit; allows for both quarterly and monthly charge back statements to employers.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIFELONG LEARNING ACCOUNTS. Establishes a Lifelong Learning Accounts program in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to support upgraded training for the incumbent workforce, and encourages participation by employers and employees.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTION RATES. Intended to conform Hawaii's unemployment insurance law to federal law to ensure uniform application to all state unemployment insurance experience rating transfers for employers.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Permits the department to set re-inspection frequencies for renewal permits based on factors relevant to the safe operation of the equipment; clarifies that in addition to asking questions relating to an investigation, enforcement and inspection activities, that the department may also obtain relevant records; housekeeping amendments for spelling and clarification.
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LAB, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RECREATIONAL RENAISSANCE. Fortifies the Recreational Renaissance Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources through various amendments to state law.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS. Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Department of Public Safety and conservation and resources enforcement officers of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use electric guns and related equipment while performing their duties.
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WLO/PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE VIOLATIONS. Expands authorization of the State Parks and Commercial Fisheries Special Funds and the Special Land and Development Fund to: (1) Allow for deposits of criminal and civil penalties, fines, and other administrative charges collected, and (2) Expend moneys for restoration or mitigation of natural or cultural resources, education and public outreach, and enforcement efforts.
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RELATING TO RIGHTS OF INSPECTION FOR AQUATIC LIFE. Authorizes inspection of coolers and containers capable of holding aquatic life, or boats, vehicles or conveyances to transport aquatic life, for the purposes of compliance with the State's fishing laws.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR THE DAMAGING OR BREAKING OF STONY CORAL AND LIVE ROCK. Increases the maximum penalty for violations concerning damages or breakage to stony corals and live rock.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PHOTOGRAPHS OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS. Changes the requirement for archival photographs for permits allowing the demolition, construction, or other alteration of a historic building to photographs in any format, including electronic, for buildings eligible for listing on the Hawaii or National Register of Historic Places.
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RELATING TO FILINGS IN THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. Authorizes the Bureau of Conveyance to accept electronic instruments in lieu of original instruments with original signatures.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COPIES IN THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. Clarifies the authority of the Bureau of Conveyance on accepting copies of documents.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE LAND COURT SYSTEM. Removes fee time share transactions from the Land Court System and provides the option for all landowners to transfer their property from the Land Court System to the Regular System of the Bureau of Conveyances.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND FAILURE. Requires precautionary actions imposed by the counties for development in potentially hazardous areas; removes the liability of landowners regarding natural conditions on their land that cause damage outside the land; and gives government agencies the authority to mitigate or require mitigation of land failure hazards on private property.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THRILL CRAFT OPERATION. Authorizes government personnel conducting operations approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) and film permit holders involved in film production conducting operations approved by the Department to operate thrill crafts in non-designated areas.
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WLO, TCI/EBM |
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VESSELS. Clarifies the responsibility for disposing of any abandoned vessel.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO HUNTING. Authorizes the Board and Department of Land and Natural Resources to make certain decisions and changes relating to hunting issues without adopting rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. Authorizes the development and use of programmatic safe harbor agreements and programmatic habitat conservation plans that cover multiple landowners or a class of landowners or extend over a wide area or region.
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RELATING TO REMNANT LANDS. Repeals the consolidation and use requirements for the sale of a state land remnant, and requires the proceeds from the sale of a state land remnant to be deposited into the Land Conservation Fund.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Allows members of a board or commission to hear public testimony and presentations on items listed on an agenda at the time and place stated in the notice where the meeting, as noticed, is canceled as a matter of law due to a lack of quorum.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Requires that, in order for a board to hold an emergency meeting, the board must obtain concurrence from the Director of the Office of Information Practices to the board's finding that the conditions necessary for an emergency meeting exist.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Authorizes the electronic filing of meeting notices under part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on the state calendar.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Makes Hawaii's controlled substance laws consistent with that of federal law and clarifies sections of chapter 329 relating to controlled substances.
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RELATING TO ESCAPE. Expands the charge of escape in the second degree to persons who fail to present themselves to a correctional or detention facility at the date and time as ordered by the court for service of a term of custody or confinement.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO RESTRICTED ACCESS TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Permits the search of persons and vehicles entering state correctional facility grounds.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO COMMITTED PERSONS' ACCOUNTS. Amends section 353-20, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to permit the Director of Public Safety to direct the department to have one or more accounts for committed persons. Also states that the accounts are non-interest bearing and that no interest can be paid to committed persons on the individual accounts.
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Provides a short form measure for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code for calendar year 2008.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. Ensures Hawaii businesses and residents are paying their fair share of taxes by providing the Department of Taxation with resources to seek enforcement against non-compliant cash-based businesses.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. Deters tax fraud and promotes uniformity in the tax system by conforming Hawaii tax law to the Internal Revenue Code for preparer penalties and accuracy-related penalties.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Amends the High Technology Investment credit, also known as Act 221, to align the statute to its original intent to encourage investment in innovative, research-oriented high technology companies that create jobs and promote economic diversification in Hawaii.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Amends the High Technology Investment credit, also known as Act 221, to provide an aggregate cap on the amount of high technology business investment tax credit issued per year.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Prohibits persons aged fifteen years and six months but less than eighteen years of age from engaging in various tasks that distract from the primary task of driving such as, the use of all cell phones (including hands-free devices) and all other electronic devices, consuming food or beverages, engaging in personal grooming (i.e., applying makeup, brushing teeth or shaving), or attempting to reach for any other object or device, while operating a motor vehicle under either a temporary instruction permit or a provisional license.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Modifies the current reckless driving law to include defined penalties for first-time offenders and repeat offenders guilty of one or more traffic violations under the State’s Traffic Code.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Prohibits three-wheeled mopeds from using bike lanes and bike paths.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. Revises standard for a court-issued license to drive for work-related purposes.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELAING TO PENALTIES FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE VIOLATIONS Conforms penalty for violating an out-of-service order to federal regulation; provides penalty for operating a commercial motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of an amount of 0.04 percent or more and imposes a penalty for operating a commercial motor vehicle with any amount of alcohol concentration.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to impose upon private parties who use state commercial harbors the duty to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the State against claims that arise from such use.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. Authorizes an agency to transfer the responsibility for preparing and funding Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements to a user for its use of state or county lands or new improvements to be constructed with state or county funds necessary to accommodate the user’s operations.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt rules relating to safety measures, security requirements, and shipping activities for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the general public interest and safety of persons and vessels in the commercial harbors belonging to or controlled by the State.
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TRN, WLO |
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RELATING TO THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE SPECIAL FUND. To provide the Airports Division, Department of Transportation with additional financing options utilizing its Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) revenues to construct airports capital improvement projects (CIP) and to provide the statutory framework to permit the execution of these financial options.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Authorize the department of transportation to pursue a comprehensive 6-year modernization program and providing it sufficient resources to implement the plan by amending the state liquid fuel tax, state vehicle registration fee, state vehicle weight fee, and rental motor vehicle surcharge through increases of the various taxes and the flat rate amount in sections 243-4(a), 249-31, 249-33(a), and 251-2(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, via economic conditions "trigger" mechanism. Authorize the implementation of a Vehicle Miles Traveled Pilot Program.
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RELATING TO AIRPORTS. To provide statutory authority to allow the Department of Transportation to adopt rules that require certain private persons who use the State's commercial airports, to defend, hold harmless and indemnify the State and any of its agencies, officers, and employees, against all claims that arise from such use.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Makes it mandatory that persons operating a moped or motor scooter or riding as a passenger on a motor scooter on any highway shall wear a safety helmet with a chin strap.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes a photo red light imaging detector system program and counties are provided the authorization to implement the program. Does not mandate the counties to implement a photo red light imaging detector system or authorize any appropriation for the program.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Extends the sunset date of Act 2, Second Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, from the forty-fifth day following adjournment sine die of the Regular Session of 2009 to the forty-fifth day following adjournment sine die of the Regular Session of 2010.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Exempts the University of Hawaii from Hawaii public procurement code requirements.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorize the Board of Regents to issue additional revenue bonds in the principal amount of $150,000,000 for the purpose of financing the costs of construction or maintenance of capital improvement projects constituting university projects. Appropriate the proceeds of the initial $100,000,000 of such revenue bonds (as authorized by Act 161) , or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the current fiscal year and any of the fiscal years thereafter, to and including fiscal year 2012-2013. Appropriate the proceeds of the additional $150,000,000 of such revenue bonds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the current fiscal year and any of the fiscal years thereafter, to and including fiscal year 2014-2015.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Grants authority to the University of Hawaii to adopt administrative rules to help manage and regulate public activity on lands it leases and controls on Mauna Kea, including the Mauna Kea Science Reserve, Hale Pohaku, and the connecting roadway corridor. Allows the University to assess and collect administrative fines and to deposit such fines into a newly established Mauna Kea Management Special Fund.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to taxation.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to collective bargaining.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to general excise tax.
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RELATING TO HURRICANE RELIEF FUND. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to hurricane relief fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to income tax.
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RELATING TO STATE BUDGET. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to state budget.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYMENT. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to state employment.
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to state finances.
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RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to state funds.
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RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to state government.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to transient accommodations tax.
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RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Eliminates the Hawaii community development authority's cash-in-lieu option for meeting reserved housing requirements.
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Assists the homeless in reuniting with their families.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Increases the number of eligible households: (1) under which the counties may provide flexibility in land use density provisions and public facility requirements, and (2) to which the housing finance and development corporation may lease land for $1 per year to nonprofit organizations that provide affordable housing, by lowering threshold income limits from 140% to 80% of median incomes.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires petitioners for reclassification of district boundaries and developers of 25 or more housing units provide for at least 60% of the units to be affordable housing, of which 25% going to the households earning up to 80% of the area median income.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. Requires the police department of each county to identify roadways most critical to free movement and commerce and establish protocols necessary to coordinate major accident investigations, including immediately notifying the medical examiner in fatal accident cases.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Creates marijuana distribution stamp system for medical marijuana in Hawaii. Requires a certified facilitator to purchase stamps, at no more than 50 cents per gram of marijuana, for a qualifying patient. Allows a secure growing facility to grow marijuana for no more than 14 qualifying patients. Sets standards for secure growing facility.
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Makes the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana a civil offense and imposes fines. Requires persons under eighteen years of age against whom a civil judgment is entered to complete a drug awareness program.
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Provides that the enforcement of laws related to the personal use of marijuana by adults shall be the lowest law enforcement priority for state and local law enforcement agencies.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Requires department of health to grow, manage, operate, and dispense medical marijuana collectives to qualifying patients. Requires department of public safety to provide security for marijuana growing facilities and for transportation of marijuana. Limits each qualifying patient to 1 caregiver. Allows no more than 4 ounces of marijuana to each patient for every 30 calendar days.
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RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. Vests rights to biodiversity in the State. Creates commission on bioprospecting and authorizes DLNR and commission to regulate bioprospecting and subsequent commercial use of the State's biodiversity through procedures governing access and the benefit sharing agreement process. Appropriation for FY 2009-2010.
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RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. Amends the title of the chapter regulating naturopathy to "naturopathic medicine"; defines "naturopathic medicine"; authorizes naturopathic physicians to administer parenteral therapy; authorizes naturopathic physicians to obtain Federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration; authorizes temporary license to licensed out-of-state naturopathic physicians in a declared public health emergency.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ALCOHOL FUELS. Improve Hawaii's economic and energy security position by establishing a preference for locally produced alcohol fuels.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION. Provides for election of members to the Hawaiian Homes Commission. Specifies qualification for eligibility and length of term of office. Provides for filling vacancies with special election.
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.
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RELATING TO AN AUDIT OF THE HAWAII STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires the Auditor to perform a financial and management audit of the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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HUS, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Requires every collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and public employees to have a 4-year term.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires that nomination papers for an elective office shall not be available during the 24 hour period prior to the filing deadline.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Allows an active member of the employees' retirement system to receive additional service credit for unused vacation leave upon complying with certain conditions.
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Requires, for fiscal year 2009-2010 and fiscal year 2010-2011 only, an additional distribution of not more than $10,000,000 in transient accommodations tax revenues to the tourism special fund.
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TCI, FIN |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize the counties to issue tax increment bonds.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Revises the consolidated renewable energy facility siting process in order to accelerate that process.
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EEP/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Amends sections of chapter 210D, HRS (relating to community-based economic development), to update the provision of services provided by the community-based economic development technical and financial assistance program.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTAL CARE. Requires health insurers and like entities who offer dental coverage to declare and execute their coordination of dental benefits policy to insureds and their counterparts.
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY. Redefines the practice of dentistry to include tooth whitening.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS. Requires the chair of the board of dental examiners to be a licensed dentist.
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RELATING TO DENTISTS. Authorizes the board of dental examiners to sanction licensees for false or misleading advertising.
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RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. Removes records of complaints from the exceptions to the types of information that are not subject to disclosure as public documents.
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY. Grants the board of dental examiners the power to issue cease and desist orders for the unlicensed practice of dentistry.
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RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. Makes appropriation of Homeland Security funds for the American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chapter, to purchase emergency generators for its headquarters and neighbor island offices.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Prohibits employers from knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens, as defined in federal law, and establishes a mechanism for handling complaints and conducting investigations, and penalties for violation of the prohibition.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Creates a criminal offense of accepting false identification documents for employment purposes. Creates a criminal offense of trafficking in personal identifying information for employment purposes.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION PROJECTS. Appropriates $100,000,000 in general obligation bond funds for public school projects and $50,000,000 for University of Hawaii projects. Allows the appropriation to be used to match federal funds appropriated for state capital improvement projects under any federal fiscal stimulus legislation.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. Appropriates $50,000,000 in general obligation bond funds for state capital improvement projects within each county; provided that no funds shall be expended unless the relevant county appropriates $50,000,000 for county capital improvement projects.
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RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes an infrastructure financing loan program to finance affordable housing infrastructure costs to lower the price of housing units.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOSPITAL PROJECTS. Appropriates $50 million in general obligation bond funds for public hospital projects. Allows the appropriation to be used to match federal funds appropriated under any federal fiscal stimulus legislation.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. Appropriates $50,000,000 in general obligation bond funds for affordable housing projects. Allows the appropriation to be used to match federal funds that may be appropriated under any federal fiscal stimulus legislation.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Provides an expedited process for county review and decision on planning, zoning, and construction exemptions sought by a developer of an affordable rental project.
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PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO FUNDING LONG TERM CARE. Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to authorize the legislature to increase the general excise tax by not more than one percentage point and dedicate the proceeds to funding a state long-term care program as prescribed by the legislature.
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RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND. Suspends until 6/30/11 the transfer of 1% of each capital improvement project appropriation to the works of special art fund. Requires that any unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the works of art special fund on 6/30/09 be transferred to the appropriate capital projects fund to be allotted and expended for capital improvement projects.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO REGULATION. Establishes a transportation carrier commission to regulate water and motor carriers. Removes such carriers from the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT ORGANISMS. Preempts certain state administrative regulatory actions and county regulatory actions relating to genetically modified plant organisms. Excepts from the preemption any county ordinance that took effect before 01/01/09 and made unlawful certain actions relating to particular species of genetically modified plant organisms. Excepts also from the preemption any state administrative regulatory action or county regulatory action that bans, restricts, or otherwise regulates the growing of genetically modified taro.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Increases the reserved housing requirement for a major development on a lot of at least one acre in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area. Makes other amendments.
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RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Allows agricultural producers, manufacturers and wholesalers to renew their eligibility into the enterprise zone program for an additional 7 years. Allows for the receipts, sales, and employees of a business's establishments in all enterprise zones located within the same county to count towards qualification into the enterprise program. Clarifies that limited liability companies are included as qualified businesses.
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RELATING TO NOTICE. Permits service by publication of notice of hearing on petition for injunction against harassment and of injunction after hearing.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Declares the intent of the legislature to leave intact the rights of persons holding homestead leases as joint tenants, with rights of survivorship, before 4/6/2000.
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HAW/WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Establishes a transitional management team within the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to planning for necessary restructuring to ensure the strength of the state's health care safety net.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires a portion of housing units in residential developments constructed with state assistance, on land purchase or leased from the State and on land located in a community development district, to be sold pursuant to restrictions that ensure continued affordability over time.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Short form bill relating to elections.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Short form bill relating to the legislature.
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LMG |
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Short form bill relating to counties.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. Short form bill relating to public officers.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION. Short form bill relating to conservation.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO PLANNING. Short form bill relating to planning.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to economic development.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill relating to taxation.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Short form bill relating to transportation.
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TRN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Short form bill relating to motor vehicles.
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TRN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to education.
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EDN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Short form bill relating to social services.
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HUS |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill relating to labor.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Short form bill relating to financial institutions.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CORPORATIONS. Short form bill relating to corporations.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Short form bill relating to insurance.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS. Short form bill relating to professions and occupations.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO TRADE. Short form bill relating to trade.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. Short form bill relating to uniform commercial code.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PROPERTY. Short form bill relating to property.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO UNIFORM PROBATE CODE. Short form bill relating to uniform probate code.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FAMILY. Short form bill relating to family.
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HUS |
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RELATING TO COURTS. Short form bill relating to courts.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PENAL CODE. Short form bill relating to penal code.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Short form bill relating to government.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ECONOMY. Short form bill relating to the economy.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to human services.
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HUS |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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HSG |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Short form bill relating to Hawaiian affairs.
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HAW |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. Short form bill relating to environment.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Short form bill relating to land use.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Short form bill relating to crime.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO JUDICIARY. Short form bill relating to judiciary.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO DISASTER. Short form bill relating to disaster.
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PBS |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Deletes avoided cost by a utility in determining a just and reasonable rate for nonfossil fuel generated electricity.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Establishes the Hawaii energy and food security authority to plan, coordinate, and address Hawaii's energy and food security needs. Repeals the state program for energy planning and conservation. Imposes the environmental response and energy and food security tax. Makes the executive director of the authority the energy resources coordinator. Repeals the energy resources coordinator duties. Abolishes the agribusiness development corporation on 7/1/2011.
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EEP, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING. Makes clarifying amendments to the electronic waste recycling act.
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EEP, EBM |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Allows the use of clotheslines on any privately owned single-family residential dwelling or townhouse.
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EEP/HSG |
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RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION. Prohibits discrimination in real property transactions based on lawful source of income.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the counties from the neurotrauma special fund for purchase and training in the use of photogrammetric traffic accident investigation technology.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the board of education to develop a minimum staffing formula for off-ratio positions in certain schools.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCERS. Requires that the board of land and natural resources conduct public hearings prior to awarding a lease of public land to a renewable energy producer.
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WLO/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO COQUI FROGS. Appropriates funds for grants-in-aid to the counties for coqui frog eradication.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the employer to continue medical services to an injured employee despite disputes over whether treatment should be continued, until the director of labor and industrial relations decides whether treatment should be continued.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Enacts the responsible construction contractor law for government procurements of construction projects.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMES. Makes it a class C felony to intentionally or knowingly kill a cat or dog for the purpose of human consumption or to consume any part of a cat or dog.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY IN HAWAII. Designates the second Saturday in July of each year as "Religious Freedom Day in Hawaii".
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TCI |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for the State's portion of the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds in each year of the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium to increase the payments for physician services provided by QUEST and medicare fee-for-service providers up to 100 per cent of the current medicare rate. Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to report to the Legislature prior to the 2010 Regular Session with (1) the amount of baseline medicaid and additional funds needed for fiscal year 2010-2011, and (2) the amount of funding required to continue increased payments for physician services and to increase reimbursements for all fee-for-service providers. Requires DHS to seek an appropriation in an amount equal to at least the amount appropriated in 2009-2010 for additional payments for physician services.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Amends the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree to include conduct committed against victims who the courts and police are attempting to keep safe with protective orders.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. Adds the acts of inflicting serious or substantial bodily injury upon a person who is pregnant in the course of committing or attempting to commit a felony to those actions for which an extended term of imprisonment may be given. Mandates imprisonment for such actions if not subject to extended term.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Amends various sections of HRS to comply with Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, which places restrictions on the creation of civil service exempt positions and requires an annual review of exempt positions to determine whether they should be converted to civil service positions.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires independent medical examinations and permanent impairment rating examinations to be performed by physicians mutually agreed upon by employers and employees or appointed by the director of labor and industrial relations.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires all offerors and subcontractors for construction contracts subject to the state public procurement code, to maintain or participate in a bona fide, state-approved apprenticeship program at the time of general bidding.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Beginning in FY 2009-2010 and every 5 years thereafter, provides for lump sum payments for retirees at least 75 years of age who have been in retirement at least 20 years as of 6/30/2009. Makes appropriation.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 3rd representative district.
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FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STATE QUALIFYING SHOOTING RANGE AT KULANI CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN EAST HAWAII ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to plan, design, and construct a state qualifying shooting range situated at Kulani correctional facility in east Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Provides grants to the counties for victim witness assistance programs and career criminal prosecution units.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Authorizes the administrative hearings office of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to decide a limited number of disputes per year related to environmental issues. Effective 7/01/09, and repealed on 6/30/12.
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EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION. Directs governor to acquire Molokai Ranch from GuocoLeisure Ltd.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Clarifies state law relating to native Hawaiians.
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HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Clarifies state law relating to the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING. Creates a bag limit and size limit for uhu and goatfish on Maui.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Prohibits election officials and pollwatchers from using or transmitting information about specific voters in the precinct, for partisan or campaign purposes on the day of the election during the hours of voting. Establishes it as a misdemeanor.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE. Establishes the misdemeanor offense of ticket scalping.
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CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. Clarifies that certain public officers and employees are prohibited from using their official positions or titles to endorse candidates for public office.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits motorcycle, motor scooter, and moped mufflers from emitting a noise level above an unspecified decibel level. Provides a graduated schedule of fines for first, second, and subsequent violations.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Permits motor vehicle backup warning beepers to be disabled between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. if certain conditions are met. Eliminates specific requirements for bumper heights for vehicles.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ACT 204, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2008. Clarifies ambiguities in Act 204, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008.
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EEP/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a non-refundable tax credit for the manufacture of renewable energy technology devices.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO A GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION. Establishes an annual general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses that sell clothing and school supplies with a retail price under $100, and personal computers with a retail price under $2,000, on condition that businesses pass savings on to consumers.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Establishes a technology and innovation extension service at the University of Hawaii.
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HED, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Excludes self-employed individuals and their families from the scope of the workers' compensation law.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEE INCREASE TAX CREDIT. Provides maximum tax credit of $8,500 for an employer that increases employee count over the prior taxable year.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION. Deletes: (i) prohibition of commercial operation of thrill craft, water sledding, parasailing, or high speed boating in Maunalua Bay, Oahu, on weekends and holidays; (ii) requirement that permits be issued at public auction; and (iii) maximum term of permit issue of 20 years.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts the general excise tax on the purchase of certain disaster preparedness items sold during the last week of May.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts the general excise tax on the purchase of certain articles of apparel and school supplies for students during the week before public school begins.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Exempts persons with a valid state marriage license from having to obtain a permit for a wedding ceremony on unencumbered public land.
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WLO, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes capital improvement projects for the 41st representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PEACE DAY. Establishes a peace mission committee to plan, develop, and implement a peace mission in 2017 in honor of the tenth annual Peace Day.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO TORTS. Abolishes joint and several liability for design professionals except when design professional's degree of negligence is 25% or more.
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RELATING TO RURAL PHYSICIANS TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit on a sliding scale for amounts paid for medical malpractice insurance premiums by physicians that move to, and practice medicine in, rural areas.
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RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Requires the liquor commission of each county to establish labeling and product placement requirements for alcoholic malt beverages.
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RELATING TO RESISTING AN ORDER TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE. Makes resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle a class C or class B felony under certain circumstances.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital Improvements for the 50th Representative District.
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Prohibits tethering of dogs to fixed objects. Imposes a fine for violation. Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to implement tethering prohibition.
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RELATING TO NOISE. Requires the department of health to establish rules to limit the noise level of leaf blowers.
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RELATING TO HOURS OF WORK. Changes the hours of work for public officers and employees to 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS. Increases the renewable portfolio standard for electric utility companies
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RELATING TO GASOLINE. Requires that by 1/1/ , all ethanol meeting the 10% content requirement for gasoline be produced from sugarcane grown in the State.
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RELATING TO LAND PRESERVATION. Appropriates funds to acquire and preserve remaining open space in Hawaii Kai.
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RELATING TO LEGACY LANDS. Appropriates funds for the board of land and natural resources to purchase the Ka ‘Iwi coast using the land conservation fund.
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RELATING TO WORLD OCEAN DAY. Changes the name of Ocean Day to World Ocean Day.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Prohibits drivers from using cellular telephones while operating a motor vehicle unless it is a hands-free device or for emergency use.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Prohibits the sale of public land by the board of land and natural resources where a fish pond is located.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. Directs the counties to acquire land or negotiate an easement to provide public access to coastal and inland recreational areas at quarter-mile intervals.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION. Requires the Department of Health to establish rules requiring the use of mufflers on yard equipment, where applicable.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ZONING. Allows the counties to impose within their zoning ordinances performance standards on group living facilities.
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Adds salvia divinorum and salivinorin A to Schedule V of the Hawaii controlled substances list.
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Prohibits the sale of salvia divinorum and any of its byproducts, including salvinorin A, to minors under the age of 18. Requires those who sell salvia divinorum or salvinorin A to include warning labels informing consumers of possible side effects of salvia divinorum and salvinorin A.
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST DIAMOND HEAD RENEWABLE RESOURCES, LLC. Provides for the issuance of $144,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Diamond Head Renewable Resources, LLC.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH PLANNING. Makes conforming amendments to the health planning and resources development and health care cost control law, including the certificate of need process, regarding the creation of regional councils. Repeals the review panel, statewide health coordinating council, and subarea councils and replaces them with regional councils.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO A SINGLE-PAYOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. Directs the department of health to study the delivery of health care in Hawaii to determine the feasibility of a single-payor health care system.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 35th representative district.
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RELATING TO A NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. Provides a new markets tax credit of a certain percentage of the amount paid to a qualified community development entity for a qualified equity investment.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. Authorizes the various counties to provide for the transfer of development rights from lands designated as important agricultural lands to other districts or parcels of land.
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PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION HEADED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ASSESS TAXES. Proposes amendments to the state constitution to establish the department of education as a political subdivision headed by the board of education. Authorizes the board to enact an education excise tax.
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM INSURANCE TAX CREDIT FOR SMALL BUSINESS. Grants tax credit to small businesses at the lesser of 50% of premiums or $500 per employee for purchase of long-term care insurance for its employees. Defines small business as businesses employing less than 100 full-time or part-time workers.
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RELATING TO VOTING. Establishes citizens right to vote. Establishes permanent absentee voting.
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RELATING TO INTEREST. Limits the amount of pre-paid interest that may be charged by a lender for a residential mortgage.
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO TORTS. Exempts department of education employees from liability from ceasing activities between students that are reasonably believed to cause bodily injury or harm to one or more students.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO FEES. Prohibits the awarding of certain fees in certain collections actions for any work done in the first ninety days a property owner is late in the payment of a mortgage or certain fees.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Permits any person who controls, operates, or manages an agricultural water system to negotiate an agreement of power as deemed necessary.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Authorizes the department of commerce and consumer affairs to conduct criminal history record checks on locksmiths who apply for business licenses with the department.
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts the GET from proceeds received by a nonprofit organization from fundraising events to cover the cost of services provided for the State.
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RELATING TO PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PARKS. Allows one or more contiguous parcels within the agricultural district to establish a private agricultural park to: (i) generate electrical energy and transmit the electricity over parcel boundaries within the park without regulation by the PUC; and (ii) transmit cold water for cooling facilities and nonpotable water for irrigation across parcel boundaries within the park without state or county regulation.
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RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Moves natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority to the department of budget and finance for administrative purposes. Expands the number of directors for NELHA to thirteen. Modifies appointment process for directors. Removes requirement that chairperson and secretary of the research advisory committee serve as directors.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A YOUTH CENTER. Establishes a Youth Center within the University of Hawaii to identify and address major global issues.
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HED, TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Appropriates or authorizes temporary assistance for needy families funds for the healthy start program, including enhanced healthy start, hiring of additional staff, and training.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. Establishes a preference for bidders to government contracts who pledge to hire individuals with disabilities and certain temporary assistance to needy families recipients.
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HUS, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Changes the classification of the offense of promoting intoxicating liquor to a minor from a misdemeanor to a petty misdemeanor. Requires a minimum 24-hour jail sentence for the first offense, and higher for second, third, and subsequent offenses.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires retailers in the State to distribute only recyclable, reusable, or compostable checkout bags.
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EEP, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Bans the use of polystyrene foam containers by food vendors in the State.
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EEP, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits the Office of Consumer Protection from making consumer complaints publicly available in cases where the complaint was resolved in favor of the business against which the complaint was filed.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires the director of health to establish, by rule, motor vehicle emission standards by adopting the motor vehicle emission standards established by the State of California.
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EEP, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 6th representative district.
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RELATING TO GENETIC COUNSELORS. Establishes genetic counseling licensure program within department of health. Requires licensure in order to use the title of "licensed genetic counselor". Provides exemptions from licensure requirements.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' RIGHTS. Requires private employers who provide pension plans to their employees to allow an employee who has vested to receive pension payments upon becoming disabled, regardless of age. Permits director of labor and industrial relations to reopen workers' compensation cases after settlement if settlement was obtained by exerting undue influence over any party or as a result of the disability or mental incompetence of the employee.
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET. Requires the governor or the director of finance to report restrictions of appropriations to the legislature.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 24th representative district.
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes the Medical Home Demonstration Project to contract with AlohaCare to provide primary care to patients of the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and Waimanalo Health Center.
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Establishes a solid waste management commission. Assigns responsibility for developing the State's integrated solid waste management plan to the commission and authorizes the commission to establish an advisory council. Establishes the waste resource management special fund. Funds the special fund with moneys from the environmental response tax and the deposit beverage container deposit special fund.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Makes an appropriation for the relocation and establishment of a pilot plant for the conversion of biomass into liquid transportation fuel and electricity.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes loan repayment program and housing stipend program for University of Hawaii medical school graduates practicing in counties with a population of less than 500,000 for a minimum of 6 years.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the university to manage and regulate public and commercial activities on lands leased or controlled on Mauna Kea. Establishes the Mauna Kea management special fund and allows the university to assess and collect administrative fines for deposit into the special fund.
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HED, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Directs funding provided by the federal government's 2009 economic stimulus package for health care programs.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSITIONING OF THE REGIONS AND FACILITIES OF HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Authorizes a facility or regional health care system under the Hawaii health systems corporation to transition into a new legal entity, including a nonprofit or for-profit corporation, municipal facility, or public benefit corporation.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to provide health care for uninsured Hawaii residents through non-profit community-based health care providers.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTISTS. Allows post-doctoral dental residents enrolled in an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited dental residency program to be granted a temporary license for the duration of the program.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Directs the Department of Health to establish a pilot project funding federally qualified health centers to provide services based on a patient-centered health care home model.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates the Facilities Alignment Commission to establish criteria for the selection of public schools to be constructed, expanded, consolidated, or closed, and recommend a list of areas for new school construction, and of schools for expansion, consolidation, or closure. Requires the Board of Education to comply with these recommendations if the legislature does not disapprove of them in their entirety.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Clarifies civil service status of employees at 2 conversion charter schools, Waialae and Lanikai elementary schools.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. Requires insurers, mutual and fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to recognize advanced practice registered nurses as primary care providers. Grants global signature authority and prescriptive rights. Amends definition of advanced practice registered nurse.
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT. Creates a process for a patient to direct end-of-life treatment in a standardized physician orders for life sustaining form. Requires department of health to design the form. Requires department of health and Hawaii health systems corporation to require adoption of the form in their respective health facilities.
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. Creates John A. Burns school of medicine special fund. Assesses $60 fee to obtain or renew physician and osteopathic physician licenses. Transfers those fees from compliance resolution fund for deposit to the special fund for Hawaii physician workforce assessment and planning. Appropriates $150,000 in FY 2009-2010 and FY 2010-2011. Appropriates $5,000 from compliance resolution fund to the special fund in FY 2009-2010 and FY 2010-2011 and requires the special fund to reimburse the compliance resolution fund by 7/1/2010.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. Authorizes physician assistants to sign certain documents; to provide emergency medical care without supervision; to administer immunizations; to prescribe medications for patients suffering from human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome without preauthorization; limits tort liability of physician assistants.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO BILL OF RIGHTS FOR VICTIMS. Amends HRS chapter 801D, providing for additional rights to crime victims.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FEES. Prohibits transfer fee covenants in real property transactions.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Amends Act 137, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, to include exemption language for certain professionals and agreements consistent with purpose of Act.
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts medical care services, long-term care services, and non-prescription drugs from general excise tax liability.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. This bill will remove the requirement that non-legal or registered owners of a vehicle present a notarized letter in order to ship the vehicle interisland, regardless of mode of transport.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO GASOLINE DEALERS. Repeals the prohibition against gasoline producers and wholesalers assuming the operation of a gasoline retail station formerly operated by a dealer under a franchise, in cases where the former dealer vacates the retail station, cancels the franchise, or is properly terminated or not renewed.
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EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AIRPORT CONCESSIONS. Allows for certain adjustments and modifications to airport concession leases.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Allows rental or U-drive companies to register their motor vehicles every two years and receive a credit for the balance of the registration period upon surrender of the vehicles certificate of registration.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Increases the fee schedule of compensation for medical care in workers' compensation cases from 110% to 150% of the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale system applicable to Hawaii as prepared by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER. Requires the state historic preservation officer possess professional qualification in specific fields of study.
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WLO, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MAKAPIPI STREAM, MAUI. Directs department of land and natural resources to study the instream flow of Makapipi Stream, Maui, to determine whether the stream is sufficiently protected in the public interest.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Exempts schools on Molokai from the board of education's single school calendar.
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EDN |
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RELATING TO AQUARIUM AQUATIC LIFE. Regulates the collection of aquarium aquatic life.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Directs department of Hawaiian home lands to determine the requirements and estimated costs of establishing early childhood education centers in each Hawaiian homestead community.
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HAW, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Requires DHHL to develop a water resources use and management plan for Hawaiian home lands.
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HAW, WLO/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Prohibits alienation of lease by a lessee for consideration, except to immediate family.
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HAW, JUD |
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Requires any commercial lease to non-native Hawaiian to be leased at fair market value.
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HAW, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Authorizes DLNR Conservation and Resources Enforcement Officers to use tasers while performing their duties upon the receipt of accreditation or recognition from a nationally recognized law enforcement accreditation or credentialing program.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT AFFAIRS. Short form bill relating to legislative management affairs.
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Short form bill relating to ethics.
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LMG |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Short form bill relating to procurement.
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LMG |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES. Short form bill relating to government expenditures.
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LMG |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Makes the GET exemption amendments for timeshare operators and condominium submanagers permanent.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Amends the definition of engaging in business under section 237-2, HRS (general excise tax), to include persons who enter into an agreement with residents of the State where the person pays a commission for referral of potential customers.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE STATE HOMELESS PROGRAMS. Creates the office of homeless and community services under the department of human services and transfers the office of community services from the department of labor and industrial relations and the homeless programs from the Hawaii public housing authority to the department of human services.
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HSG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESERVATION. Preserves relevant historic sites within the property known as the former Ewa Marine Air Field.
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EBM, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW. Exempts real estate licensees from the definition of practice of law.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Clarifies the role of school community councils, and increases the amount of funding controlled by schools.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Creates taskforce to explore alternative forms of voting. Mandates report to the legislature by the 2010 regular session.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital Improvements for the 32nd Representative District
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to work with the department of land and natural resources to identify appropriate lands for a high technology park on Oahu and to consult with the high technology development corporation to plan for the establishment of the high technology park. Makes appropriation.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING. Establishes a fishing bag limit and size restrictions for Maui for uhu and goatfish.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO METAL. Repeals the 07/01/09 "sunset" date in Act 53, SLH 2008, that established the misdemeanor offense of theft of beer keg and imposed recordkeeping requirements on scrap metal dealers that purchase beer kegs. Effective 06/30/09.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. Requires association of apartment owners of a condominium or the Board of Directors of a planned community association to designate a representative on the property that is authorized to provide entry for a duly authorized process server.
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JUD/CPC |
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RELATING TO HAWAII GROWN PRODUCE. Establishes the farm-to-school program in the department of education to increase the procurement of locally-grown fruits and vegetables. Establishes the Hawaii-grown fresh fruit and vegetable program to increase schoolchildren's access to Hawaii produce. Establishes the farmers to food banks program.
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EDN, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOBILE BILLBOARDS. Amends the restrictions on the use of mobile billboards and provides for penalties. Exempts businesses using advertising devices used in the daily function of the business.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING. Requires reasonable limitations the size and commercial use of signs on residential real property.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. Prohibits protests within 300 feet of the entrance of any cemetery under control of the office of veterans' services from 60 minutes before to 60 minutes after a funeral.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects to improve certain UH athletic facilities.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS. Bans the operation of leaf blowers in Hawaii.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Allows counties to remove abandoned motor vehicles from private roads.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HOURS OF WORK. Authorizes staggered work weeks for public employees.
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LAB/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 21st representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires riders of mopeds to wear helmets and provides fines for violations.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Makes appropriations for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 10th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS. Requires professional employer organizations to register with the department of commerce and consumer affairs.
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EBM, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Makes various administrative and technical amendments to the small business regulatory flexibility act. Codifies the small business bill of rights.
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EBM, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ABOUT FACE PROGRAM. Appropriates TANF funds for Hawaii national guard about face family of programs for FY 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
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EBM, HUS, FIN |
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APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE LEIALII WATER SOURCE. Appropriates funds for the Leialii water source.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Clarifies and better organizes the statutory provisions for school impact fees.
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EDN, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Changes no-fault insurance coverage for personal injury protection benefits from required coverage to required optional coverage.
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TRN, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes fines for failing to pay or remit the inspection, quarantine and eradication fee. Exempts liquid bulk freight and cement bulk freight from the fee.
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AGR/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Directs the University of Hawaii, in cooperation with other public and private entities, to study the feasibility of introducing the farm to school program in Hawaii's public schools.
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AGR, EDN/HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE GIVING CAMPAIGN. Establishes the Hawaii state giving campaign as the only authorized solicitation of employees in the state workplace on behalf of charitable organizations. Appropriates funds to implement the campaign.
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HUS, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the permitted uses of land within the agricultural district with soil classifications of A or B to include educational facilities and agricultural appurtenances.
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WLO/AGR, EDN |
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RELATING TO DAMS. Establishes the dam and reservoir repair revolving fund. Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to make loans from the fund for the alteration, repair, or removal of dams and reservoirs. Makes owner of dam or reservoir liable for damages resulting from natural causes when there is a finding of negligence. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds and makes an appropriation to the revolving fund.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS. Allows the commissioner of financial institutions to regulate, license, examine, and enforce laws regulating mortgage brokers and loan originators. Repeals chapter 454.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Makes various clarifying and technical amendments, and corrects inadvertent errors, in the Life Settlements Model Act, chapter 431E, HRS, which establishes consumer protections in life settlement transactions.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Eliminates most procedural requirements preliminary to hearing for eviction of tenants from public housing. Requires evictions to be conducted by hearings officers appointed by the Hawaii public housing authority.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to implement policies that reduce vacancies in public housing by 20% each year for the next 4 years. Requires the authority to annually assess tenant income to determine their continued eligibility for public housing. Requires the authority to submit annual reports to the legislature on the number of vacant units in public housing projects and related information.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs to identify and report on planned community associations in Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOME OCCUPATIONS. Regulates home occupations.
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EBM, HSG/WLO |
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RELATING TO MEDICINE. Directs the Hawaii medical board to require physician clinical practitioners to complete 2 hours of continuing medical education on palliative care every 4 years.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Requires the department of transportation to incorporate shared lane markings as a new form of traffic control device.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. Entitles taxpayers over the age of 60 to a refundable tax credit, provided the amount is at least $1.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO SHORELINE MANAGEMENT. Establishes the shoreline management task force to create uniform statewide management standards of shoreline areas.
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WLO, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Proposes a constitutional amendment to change the Opening Day of the regular session of the Legislature from the third Wednesday in January to the first Wednesday in February and extend the limit on the length of the regular session from sixty to ninety days, beginning with the regular session of 2012.
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LMG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits motorcycle, motor scooter, and moped mufflers from emitting a noise level above an unspecified decibel level. Provides a graduated schedule of fines for first, second, and subsequent violations.
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the public utility commission to adopt rules to require any eligible customer-generator that enters into a net energy metering contract with an electric utility to supply electricity through the electric utility's electric grid to share in the cost of the transmission of that electricity.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit and the tax credit for research activities until 2015. Requires a ten per cent increase in workforce to continue claiming the research activited tax credit after two years. Provides for recapture of these tax credits if the business leaves Hawaii. Precludes claiming the high technology business investment tax credit for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008.
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RELATING TO THE TOURISM AUTHORITY. Adds a member of the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation to the Hawaii tourism authority board.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 28th representative district.
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Requires DHS to include in its request for proposals for QUEST providers various provisions to safeguard against disruption of services that may be caused by positive enrollment.
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RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Establishes certain types of animal restraint as an offense of cruelty to animals in the second degree.
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RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Establishes certain types of animal restraint as an offense of cruelty to animals in the second degree.
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RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING. Eliminates the cap on the maximum amount of net energy metering allowed. Requires reasonable storage for each energy-generating facility for systems that are operated independently of the electric utility's power grid.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes the Renewable Energy Technology Systems Loan Program to provide loans to homeowners to purchase and install renewable energy technology systems, that shall be secured by the property upon which the system is installed, and repaid using the savings realized from use of the renewable energy technology system.
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RELATING TO GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN. Amends definition of exceptional children to include gifted and talented children.
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RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Directs the Department of Defense Civil Defense Division to conduct a feasibility study on the use of the United States Navy facilities at Lualualei as a civilian emergency shelter.
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RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 44th representative district.
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. As a condition precedent to the issuance of any grubbing, grading, or building permit for any residential development, as defined, the responsible county official must certify that all county and state highways that are or will be contiguous to the residential development are under construction.
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RELATING TO COUNTY HIGHWAY PATROLS. Allows counties to establish highway patrols as part of police departments; requires uncontested traffic fines and forfeitures to be transmitted to the counties for highway patrols.
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RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Clarifies solar water heater variance request procedures and authority and provides guidance with respect to solar water heater system standards.
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RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Requires affected agencies to account for sea-level rise and minimize risks from coastal hazards such as erosion, storm inundation, hurricanes, and tsunami. Preserves public access and public shoreline access. Extends shoreline setback to not less than 40 feet from shoreline and requires counties to account for annual erosion rates.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INITIATIVES. Establishes the development of non-fossil fuel transportation as a state policy goal. Provides tax credits for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and alternative fuel refueling infrastructure. Requires the designation of parking spaces for electric vehicles. Requires state and county agencies to follow a priority list when purchasing energy-efficient vehicles, including electric vehicles. Requires the director of transportation to furnish information to the energy resources coordinator on the use of electric vehicles in the State. Requires the department of transportation to develop a plan for electric vehicle infrastructure.
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RELATING TO PROPERLY INFLATED TIRES. Requires retail service stations to provide free tire pressure gauges and operational tire inflation devices to enable motorists to maintain properly inflated tires so as to increase the overall operating efficiency of existing vehicles. Provides penalty.
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EEP, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes comprehensive measures for increasing the production and use of renewable energy in the State.
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE. Establishes the Museum for Hawaiian Music and Dance. Appropriates moneys for GO bonds.
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TCI, HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Exempts GSA-approved sole source vendors on procurements involving federal matching funds from certain sole source procurement provisions.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO FARMS. Establishes a pilot program to develop safe food certification for small farms that form agricultural cooperatives and establish purchasing agreements with hotels and restaurants.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Makes various amendments to clarify the Hawaii Tourism Authority law.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Repeals requirement of providing full social security number on application to register to vote, requiring instead, the last four digits of a social security number, a Hawaii driver's license number, or a Hawaii state identification card number.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes a twenty-four hour cutoff on the availability of nomination papers prior to the close of filing for any elective office.
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the public utilities commission to notify the public about new regulatory proceedings via its website and changes the deadline for intervention in certain proceedings to be no later than 20 days after posting of the preceding notice on the commission's website.
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RELATING TO VOTING. Allows election-day voter registration.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCIES AND BOARDS. Makes boards established by official government document subject to open meetings law. Requires actions taken in closed meetings to be announced in public. Authorizes the office of information practices to enforce the open meetings law.
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RELATING TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Adds a definition for confidential witness to section 368‑4, HRS, to distinguish confidential witness statements and statements of the parties to a complaint filed with the civil rights commission.
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RELATING TO LABOR. Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to use a standard reporting form to report the fringe benefit rate paid to both union and non-union laborers who perform work for the construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings and public works.
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RELATING TO DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES. Amends the definition of disability. Amends and adds certain definitions to broaden protections against employment disability discrimination in the State.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for emergency medical services in Laupahoehoe district, county of Hawaii.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATED TO EDUCATION. Permits a school community council to appeal directly to the Board of Education. Also allows individual members of a school community council to appeal to the BOE.
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR BETTER PLACE HAWAII, INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Better Place Hawaii, Inc. in the planning, designing, construction, and development of transportation infrastructure, equipment, and apparatus to support electric vehicles in Hawaii.
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RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION FEES. Removes the exemption from fees for air pollution emissions in excess of 4,000 tons annually from covered sources.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Increases speed restriction for neighborhood electric vehicles from 25 to 35 miles per hour.
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Repeals exemption from ban on smoking in enclosed or partially enclosed areas for correctional facilities.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the office of Hawaiian affairs to conduct a study on the disparate treatment of native Hawaiians and other ethnic groups in the State's criminal justice system; makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Amends the procedures for a farmer or landowner to petition the land use commission for an important agricultural land designation by deleting provisions: allowing petitioner to seek reclassification of other lands within the same petition; providing criteria for the petition for declaratory order; requiring petition to submit a certification as to the quality of the land; relating to the commission's evaluation and decision making, allowing a petitioner to earn credits, and requiring prior legislative authorization for redesignation of important agricultural lands.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CLAIM CONCILIATION. Establishes the medical claim conciliation hearing office and the positions of executive director and hearing officer. Directs the hearing officer to conduct hearings on medical claims in accordance with the administrative procedure act. Makes opinions issued by the hearing officer binding upon the parties. Repeals the medical claim conciliation panel.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvements projects to benefit the 49th representative district.
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RELATING TO ETHANOL FACILITY TAX CREDIT. Caps the total annual amount of ethanol facility tax credits allowed at $8,000,000 between 01/01/09 to 12/31/12.
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EEP, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for a study relating to beach erosion at Kailua beach.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires all dialysis centers in the State to have backup generators with the capacity to sustain treatment and maintain the centers' water treatment system.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Places a cap on itemized deductions claimed on state income tax returns and increases the state standard deduction.
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RELATING TO STATE INCOME TAX. Repeals deduction of wagering losses for Hawaii state income tax purposes.
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Requires department of human services to grant to families homeless assistance, under specified circumstances, as an allowance for nonrecurring special needs when homelessness is a direct result of domestic violence. Allows verification by sworn statement of victim.
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Prohibits a landlord from evicting a rental housing tenant solely on the basis that the tenant is a victim of domestic violence.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS. Makes an appropriation for emergency domestic violence shelters.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO TATTOO ARTISTS. Strengthens the regulation of tattoo artists in the State.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes a pilot program in the department of human resources development to monitor workers' compensation cases involving soft-tissue injuries that have been open for more than 6 months.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. Requires the board of regents to auction the naming rights to buildings on the University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus, with the proceeds to be deposited into the University of Hawaii-West Oahu special fund to be used for electric generation from renewable energy resources.
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RELATING TO TELEWORK. Establishes the telework task force to develop a comprehensive plan that will encourage and expand telework opportunities in Hawaii while reducing harmful environmental impacts, traffic congestion, the dependence on fossil fuels, and encourage a better quality of life for people who commute to work in Hawaii. Makes an appropriation.
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TRN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES. Creates an optional "ingenuity company" designation for LLCs. Requires an LLC with an ingenuity company designation to exercise its right to exclude conferred by any patent it has an interest in for a public purpose. Establishes reporting requirements.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates the Hawaii Health Authority to develop a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care in Hawaii.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes a tax on soft drinks and syrup. Provides that moneys collected be deposited into the general fund.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. Prohibits pedestrians from walking in or on a highway or its right of way for the purpose of soliciting for sale or selling anything or for soliciting or accepting donations of any kind.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CRIME. Creates offenses of loitering and criminal nuisance in Ala Moana Park.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Exempts individuals from income tax if they earn less than 100 percent of the current Federal Poverty Income Guideline for Hawaii.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking within the Waikiki Beach area.
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RELATING TO THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF PET ANIMALS. Prohibits the confinement of a pet animal on public property (with certain exceptions) and amends the law on animal hoarding.
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RELATING TO THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. Amends the primary health care incentive program to include the development and maintenance of a list of doctors, their specialties, and locations in which they are willing to help serve.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Authorizes family court, when issuing a temporary restraining order, to award exclusive care of a pet animal and enjoin the restrained party from having any contact with the pet animal.
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. Prohibits possession of gaff designed to be attached to gamecock or other fighting fowl.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Places a ceiling on non-economic damages in medical torts involving neurologists and neurosurgeons.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PATIENT COMPENSATION FUND. Establishes a patient compensation fund to offer medical malpractice insurance in excess of the basic insurance coverage necessary to participate in the fund.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 8th representative district.
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RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes Hawaii gaming control commission and framework for casino gaming on Oahu only. Levies 10 percent tax, of which 5 percent is to be remitted to the City and County of Honolulu to fund the fixed guideway transportation system on Oahu. Repeals general excise tax surcharge to fund transit on Oahu.
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EBM/TCI, TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes motor vehicle towing companies to add the general excise tax to the fees charged to the owner of a motor vehicle left unattended on private or public property.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Allows the Liquor Commission of each county to undertake substance-abuse-treatment and prevention activities.
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HUS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE REVOCATION. Permits driver whose license has been administratively revoked for life to seek reinstatement of the license after 10 years have passed since the lifetime revocation
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Shortens time for notice, meeting, and grievance requirements for violations with rental agreements, leases, violation of rules, or maintenance in public housing. Streamlines eviction process in public housing.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Provides a general excise tax deferment for 4 years for payments received from medicaid or medicare by for-profit hospitals, that provide services to an annual patient population consisting of 60% or more uninsured, medicaid, and medicare patients.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Overrides the rulemaking authority of the procurement policy office for administrative rules adopted since 1/1/03. Reinstates the office's rulemaking authority on 1/1/11.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF COURT. Prohibits a court from imprisoning a victim of a sexual assault or domestic abuse crime for contempt for refusing to testify concerning that sexual assault or domestic abuse crime.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires the department of human services to award medicaid contracts to nonprofit insurance entities only.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires a franchise retail food establishment to include nutritional information about each standard menu item.
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HLT, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. Increases the general excise tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes; designates a percentage of this increase to cervical and breast cancer screening and the Healthy Start program.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. Provides a tax credit against income tax to caregivers who care for qualified care recipients in graduated amounts from $250 to $1,000 based on adjusted gross income. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2009, and repealed on 01/01/2013.
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