COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Monday, January 25, 2010
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Extends the power to appoint county liquor administrators to the county liquor control adjudication boards.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO DISHONORED CHECKS. Clarifies that payees or holders in due course may assess a service charge up to $30 for a dishonored check.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO GROUP LIFE INSURANCE. Requires insurance commissioner approval of the issuance of group life insurance policies that cover other than the listed groups. Expands group disability insurance to include groups other than the listed groups.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires holders of professional or vocational licenses to provide to the department of commerce and consumer affairs a tax clearance issued by the department of taxation as a condition to license issuance or renewal.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO OWNER-BUILDERS. Amends Chapter 444 by: (1) Allowing an exemption for the sale or lease of a property by an owner builder prior to the expiration of the one-year prohibition period in the event of hardship; (2) Defining when a construction or improvement is completed; (3) Exempting improvements of less than $10,000 in value; (4) Exempting lenders and mortgages in cases of non-judicial foreclosure; (5) Creating a rebuttable presumption that an owner or lessee is in violation when more than one exemption is obtained within five years. Increases the handyman exemption to $2,000.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that any condominium developed after 7/1/06 is subject to chapter 514B, HRS; limits condominium maps to two dimensional renderings.
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CPC, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
8:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS. Amends definition of "renewable electrical energy" to include, beginning January 1, 2015, customer-sited, grid-connected renewable energy generation.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Permits electric utilities to recover costs and earn a 15% rate of return from ratepayers on investments and installations of voltage regulation technologies that meet specified standards.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Ensures that agencies that enter into energy performance contracts shall continue to receive budget appropriations for energy expenditures in an amount that shall not fall below the pre-performance contract budget.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires a marine terminal operator, rather than a distributor, to collect the environmental response tax from the owner of petroleum products at the time those products are received at the terminal.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Gives boards of directors authority to install or allow the installation of solar energy or wind energy devices on the common elements of condominiums.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Removes the exemption for dietary supplements from the deposit beverage container program.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Authorizes owners of adjoining property to enter private property to remove invasive species.
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EEP, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BUSINESS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
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RELATING TO MILITARY AND OVERSEAS CIVILIAN ABSENTEE VOTERS. Implements voting provisions for uniformed services and overseas absentee voters, as recommended by Federal Voting Assistance Program.
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EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MILITARY PERSONNEL. Recognizes the designations of prisoner of war and missing in action as valid descriptions of casualty status and category classification for military personnel.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO VETERANS COURT. Establishes a temporary Hawaii Veterans Court within the Judiciary to help address prison overcrowding.
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EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES. Requires applicants for special member plates for military service to submit proof of honorable discharge from the military.
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EBM, TRN |
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RELATING TO MILITARY SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Proposed HD1: Authorizes special number plate designs for women veterans.
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EBM, TRN, FIN |
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Copies of the proposed HD1 are available in room 427 and on the Legislature's Web site: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
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RELATING TO SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING. Allows the sale of cooling from seawater air conditioning district cooling systems to qualify for state enterprise zone benefits.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO SURETY BONDING. Provides assistance in securing surety bonding and guarantees to small and emerging contractors who bid on and win federal contracts in Hawaii.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires an archaeological inventory survey prior to the sale or offer of sale of any property in the State.
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EBM, WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Moves primary election date to an earlier time. Makes various amendments to absentee ballot laws to comply with federal law.
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EBM, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICES. Prohibits a accident and health or sickness insurer, mutual benefit society, health maintenance organization, or dental service organization from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to accept a fee set by the accident and health or sickness insurer, mutual benefit society, health maintenance organization, or dental service organization unless the services are covered under the applicable subscriber agreement.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR NURSES. Requires nurses licensed in the state to complete 15 hours of continuing education during each two-year license period as a requirement for license renewal.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO BOTTLED WATER. Requires all bottled water to be labeled with the date of bottling.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTHY START. Creates the healthy start program; exempts healthy start program from the budget allotment system. Clarifies purpose of healthy start program.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PREMATURE INFANT HEALTH CARE. Requires the Department of Health to develop a plan to improve hospital discharge and follow-up care procedures for premature infants born earlier than 37 weeks gestational age to ensure standardized and coordinated processes are followed as premature infants leave the hospital.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE FEDERAL DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL FUNDS. Appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2010-2011 to match the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State; authorizes some appropriated funds to be used to obtain matching federal disproportionate share hospital allowance for prior fiscal year expenditures by the State.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH. Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs to assist Hawaii Pacific Health in financing, refinancing, and/or reimbursing costs related to the acquisition or construction of health care facilities.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE DATA. Ensures that appropriate health care entities are able to receive lab data in electronic format to facilitate the use and development of health care exchange networks.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Establishes a task force to evaluate the current state of health savings accounts options in Hawaii's health insurance market and to explore ways to expand access to these accounts in Hawaii.
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HLT, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Requires the examiner of drivers to design and implement a system for allowing license applicants to voluntarily indicate their blood type on a driver's license.
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HLT, TRN |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Requires providers of accident or health and sickness insurance to base prescription drug coverage on a drug formulary or prior authorization requirements established and regularly updated by a drug formulary advisory board whose membership includes practicing physicians, pharmacists, and health care practitioners.
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HLT, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Sets, for calendar year 2010, the employer contribution rate at schedule D and the wage base at 90% of the average annual wage. Sets, for calendar year 2011, the employer contribution rate at schedule G. Retains the maximum weekly benefit rate beginning 01/01/2011 at 75% of the average weekly wage. Authorizes special assessments upon employers to pay the interest costs on loans received from the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Applies contribution rates schedules E and F to calendar years 2010 and 2011, respectively, notwithstanding the ratio of the current reserve fund to the adequate reserve fund. Requires assessments upon employers to avoid federal penalties on outstanding loan balances on loans received from the U.S. Secretary of Labor when the balance in the unemployment compensation fund is insufficient to pay expected benefit claims. Permanently retains the adequate reserve fund at one times the product of the benefit cost rate multiplied by the total remuneration paid. Keeps the maximum weekly benefit amount at 75% of the average weekly wage, but reduces the maximum weekly benefit amount over the potential twenty-six week period of benefit eligibility.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Extends the maximum age for EUTF health benefits coverage for dependent-beneficiaries who are unmarried full-time students and are called to active duty in federal service with the National Guard or military reserves.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Authorizes nonsupervisory legislative employees to unionize through the card check and expedited bargaining process.
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LAB, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Requires identification of licensed individuals performing electrical and plumbing work on a construction job site.
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LAB, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Allows the University of Hawaii board of regents to assess fees for campus parking at an open meeting subject to chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, but exempt from rule-making public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
HED/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
HED ONLY:
2:15 p.m.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROJECT ASSESSMENT SPECIAL FUND. Establishes the University of Hawaii capital improvements program project assessment special fund.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Repeals the sunset provision in Act 106, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, to allow the University of Hawaii to continue transferring funds, other than general funds and University of Hawaii tuition and fees special funds, into the University of Hawaii commercial enterprises revolving fund to finance the establishment of new commercial enterprises, with certain exceptions, beyond June 30, 2011.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Gives the University of Hawaii fiscal autonomy from the comptroller beyond June 30, 2011. Removes the time limit on the authority of the University of Hawaii to install a different accounting system. Extends the comptroller's authority to request the University of Hawaii to provide information for the preparation of income and expenditure statements. Extends the University of Hawaii's authority to submit proposed new forms or changes to forms for only uniform business and accounting forms for review and approval. Extends the University of Hawaii's chief financial officer's authority to approve assignment of moneys to assignees. Extends beyond June 30, 2011 the requirement for the University of Hawaii to report to the comptroller transactions involving moneys held outside of the state treasury by the University of Hawaii.
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HED, FIN |
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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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HED, EBM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
2:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING. Requires applicants for driver licenses and instruction permits to submit proof that the applicant is legally in the United States. Further requires driver licenses or instruction permits of legal nonimmigrants to expire no later than the date of the legal nonimmigrant's authorized period of stay in the United States. Allows Director to adopt rules. Effective 01/11/2010. (HB134 HD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Increases the threshold amount between special management area minor permits and special management area permits.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT. Establishes rules to determine which state has jurisdiction in guardianship and conservatorship cases where person has contacts with more than one state.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING. Updates, organizes, and clarifies current campaign financing laws.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING. Amends law relating to ballot issue committees. Defines automated phone call and requires certain information to be stated at the beginning of such phone calls. Amends the definition of advertisement. Repeals the campaign spending commission's authority to adopt a code of fair campaign practices as part of its rules. Requires advertising notices and disclaimers to be included on every web page that contains an advertisement.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that it is unlawful for persons exempt from competitive solicitation for State or county contracts to make contributions to candidate committees, noncandidate committees, or candidates or to knowingly solicit contributions from any person for any purpose. Permits the establishment or administration of, or solicitation of contributions to, any noncandidate committee.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Prevents and reduces the intentional introduction and spread of invasive species by establishing and revising penalties appropriate to the harm caused by the intentional introduction and spread of invasive species to the economy, natural environment, and the health and lifestyle of Hawaii's people. (HB1684 HD1)
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AGR/EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO COMPUTER SECURITY. Makes it a class C felony for an unauthorized user of a computer to cause installation of software through misrepresentation or deception. Authorizes the attorney general to seek civil damages and injunctive relief.
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JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLES. Allows the lessor of a rental motor vehicle to report as a theft to the police or state sheriff any vehicle not returned after a time following the time for return as specified in the rental agreement.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO BICYCLES AND MOPED FEES. Adds a fine as a penalty for having an unregistered bicycle or moped.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Prohibits motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds from being driven in the far left lane of any roadway having three or more lanes of traffic proceeding in the same direction.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Expands county enforcement of various motor vehicle and traffic laws on private streets and roads to include laws relating to county vehicular taxes, motor vehicle safety responsibility, traffic violations, use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle, odometers, and motor vehicle insurance.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Increases state motor vehicle registration fee to be paid into the disability and communications access board special fund to enforce parking for disabled persons program. Deletes funding for state credentialing of interpreters under the special fund.
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TRN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Designates disability and communication access board as issuing agency for removable windshield placards, temporary removable windshield placard, special license plates, and identification cards. Deletes counties as issuing agency. Increases qualifying disability from four to six years.
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TRN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Repeals obsolete provisions relating to annual motor vehicle registration.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Imposes penalties for throwing burning material from a motor vehicle.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TOWING. Requires towing companies to be in operation twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week. Requires tow operators to maintain, at minimum, liability insurance coverage of $1,000,000.
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TRN, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of this informational briefing will be to review the FY 2010-2011 Supplemental Budget of the Department of Agriculture including but not limited to: special funds, aquaculture development program, animal industry division, plant industry division and quality assurance division.
COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires state land surveyor to prepare and file with bureau of conveyances survey map of an approved burial preservation or mitigation plan.
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HAW/WLO, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
HAW ONLY:
9:30 a.m.
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RELATING TO REPATRIATION. Requires the repatriation of human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 to be conducted in consultation with the office of Hawaiian affairs and other entities or individuals.
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HAW, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Provides that 5% of funds derived from the public land trust shall be expended by the department of Hawaiian home lands for development of farm and home ownership.
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HAW, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Reduces from 50% to 25% the amount of blood quantum needed to qualify for Hawaiian Homes leases and certain services of the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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HAW, FIN |
Decision making to follow.