OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 5
4th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 25, 2010
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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 INCOME TAX. Restores the limited state income tax deduction for gambling losses retroactively for taxable years beginning after 12/31/08.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES. Allows the Hawaii public housing authority to bill the home nations of individuals covered under the Compact of Free Association for homeless services and assistance.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to establish minimum rent for state public housing units and annual consumer price index adjustments of minimum rent. Requires authority to seek the full cost to repair damage to a unit.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Short form bill relating to public accountancy.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO INTRASTATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. Clarifies that the public utilities commission shall treat retail intrastate telecommunications services as fully competitive. Clarifies that the fully competitive designation shall not apply to services provided according to the statutory obligations of telecommunications carriers.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO RESPIRATORY CARE. Short form bill relating to respiratory care.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends income tax code regarding the withholding of tax on the disposition of real property by nonresident persons.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a minimum of 180 days of instruction per school year. Establishes a minimum of 5.5 hours of instructional time per school day.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS. Repeals the exemption from the Motor Carrier Law for persons transporting garbage or refuse.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE. Establishes the emergency environmental workforce.
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EEP/WLO, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO COFFEE. Strengthens the labeling regulations for locally grown coffee.
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EBM/AGR, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES. Expands the authority of University of Hawaii community colleges to offer four-year degree programs.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Reduces the general excise tax liability of eligible businesses in the State by 10% for 4 years. Increases the general excise tax and use tax by 1% for 6 years. Increases the amount of the refundable food/general excise tax credit. Phases out the corporation income tax on corporations, regulated investment companies, and real estate investment trusts over 4 years by reducing the tax rate each year.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO REVOLVING AND TRUST FUNDS. Requires the auditor to include recommendations in reviews of revolving and trust funds to continue the fund as is; evaluate the continued need for the fund; consolidate with another fund; terminate, repeal, and disburse the remaining balance; or any other appropriate recommendation. Requires auditor to submit necessary legislation if recommendation is to consolidate or repeal a fund.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Raises rental motor vehicle customer facility charge from $1/day to $4.50/day. Appropriates funds out of the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund for multiple purposes.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS. Allows commercial motor vehicles having a USDOT number for interstate transportation to enter the State's harbors to transport goods destined for interstate commerce.
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TRN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Grants the chief election officer direct recourse to the supreme court to resolve election matters. Establishes standards for the selection of members to the elections commission. Requires elections commission members to hold over until vacancies are filled.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING. Requires request for absentee ballot to inquire whether voter is physically overseas or in-state. Requires absentee ballots to be mailed no earlier than 30 days prior to the election day, if the voter is overseas, and 14 days if the voter is in the State.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ACCESS. Requires voting record of each legislator for every measure on which a vote is taken in committee or on the floor to be available online within twenty-four hours.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires that for any election conducted by mail, candidates must file contribution reports prior to the first day that mailed ballots may be accepted pursuant to an election proclamation.
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JUD, FIN |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Proposes constitutional amendments to Article X, Sections 2 and 3, of the Hawaii Constitution relating to the Board of Education.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires Board of Education members to be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed by the Governor from pools of qualified candidates presented to the Governor by the Board of Education Selection Advisory Council. Gives the Board of Education the power to restructure the Department of Education to ensure that it is decentralized in a manner to promote student growth and achievement and greater accountability, and monitor and protect student rights provided by law.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends the Educational Accountability System to include additional requirements for the Department of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Board of Education. Establishes a school grading system based on certain criteria as well as a report card system to be furnished to parents. Requires the establishment of a longitudinal data collection system.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Defines "confidential witness" and clarifies the allowable uses of factual matters obtained by the Hawaii civil rights commission during an investigation.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Extends the deadline for the Hawaii civil rights commission to adopt new rules regarding disability discrimination by one year to allow for conformity with new federal rules.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a temporary tax credit for residential construction and remodeling projects.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA. Establishes digital media enterprise subzones as unspecified geographic areas surrounding University of Hawaii campuses that are also designated as enterprise zones; establishes tax benefits for digital media infrastructure development and operation and local workforce employment; authorizes insurance companies to invest in qualified digital media infrastructure projects in lieu of pay certain state taxes; renames and amends the Hawaii television and film development special fund to the Hawaii film office special fund; sunsets on 6/30/2020.
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EBM/HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO FLAGS. Recognizes and requires the prisoner of war/missing in action flag to be flown with the U.S. and Hawaiian flags.
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EBM, JUD |
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RELATING TO ARBITRATION. Requires the amount of attorneys' fees awarded in arbitration cases to conform to comparable restrictions for civil litigation cases.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Grants planned community associations the authority to pursue nonjudicial foreclosure as a remedy for the nonpayment of assessments for common expenses.
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HSG, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Prohibits landfills in counties with populations greater than five hundred thousand residents from accepting deliveries of municipal solid waste, beginning July 1, 2012. Prohibits landfills in counties with populations less than five hundred thousand residents from accepting deliveries of municipal solid waste after a date determined by county council resolution. Provides exceptions for special waste or waste created as a result of a natural disaster.
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EEP/WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH. Adopts Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act. Allows owner of real property to designate beneficiaries to receive real property upon death of owner without requirements of probate or formalities of wills.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. Deletes the "one-gallon per person per day" exception to the prohibition against the removal of sand and other minerals, except for sand inadvertently taken, such as those taken on the body, in clothes, toys, recreational equipment, and bags.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Makes it a class C felony to assault a water safety officer who is engaged in the performance of duty.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO TIME LIMITATIONS. Eliminates the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse prosecutions.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts federally tax exempt companies that supply potable water from the state income and general excise taxes.
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WLO/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO REFUNDABLE FOOD/EXCISE TAX CREDIT. Includes income derived from employer-funded pensions, social security, or government pensions in determining eligibility for the refundable food/excise tax credit.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes agricultural product processing incentive program to assist agriculturalist in processing agricultural products grown in the State.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a refundable tax credit for purchase of respiratory equipment to protect against the effects of vog to persons whose primary care physician recommends that they create a "safe room" in their homes with the assistance of that respiratory equipment. Amends provisions of the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO POLLUTION. Bans the operation of gasoline-powered leaf blowers in Hawaii.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO GAMING. Grants 10-year license for 1 stand-alone casino in Waikiki not in a hotel. Establishes Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes 6.75% wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates state gaming fund and compulsive gambler program.
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TCI/EBM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Moves the date of the primary election to the second Saturday of August. Requires nomination papers to be filed not later than 4:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday in June.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Transfers the office of environmental quality control and the environmental council from the department of health to the department of land and natural resources. Reduces the membership of the environmental council from 15 to 7. Requires the director of the office of environmental quality control to seek advice from and assist the council on environmental quality matters and to perform environmental outreach and education. Requires the office of environmental quality control to maintain an electronic communication system. Gives rulemaking authority to the environmental council. Requires the director of the office of environmental quality control to prepare an annual report assessing system effectiveness. Requires the environmental council to serve in advisory capacity to the governor. Creates the environmental review special fund. Directs the director of the office of environmental quality control to establish reasonable administrative fees for the environmental review process.
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EEP/HLT/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Short form bill relating to the state budget.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCE. Short form bill relating to state finance.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill relating to taxation.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Caps retirement service credit allowance for unused sick leave to the amount accrued on December 31, 2010. Limits retirement service credit allowance for unused sick leave for employees hired after January 1, 2011, to three months.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Limits vacation and sick leave to 480 hours (three months) and 80 hours (two weeks), respectively, for public employees hired after June 30, 2010.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Makes the statutory requirements for provisional driver's licenses for persons under the age of eighteen permanent.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Requires the Department of Education to provide suitable transportation to and from school and for educational field trips for all children in grades kindergarten to twelve and in special education classes.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Authorizes electronic voter registration on the website of the office of elections. Establishes requirements for online voter registration.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISTINGUISHING PUBLICITY RIGHTS TRADE NAMES FROM OTHER TYPES OF TRADE NAMES BY RENAMING THEM AS PUBLICITY RIGHTS NAMES AND SPECIFYING THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PUBLICITY RIGHTS NAMES. Renames "publicity rights trade name registration" as "publicity rights name registration" under chapter 482P, Hawaii Revised Statutes; gives the department of commerce and consumer affairs discretion to implement the law in a manner that complies with the law's legislative intent.
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TCI/EBM, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Renames the Hawaii television and film development special fund to the Hawaii film office special fund; requires the first $500,000 or an unspecified per cent of tax revenues realized from the effect of the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to be deposited into the fund; includes personnel costs as uses of the fund moneys; amends the Hawaii community-based economic development revolving fund uses to require that moneys in the revolving fund be used to fund the community-based economic development program and enterprise zone program operational and staff costs; repeals unnecessary television and film development definitions, the Hawaii film and television development board, grant and venture capital programs, and other miscellaneous provisions; requires DOTAX to report annually to the legislature on the effectiveness of the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit.
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TCI/EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Increases lease terms for aquaculture ventures from 35 to 45 years and also allows for a maximum term of 65 years for ventures with favorable track records. Provides aquaculture lessees in good standing the right of first refusal. Allows for supportive aquaculture activities.
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AGR/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an agriculture working group to assess agricultural issues in the State to improve the agricultural industry.
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AGR/EBM, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Directs the legislative reference bureau to analyze and report on the economic impacts on businesses and communities, as a result of the reduction in services for the department of agriculture's plant quarantine branch and commodities branch statewide.
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AGR, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Directs the legislative reference bureau to analyze and report on the environmental impacts on businesses and communities, as a result of the reduction in services for the department of agriculture's plant quarantine branch and commodities branch statewide.
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AGR, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Amends the State private investment fund to direct its investment capital to venture capital funds that commit to equity investments in businesses located within the state and demonstrate ability to mentor entrepreneurs; Authorizes $ in tax credits to be used by the fund as collateral.
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EBM/HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. Establishes a WorkShare Program under the unemployment insurance laws under which workers are downsized to part-time status and are able to receive partial unemployment benefits. Repeals Act 170, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, on partial unemployment.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Prohibits a person from mooring a vessel at a state small boat harbor unless the person has obtained sufficient insurance to cover boat removal costs should the boat run aground. Requires proof of coverage to be displayed upon request.
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WLO, CPC |
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RELATING TO SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Allows an individual who has previously served as a director of a soil and water conservation district to continue to serve as a director even if the individual no longer lives or works in the district.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO ACTIVITY DESKS. Establishes record keeping requirements for client trust accounts held by activity desks. Clarifies that activity desks shall include registration numbers on all advertising materials. Prohibits an activity desk from booking or placing a reservation for activities with an activity provider until payment is received or direct payment to the provider is arranged. Repeals authority to substitute a bond or letter of credit for client trust account.
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TCI, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases penalties for fireworks law violations. Requires counties to inspect every shipment of fireworks. Allows counties to enact more restrictive ordinances on fireworks. Prohibits and establishes penalty for the sale or transfer of fireworks to unlicensed or unpermitted persons.
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TCI, JUD |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INVESTMENT IN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. Appropriates funds to the counties for road repair and maintenance.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases fireworks-related fees and penalties and allocates the fees to county fire and police departments to fund enforcement fireworks laws in the State.
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TCI, PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Makes various amendments, establishes various initiatives, and appropriates funds to promote economic development for local food and energy businesses, ensure Hawaii is energy and food self-sufficient and sustainable to the maximum extent feasible, and help Hawaii's natural resources and humankind adapt and be resilient to the inevitable challenges brought on by climate change. Provides a fuel tax exemption for commercial air transportation providers.
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EEP/AGR, 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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FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION BUDGET. Requires the Department of Education to use zero-based budgeting principles in formulating the budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
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EDN, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Amends provision of state constitution to redistrict the board of education, to provide for one board member for every three representative districts. Requires that members reside in the board district that the member represents, and requires that the members be elected by the qualified voters in the respective district.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO SCHOOL COMPLEX AREAS. Requires the Governor to appoint the members of the BOE with the advice and consent of the Senate. Also requires BOE members to represent and reside in school complex areas instead of school districts.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Adds solar energy to the definition of eligible business activities within a state enterprise zone.
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EEP/EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Changes the interval between revisions of county solid waste management plans from 5 to 10 years and as necessary.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Increases the number of members on the board of education to seventeen. Amends law to provide that each school board district shall be comprised of three representative districts.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SEPARATION INCENTIVES. Authorizes the state executive branch to offer a voluntary severance or a special retirement incentive benefit to state employees who elect to voluntarily separate from service when their positions are identified for abolishment or when they are directly affected by a reduction-in-force or workforce restructuring plan; extends to other jurisdictions the option to provide a special retirement incentive to their respective employees under a reduction-in-force or a workforce restructuring plan.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Permits bidders and their subcontractors who are registered under an apprenticeship agreement with DLIR to benefit from a 5% reduction in their bid amount on contracts for $250,000 or more.
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EBM, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Requires liquor commissions in any county with a population over 500,000, and authorizes liquor commissions in any county with a population of 500,000 or less, to regulate BYOB establishments by issuance of permits. Requires adoption of rules regarding permit applications, fees, and renewals. Permits consumption of liquor in BYOB establishments only until 10:00 p.m. Authorizes liquor commission to enforce liquor laws regarding BYOB establishments.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the definition of an eligible business activity under the State enterprise zones law and increases the number of areas in each county that may be designated as an enterprise zone.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Exempts from county approval state department of transportation development and construction of highways and airports.
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TRN, EEP |
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RELATING TO PERMIT, LICENSE, AND APPROVAL APPLICATION PROCESSING. Establishes a maximum time period that an application for permit, license, or approval shall be deemed granted if not acted upon by the designated agency; authorizes each county to contract with a third-party reviewer to streamline the processing of applications; clarifies that previously approved projects that do not impact historic properties are not subject to subsequent reviews by the SHPD.
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EBM, WLO |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Granting temporary relief from county housing requirements as recommended by the construction industry task force to stimulate housing construction statewide.
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RELATING TO BIOFUEL FACILITIES. Expands the facility tax credit to include various biofuels; amends the definition of nameplate capacity; requires a qualifying facility to be located within the State and to utilize locally grown feedstock for at least 75% of its production output; increases the amount of certified credits from $12 million to $20 million; and removes the 40 million gallon production per year cap.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes a renewable energy facility siting process to expedite the review and action upon state and county permits necessary for the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility.
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EEP/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Clarifies requirements for adequate public notice of an invitation for bids and request for proposals.
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EBM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates a 10% refundable tax credit for construction or renovation costs incurred on a qualified hotel facility before December 31, 2015.
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TCI/EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a refundable ohana residential housing income tax credit for qualified taxpayers that purchase a qualified principal residence on or after April 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2012, that is payable to the qualified taxpayer in two equal installments over the immediately following two taxable years.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires contracts awarded to projects of the departments of Hawaiian home lands and transportation; county boards of water supply; and county departments of housing, planning and permitting, and transportation to be awarded within thirty days of the bid opening date.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING. Establishes a program for granting low-income housing tax credit loans in lieu of low-income housing tax credits administered by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Authorizes issuance of GO bonds to fund loans.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Imposes sixty day period in which to certify contracts after award of contract of procurement.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Amends the notice requirement of public agency meetings to allow for notification of meetings and transmittal of meeting minutes by electronic mail.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Authorizes the Hawaii Tourism Authority to maintain the confidentiality of competitively sensitive information. Preserves certain autonomy provisions of Act 58, SLH 2004.
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TCI, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII TELEVISION AND FILM DEVELOPMENT. Transfers the television and film industry activities and responsibilities under the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the Hawaii tourism authority.
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TCI/EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES. Beginning July 1, 2010, requires the auditor to conduct at least every two years a management and financial audit of the department of business, economic development, and tourism out-of-state offices; requires reports to the legislature; repeals exemption from audit and accounting requirements for out-of-state offices.
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EBM, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the elections commission to evaluate the performance of the chief election officer and to report to legislature; provides guidelines for evaluation; requires elections commission to take active oversight role in operations and management of office of elections.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO COUNTY BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY. Allow officials other than a county auditor to issue warrants to disburse funds for a board of water supply. Allows a board of water supply to prescribe powers and duties for a manager and chief engineer regarding the disbursement of funds.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES. Clarifies that the exemption from subdivision requirements for leases and easements for renewable energy facilities applies to renewable energy facilities on agricultural land approved by the Land Use Commission and renewable energy facilities on conservation land permitted by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
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RELATING TO NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDING PERMITTING. Requires priority state and county permitting for buildings that consume zero net energy and have no carbon emissions.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO COASTAL AREAS. Requires maintenance of public beach accesses by adjacent landowners and imposes penalties for noncompliance. Establishes shoreline access as a policy of the Coastal Zone Management Program.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO BIODIESEL PRODUCTION. Provides a tax credit for biodiesel production using crops grown in the State.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRESPASSING. Clarifies the authority of a police officer to arrest a person suspected of committing the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree upon a reasonable suspicion.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Provides that landowners have no duty of care to trespassers. Establishes rebuttable presumption of no liability if the land is posted with signs. Permits trespasser to overcome presumption by preponderance of evidence that owner was grossly negligent or intentionally injured the trespasser.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires persons registering a recreational vehicle to provide proof of the availability of space on private property to park the vehicle before a certificate of registration is issued by the director of finance.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS. Prohibits electronic voting systems from being connected to the Internet, electronically receiving or transmitting election data through telephone system, or receiving or transmitting wireless communications or data transfers.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Implements the information technology recommendations of auditor's Report No. 09-06; establishes within the office of the governor a chief information officer and information technology steering committee to organize, manage, and oversee statewide information technology governance.
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO SHARKS. Makes the operation of shark tours that feed or attract sharks unlawful. Defines shark tour operations. Establishes penalties for violations.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO STATE DEPARTMENTS. Converts the department of human resources development to a division in the department of labor and industrial relations. Transfers the commission on salaries and the deferred compensation plan board of trustees to the department of accounting and general services.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires health insurers and like entities to offer at least the same drug coverage to the insured that the insured had under the insured's previous policy with a different insurer or like entity.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS. Repeals sunset date in Act 264, relating to tobacco fund settlement, for continued use by John A. Burns School of Medicine.
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HED/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Incorporates the definitions, guiding principles, and goals of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force report into the Hawaii state planning act, codified as chapter 226.
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WLO/EEP, TCI/EBM/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy" by changing the age of persons to whom immunizations are administered from 18 to nine years of age with parental consent.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Authorizes the court to establish incentives for payment of traffic fines by reducing the fine in proportion to the amount of time remaining before the due date set in the citation or judgment.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires all public schools, including charter schools, to implement a minimum of one hundred eighty days of classroom instruction per school year beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. Prohibits any collective bargaining agreement under chapter 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from containing provisions that would shorten the school year for public school employees to less than one hundred eighty days of classroom instruction per school year beginning with the 2011-2012 school year.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide medical assistance for dialysis, chemotherapy, inpatient and outpatient physician visits, and drug prescriptions for immigrants and noncitizens from the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Establishes a vocational rehabilitation division within the department of human services. Places services for blind persons and deaf services under the vocational rehabilitation division. Clarifies services for the deaf. Requires the department of human services to develop a strategic plan to restructure services to the deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind through a comprehensive service center.
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR HAWAII QUEST. Makes an emergency appropriation from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to meet the general fund shortfall for payments to managed care plans contracted with the Department of Human Services to provide QUEST services.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WOMEN AND INFANT CHILDREN FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. Appropriates funds as a state match toward the development and administration of the Women and Infant Children Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.
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RELATING TO CARE FACILITIES. Requires the department of health and the department of human services to post on their websites reports of all inspections of care facilities and appropriates funds for this purpose. Requires the department of health and the department of human services to report to the legislature on the status of its efforts to post the inspection reports on their websites.
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Requires each state and county agency to place recycling bins that are accessible to the general public on the premises of each of the agency's facilities.
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RELATING TO WORKPLACE PRACTICES. Makes abusive conduct against an employee in the workplace a violation of occupational safety and health law.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH. Appropriates additional funding for the kupuna care program.
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RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Appropriates moneys from the emergency and budget reserve fund to maintain levels of programs for education, human services, and health.
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RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Appropriates moneys from the emergency and budget reserve fund to maintain levels of programs for education, human services, health.
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RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS. Requires funds for bills passed into law through veto override to be released within 180 days of passage.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the superintendent of education to appoint a student advocate to represent, protect, and advance the interests of all public school students in all collective bargaining proceedings related to the public school system and authorizes the student advocate to cast a vote in collective bargaining negotiations with the State and the department and board of education.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Requires medicaid contracts between the department of human services and medicaid healthcare insurance plan contractors to contain provisions affecting the reimbursement obligations in the policies between the medicaid healthcare insurance plan contractors and the home and community-based case management agencies. Prohibits reductions of reimbursements of more than 25%.
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PLACES. Defines archaeological site or archaeological feature. Requires the historic preservation division of DLNR to report on the state and historical significance of an archaeological site if inadvertently destroyed. Provides for penalties for wilful alteration or destruction of an archaeological site or archaeological feature on the Hawaii or national register of historic places.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Requires the Auditor to perform a comprehensive management, financial, and program audit of the Department of Education. Appropriates funds.
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