OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 34
23rd LEGISLATIVE DAY-MARCH 3, 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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REFERRAL
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER Makes an appropriation for emergency services at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. Effective 7/1/2099.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PAROLE. Establishes a parole service fee. Establishes a parole service special fund. Specifies proportional deposits of the parole service fee into the parole services special fund and the crime victim compensation special fund.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL. Increases the fine for littering. Requires moneys to be deposited into the county general fund for the county that imposed the fine or if the fine is imposed by the state, into a special account in the state general fund for use by the state law enforcement agency that issued the littering citation. (SD2)
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EEP, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE FEDERAL DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL FUNDS. Makes moneys appropriated for fiscal year 2009-2010 to match the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State available for expenditure in the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium; authorizes some appropriated funds to be used to obtain matching federal disproportionate share hospital allowance for prior fiscal year expenditures by the State. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, 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 state or county within sixty days of receipt of a permit application deemed to be complete by the receiving state or county agency. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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HSG/WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Shortens the time period within which counties may accept or reject requests for dedication of infrastructure for affordable housing to sixty days, commencing upon receipt by the appropriate county council of a complete application for dedication request, and subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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HSG/WLO |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Requires the director of the office of veterans' services to act on behalf of deceased veterans found to be indigent at the time of death and without surviving immediate family members to ensure the burial or cremation and interment of the veteran's remains in a state veterans cemetery. (SD2)
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EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO JUDICIARY FEES. Authorizes the judiciary to pay a service fee to an electronic payment service provider and to pass the fee on to the customer. (SD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires one trustee of the employer-union health benefits trust fund to be occupied by a representative appointed by the Hawaii council of mayors to represent county interests. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Allows individual beneficiaries enrolled in a Hawaii employer‑union health benefits trust fund health benefits plan to opt out of any requirement to purchase prescriptions by mail order.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes fines for failing to pay, bill, or remit the inspection, quarantine, and eradication fee. Effective 7/1/2050.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Allows the disability and communication access board to charge a fee to defray expenses of review of construction plans to ensure compliance with law. Establishes temporary fees until the board adopts permanent fees. Effective date 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. Increases health insurance premium transparence, requires an annual premium transparency report, and creates a health information data clearinghouse; requires a minimum amount of premiums to be spent on medical expenses. Effective date 7/1/50. (SD2)
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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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. Effective date 07/01/2050.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Removes most procedural requirements preliminary to hearings for evictions of tenants of public housing projects and requires instead the Hawaii public housing authority to submit written notice, in accordance with federal law, to delinquent tenants. Clarifies that for federal low-income housing, hearings shall be conducted by an eviction board. Effective 07/01/2099.
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HSG, JUD |
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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. Allows the University of Hawaii board of regents to assess fees for campus parking at an open meeting subject to open meetings law, but exempt from public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. (SD1)
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HED/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Amends the operating budget of OHA for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.
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HAW, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates moneys to fund collective bargaining cost items relating to the employer contributions to the Hawaii employer‑union health benefits trust fund. Effective 7/1/2099.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Amends the criteria for approval by the Hawaii community development authority of substitute reserved housing projects to be constructed within and outside of the geographic boundaries of the authority's jurisdiction. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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WLO/HSG |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS AND RECORDS. Allows courts to charge fees for certified copies of pleadings, orders, transcripts, and other documents. Provides an exemption for state agencies, as may be limited by court rules. (SD2)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SUN SCREENING DEVICES. Exempts motor vehicle sun screening regulation from application to transparent sun screening materials applied to AS-1 portion of windshield which comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205. (SD2)
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TRN, JUD/CPC |
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RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE. Clarifies telehealth as a practice of medicine. Amends liability insurance provisions to allow for telehealth coverage under medical malpractice insurance. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS. Extends sunset date in Act 264, relating to tobacco fund settlement, for continued use by John A. Burns School of Medicine. Requires annual reporting by the University of Hawaii. Reallocates moneys in the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund. (SD2)
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HLT/HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires health insurers and like entities to offer continued coverage of specific prescription medications where an individual's physician determines that continued coverage is in the best interest of the patient after changing insurance carriers. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Requires the State auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and issue a report no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2011. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to reimburse the auditor for the cost of the audit from general funds. (SD2)
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HAW, LMG, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL FOR OPERATING EXPENSES. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii civil air patrol for tsunami operations in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/2110. (SD1)
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS. Exempts bulk freight of foreign origin from the inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee and charge; effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTHCARE CLAIMS. Establishes a system under the department of commerce and consumer protection to collect, analyze, and distribute health insurance claims information; establishes a health care claims uniform reporting and evaluation task force to review the policies and procedures of the health care claims uniform reporting and evaluation system. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS. Revives the 2006 state historic preservation division's archaeological working group to complete their report; expands the purpose of the working group to provide recommendations to improve the oversight of archaeologists and other similar personnel operating in the State. (SD2)
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WLO, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Amends the "lead by example" goals of state energy efficiency to target 30% energy efficiency by 2030. (SD1)
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a refundable Hawaii residential housing income tax credit for qualified taxpayers who purchase a qualified principal residence on or after 4/1/2010, and before 1/1/2012, that is payable to the qualified taxpayer in two equal installments over the immediately following two taxable years. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires health insurers to promptly pay claims for services to medicaid recipients, by repealing the exemption for medicaid claims from the clean claims law. Requires the State to pay interest on delayed payments. Takes effect July 1, 2050. (SD2)
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HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Mandates health insurance coverage to screen for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy or another screening modality graded A or B by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. (SD2)
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. Creates licensing and regulatory standards for respiratory therapists. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACTIVITY DESKS. Establishes record keeping and trust account requirements for client trust accounts held by activity desks. Clarifies that activity desks shall include registration numbers on all advertising materials. Requires an activity desk to obtain full payment for activities prior to or at the time reservations are made, subject to certain exceptions. Increases required amount of bond or letter of credit to $250,000. (SD2)
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TCI, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS. Requires the clerk and real property assessment division of each county, at agreed upon intervals, to provide a list of names of all registered voters and individuals receiving real property tax exemptions to the department of health. Upon receipt, requires department to verify the date of death for any person on the list. Authorizes the department of health to charge fees for verifications. Effective 7/1/2099.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROJECTS. Extends the sunset provision in Act 138, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, relating to providing funding to the University of Hawaii to construct or renovate housing units. (SD2)
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Relocates the recycled oil product preference provisions within the procurement code and repeals part XIII where these provisions were previously located. Changes the preference for biofuel and lubricating and industrial oil with the highest percentage of recycled oil from mandatory to permissive.
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EBM, EEP, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Effective July 1, 2050.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Provides funds for settlement of a claim between Aloha Tower Development Corporation and Kenneth H. Hughes, Inc., by making an appropriation from Aloha Tower Fund, which has the effect of increasing its budget ceiling. (SD1)
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FIN |
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RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Requires holders of unclaimed property to remit all property with their November 1 report and deletes reference to a specific number of days in which claims must be acted upon; also makes a technical correction by referencing the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BENEFITS. Requires by March 1, 2011, all retirees and beneficiaries of the ERS to designate a financial institution account into which retirement benefit may be deposited. (SD1)
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO A MAJOR DISASTER TRUST ACCOUNT. Allows federal reimbursement moneys for disaster relief to be deposited into a trust account for future disaster relief. Prohibits lapsing into general fund. (SD2)
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO IMMUNIZATION. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish and maintain a single repository of immunization records to be designated as the "Hawaii Immunization Registry" in order to aid, coordinate, and help promote efficient and cost-effective screening, prevention, and control of vaccine preventable diseases, including pandemic influenza.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING. Extends the term of a commercial driver's license (CDL) for persons 21 years through 71 years from 6 years to 8 years to prepare for the REAL ID Act, which is a nationwide effort to improve the integrity and security of state-issued driver licenses and identification cards, to help fight terrorism and reduce fraud. Appropriate $8,000 out of the state highway fund. Effective 9/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Protects agriculturally suitable lands on Oahu (lands with productivity ratings of "A" or "B"); provides for mandatory extension of agricultural leases. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to establish and implement a searchable budget database website that will be made publicly available no later than 07/01/2011. Effective 01/01/2050.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Authorizes pharmacists to provide medication therapy management to qualified QUEST patients. Requires pharmacies to have written collaborative pharmacy practice agreements on file for each qualified patient and have an electronically maintained patient records system for each qualified patient.
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HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Clarifies the law for determining school impact fees for financing new or expanding existing department of education schools or facilities. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDN, WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. Requires at least eighty per cent of workers on certain public works contracts and construction procurements to be Hawaii residents. Requires contractor to provide proof of compliance, if challenged. Effective date 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE TAX LIEN AND ENCUMBRANCE RECORD. Enables encumbrance of motor vehicle titles for outstanding judgments payable to the State or a county by allowing recordation in a county director of finance's "tax lien and encumbrance record" with an exemption for state or county agencies from paying the statutory fee. (SD2)
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates moneys to fund collective bargaining cost items for collective bargaining unit (10) relating to the employer contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund. Effective 07/01/2050.
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LAB, FIN |
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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. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE COLLEGE. Requires the department of education, the charter school administrative office, and the Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to enter into an agreement regarding the Hawaiian language college's functions related to Nawahiokalani‘opu‘u school and other laboratory schools. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE HOSPITAL. Requires the department of public safety to provide security at Hawaii state hospital. Requires report from department of health, in collaboration with department of public safety, to the legislature on the plan for the provision of short and long-term security for the needs of the forensic population of the Hawaii state hospital. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSFER OF STATE HIGHWAYS. Creates a pilot project to transfer maintenance functions of state highways in Maui county from the state department of transportation to the Maui department of public works. (SD2)
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TRN, FIN |
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