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HB2404
SD1
(SSCR2920)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Authorizes government agencies to disseminate publications of notice
electronically or in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation,
or in a daily or weekly publication in the affected county, as appropriate,
effective 7/1/2013; eliminates the requirement to file hard-copy notices of
public meetings with the office of the lieutenant governor or county clerk;
requires the notice to be posted on the electronic calendar maintained on the
State of Hawaii's internet website or appropriate county's internet website,
on the website of the board or the website of the department within which the
board is established if the board does not have a website; requires all
government agencies, boards, commissions, and committees to post electronic
copies of their agendas and minutes online, and for a state board, any
written materials distributed to the board at the meeting, to the extent that
such materials would be required to be disclosed, and transmit electronic
copies or hard copies, of meeting notices to persons who request
notification; appropriates funds for the operational expenses of the office
of information management technology; appropriates funds for the Hawaii
public library system for support services for public access to public
electronic information. (SD1)
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EDT/JDL, WAM
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HB2869
SD1
(SSCR3003)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE ECONOMY.
Establishes the Hawaii film and digital media special fund; repeals part IX,
chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Hawaii television and film
development (part II); amends the motion picture, digital media, and film
production income tax credit to add an additional credit for an unspecified
per cent of the qualified production costs paid to legal residents of this
State and to Hawaii vendors and Hawaii suppliers; amends the total tax credit
cap to an unspecified amount; requires annual report; increases requirements
for hiring of legal residents of this State; applies to qualified
expenditures incurred on or after July 1, 2012, and before January 1, 2027
(part III); establishes a motion picture, digital media, and film production
infrastructure tax credit of fifty per cent of qualified infrastructure
costs; requires qualified expenditure of at least $10,000,000; increases
requirements for hiring of legal residents of this State; requires the credit
to be repaid through an annual payment to the State equal to fifteen per cent
of the qualified infrastructure project's taxable income until the credit has
been repaid; provides for a 100 per cent recapture of the tax credit if the
facilities are no longer used for a qualified activity; requires annual
report; applies to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2012 (part IV);
appropriates funds for additional resource and staffing support to assist
state agencies in collecting and reporting annually on estimates of the
full-time equivalent positions for legal Hawaii residents by each production
receiving tax credits; repeals on January 1, 2027. (SD1)
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EDT, WAM
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HB2547
HD1
(SSCR2839)
Status and Testimony
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES.
Makes an emergency appropriation from the general revenues of the State of
Hawaii for fiscal year 2011-2012 to address the budget shortfall in the
general assistance program (HMS 204) in the Department of Human Services.
(HB2547 HD1)
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HMS, WAM
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HB2275
SD1
(SSCR2966)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HOSPITALS.
Establishes a hospital sustainability fee and special fund to receive moneys
from the hospital sustainability fee to receive federal medicaid matching
funds under the QUEST Expanded Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver.
Requires the Department of Human Services to charge and collect a provider
fee on health care items or services provided by hospitals. Effective
1/1/50. Repeals 6/30/2013. (SD1)
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HTH/HMS, WAM
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HB2264
SD1
(SSCR3005)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.
Increases employer contribution rates to the state unemployment compensation
fund. Effective 01/01/13. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM
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HB2591
HD2
(SSCR2946)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO ACCRETED LANDS.
Clarifies that land accreted after May 20, 2003, shall be public land except
as otherwise provided by law. (HB2591 HD2)
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WLH/JDL, WAM
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