OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-SIXTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 41
27th LEGISLATIVE DAY-MARCH 8, 2012
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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CUA - Culture & the Arts |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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ERB - Economic Revitalization & Business |
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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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INT - International Affairs |
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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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PBM - Public Safety & Military Affairs |
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TOU - Tourism |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE ORDERS. Requires a police officer to order a person to have no contact with a family or household member for a twenty-four hour period, or longer if the incident occurs on the weekend, when a police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that there is probable danger of further physical abuse or harm to the family or household member. (SD1)
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to bring the Hawaii Medical Center East facility under its governance through formal affiliation, acquisition, or both. Appropriates necessary funds. (SD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Adds a member to the corporation board of Hawaii health systems corporation who alternately represents the eastern and western regions of the county of Hawaii. Replaces the regional chief executive officers with community members from each respective region. Removes the at-large member selected by the governor. Changes the regional system board membership term from three years to a membership term between two and five years, as established by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the existing regional system board members. (SD2)
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Increases the allocation of the transient accommodations tax revenue for the Hawaii tourism authority from $69,000,000 to $71,000,000 until 06/30/2015; requires $2,000,000 to be expended for development and implementation of initiatives to take advantage of expanded visa programs and increased travel opportunities for international visitors to Hawaii. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD3)
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TOU/INT, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO APPOINT RETIRED JUDGES TO SERVE AS EMERITUS JUDGES. Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the chief justice of the supreme court to appoint judges who have retired upon attaining the age of seventy years as emeritus judges, permitting the appointed judges to serve as per diem judges or judicial mentors in courts no higher than the court level they reached prior to retirement and for terms not to exceed three months.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Allows two lots in the makai area of the Kakaako community development district to be developed as residential properties that are exempt from public facilities fees; provided that at least twenty per cent of the units are designated for residents in low- or moderate- income ranges. Effective upon conveyance of the two lots to the office of Hawaiian affairs. (SD1)
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WLO/HAW, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Prohibits use of tobacco products by minors. Authorizes law enforcement officer to confiscate tobacco products used by minors. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE LEGACY LAND CONSERVATION COMMISSION. Authorizes the Chairperson of the Natural Area Reserves System Commission to designate a representative from the Natural Area Reserves System Commission to serve on the Legacy Land Conservation Commission and authorizes the members of the Legacy Land Conservation Commission to elect their own chairperson.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS. Requires a person to whom an anatomical gift passes to accept the gift if it is medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST. Amends the Hawaii state planning act to include promoting the development of indigenous renewable energy resources that are located on public trust land as a source of firm power and ensuring that the development of energy resources on public trust land directly benefits native Hawaiians and public beneficiaries of the trust. (SD1)
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PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Amends article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to modify the appointment process for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii; repeals reference to the candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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HED, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Regulates the use of claims history information for homeowners insurance by insurers. (SD1)
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Requires a copy of the currently renewed certificate of license to practice to be prominently displayed at all times in the office where a dental hygienist is employed or practices. Requires a dental hygienist's pocket identification card to be made available for viewing upon request if the dental hygienist is employed at or practices in more than one office. (SD1)
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows the chief procurement officer or head of a purchasing agency to expand the scope of work in a bid for a listed subcontractor, with certain conditions, after bid opening. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds of up to $3,000,000, for Wahiawa General Hospital to construct health care facilities. Effective July 1, 2012.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Increases the time the county councils have to review affordable housing projects from 45 to 60 days. Repeals option for county councils to approve with modifications. (SD1)
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Permits the mailing of absentee ballots to all registered voters in certain areas, in lieu of the operation of polling places. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Requires probation officer, prior to early discharge of defendant, to report to court concerning defendant’s compliance or non‑compliance with terms of probation.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SALARIES. Clarifies Act 57, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, with regard to salary rates for executive, judicial, and legislative officials, to give effect to the recommendations of the commission on salaries. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACCUSED TO TRANSPORT WITNESS OR WITNESSES. Allows family courts to require the accused to transport certain witnesses to any family court proceeding under certain conditions. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENCY OF APPOINTIVE OFFICERS. Allows the waiver of residency requirements for the state or county department heads, deputies or assistants to a department head, when the appointed officer is required to have highly specialized or scientific knowledge or training and a qualified applicant who meets the residency requirement is not available to fill the position. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. Allows counties to conduct criminal history checks on employees and prospective employees supporting the liquor commission, working with vulnerable adults or seniors, and working in the field of emergency services and emergency management. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal medicaid disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Prohibits an insurer from requiring a doctor's referral for annual covered screening mammograms for insureds over the age of forty. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires health plans that provide coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment to establish limits on out-of-pocket costs for cancer medications, including generic and nongeneric oral chemotherapy. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires DHS to notify the appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of any intended change to medicaid no later than sixty days prior implementation of the change. Authorizes the specified standing committees to hold hearings on any intended change to medicaid and prohibit or require certain actions by DHS that may affect Hawaii's medicaid program.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Requires any nonresident owner who operates a transient accommodation located in the nonresident owner's private residence to employ a real estate broker or salesperson. Requires any nonresident owner who operates a transient accommodation located in the nonresident owner's private residence in a condominium hotel to employ a condominium hotel operator. Requires relevant information about owners of the transient accommodation to be provided to the department of taxation for enforcement purposes. Requires the counties to provide the department of taxation with relevant owner information about every transient accommodation permitted by the respective counties annually. Establishes fines for noncompliance. Provides an exemption from the mandatory employment of a licensed real estate broker or salesperson or condominium hotel operator in certain circumstances. (SD1)
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TOU, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes presumptive medicaid eligibility for waitlisted patients. Appropriates funds for reimbursements for services provided during the time that waitlisted patients are enrolled and later disenrolled due to determination of ineligibility. Takes effect 07/01/2050. Repeals 07/01/2017. (SD2)
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides for fair medicaid reimbursements to acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities. Makes an appropriation for the increased medicaid reimbursements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Appropriates unspecified funds to DHS to respond to the USDA's mandate to amend SNAP eligibility requirements. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION. Provides that use, disclosure, or authorization for release of individually identifiable health information that complies with federal law shall be deemed to comply with state law. Provides that notice of breach of unsecured protected health information that complies with federal law shall be deemed to comply with state law. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE TRICARE PROGRAM. Makes permanent the general excise tax exemption on amounts received by a managed care support contractor of the TRICARE program for the actual cost or advancement to third party health care providers pursuant to a contract with the United States. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HLT, PBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends the definitions of "the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse" and "the practice of nursing as a registered nurse" to include carrying out the orders of a licensed physician assistant practicing with physician supervision as required by chapter 453, HRS, and acting as an agent of the supervising physician. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the director of health to convene a mental health and substance abuse parity working group to determine how the State can come into compliance with federal mental health and substance abuse parity laws and regulations and enhance existing state parity laws. Reauthorizes, part V, Act 44, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, providing parity for substance abuse treatment insurance coverage. (SD2)
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires health insurers to provide outpatient prescription drug coverage. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Limits to retail basic exchange services the services for which a telecommunications carrier must obtain approval from the PUC to charge a rate higher than the filed tariff rate. (SD1)
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CPC |
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RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HAWAII'S MOVING IMAGES. Designates ‘Ulu‘ulu: The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i as the state archive for moving images; establishes a special fund. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT. 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; effective July 1, 2050; repeals on January 1, 2027. (SD2)
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ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONVERSION. Extends the sunset provision of Act 166, SLH 2007, to extend the exemption from taxation of capital gains realized from the sale of leased fee interest in condominium units to association of apartment owners or residential cooperative corporations until 01/01/2018. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Provides for the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the convention center enterprise special fund on a fiscal year basis. (SD1)
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Establishes a new chapter governing charter schools based on the recommendations of the charter school governance, accountability, and authority task force established by Act 130, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Repeals chapter 302B, HRS. Maintains the charter school administrative office until July 1, 2013. Transfers all funds in the charter schools account established pursuant to section 302B-12(i), HRS, to the general fund. Makes housekeeping amendments. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires the board of education to contract for an implementation and transition coordinator to assist with the implementation of S.B. No. 2115 (2012). Makes an appropriation. (SD2)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for the 2012-2013 fiscal year to increase the payments for physician services to medicaid-eligible persons, including fee-for-service, QUEST provider services, and QUEST expanded access program up to a certain per cent of the current medicare rate. Requires DHS to report to the legislature baseline medicaid and additional funds needed for fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014‑2015. Requires DHS to seek an appropriation in an amount equal to at least the amount appropriated in 2012-2013 for additional payments for physician services during the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Permits any interested person with a clear and abiding interest in the well-being of the individual to file a written petition for emergency admission. Requires an independent evaluation of a patient admitted to a licensed psychiatric facility for involuntary hospitalization in certain circumstances. Removes the word "imminently" from "imminently dangerous". Effective 1/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Requires the attorney general to establish a working group to coordinate services for survivors of human trafficking and report on the activities of the working group to the legislature. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Consolidates the authority, duties, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the DHS and DOH, as they relate to various health care services; transfers the programs of DHS relating to home and community-based case management, community care foster family homes, and adult day care to DOH on 7/1/2014. Appropriates funds to DOH for the duties that are not wholly covered by the transfer of funds from DHS. Effective 1/1/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the adult mental health division of DOH to provide services to people with a qualifying diagnosis, including services that are not covered by an insurance policy held by or for the benefit of the individual who seeks services. Allows DOH to bill and receive reimbursement from an insurer for treatment services rendered by the State pursuant to chapter 334, HRS. Appropriates unspecified funds for DOH to cover additional services. Requires DOH to ensure that children receive necessary treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of school enrollment. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO BAIL. Requires law enforcement agencies to accept cash bail, certified copies of pre-filed bail bonds, and original bail bonds when the court is closed, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Specifies from whom bail may be accepted. Requires prompt release after acceptance of bail.
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Establishes the Health Insurance Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Task force to detect fraud and abuse before payments of illegitimate claims are made under the medicaid programs, including medicaid managed care and children's health insurance. Requires task force to report to 2013 legislature. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS. Clarifies the definition of "landscape architect". Replaces the existing definition of "surveyor" or "land surveyor" with definitions for "land surveying" and "professional surveyor", "professional land surveyor", or "land surveyor". Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Directs the insurance commissioner to join the surplus lines insurance multi-state compliance compact. Enacts the surplus lines insurance multi-state compliance compact. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FUNDS. Addresses the auditor's recommendations regarding the transfer of non-general funds to the general fund.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Designates the month of February as "Olelo Hawaii Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language. Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and language. Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and words, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires DHS to conduct a study on asset limits for public assistance programs. Requires a report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE FEDERAL EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. Requires the department of taxation to coordinate an outreach initiative to increase awareness and use of the federal earned income tax credit. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING. Makes permanent the assessment and deposit of center for nursing fees into the compliance resolution fund and distribution of those funds to the credit of the center for nursing special fund.
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RELATING TO PRIVATE TRANSFER FEES. Makes permanent the prohibition of private fees for a future transfer of real property.
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits any employer or employment agency from publishing a job advertisement that states, in various ways, that an applicant for the job must be currently employed. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Provides for fair compensation when leased public land for agricultural or pastoral uses is withdrawn, condemned, or taken for public purposes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Establishes a spay and neuter special fund and allows funds from an income tax check-off to be deposited into the special fund. Effective 7/1/50 to 7/1/55. (SD2)
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Establishes community based governance on Hawaiian home lands. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Requires an appointing authority to consider another position administrated by the appointing authority for which an employee is qualified before the employee is considered for discharge due to failure to meet performance requirements. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Clarifies provisions that negotiations relating to contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund shall be to agree upon amounts that the State and counties shall contribute toward the payment of costs for a health benefits plan and group life insurance benefits for active public employees; clarifies that a decision of an arbitration panel shall be final. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Establishes the boiler and elevator special fund to collect and deposit fees for inspections, permits, and examinations of boilers, pressure systems, elevators, and kindred equipment; provides for sufficient operating costs to carry out the purpose of the boiler and elevator safety law. Appropriates funds for start up costs and hiring of necessary staff. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Provides greater protection for children by amending the offense of promoting child abuse in the second degree to include possession of thirty or more images of child pornography and the content of at least one image contains a minor younger than the age of twelve, sadomasochistic abuse of a minor, or bestiality involving a minor. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SEXUAL IMAGES PRODUCED BY MINORS. Prohibits adults from soliciting minors to electronically transmit nude images of minors; prohibits minors from electronically transmitting nude images of themselves or other minors, or soliciting other minors to do so; prohibits persons from possessing a nude image transmitted by a minor, but makes it an affirmative defense that the recipient made reasonable efforts to destroy the transmitted nude image. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE TAX LIEN AND ENCUMBRANCE RECORD. Allows the recordation of outstanding judgments payable to state or county agencies as a condition precedent to a vehicle's renewal, registration, or transfer of ownership. Exempts state and county agencies from paying the tax lien and encumbrance record statutory fee if state and county agencies to provide to the director of finance the license plate number or vehicle identification number. Allows taxpayer to enter into agreement with the department of taxation to pay the delinquent taxes in lieu of full payment to avoid recordation of a tax lien and encumbrance record. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PRISON LITIGATION. Imposes certain limitations and conditions on in forma pauperis prisoner lawsuits. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends Hawaii tax laws to implement the streamlined sales and use tax agreement; takes effect when the State becomes a party to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. Creates a committee to oversee the department of taxation's implementation and administration of, and compliance with the streamlined sales and use tax agreement, to take effect on approval. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys to community health centers for the provision of direct health care for the uninsured, including those who will be disenrolled from the medicaid QUEST program pending eligibility changes in April 2012.
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RELATING TO PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. Establishes an electronic tracking system for the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine base beginning 1/1/13. Requires the department of public safety narcotics enforcement division to implement the electronic tracking system in conjunction with the existing narcotics tracking system no later than 1/1/15. (SD2)
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RELATING TO VACCINATIONS. Allows pharmacists, per a physician's prescription, to administer the influenza vaccine to persons aged fourteen to seventeen provided that the pharmacist has fulfilled certain requirements, including the training requirement to administer the influenza vaccine to minors every four years. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ANIMAL WELFARE. Prohibits the purchase, sale, transportation, delivery, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in interstate commerce, of any bear gallbladder or bile, or any product, item, or substance containing, labeled as, or advertised as containing bear gallbladder or bile. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC 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; appropriates funds for the operational expenses of the office of information management technology; appropriates funds for the Hawaii public library system for public access support services; electronic notice requirement effective 7/1/2013. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. Promotes enhanced communication infrastructure for Hawaii residents by incorporating recommendations of the Hawaii broadband task force in the Hawaii state plan; requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to submit an annual status report to the governor and legislature. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Clarifies that the information technology steering committee shall consist of thirteen members: four members to be selected by the senate president, four members to be selected by the speaker of the house of representatives, and four members to be selected by the chief information officer, with the chief information officer to serve as the chair.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends distribution of partial payment of taxes to principal first, then to penalties, and then interest. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals Act 155, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, which requires all businesses with excise tax exemptions to register to do business in Hawaii, file their tax returns in a timely manner, and expressly claim their entitlement, and creates a personal trust liability for businesses that use the general excise tax as the basis for increasing their prices and ensures that those funds are paid to the State for the benefit of consumers and businesses. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Exempts grants made under the community-based economic development program from the Hawaii public procurement code; clarifies that moneys in the hydrogen investment capital special fund shall be expended by the Hawaii strategic development corporation; repeals the high technology innovation corporation. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Amends the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to allow appropriations by the legislature; appropriates funds from the temporary deposits account in the trust fund of the department of labor and industrial relations to the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to implement the program and hire necessary staff. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Provides an exemption to electronic communication service providers to divulge the contents of the communication information to law enforcement agencies, public safety agencies, and public safety answering points under certain circumstances. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the department of public safety to assess and refer inmates to the Hawaii paroling authority (HPA) for possible medical release. Provides that an inmate in the custody of the department shall be eligible to be considered for medical release if the inmate meets specified criteria under certain procedures. Requires HPA to set reasonable conditions on an inmate's medical release. Requires the HPA to promptly order an inmate returned to custody of the department to await a revocation hearing if the HPA receives credible information that an inmate has failed to comply with any reasonable condition set upon the inmate's release. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Allows committed persons to create and place for sale approved products and crafts. Allocates an unspecified percentage of proceeds to fund rehabilitation programs and the crime victim compensation special fund. Allocates 50% to the committed person's account. Requires department of public safety to study other states' practices on the making and sale of arts and crafts by inmates. Report to the 2013 legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PAROLE. Allows the Hawaii paroling authority to use a continuum of administrative sanctions when a parolee violates a term or condition of parole. Eff. 1/1/2025. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes a two-year parole pilot program for no more than twenty inmates to be subject to high-intensity parole supervision. Makes an appropriation for the program.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Allows a condominium board to authorize the installation of separate utility meters, notwithstanding the provisions of a project's declaration or association's bylaws, provided that the association pays the cost of installing the meters.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts from general excise taxes rents received from qualifying nonprofits and government agencies that provide homeless transitional shelters. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE WEED AND SEED PROGRAM. Establishes the weed and seed program under the department of labor and industrial relations. Makes appropriation.
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RELATING TO PAIN PATIENTS BILL OF RIGHTS. Clarifies that the medical use of marijuana is considered to be consistent with the pain patient's bill of rights. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO QUEEN LILIUOKALANI. Changes inscription on Queen Liliuokalani statue to the dates of her coronation and death.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VAPOR HEAT TREATMENT FACILITY. Authorizes general obligation bonds for the construction of a vapor heat treatment facility by the agribusiness development corporation on the island of Hawaii at a location to be determined by the corporation. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES. Requires persons challenging a conservation plan, safe harbor agreement, or accompanying license to bring a contested case hearing before the board of land and natural resources pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Repeals provision on administrative enforcement of rules, habitat conservation plans, safe harbor agreements, and incidental take licenses. Repeals the prohibition on approval of issuance of new safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and incidental take licenses after July 1, 2012. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Authorizes an agency or an applicant to bypass the preparation of an environmental assessment and proceed directly with an environmental impact statement for proposed actions that are determined by the agency to require an environmental impact statement. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY. Requires that a plan manager keep an accurate and current list of the names and addresses of time share association members; requires the list of time share association members to be made available to owners under certain terms and for reasonable costs. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the negotiated partner approach pilot program for energy savings contracts, which allows agencies to forego requests for proposals and negotiate directly with qualified vendors. Requires reports to DAGS and the legislature. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires any and all assessments for health care services or services relating to personal care that are offered or provided to unit owners or residents at a condominium licensed as an assisted living facility to be assessed only against the units occupied by persons who utilize these services, and not be included as part of the common expenses of a condominium. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED. Establishes procedures for eyewitness identification of persons in live lineups and photo lineups who are suspected of perpetrating an offense. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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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 beach or marine deposits, except for materials inadvertently taken, such as those carried away on the body, clothes, toys, recreational equipment, and bags. Creates an exemption for public emergencies and traditional cultural practices. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Establishes and directs a long-term care task force to coordinate and consolidate state long-term care programs and services. Establishes the position of deputy healthcare transformation coordinator. Appropriates funds. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. Requests the executive office on aging of the department of health to conduct an education and awareness campaign on long term care and have the campaign evaluated. Appropriates funds. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Establishes the long-term care partnership program to allow individuals who purchase certified long-term care insurance policies to receive medicaid benefits without regard to the individual's assets. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match federal funds allocated to the State for medicaid benefits dedicated to adult vision services. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ELDERLY. Creates the crime of financial exploitation of an elder. Requires financial institutions to report suspected financial abuse to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes three new tax credits for caregivers: small business caregiver leave tax credit; caregiver tax credit; and caregiver educational cost tax credit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION. Adopts the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, to ensure that only one state has jurisdiction at any one time. Contains specific guidelines to specify which court has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or conservator for an incapacitated adult. Prioritizes the states that may claim jurisdiction. Effective 7/1/2014. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Appropriates unspecified funds to the homeless programs office of DHS and the rental housing trust fund. Appropriates unspecified funds to DOH for substance abuse treatment, mental health support services, and clean and sober housing services, and to DHS for a homeless prevention program, rental assistance program, and matching funds for shelter plus care grants. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGING. Statutorily establishes the kupuna care program. Appropriates funds for the kupuna care program, healthy aging partnership program, senior centers, and elder registration services. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. Establishes a task force to build on prior long-term care legislation and ascertain if there is public sentiment for a mandatory tax to implement a long-term care insurance program for all residents of the State. Requires an actuarial analysis and a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds for reimbursement for travel expenses for task force members and the actuarial analysis. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for registered professional nurses within collective bargaining unit 9 and their excluded counterparts. (SD1)
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for officers and employees within collective bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 13, and their excluded counterparts. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Exempts home-based agricultural producers of honey from the requirement that honey be processed in a certified honey house; provided that the producer meets certain labeling, education, and record keeping requirements. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. Clarifies definition of "development" for purposes of special management area permitting by counties.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to extend the term of an airport concession, and to modify and amend the terms of any concession contracts, leases, and permits in exchange for revenue-enhancing improvements that are made or paid for by the concession. Effective July 1, 2012. Repeals July 1, 2014. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ETHANOL. Repeals the requirement that gasoline contain 10% ethanol. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Repeals the prohibition on agricultural tourism activities in the absence of a bona fide farming operation. Repeals the prohibition on ordinances that allow overnight accommodations in agricultural districts. Authorizes agricultural tourism activities, including overnight accommodations of twenty-one days or less, for any one stay within a county; provided that a county has adopted ordinances regulating agricultural tourism. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII HEALTH AUTHORITY. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii health authority. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE STATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL FUND. Removes the requirement that general excise tax revenues be deposited to the credit of the state educational facilities improvement special fund. Limits expenditures from the special fund to projects authorized by the legislature for fiscal years ending prior to 7/1/2013. Limits lease payments required by financing agreements paid from the special fund to those entered into prior to 7/1/2012. (SD2)
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE STATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL FUND. Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii state constitution that would repeal the state educational facilities improvement special fund's exemption from the requirement that moneys appropriated from the fund be lapsed after 3 years. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Allows the building of ohana dwellings on lands within the agricultural district in any county with a population of 500,000 or less, under certain conditions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes $10,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kauai Coffee Company Incorporated in the planning, construction, and operation of a coffee processing facility for the production of Hawaii-grown coffee products. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. Requires proof of identification from sellers of agricultural commodities. Establishes criminal penalties for failure to maintain a certificate of ownership or other written proof of ownership of agricultural commodities. Makes theft of agricultural commodities an offense of theft in the second degree and establishes lack of ownership or movement certificates as prima facie evidence of the theft. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LEGACY LANDS. Requires nonprofit land conservation organizations to provide, in addition to a conservation easement, a deed restriction or covenant, as a condition to the receipt of funds under the legacy land program. Requires the board of land and natural resources to be made a full or partial owner of any conservation provided by a state or county agency or nonprofit land conservation organization as a condition for receipt of funding under the legacy lands program. Allows for the exemption of the easement requirements by the board. Requires applicants for legacy land funds to submit the project's public benefit and to consult with the staff of the department of land and natural resources, the department of agriculture, the agribusiness development corporation, and the public land development corporation. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES MARITIME FACILITIES. Allows DLNR to work on projects within lands or facilities under the jurisdiction of the division of boating and ocean recreation without the approval of county agencies. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds until 6/30/2018 to assist The Queen's Health Systems contained in Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, and as amended by Act 86, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN ROLL COMMISSION. Requires the Native Hawaiian roll commission to be responsible for verification documents from individuals seeking to be included in the roll of qualified Native Hawaiians. Requires verification documents to be kept confidential. Clarifies that the roll commission is prohibited from publishing or releasing any verification documents of any qualified Native Hawaiian on the roll. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING. Requires professional and vocational licensing boards to consider relevant military education, training, and service towards the as part of the evaluation process toward the qualifications of a license. Requires the licensing administrator of the professional and vocational licensing division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to communicate the intent of this Act to each licensing authority and report to the legislature. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Authorizes the director of commerce and consumer affairs to enforce certain federal laws to protect military members and their families from abusive lending practices. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING. Permits licensure by endorsement or licensure by reciprocity in certain situations for a nonresident military spouse. Establishes procedures for a nonresident military spouse to receive a license by endorsement or license by reciprocity. Permits issuance of a temporary license if certain requirements are met. Requires the licensing authority to expedite consideration of the application and issuance of a license by endorsement, license by reciprocity, or temporary license to a qualified nonresident military spouse. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY. Adds two part-time members of the Hawaii paroling authority for a total of four part-time members. Requires the governor to establish the salaries of the chair of the Hawaii paroling authority. Appropriates funds for the increase in salary and additional equipment needs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLERS. Prohibits counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in new or existing one- or two‑family dwelling units used only for residential purposes. Effective 1/1/2025. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TATTOO ARTISTS. Restricts the sale of tattoo supplies. Requires blood borne pathogen test as a prerequisite for licensure beginning 1/1/2013 and every four years after initial test to continue to hold a license. Prohibits tattoo trade shows. Prohibits body piercing or body modifications at product demonstrations or educational demonstrations. Creates a tattoo artist task force. Reports to legislature. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO URBAN ART. Establishes a pilot program for the creation of urban art under the direction of the state foundation on culture and the arts; repeals 6/30/2015; requires report to 2015 legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION. Requires every new and replacement outdoor light fixture to be fully shielded beginning 7/1/13, with certain exemptions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONTRACTS. Shortens the time by which subcontractors are to receive progress and final payments from contractors on government and private construction projects. Provides interest penalties for late payments. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION. Allows the scanning and retention of personal information contained in a Hawaii identification card or driver's license by certain specified entities for limited purposes. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Establishes a peer review process for public accounting firms that engage in attest work. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Imposes an excise tax on tobacco products, other than large cigars, that is equal to the greater of 70 percent of the wholesale price of, or $3.20 for, each article or item of tobacco products. Takes effect 1/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS. Adds powers and duties to the director of labor and industrial relations regarding the registration and regulation of professional employer organizations. Authorizes various penalties for noncompliance; amends definitions and bond level requirements; establishes the professional employer organization special fund. Repeals chapter 373K, HRS, but moves the general excise tax exemption provisions to chapter 373L, HRS. Appropriates funds to the department of labor and industrial relations. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the PUC to implement best practices in the areas of regulatory frameworks, rules and procedures, and information technology and public access. Appropriates funds out of the public utilities commission special fund to implement best practices. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. Implements the 2011 recommendations of the mortgage foreclosure task force, and other best practices, to address various issues relating to the mortgage foreclosures law and related issues affecting homeowner association liens and the collection of unpaid assessments. Repeals the nonjudicial foreclosure process under part I of chapter 667, HRS. Makes permanent the mortgage foreclosure dispute resolution program and the process for converting nonjudicial foreclosures of residential property into judicial foreclosures. Repeals the provision excluding participants of the dispute resolution program from converting nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings to judicial actions. Deletes language requiring open houses of foreclosed condominium and community association units and makes conforming amendments. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ONE CALL CENTER. Extends until June 30, 2014 the sunset provision in section 5 of Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, which exempts pest control operators' activities from the definition of "excavation". Requires exempt pest control operators to attend training provided by the Hawaii one call center. Requires the public utilities commission to conduct an investigation on the risks of residential pest control application and report to the legislature prior to the convening of the 2014 regular session. Effective 06/29/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHALLENGE COURSE TECHNOLOGY. Establishes standards and regulations for operators of ziplines and canopy tours. Requires operators to obtain annual inspections and permits from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE. Specifies that the Hawaii health connector shall establish and administer one separate program to serve the individual market and one separate program to serve the small group market. Establishes staggered terms for board members. Clarifies qualifications of and restrictions on navigators. Clarifies role of the department of human services in determining medicaid eligibility. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INFORMATION ACCESS. Appropriates funds for the vocational rehabilitation and services for the blind division of the department of human services to contract for a telephone-based service to provide access to timely print media. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG. Requires the director of human services to develop a uniform prescription drug prior authorization form no later than 07/01/2013. Beginning 01/01/2014, requires the uniform prescription drug prior authorization form to be used by prescribers and health care insurance providers. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Permits the public utilities commission to take certain economic considerations into account when making final determinations on renewable energy projects. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to provide the public utilities commission with economic analysis information. (SD1)
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RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ARTICLE 9. Implements the amendments to article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, relating to secured transactions, set forth by the Uniform Law Commission. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Extends the period in which an owner of a new car is exempted from obtaining a certificate of vehicle inspection from two years to three years from the date of purchase. Takes effect 1/1/2015.
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Imposes time limits on rendering administrative and judicial review decisions; limits protests to those that are a minimum percentage of the contract value; requires posting of a protest bond, to be forfeited if the protesting party does not prevail. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Allows moneys in the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund to be expended for the electronic importer manifest program. Makes an appropriation for the implementation of the electronic importer manifest program. Effective July 1, 2012.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires that petitioners have adequate time to address concerns at a requested special association meeting. Prohibits an association from adopting any rule for association meetings that would otherwise require a majority of the quorum vote to change, with certain exceptions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Establishes the nursing facility sustainability program special fund into which nursing facility sustainability fees shall be deposited. Requires DHS to charge and collect a provider fee on health care items or services provided by nursing facilities. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOSPITALS. Establishes the Hospital Sustainability Program into which hospital sustainability fees shall be deposited. Requires DHS to charge and collect a provider fee on health care items or services provided by hospitals. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CLAIM CONCILIATION. Amends laws relating to medical claim conciliation to make the medical claims conciliation process less adversarial and to emphasize inquiry, conciliation, and settlement. Renames the panels as medical inquiry and conciliation panels. Effective January 2, 2014. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES. Establishes the med-QUEST patient-centered medical home initiative, identifies responsibilities for the coordination and evaluation of the patient-centered medical home model to be undertaken by the healthcare transformation coordinator, and appropriates funds for these purposes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes a state income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred by a school teacher during the taxable year. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Clarifies that terroristic threatening includes threats of serious damage to another person's pets or livestock. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE MILITIA. Establishes an employer income tax credit for taxpayers who maintain employee insurance coverage for national guard members for the duration of the national guard members' active duty. Expands the powers of the governor and governor's designee in calling the national guard into active duty. Allows the adjutant general to order the national guard into active service for nonemergency purposes that are necessary and attendant to the mission of the department of defense. Expands the rights granted to national guard members to incorporate rights granted under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Requires specified persons who own, control, or have custody or control of ten or more dogs over age four months with intact sexual organs to meet minimum standards of care to ensure the proper treatment and care of dogs and the dogs' offspring. Prohibits any person from owning or having custody of more than thirty dogs over age of one year with intact sexual organs. Requires specified persons to maintain specific records for each dog for at least three years following the death of the dog or a date on which the person permanently ceased to have possession or control of the dog. Prohibits certain types of dogs in the same enclosure. Establishes penalties. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Adds a new definition for matching payment period; changes report filing deadlines; requires the identification of the candidate supported or opposed by an independent expenditure; and increases the amount of expenditures a publicly financed candidate for the office of the prosecuting attorney can make. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Requires specified persons who own, control, or have custody or control of ten or more dogs over age four months with intact sexual organs to meet minimum standards of care to ensure the proper treatment and care of dogs and the dogs' offspring. Prohibits any person from owning or having custody of more than thirty dogs over age of one year with intact sexual organs. Requires specified persons to maintain specific records for each dog for at least three years following the death of the dog or a date on which the person permanently ceased to have possession or control of the dog. Prohibits certain types of dogs in the same enclosure. Establishes penalties. Requires the licensing of dog breeders; authorizes each county to develop license requirements and fees; establishes minimum standards of care; authorizes each county to pursue civil penalties for noncompliant dog breeders. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Establishes the offense of maintaining a property nuisance as a misdemeanor. Specifies conditions that constitute maintaining a property nuisance. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Creates a cause of action against any person who maintains a property nuisance that causes injury or damage to the person or property of another person. Specifies conditions that constitute maintaining a property nuisance. Effective on 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT. Enacts the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Requires dogs or cats that are captured or killed in a snare or trap to be reported to a county animal control officer. Establishes an animal cruelty offense for the use of steel-jawed leg-hold traps, and the use of snares, conibear, and foot- or leg-hold traps in residential or other prohibited areas; provides exemptions for activities carried out by state and federal agencies; establishes the offense as a misdemeanor. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Extends procedures for impoundment and forfeiture for cruelty to animal offense to equine animals to the same extent as pet animals. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE SALE OF DOGS AND CATS. Requires retail pet stores to implant an identification microchip in a dog or cat prior to sale or exchange, collect appropriate dog licensing forms and fees from a purchaser, provide specific written documentation regarding each dog or cat sold, and provide written information about spaying and neutering. Prohibits the sale of dogs and cats in a public place, except for humane groups facilitating adoptions. Establishes penalties. Effective 01/02/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Allows temporary restraining orders against harassment and domestic abuse to be issued upon the submission of oral sworn testimony or complaint to a judge by electronic measures. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION. Transfers the non-driver's, or civil, identification program from the department of the attorney general to the department of transportation. Requires civil identification cards to be issued by the examiners of drivers in each county to comply with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, P.L. 109-13, by January 1, 2013. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires businesses in the State to collect a fee for single-use checkout bags provided to a customer. Allows businesses to keep twenty per cent of the fees for the first year of the program and ten per cent of the fees thereafter, subject to income and general excises taxes. Requires fees to be collected on single-use checkout bags not prohibited by county ordinance. Deposits all fees into a special account in the environmental management special fund. Requires first $800,000 of all fees collected to be expended by DOH for costs relating to administrative, education, audit, compliance, and enforcement activities associated with the fee. Requires any remaining fees collected to be deposited in the environmental response revolving fund and the natural area reserve fund. Requires reports to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Renames the Hawaii economic development task force the Hawaii food and energy security council and extends the sunset date of the council to 6/30/14. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR VETERINARIANS. Establishes a veterinary license renewal requirement of at least twenty continuing education credit hours, to commence prior to the June 30, 2016, licensing renewal deadline in order to hold a valid license for the period beginning July 1, 2017, and thereafter. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Pacific University. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends section 302A-1151.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the department of education to consider allowing charter schools and pre-plus programs to occupy all or a portion of public school facilities the department is considering for closure; provided that the department may consider using the facilities for any other purpose the board of education deems appropriate. Requires the department of education to identify unused public schools facilities for possible use by charter schools, early learning programs, or for any other purpose the board of education deems appropriate. Repeals sections 302A-1506.5 and 302B-3.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Places the Hawaii 3Ts school technology laboratories fund under the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Repeals section 302A-1314, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. Establishes the school facilities special fund. Requires that income generated by the public land development corporation from public school lands and facilities be deposited into the school facilities special fund for the purposes of new construction, upgrades, and retrofit and upgrade of public school facilities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. Requires the department of education to develop up to four bell schedules for elementary, middle, and high schools to standardize instructional periods across all schools, with the exception of charter schools and multi-track public schools. Requires each school to choose one of the available bell schedules for each grade level. Amends the definition of "student instructional hours" for elementary and secondary schools. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES AND HALFWAY HOUSES. Establishes a temporary clean and sober home and halfway house task force. Requires the task force to submit a report to the legislature containing findings and recommendations and any proposed legislation that may be necessary to effectuate those recommendations.
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RELATING TO CONCUSSIONS. Requires the DOE and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association to develop a concussion awareness program to provide guidelines for public and private schools. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends or repeals various provisions of chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for housekeeping and other purposes. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals various sections of chapter 302A, HRS, in order to leave employer-employee issues covered by those sections to be negotiated pursuant to the collective bargaining process. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends section 302A-1502.4, HRS, for housekeeping and other purposes. Repeals section 302A-401.5, HRS.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the temporary limit on the amount of itemized deductions that may be claimed by certain taxpayers. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the executive office on early learning. Establishes the early learning advisory board to replace the early learning council. Repeals junior kindergarten programs at the end of the 2013-2014 school year. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, requires students to be at least five years of age on July 31 of the school year in order to attend kindergarten. Makes an appropriation to establish the executive office on early learning. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Amends the form and function of the University of Hawaii regents candidate advisory council. Repeals section 304A-104.5, HRS. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF STATE FUNDS. Clarifies that it is the responsibility of the chief information officer to establish, implement, and maintain a searchable website for state awards. Updates deadlines for the chief information officer to establish accessible searchable websites and implement a pilot program on data collection and subawards reporting. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Requires counties to provide information on and access to temporary emergency shelters to homeless individuals and families upon removing them from public property.
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS. Amends various statutory provisions to reconfirm and clarify the original intent of Act 1 (2011) that civil union partners shall have all the same rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities under law as are granted to those who contract, obtain a license, and are solemnized pursuant to chapter 572, HRS. Makes various housekeeping amendments to statutes to assist with the implementation and interpretation of Act 1, including with respect to public employee benefits, property held as tenants by the entirety, establishment of parent-child relationships, and adoption. Ensures couples who terminated their reciprocal beneficiary relationships after 11/1/11 but before this Act becomes effective retain all rights and benefits upon entering into a civil union. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Authorizes a person convicted of committing the offense of prostitution to file a motion to vacate the judgment under certain circumstances; establishes procedures for the motion to vacate. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MINORS. Establishes a new chapter for the safe harbor of sexually exploited children. Establishes the minor victims of prostitution special fund. Grants the family court exclusive jurisdiction over any person under eighteen who is charged with certain offenses of prostitution. Amends the statute of limitations under the prostitution coercion liability act. Establishes that persons who are under eighteen and suspected of or charged with certain offenses of prostitution shall not be prosecuted, and shall be subject to the provisions of the safe harbor for sexually exploited children chapter. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AN AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. Codifies the statewide automated victim information and notification system and establishes an automated victim notification system special fund. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Clarifies that, of the 20% of the State's annual purchasing expenditure set aside to be awarded to small businesses, at least 3% shall be awarded to veteran owned and service disabled veteran owned small businesses having 50 or fewer employees. Effective 1/1/20. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE. Broadens the scope of the tuition assistance to Hawaii National Guard members attending the University of Hawaii and appropriates funds for that purpose. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. Extends the statute of limitations for civil actions brought by persons subjected to sexual offenses as a minor against the person who committed the act. Revives for a two-year period certain actions for which the statute of limitations had previously lapsed. Authorizes a court to award attorney's fees to a defendant when a accusation of sexual abuse was made with no basis in fact and with malicious intent. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FOSTER YOUTH. Requires the department of human services to offer and provide former foster youth enrollment in an appropriate medical assistance program and continue to provide assistance to the former foster youth until they reach age twenty-six. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Establishes a preference for allowing an abused child, who has been removed from the family home, to return to the home, by placing the burden on the child's family to establish that it is in the child's best interest to remove the child from the home, rather than remove the alleged or potential perpetrator. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. Requires public events celebrating Children and Youth Day to be held on the first Sunday in October and public events, such as the Children and Youth Summit, to be held in the month of October, if the Children and Youth Day planning committee so chooses, unless otherwise determined by the governor. (SD2)
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RELATING TO UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Creates a universal children's savings account program under the department of budget and finance. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Requires and appropriates funds for the homeless programs office of the DHS to establish designated safe facilities for homeless persons to live until permanent housing becomes available. Requires the homeless programs office to establish rules and a code of conduct for the designated safe facilities. Requires partnership with nonprofit and community service organizations and coordination with state and county law enforcement officials for the safety of individuals residing in the designated safe facilities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. Requires DOH to hold the eligibility criteria or scope of covered services to at least the same level that was in effect on January 1, 2012. Allows previously eligible children to remain eligible for early intervention services. Allows DOH to establish a family cost participation schedule for early intervention services. Allows DOH to include in its contracts with early intervention service providers a provision that requires the provider to provide early intervention services to individuals who are ineligible under part C of IDEA on a fee-for-service basis and charge fees no more than the State's reimbursement rate. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist charter schools, not-for-profit corporations that support charter schools, and community development financial institutions that support charter schools.
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RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH. Requires DOH to educate the public about issues that affect children's oral health. Authorizes DHS to determine the rates of payment to dentists who provide dental services to QUEST and the QUEST expanded access program participants. Appropriates funds to increase payments for dental services to QUEST and the QUEST expanded access program participants and to establish an electronic system to track data relating to children's dental health. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS. Abolishes the regents candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. (SD1)
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RELATING TO NOISE. Authorizes the county liquor commissions to adopt rules and use exclusively the dBC weighting system for the purpose of community noise control.
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires all accident and health or sickness insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide health care coverage and benefits for well-baby and well-child screening and diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders beginning after 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FEE TIME SHARE INTERESTS. Requires all fee time share interests to be recorded in the regular system rather than the land court. Streamlines the procedure for the office of the assistant registrar to update the certificates of title for all remaining fee time share interests as part of the deregistration process. Allows the bureau of conveyances to charge a transaction fee for each deed of a time share interest recorded in the bureau of conveyances pursuant to chapter 502, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 07/01/2020. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Authorizes DHHL to allow a Hawaiian home lands lessee to settle on a vacant homestead lot that has already been awarded to the lessee, subject to conditions. Requires DHHL to conduct a public awareness campaign to educate affected communities. (SD2)
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RELATING TO WASTEWATER. Requires counties to permit the use of an otherwise authorized individual wastewater treatment system when it pre-dates a county-operated wastewater treatment system and the county determines that allowing the individual wastewater treatment system is fair and equitable. Requires counties to adopt rules or ordinances no later than 12/31/13. (SD1)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Appropriates an unspecified sum for the Hawaii tourism authority for fiscal year 2012-2013 for initiatives to take advantage of expanded visa programs and increased travel opportunities for international visitors to Hawaii. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS. Exempts specified nonresidential agricultural and aquacultural buildings and structures, and their appurtenances, located on commercial farms and ranches located outside of the urban district from certain building permit requirements, under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Authorizes campaign funds to be used to award scholarships to students attending an institution of higher education or vocational education school full time in a program leading to a degree, certificate, or other recognized educational credential; provides that in any election period, the total amount of all scholarships awarded shall be no more than twice the maximum amount that one person may contribute to that candidate pursuant to section 11-357; provides that for scholarship awards only, no awards shall be made from the filing deadline for nomination papers to the date of the general election.
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RELATING TO PROMOTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Extends prohibition of promoting a controlled substance in, on, or near schools, school vehicles, or public parks to include public housing projects and complexes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Extends the lapse date, from 6/30/12 to 6/28/17, of the special purpose revenue bonds that were authorized to assist Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Act 116, SLH 2007. Specifies that special purpose bonds in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 may be issued to refund the special purpose revenue bonds authorized by Act 116. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals minimum hourly and per diem rates for substitute teachers. Repeals substitute teacher wage adjustments based upon teacher pay. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides that appropriations to the EDN 100 school-based budgeting program identifier shall not be transferred to any other program identifier of DOE; provides exceptions under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PORTABLE ELECTRONICS INSURANCE. Establishes provisions for the sale of portable electronics insurance; requires vendors to hold a limited lines license to sell or offer coverage under a policy; establishes sanctions for violations; establishes requirements for termination of insurance; establishes fees for licensing. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Appropriates moneys from the emergency and budget reserve fund to maintain funding levels of programs for public health, safety, welfare, and education. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Creates an income tax credit for development and construction costs for qualifying biofuel production facilities. Repeals 1/1/2029. Defines "oil refinery". Clarifies that an environmental assessment is required for an action proposing the expansion of an existing oil refinery. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO VACANCIES. Amends the deadline to file nomination papers associated with filling a vacancy in the membership of the board of trustees of OHA, to ensure compliance with provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, P.L. 111-84, mandating the mailing of absentee ballots to uniformed and overseas voters no later than forty-five days prior to an election. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LEASEHOLDERS RIGHTS. Requires the board of land and natural resources to seek input from existing lessees as part of its evaluation to determine whether to award a lease to a renewable energy producer.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Clarifies the Hawaii labor relations board's authority to appoint attorneys and paralegals. Authorizes attorneys employed by the board on a part-time or contract basis to represent the board in litigation, draft legal documents for the board, and provide other necessary legal services to the board. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HONOULIULI. Requires DLNR to establish a Honouliuli park site project advisory group to develop recommendations to leverage county, state, federal, and private funding for an educational resource center at the Honouliuli site; requires report to 2013 legislature; appropriates an unspecified sum for deposit into the Hawaii historic preservation special fund; requires moneys to be expended to accelerate the collection, preservation, and organization of resources related to the World War II internment experience in Hawaii. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DEFENDANTS COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH. Allows for persons committed to the custody of the director of health to be transferred to correctional facilities under certain conditions. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Creates an agricultural development and food security program within the department of agriculture. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LIVESTOCK FEED. Creates a livestock feed feasibility pilot project to investigate the viability of growing and processing livestock feed on land held by the department of agriculture. Appropriation. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE INFORMATION PRIVACY AND SECURITY COUNCIL. Designates the chief information officer as chair of the information privacy and security council. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Amends section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add a new definition of "credited service" and to clarify the definitions of "employee" and "part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employee". (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Includes the date that services for remuneration were first performed as information to be provided to the child support enforcement agency through the new hire reporting process. Requires employers to provide the appropriate health care provider a notice of medical support within a certain time frame. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Amends sections 346-29.5(b) and 346-37(g), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to state that the department of human services shall submit a written notice of lien and an itemized list of payments so as to provide sufficient information regarding its payments to the person being sentenced. Considers the entire amount valid in determining the amount of restitution unless contested or unless a specific line item charge or charges in the lien are contested on a good faith basis. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONVERSIONS BY NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Repeals provisions regarding conversions by nonprofit corporations. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FALSE CLAIMS TO THE STATE. Brings the State's false claims laws in compliance with the federal False Claims Act to meet federal requirements that state laws provide the same or greater protections as those established under the Social Security Act. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Use of interactive conference technology to increase ability of members of state and county boards and commissions to attend board meetings. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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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. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD. Authorizes the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish fees pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be charged to each agency submitting rules to the small business regulatory review board as part of the agency submission process; requires the fees to be used for the expenses of the board; requires each agency to notify the board on an annual basis of any rules that affect small business to be amended or repealed to reflect a statutory amendment or repeal. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. Increases the Hula Mae multifamily program revenue bond authorization. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Amend the composition of the HCDA board to nine voting members for each established district. Effective 7/1/2020. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. Creates a climate change adaptation policy for the State of Hawaii by amending the Hawaii State Planning Act to include climate change adaptation priority guidelines. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Codifies certain provisions of Act 290, Session laws of Hawaii 1997, and repeals the rest. Authorizes the department of transportation to adopt rules for the registration of, and issuance of license plates for electric vehicles. Exempts electric vehicles from parking fees under certain conditions. Effective 1/1/2013. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING. Requires that owners or managers of places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use by the general public to designate at least one percent of parking spaces or up to five parking spaces, whichever is lesser, exclusively for electric vehicles by July 1, 2012. Requires that at least one parking space is equipped with an electric vehicle charging system. Prohibits any parking space designated for electric vehicles to displace or reduce accessible stalls called for by the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. Requires issuance of a warning for parking a non-electric vehicle in a stall for electric vehicles beginning 1/1/2013. (SD1)
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RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Requires holders of unclaimed property to remit all property with their November 1 report and corrects references to the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Corrects errors; harmonizes ordinary disability and ordinary death benefits for new members of the Employees' Retirement System with their service retirement benefits. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. To prevent unexpected increases in pension benefits and in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the Employees' Retirement System by limiting the amount of compensation included in "average final compensation" and requiring employers to pay the additional costs resulting from spiking. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Changes one of the requirements to become a member of the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii.
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to allow electric utility companies to recover all power purchase costs that have been approved by the Commission. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Authorizes the board of the Employer-union health benefits trust fund to create a trust fund for the purpose of receiving employer contributions that will prefund post-employment health and other benefit costs for retirees and their beneficiaries. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. To clarify and correct ambiguities and errors in Hawaii's business registration laws. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES. Amends the fee structure for services provided by the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for escrow depository regulation; amends fines for violations of escrow depository regulations; and adjusts bond requirements for escrow depositories. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Establishes or amends certain regulatory fees charged by the division of financial institutions for the review and analysis of financial institution requests. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to require money transmitters to register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. Establishes procedures for a licensed money transmitter to surrender its license. Amends the fee structure for services provided by the Division of Financial Institutions for the regulation of money transmitters; amends the fine for violations of money transmitter regulations. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATION. Amends the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act to reflect recent federal changes and adjust fees in consideration of the new regulatory requirements. Effective date 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Requires every mortgage servicer who provides loan modification services that would require licensure as a mortgage loan originator to be licensed as a mortgage loan originator in addition to being licensed as a mortgage servicer. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Amends Hawaii's captive insurance company law to ensure that risk retention captive insurance companies comply with the accreditation standards of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ENTITIES REGULATED BY THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. Updates the insurance code by removing or revising certain provisions that relate to the licensing and regulation of mutual benefit societies and health maintenance organizations; updates financial regulatory requirements and fees to be more consistent with requirements placed on traditional insurance companies. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Updates provisions of the insurance code governing guaranty associations in conformity with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Model Act and the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Model Act. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Eliminates underlying producer license requirement for applying and obtaining surplus lines broker license; provides greater clarity and consistency in licensing insurance producers selling annuity products; clarifies reinsurance intermediary licensing requirements and removes unnecessary licensing conditions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires the commissioner to publish a list of homeowners insurers and homeowners insurance annual premiums on the insurance division's official website. Requires the commissioner to publish a list of motor vehicle insurers and motor vehicle insurance annual premiums on the insurance division's official website. Allows the commissioner to intervene to adjust insurance rates. Provides for written notice of disapproval and hearing requirements. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COLLECTION AGENCIES. Clarifies and strengthens enforcement provisions for exempt out-of-state collection agencies and increases fines for collection agencies governed under chapter 443B, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LIBRARIES. Revises chapter 312, HRS, to accurately reflects long-standing board of education and Hawaii state public library system practices. (SD1)
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. Updates the existing chapter 93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in response to changes in technology and reduces printing, workload, and delivery costs for all state and county agencies; requires the chief information officer, with the assistance of the office of information management and technology and the Hawaii state public library system, to review the technology, personnel, training, fiscal, and other requirements necessary to implement a program through which state and county agencies would make all of their publications available in electronic format for online distribution; requires report to 2013 legislature. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides flexibility to Department of Education to implement student health programs by deleting certain operational requirements established by law and deletes the requirement to adopt rules. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires a pre-trial risk assessment to be conducted within three working days. Expands the membership on the Hawaii paroling authority. Requires the use of validated risk assessments to guide parole decisions. Limits length of re- incarceration for first-time parole violators. Increases victim restitution payments by inmates. Requires release on supervised parole prior to the maximum sentence date. Makes appropriations. (SD2)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH. Establishes a childhood obesity prevention task force. Appropriates funds to the department of health to support early childhood development. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS. Establishes and appropriates funds for aging and disability resource centers in each county to streamline access to long-term supports and services for older adults, persons with disabilities, and family caregivers. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES Appropriate moneys for the information technology transformation initiative in fiscal year 2012-2013; authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for planning, design, and requirements necessary to develop and implement an integrated financial and human resource management system for the State. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Appropriate funds to the department of land and natural resources for the immediate protection of priority watershed forests to replenish Hawaii's water supplies and provide many other fundamental benefits to Hawaii's environmental health. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS. Conveys Kakaako Makai lands to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and resolves all disputes and controversies, and extinguishes, discharges and bars all claims, suits, and actions relating to OHA's portion of income and proceeds from the public trust lands for the period November 7, 1978 through June 30, 2012
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO RECAPITALIZE STATE FISCAL RESERVES. Makes general fund appropriations of $20,000,000 for fiscal year and $43,700,000 for fiscal year to recapitalize the emergency and budget reserve fund. Makes general fund appropriations of $27,500,000 for fiscal year , $27,500,000 for fiscal year , and $56,000,000 for fiscal year to recapitalize the Hawaii hurricane relief fund. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INTERISLAND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CABLE SYSTEMS. Establishes a regulatory structure for the installation and implementation of an interisland high voltage electric transmission cable system and for the construction of on-island transmission infrastructure. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ELECTRICITY. Authorizes the PUC to develop, adopt, and enforce reliability standards and interconnection requirements; authorizes the PUC to contract for the performance of related duties with a party that will serve as the Hawaii electricity reliability administrator. Authorizes the collection of a Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge to be collected by Hawaii's electric utilities. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires, beginning with contracts negotiated for the contract period beginning July 1, 2013, that teachers be employed by the department of education for three years before being eligible for tenure. Provides the department the directive, means, and flexibility to establish a performance management system that cultivates and supports highly effective educators and that implements our State's race to the top commitments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Extends the repeal date in Act 187, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, to continue the pilot project that enables the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to begin housing and other projects without having the full amount of the cost of the projects on hand at the start of the project. Requires report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2013 to 2015 on the status of the pilot project. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Allows the chairman, with unanimous consent of the commission, to suspend administrative rules for the purpose of awarding a lease to a native Hawaiian who has been on the waitlist for at least twenty years. Repeals 6/30/2017. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS. Makes permanent the decreased funeral benefit for medical and financial assistance recipients, establishes that DHS may bear the cost for crematory and mortuary services for unclaimed dead human bodies and that DHS may approve a determination that a dead human body is unclaimed. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS IN MEDICAID. Makes permanent previous changes to the psychotropic medication statute that ensure access to medically necessary psychotropic medications while allowing cost-effective strategies. Effective 1/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INSURER REQUIREMENTS. Requires all commercial health care insurers operating in Hawaii to share with the department of human services, a listing of their members for medicaid eligibility determination. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CHILD CARE LICENSING. Adds exemptions for any kindergarten, school, or program licensed by the charter school review panel, the Hawaii Council of Private Schools, or any federal agency and certain child care programs conducted by the counties from child care licensing by the department of human services. Effective July 1, 2013. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONTRACT PROPOSALS FOR CHILD CARE. Allows the department of human services to accept contract proposals from organizations that are not yet licensed to operate a child care program at locations specified by the department. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the Hawaii interagency council on homelessness to be administratively placed within the department of human services. Makes an appropriation for administrative expenses. Repeals 06/30/22. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Reduces the minimum number of resident board member candidates from five to three that must be submitted by the Resident Advisory Board of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for consideration by the Governor for appointment to the Authority's Board of Directors.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Authorizes the board of directors of the Hawaii public housing authority to set the executive director's compensation based on a comparability analysis, and other factors. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EXEMPTION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICES AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Amends the definition of "employment" in sections 386-1, 392-5, and 303-5, HRS, to exempt aged and disabled recipients of home and community-based services authorized by the Department of Human Services and recipients of state-funded home and community-based services from having to provide workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Human Resources Development to submit annual reports to the Legislature regarding expenditures of qualified community rehabilitation programs.
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RELATING TO THE DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD SPECIAL FUND. Clarifies that all moneys collected as application fees or fees for continuing education units shall be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOSPITAL LICENSING. Permits the department of health the option of recognizing full accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as evidence of hospital compliance with all licensing inspection for the duration of the accreditation. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SALES OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES. Includes electronic cigarettes in the definition of tobacco products that may not be sold to a minor. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DRUG ABUSE AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Amends statutory provisions of the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances to provide for more focused attention in addressing the issue of substance abuse as a public health issue.
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Creates the Hawaii electric device recycling task force; dissolves on 06/30/2013. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Increases the solid waste management surcharge to $1.25 per ton of solid waste disposed of in landfills or shipped out-of-state; increases the solid waste management surcharge to 60 cents per ton of solid waste disposed of at waste-to-energy facilities that accept 150,000 tons or more of solid waste annually; provides for no surcharges to waste-to-energy facilities that accept less than 150,000 tons of solid waste annually and for ash disposed of in landfills that originates from a waste-to-energy facility, and defines "waste-to-energy facility". Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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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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RELATING TO THE HAWAII IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY. Authorizes the department of health to allow limited health insurer access to the Hawaii immunization registry and authorizes the Hawaii immunization registry to store minimal demographic information for individuals who have elected to refuse inclusion in the Hawaii immunization registry. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES. Adds pharmacists as a volunteer health professional to be provided immunity from liability. Effective 1/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND. Adds to the uses of the moneys in the Trauma System Special Fund the costs to staff, operate, and continue the services of the injury prevention program. Effective 1/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EXEMPTION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECUTAL DISABILITIES. Amends the definition of "employment" in various sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes by clarifying the "domestic services" exclusion for services to persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS FOR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Allows aggrieved persons the right to file a civil action for housing discrimination no later than two years after the occurrence or termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice. Directs the Hawaii civil rights commission to issue a right to sue on a complaint filed with the commission under certain circumstances. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL BENEFITS UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Allows the director of labor and industrial relations to make a decision on disputes regarding treatment plans and continued medical services without a hearing. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO NOTICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE. Allows the director of labor and industrial relations to accept the notice of employer's workers' compensation insurance from approved third party agencies in a manner and form approved by the director. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SAILING SCHOOL VESSELS. Amends the definition of "sailing school vessel" to mean, among other things, a vessel that is in compliance with part 169 of title 46 Code of Federal Regulations. (SD1)
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RELATING TO GROUNDED VESSELS. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to assume control of and remove a vessel grounded on a coral reef or in imminent danger of breaking apart if the vessel cannot be removed by the owner within twenty-four hours of the grounding. Provides requirements to allow the owner of the vessel to continue an effort to salvage a grounded vessel beyond twenty-four hours under certain conditions and allows the department to grant more time to the owner to remove the vessel if no additional environmental damage exists. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCE VIOLATIONS. Provides for transformative administrative penalty alternatives and an enhanced collection mechanism for outstanding fines and penalties resulting from aquatic resource violations. (SD2)
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ASSIST DAM AND RESERVOIR OWNERS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist dam and reservoir owners.
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST DAM AND RESERVOIR OWNERS. Allows the authorization of the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist dam and reservoir owners upon ratification of a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance. (SD1)
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RELATING TO OPEN GOVERNMENT. Creates a process for an agency to obtain judicial review of a decision made by the office of information practices relating to the open meetings law or the Uniform Information Practices Act, and clarifies standard of review. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO OPEN GOVERNMENT. Allows board members to hear testimony for a meeting canceled for lack of quorum, to attend informational meetings, and for a four-year period to discuss board business via social media. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT MAXIMIZATION SPECIAL FUND. Expands the allowed use of the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund to reflect United States Department of Justice approved uses.
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RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. Establishes the Offender Reentry Office within the Department of Public Safety to address the goals of chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Reconstitutes the reentry commission under Act 24, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, with the added duty to ensure that the comprehensive offender reentry system is implemented as soon as practicable. Extends sunset of reentry commission to 12/1/2015. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Conforms Hawaii income tax law to amendments made to the Internal Revenue Code in calendar year 2011. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAX CLEARANCE FEES. Authorizes fees to obtain a tax clearance or a certified copy of a tax clearance; provided that electronic filing of a tax clearance request is available without charge. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE TAX REVIEW COMMISSION. Extends the reporting date of the 2010-2012 tax review commission and appropriates funds. (SD1)
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. Prohibits driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license in the driver's possession. Prohibits texting while operating a commercial motor vehicle and classifies a conviction of an offense of texting while operating a commercial motor vehicle as a serious traffic violation. Does not apply to hands-free or voice operated technology. Excludes from definition of electronic device a device that is physically or electronically integrated into the motor vehicle. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allow any utility owners whose facility occupies State Highway right-of-way to provide their share of costs up front to the affected state agency for encumbrance of funds in related contracts by way of an agreement to pay.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Authorizes agencies to exempt certain secondary actions from the environmental impact statements law. Requires that applicants proposing certain actions identified in the environmental impact statements law prepare environmental assessments. Requires the office of environmental quality control to determine whether preparation of an environmental assessment by an applicant is required in cases where it is uncertain which agency has the responsibility of determining whether an environmental assessment is required. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AIRPORT REVENUE. Provides more flexibility to the department of transportation in renting land and facilities at airports for revenue generation purposes. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE COMMERCIAL HARBORS. Amends chapter 266, HRS, to clarify that persons cited for non-criminal violations may appeal through an administrative hearing; clarifies that enforcement agents such as the harbor master, harbor agents, facility security officer, or district manager can issue citations for non-criminal violations; provides that penalties and fines are deposited into the harbor special fund; allows the DOT to seek reimbursement from tenants or harbor users that violate security rules in harbor-secured areas. The issuance of citations for traffic code violations and other criminal statutes are restricted to law enforcement officers and fines and penalties remain in the jurisdiction of the District Courts. Broadens the definition of law enforcement officer to include any employee, officer, or representative of DOT conferred by the director with police powers. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HARBORS FIREBOAT. To abolish statutory requirements to reimburse the city and county of Honolulu for the operation and maintenance of the fireboat and allow for broader flexibility in the management of fireboat operations by the department of transportation. (SD1)
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RELATING TO GAMBLING. Establishes a nine-member gambling commission exempt from section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, attached to the office of the auditor, to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the social and economic costs and benefits of different forms of gambling and their impacts on the State in order for legislators to make informed policy decisions regarding gambling. Requires report to governor and legislature twenty days prior to the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions. Commission sunsets 12/31/2013. Appropriates funds to undertake the analysis, including contracts for services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO NEW MARKETS TAX CREDITS. Expands methods for delivering funding to a qualified community development entity by allowing guarantees and credit enhancements. Increases total maximum funding amounts from $250,000 to $5,000,000. Establishes new markets tax credits. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII RULES OF EVIDENCE. Provides that if evidence of an alleged victim's trait of character for aggressiveness is offered by an accused and admitted under rule 404(a)(2), then evidence of the same trait of character of the accused offered by the prosecution may be admissible. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO POST CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS. Establishes time limits for filing habeas corpus complaints and limits successive complaints. Provides and exemption from the time limits for any motion, petition, or appeal filed pursuant to part XI, of chapter 844D, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THRILL CRAFT. Allows thrill craft to be used to conduct ocean cleanup activities. Requires DLNR to adopt rules. (SD1)
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Transfers the management responsibilities and development rights of the stadium authority for certain parcels of land to the public land development corporation. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLANNING. Establishes planning districts and creates a process for developers to apply for residential and commercial exceptional planning projects. Establishes the transit-oriented or main-street redevelopment program. Authorizes state and county incentives for exceptional planning projects. Establishes a discretionary review process for the transfer of floor area within the planning district. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO OCEAN SAFETY. Requires the department of land and natural resources to adopt rules that promote greater safety of ocean users in the State's nearshore waters. Appropriates funds for swim zone buoys at Kamaole beach. Requires a report to the legislature. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE COORDINATION. Establishes a public-private partnership in a county with a population between 100,000 and 170,000 to develop an integrated system to deliver health care across the spectrum of care and to address the current crisis in acute care. Permits Hale Makua Health Services to become a membership corporation with the Hawaii health systems corporation as its sole member. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. Allows the department of human services to draw from other funds appropriated to the department in the event the general assistance appropriation is insufficient to meet general assistance benefits programs. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST ST. FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs of up to $80,000,000, for St. Francis Healthcare System to construct healthcare facilities. Effective 1/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Defines "qualified high technology business" to mean a business employing or owning capital or property, or maintaining an office, in this State; provided that more than fifty per cent of its total business activities are qualified research and more than fifty per cent of its qualified research is in this State; adds reporting requirements to measure the effectiveness of the tax credit for research activities; establishes a fine for failure to file the survey information in the reporting requirements; includes federal and state income tax returns and documents related to deductions for tax credits for research activities to be filed as part of the survey; extends the tax credit through 2016; applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/2011. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Extends until 6/30/2015: the increase in the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to $7.50 per day; the deposit of $4.50 per day of the tax into the general fund; and the suspension of the rental motor vehicle customer facility charges. Authorizes issuance of airport revenue bonds. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires state agencies or the department of taxation to prepare reports relating to authorized tax credits or exemptions that have a purpose related to economic development. Requires the department of taxation to post the reports on its website. Appropriates unspecified funds. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS. Specifies that, subject to limitations, the issuance of certificates of participation does not require legislative approval. (SD1)
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RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE HONOLULU FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER. Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu for the Honolulu family justice center. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR LE JARDIN ACADEMY. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Le Jardin Academy for the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, and equipping of its educational facilities. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys to be expended by the department of health for the implementation of a new bone marrow transplantation program in the State. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AERONAUTICS. Prohibits the department of transportation from assessing landing fees upon air carriers for flights landing at Molokai Airport, Lanai Airport, Kapalua-West Maui Airport, Hana Airport, Kalaupapa Airport, and Waimea-Kohala Airport. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Increases maximum allowable customer-generator capacity for net energy metering systems to two megawatts if the generating facility is sited on property owned or controlled by the State of Hawaii. Increases maximum allowable customer-generator capacity for net energy metering systems to one megawatt for all other systems. Takes effect on July 1, 2013 and repeals if the public utilities commission issues an order or decision earlier pursuant to docket 2007-0176 or 2011-0206, which relate to the implementation of the intragovernmental wheeling of electricity and the reliability standards for certain electric companies, respectively. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Creates a new bargaining unit (14) for ocean safety officers and water safety officers employed by the State or counties effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Allows motor vehicle insurers to offer insurance premium discounts for completion of a driver safety course or driver improvement course. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Requires the department of taxation to allow a taxpayer to designate (or "check off") that a specified amount of the taxpayer's income tax refund be paid to the early learning trust fund. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO VEHICLES. Defines "vehicle" in HRS chapter 707. Amends negligent injury offenses to include bodily injury to another person caused by the operation of a moped or vessel in a negligent manner.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates an aviation fuel tax credit for aviation fuel taxes passed on to interisland airplane carriers that transport people and goods between the islands of this State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Allows the public utilities commission to direct electric utilities to develop or consider specific scenarios and resource options as part of their integrated resource plans. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the sunset provision relating to the tax on naphtha fuel sold for use in a power-generating facility from 12/31/2012 to 12/31/2017. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ALOHA STADIUM. Requires DAGS to hire an independent third party to develop a long-range plan for Aloha stadium, including a feasibility study to determine the cost benefits of placing Aloha stadium under the jurisdiction of UH rather than DAGS; requires a report to 2013 legislature; appropriates funds from the stadium special fund. (SD2)
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RELATING TO STATE LIBRARIES. Clarifies that the board of education may enter into an agreement with any tax-exempt nonprofit corporation recognized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to obtain the use of the books and property and income of that nonprofit. Authorizes the deposit of moneys collected pursuant to section 312-3.8, HRS, into the libraries special fund. Amends section 312-3.8, HRS, to: (1) authorize the head librarian of each library branch, with the approval of the state librarian, and in consultation with the board of education, to issue licenses, revocable permits, concessions, or rights of entry for the use of public library facilities and grounds; (2) remove references to the Hawaii state library foundation and friends of the library of Hawaii; (3) require the board of education to determine the amount of net income or proceeds received for the operation of any concession, vending machine, or other for-profit business enterprise within or on state library facilities that shall be deposited into the libraries special fund; (4) clarify that nothing in section 312-3.8, HRS, shall be construed to require a library to issue a license, permit, concession, or right of entry in order for any entity to establish a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation recognized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code whose primary purpose is to support and benefit that library or to donate funds exclusively to that library; (5) clarify that any book sale held within, or on the grounds of, any state library facility is not a concession; and (6) require the board of education to adopt administrative rules. Repeals the Hawaii state library foundation trust fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAX PENALTIES. Prohibits penalties for substantial understatements or misstatements and erroneous claims for refund or credit from being added to tax underpayments on which other penalties have been imposed. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WILDLIFE. Prohibits the interisland transfer, transport, or release after transport of wild or feral mammals, with certain exceptions; establishes mandatory fines. (SD2)
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS. Amends provisions relating to the licensing and penalties of real estate brokers and salespersons, by clarifying that real estate brokers and salespersons shall not be held liable for misrepresentations based upon a good faith reliance, and shall not be held liable for failure to ascertain and disclose all material facts concerning a property if there was a good faith reliance on a prepared disclosure statement. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. Differentiates between "geothermal resources exploration" and "geothermal resources development". Designates "geothermal resources exploration" and "geothermal resources development" as permitted uses in all state land use districts and conservation district zones. Repeals geothermal resource subzone provisions under state land use law. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES. Establishes a task force which shall study ways to prevent or control the problem of abandoned tires. Effective date 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY. Re-designates the second Monday of October from "Discoverers' Day" to "Indigenous Peoples' Day". (SD1)
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RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Allows impoverished family court plaintiffs and petitioners to serve notice by posting pleadings at the courthouse in lieu of notice by publication, subject to order of the court, demonstration of a diligent search, and mailing of the pleadings to the defendant's or respondent's closest known relative.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Temporarily exempts DOT and its contractors from certain state requirements for certain bridge rehabilitation projects. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires DLNR to transfer TMKs (1) 9-4-012:001, (1) 9-4-012:002, and (1) 9-4-012:003 located in Kunia, Oahu to the agribusiness development corporation no later than 1/1/2013. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Establishes a forest carbon offsets program in DLNR. Creates a process for local businesses, individuals, and land owners to invest in forest carbon offsets that would provide incentives for retaining conservation land or practicing carbon emission reduction activities. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires PSD to plan for a model wellness center that employs native Hawaiian cultural practices on state land and to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2013 legislative session. Creates a work release pilot program on the Big Island to allow certain incarcerated individuals to work on community projects that benefit the local community and the State. Repeals pilot program on 6/30/15. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Clarifies that the daily $10 tax on transient accommodations furnished on a complimentary or gratuitous basis includes transient accommodations furnished as part of a travel package, but does not include transient accommodations furnished as part of a tourism industry promotional or marketing activity. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREDITS. Amends section 46-15.1(b), HRS, to clarify that affordable housing credits shall be issued for each single-family residence, multi-family unit, other residential unit, or if allowed under the county's affordable housing programs, vacant lot, developed by the department of Hawaiian home lands under specified conditions and requirements and shall be freely transferrable. Prohibits county limitations relating to application of the credits. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES. Establishes DLNR policies regarding sandalwood and designates sandalwood as a native forest resource in need of conservation. Requires a harvest permit for commercial harvesting of native forest resources. Establishes penalties for the destruction or harvesting of sandalwood trees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES AND CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references and clarifying language. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Allows the diminishment of the auditor's salary during the auditor's term of office by general law applicable to all salaried officers. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Amends section 281-78(b), HRS, to clarify that a licensee who timely suppresses unlawful activity, including by means of detaining and reporting an offender to the police, occurring on the licensed premises shall not be in violation of that section. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Specifies that group health insurance plans shall provide dependent coverage for natural grandchildren adopted by plan participants or beneficiaries. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Transfers the Pacific international space center for exploration systems (PISCES) from the University of Hawaii to DBEDT's office of aerospace development. Establishes a PISCES board of directors. Appropriates funds. Authorizes GO bonds. Makes appropriation from general revenues. Effective 01/01/2020. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ANATOMICAL TRANSPLANTS. Prohibits a health care facility or health care provider from discriminating against a person who has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), or AIDS-related complex (ARC), and who is in need of an organ transplantation by refusing to perform the organ transplantation. Amends section 327-11, HRS, to specify that persons with HIV, AIDS, or ARC shall not be prohibited from receiving an anatomical gift. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Exempts from the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax, vehicles that are rented by a car-sharing organization to members of its membership program on an hourly basis for up to six hours per day per vehicle. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM STIMULUS INITIATIVES. Provides an employer tax credit of 4.5 per cent of the wages paid by a qualified employer to certain employees for seven years after completion of hotel and resort construction and renovation; provides a general excise tax exemption for hotel and resort construction and renovation and for the operation of these hotels and resorts for seven years after substantial completion of construction and renovation; requires construction and renovation of a hotel facility or resort facility to be completed by 6/30/2017 to be eligible for the exemption; employer tax credit applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2011; hotel and resort construction and renovation general excise tax exemption applies to taxable periods beginning after 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FILM, TELEVISION, DIGITAL, AND NEW MEDIA DEVELOPMENT. Assigns to the Hawaii tourism authority the responsibilities for film, television, digital, and new media development. Repeals the film industry activities within the department of business, economic development, and tourism and makes conforming amendments. Requires the Hawaii tourism authority to restructure the debt service for state obligations related to the convention center. Appropriates funds from the savings from any such restructuring to be deposited into the film, television, digital, and new media development special fund for fiscal year 2012-2013 and fiscal year 2013-2014. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii tourism authority for implementation of the film, television, digital, and new media development activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Establishes aha moku advisory committee within OHA. Establishes a quorum requirement for island burial councils. Makes an appropriation. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires a financial and management audit of department of public safety commissary operations and out-of-state commissaries where Hawaii inmates are confined.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Enacts the Life Settlements Model Act, which establishes consumer protections in life settlement transactions where the owner of a life insurance policy transfers the death benefit for compensation that is less than the expected death benefit, but more than the surrender value of the policy. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BAIL BONDS. Enacts provisions regulating the procedures and rights of bail bondsmen in bail forfeiture cases. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for three permanent positions and operating expenses for Ho‘okulaiwi: ‘Aha Ho‘ona‘auao ‘Oiwi, the program for Native Hawaiian and indigenous education, within the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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