THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
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Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Kaniela Ing |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Justin H. Woodson |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Nicole E. Lowen |
Rep. Beth Fukumoto |
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Rep. Dee Morikawa |
Rep. Gene Ward |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Monday, April 01, 2013 |
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TIME: |
2:00 P.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2013-2015 for public employees in collective bargaining unit (2) and for employees excluded from collective bargaining that are on the same compensation plan as those officers and employees within collective bargaining unit (2).
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for the employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for officers and employees within collective bargaining unit (4) and their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2013-2015 for public employees in collective bargaining unit (4) and for employees excluded from collective bargaining that are on the same compensation plans as those officers and employees within collective bargaining unit (4).
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for the employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for officers and employees within collective bargaining unit (6) and their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2013-2015 for public employees in collective bargaining unit (6) and for employees excluded from collective bargaining that are on the same compensation plans as those officers and employees within collective bargaining unit (6).
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds for the employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for officers and employees within collective bargaining unit (8) and their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Appropriates funds for public employees in collective bargaining unit (8) and for employees excluded from collective bargaining that are on the same compensation plan as those officers and employees within collective bargaining unit (8).
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE REVIEW OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS. Authorizes the phased review of certain projects by the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division to ensure consistency between state and federal law. Removes language that provided the Governor with the option to request the Hawaii Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to report an action to overrule or sustain a department when an agency, officer, or other person is dissatisfied with a decision of the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board. Effective January 1, 2050.
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TRN/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Appropriates $350,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015 for a program coordinator and technical support staff member for the proposed international flight training center and associated degree programs at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii community college. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Appropriates $1,200,000 to support operations and the purchase of equipment required to support the Pacific international space center for exploration systems activities. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HED/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Amends the form and function of the Candidate Advisory Council for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Repeals the existing Regents Candidate Advisory Council.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Amends the composition of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii's Board of Directors. Modifies the procurement exemption for certain construction contracts. Removes the University President as the President of the Research Corporation. Caps the Executive Director's salary. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to pay student employees at new or expanded worksites on each campus and for the University of Hawaii at Manoa vice chancellor for students for support staff for student employment functions. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Post-secondary Education Authorization Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Repeals the Post-secondary Education Commission within the University of Hawaii. Creates the Post-secondary Education Authorization Special Subaccount of the Compliance Resolution Fund. Includes provisions for transition and implementation.
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HED, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Makes permanent provisions relating to residency requirements for the burial in veterans cemeteries of armed service members and their dependents.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO A MEMORIAL. Directs the Office of Veterans Services, with the assistance of DAGS, state DOD, and the State Historic Preservation Division, to develop a plan to establish a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Global War on Terrorism, Homeland Defense, and Operation Noble Eagle, and those who have protected our borders by land, sea, and air. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective July 1, 2050.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRICARE PROGRAM. Makes permanent the general excise tax exclusion for 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 July 1, 2050.
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VMI, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS OF ART. Requires the Comptroller and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to commission permanent works of art to honor the late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye and the late U.S. Representative Patsy T. Mink. Appropriates $250,000 for each year of Fiscal Biennium 2013-2015.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes a media infrastructure project tax credit for qualified media infrastructure projects in West Oahu or on the most populous island in a county with a population between 100,000 and 175,000. Provides for recapture of the media infrastructure project tax credit in certain circumstances. Requires annual report to Legislature. Effective January 20, 2050.
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VMI, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes a two-year Hawaii colorectal cancer screening awareness pilot program using the Hawaii comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program as a model. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. Repeals on 6/30/15. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. Appropriates funds to increase the on-call availability of emergency medical services and ambulance services in Ewa Beach. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Designates the Kahuku medical center as a rural hospital. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO RURAL AREAS. Creates a state definition for a rural area for purposes of federal programs only so that certain areas that would not otherwise be considered rural pursuant to a federal definition will be eligible for federal funds designated for rural areas. Effective 7/1/2050.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a fall prevention and early detection program within DOH's emergency medical services and injury prevention system branch. Appropriates unspecified sums for FY 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. Effective 7/1/50.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGING. Establishes and funds a position for an Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator within the executive office on aging. Appropriates funds for programs and services that support the State's elderly population, including kupuna care, the aging and disability resource center, senior centers, and the healthy aging partnership program. Effective 07/01/2050.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PEDIATRIC DENTAL HEALTH COVERAGE. Requires the Hawaii health connector to provide information that all individuals under age nineteen are required to be covered by a plan containing pediatric dental coverage as part of the essential health benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Effective July 1, 2112.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH. Permits dental hygienists to apply preventative sealants, in consultation with a licensed dentist, in a school-based dental sealant program or federally qualified health center. Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a school-based dental sealant program in a high-need school. Appropriates funds. Effective January 1, 2054. Repealed on January 1, 2057.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Imposes an excise tax equal to $3.20 per ounce of tobacco in each article or item of tobacco products, other than large cigars. Allocates monies generated to certain special funds and the general fund. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HLT/HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates unspecified funds to the Department of Human Services, rental housing trust fund, the department of health, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Shelter Plus Care Program for housing and supportive services for homeless individuals and families. Establishes the Return-to-Home program and special fund. Establishes nighttime parking lots for homeless persons. Establishes camping locations for homeless persons. Effective July 1, 2050.
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HUS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING PROJECT. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Kaiuli Energy, LLC, to assist with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling facility and chilled water distribution system. Effective 07/01/13.
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EEP/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Exempts a container of liquid which is deemed to be the sole item of a meal or the diet from the Deposit Beverage Container Program. Removes the exemption for dietary supplement beverage containers from the Deposit Beverage Container Program. Effective July 1, 2014.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Amends and expands the Electronic Waste and Television Recycling Program. Effective July 1, 2050.
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EEP/HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Replaces the current renewable energy technology systems tax credit with tax credits for solar energy property and wind energy property. Requires DOTAX and DBEDT to report tax credits claimed under section 235-12.5, HRS. Effective July 1, 2050.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes a regulatory financing structure that authorizes the PUC and DBEDT to provide low-cost loans for green infrastructure equipment to achieve measurable cost savings and Hawaii's clean energy goals. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO BANYAN DRIVE. Establishes the Banyan Drive Community Development Board to advise the DLNR on the redevelopment and maintenance of Banyan Drive in Hilo on Hawaii Island. Effective through June 31, 2020.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Increases the conveyance tax on certain real estate transactions and increases portions of conveyance tax revenues allocated to the natural area reserve fund and rental housing trust fund. Effective July 1, 2050.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate an inventory of public buildings, facilities, and sites on public trust lands. Requires state agencies to provide inventory information by December 1, 2013. Makes appropriation. Effective July 1, 2050.
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WAL/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION. Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs to work with various interested stakeholders and assess the best method to ensure dedicated funding for the development of a Hawaiian television channel and report to the legislature. Appropriates funds to ‘Oiwi TV for the production and distribution of Hawaiian language content on cable television. Effective 7/1/2050.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A SEAWATER PROJECT. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kona SWAC, LLC, in constructing part of a seawater air conditioning district cooling system. Effective July 1, 2050.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE INITIATIVE. Appropriates funds to support the investigative stage of the Pacific international space center for exploration systems sustainable concrete initiative, contingent upon a dollar-for-dollar match from other sources. Effective July 1, 2050.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to require money transmitters to register with NMLS. Establishes procedures for a licensed money transmitter to surrender its license. Amends the bond requirement, the fee structure for services provided by the Division of Financial Institutions of the DCCA for the regulation of money transmitters, and the fine for violations of money transmitter regulations. Effective July 1, 2112.
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EDB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS. Requires real estate appraisers, acting as arbitrators, to record arbitration awards, the records of the awards, if separately issued, and any supplementary, dissenting, or explanatory opinions with the bureau of conveyances within ninety days of the determination of the award and its notification to the parties. Effective 01/01/2112.
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CPC, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. Sylvia Luke Chair |