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HB2
(SSCR925)
Status and Testimony
|
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
independently evaluated. Appropriates funds.
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HMS, WAM
|
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HB656
SD1
(SSCR924)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIFORMITY.
Establishes the health care transformation program within the office of the
Governor. Requires a progress and final report to the legislature no later
than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Sessions of 2014 and
2015, respectively. Effective July 1, 2013. (SD1)
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HTH/CPN, WAM
|
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HB775
SD1
(SSCR962)
Status and Testimony
|
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)
|
JDL, WAM
|
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HB919
(SSCR959)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYMENT.
Clarifies exemptions from civil service for federally funded work experience
programs and temporary public service employment; allows persons with
criminal conviction of a controlled-substance-related offense to participate
in such programs provided reasonable safeguards are in place.
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JDL, WAM
|
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HB921
(SSCR961)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD.
Affirms the authority of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board to
issue orders or take other appropriate action to enforce its rules and orders
and allows parties to electronically file appeals to the appellate court.
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JDL, WAM
|
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HB924
SD1
(SSCR963)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Requires the Hawaii labor relations board to provide written notice of a
hearing to all parties by first class mail at least fifteen days before the
scheduled hearing. Makes housekeeping amendments to the law relating to the
scope of negotiations between the public employer and the exclusive
representative to conform to existing law. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM
|
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HB925
(SSCR960)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY APPEALS REFEREE'S OFFICE.
Modifies the notice period for unemployment appeal hearings from fifteen days
to twelve days and authorizes notices and correspondence to be sent
electronically in lieu of notice by mail.
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB927
(SSCR954)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND.
Strengthens the use of the Employment and Training Fund to assist local small
businesses through training programs identified in the State's economic
development strategy as identified by the Department of Business, Economic
Development, and Tourism and local Workforce Investment Boards.
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB1412
SD1
(SSCR945)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.
Requires DLNR to accommodate mooring of native Hawaiian canoes owned by
nonprofit entities and used for educational purposes in small boat harbors.
(SD1)
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WTL/THA, WAM
|
|
HB487
SD1
(SSCR971)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Expands livestock feed subsidy to include feed for goats, sheep, lambs, fish
and crustaceans. Creates a subsidy for qualified feed developers.
Appropriates funds. Authorizes the DOA to dispose of lands to and negotiate
and enter into leases with the ADC. Exempts non-agricultural park lands
disposed of to the ADC from section 166E-8(b)(2) and (5), HRS. Effective
July 1, 2050. (SD1)
|
AGL, WAM
|
|
HB747
SD1
(SSCR973)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Leaves unspecified the agribusiness development corporation's limit on
investments in qualified securities of any one enterprise. Makes an appropriation
for the agribusiness development corporation to purchase agricultural land.
Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
|
AGL, WAM
|
|
HB1263
SD1
(SSCR933)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO IRRIGATION.
Appropriates funds and authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general
obligation bonds to finance improvements to various irrigation systems.
Effective July 1, 2030. (SD1)
|
AGL/WTL, WAM
|
|
HB144
SD1
(SSCR927)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS.
Repeals chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies professional
employer organization responsibilities with respect to meeting the statutory
requirements of the repealed chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the
nexus between the registration of professional employer organizations and
qualification for the state general excise tax exemption. Requires
professional employer organizations to obtain a bond, or a letter of credit
equivalent to the required bond amount, on a sliding scale that is based on
total payroll amount. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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CPN, WAM
|
|
HB841
SD1
(SSCR894)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Updates the Insurance Code by streamlining and improving the operations of
the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and
ensuring that the Insurance Division retains its accreditation with the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners. (SD1)
|
CPN, WAM
|
|
HB865
SD1
(SSCR928)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT.
Establishes a three-year pilot program to generate revenue through the lease
of public school lands for public purposes. Establishes the school
facilities special fund within chapter 302A, HRS. Repeals the schools
facilities special fund in chapter 171C, HRS. Requires the lieutenant
governor to submit a report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation for
the pilot program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EDU, WAM
|
|
HB120
SD1
(SSCR900)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires the department of health to post on its website reports of all
inspections at state-licensed care facilities occurring on or after 1/1/15;
provided that any report that includes a violation be removed from the
website after three years. Establishes a working group to develop a new
inspection form to be posted online with information that is fair to the care
home operators and useful to the public. Appropriates funds for equipment,
website and database development, and staff support. Effective July 1,
2050. (SD1)
|
HMS/HTH, WAM
|
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HB385
HD2
(SSCR918)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Establishes a refundable state Earned Income Tax Credit. Requires the
Department of Human Services to offer financial education to applicants for
and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Appropriates
funds. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB385 HD2)
|
HMS, WAM
|
|
HB1119
HD1
(SSCR919)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Appropriates unspecified amounts of funds to the HPHA to leverage funds for
the redevelopment of the Mayor Wright homes. Requires dollar-for-dollar
matching with private or federal funds before appropriations may be
expended. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1119 HD1)
|
HMS, WAM
|
|
HB1430
SD1
(SSCR923)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.
Appropriates funds to establish and operate a comprehensive service center
for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals. Effective July 1,
2030. (SD1)
|
HMS, WAM
|
|
HB395
SD1
(SSCR930)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO YOUTH.
Requires the Office of Youth Services to coordinate a Safe Places for Youth
Pilot Program to coordinate a network that youth may access for safety and
where they may obtain advice, guidance, programs, and services. Appropriates
funds. Provides that in awarding custody and visitation of a minor child,
the court shall consider the preference that custody be awarded to both
parents to ensure maximum continuing physical, emotional, and meaningful
contact with both parents. Effective July 1, 2030. (SD1)
|
HMS, WAM
|
|
HB546
SD1
(SSCR964)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST
FUND.
Establishes the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund task force
within the department of budget and finance to examine the unfunded liability
of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund. Makes an
appropriation for the task force. (SD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB696
HD1
(SSCR958)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Authorizes the payment of an allowance for expenses to a lieutenant governor
whose legal residence is on an island other than Oahu who is required to
remain away from the island of the lieutenant governor's legal residence but
within the State overnight or longer while on official business. (HB696 HD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB833
HD1
(SSCR955)
Status and Testimony
|
MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST
ITEMS.
Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for all collective bargaining
cost items for salary increases and other wage related costs in the
arbitrated settlement for Unit (10) and its excluded counterparts for fiscal
biennium 2011-2013. (HB833 HD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB928
SD1
(SSCR968)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.
Clarifies the classification of certain special funds under the department of
labor and industrial relations as trust funds as recommended by the
legislative auditor. (SD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB218
SD1
(SSCR944)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION MANAGEMENT COMMISSION.
Adds the OHA administrator and a member of the public, who is knowledgeable
about issues relating to the criminal justice system and has substantial
experience or expertise in traditional Native Hawaiian practices, to the
corrections population management commission. (SD1)
|
PSM/THA, WAM
|
|
HB527
HD1
(SSCR940)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE.
Repeals the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel of the
Hawaii National Guard. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB527 HD1)
|
PSM, WAM
|
|
HB1103
SD1
(SSCR942)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.
Requires the assessment and collection of impact fees prior to the issuance
of a water meter and requires that impact fees be collected in full before or
upon issuance of the water meter. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
|
PSM, WAM
|
|
HB1136
HD2
(SSCR939)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL.
Appropriates unspecified sums to the DOD for the civil air patrol. Effective
07/01/2050. (HD2)
|
PSM, WAM
|
|
HB977
SD1
(SSCR947)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Conforms state law to the most recent federal regulations to ensure that the
Hawaii laws parallel the federal regulations relating to commercial driver
licensing. Effective July 1, 2013. (SD1)
|
TIA/PSM, WAM
|
|
HB980
SD1
(SSCR948)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.
Prohibits the use of mobile electronic devices while operating a motor
vehicle in the State and establishes monetary penalties. Effective July 1,
2013. (SD1)
|
TIA/JDL, WAM
|
|
HB266
SD1
(SSCR998)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS.
Establishes and provides appropriations for a Statewide Language Access
Resource Center and Multilingual Website Pilot Project to be administered by
the Office of Language Access. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
|
HMS, WAM
|
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HB378
SD1
(SSCR982)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO BEACH NOURISHMENT.
Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for the environmental impact
statement associated with the planned beach nourishment project at Kaanapali
beach on the island of Maui; provided that no funds shall be expended unless
matched dollar-for-dollar with private funds. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
|
THA/WTL, WAM
|
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HB800
SD1
(SSCR976)
Status and Testimony
|
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM FROM THE ENERGY SECURITY SPECIAL
FUND.
Makes an emergency appropriation in an unspecified amount from the Energy
Security Special Fund to staff and support the Hawaii Refinery Task Force.
(SD1)
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EGH/ENE, WAM
|
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HB1068
SD1
(SSCR1010)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Requires certain establishments to post in a conspicuous place a poster that
provides specified information relating to human trafficking and the National
Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline. Establishes penalties for
violations of the poster requirement. Allows the department of labor and
industrial relations to obtain assistance from other state or county agencies
for the purposes of implementing and enforcing this Act. (SD1)
|
HMS/JDL, WAM
|
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HB1137
SD1
(SSCR1009)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO FAMILY COURT.
Clarifies the appointment requirements and qualifications for child custody
evaluators. Requires the Judiciary to establish a referral process regarding
a child custody evaluator appointed by the court. (SD1)
|
HMS/JDL, WAM
|
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HB1130
SD1
(SSCR988)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
Makes the five regional chief executive officers on the Hawaii Health Systems
Corporation (HHSC) Board, ex-officio, nonvoting members. Adds five regional
system board members appointed by the governor to serve as voting members on
the HHSC Board. (SD1)
|
HTH, WAM
|
|
HB1483
SD1
(SSCR987)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
Establishes a task force to study, among other things, the feasibility of
allowing the operations of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation regional
systems and their facilities to transition to public-private partnership
status. Requires report to the Legislature prior to the 2014 Regular
Session. Task force ceases to exist on June 30, 2015. (SD1)
|
HTH, WAM
|
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HB808
HD1
(SSCR1011)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Amends provisions governing the public employee pension and retirement
system, to preserve the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement
System and to clarify the application of chapter 88 to civil unions.
Effective July 1, 2030. (HB808 HD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB358
HD1
(SSCR996)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING.
Requires both chambers of the Legislature to implement rules to enable the
Legislature to receive live oral testimony from the neighbor islands through
audio or audiovisual technology. Requires each chamber to seek out agency
sites that have audio or audiovisual capability that could be used for live
testimony. Appropriates funds to establish audiovisual systems throughout the
State. (HB358 HD1)
|
TEC, WAM
|
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HB762
HD2
(SSCR997)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO WASHINGTON PLACE.
Designates the Department of Accounting and General Services as the entity
responsible for management and operations of Washington Place and establishes
a trust fund for its operations. Effective 7/1/2030. (HD2)
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TEC, WAM
|
|
HB726
SD1
(SSCR977)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.
Extends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax
credit from 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2023. Increases the credit ceiling to
$12,000,000 per qualified production. Changes the credit amount from 15% to
an unspecified amount in a county with a population over 700,000, and from
20% to an unspecified amount in a county with a population of 700,000 or
less. Creates a tax credit for media infrastructure projects in West Oahu or
the most populous island in a county with a population of 100,000 to 175,000,
from 07/01/13 to 01/01/16. Provides for recapture of the media
infrastructure project tax credit. Establishes a special fund for management
of media infrastructure project tax credits and related programs. Requires
analysis and reporting by DOTAX on the effectiveness of the media
infrastructure project tax credit. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
|
EGH/TEC, WAM
|
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HB858
HD1
(SSCR978)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE HI GROWTH INITIATIVE.
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation for the HI
Growth Initiative, an investment program to develop an ecosystem to support
high-growth entrepreneurial companies in the State. Appropriation.
Effective July 1, 2030. (HB858 HD1)
|
EGH, WAM
|
|
HB899
SD1
(SSCR981)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO RECYCLING.
Restores the exemption from the central services fee deduction for the
deposit beverage container deposit special fund. (SD1)
|
ENE, WAM
|
|
HB903
SD1
(SSCR1031)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION.
Establishes a separate Water Pollution Control account and authorizes the
Director of Health to prescribe fees to help fund the operations of the
Department of Health in managing pollution from nonpoint sources and
individual wastewater systems. (SD1)
|
ENE/HTH, WAM
|
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HB1149
SD1
(SSCR1018)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO WIND ENERGY FACILITIES.
Requires a wind energy facility owner to be responsible for facility
decommissioning and to provide evidence of financial security unless the
owner has an existing lease or other agreement that provides for
decommissioning. (SD1)
|
ENE/CPN, WAM
|
|
HB1
SD1
(SSCR1004)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.
Requires the Director of the Executive Office on Aging to contract for the
performance of a feasibility study and an actuarial analysis for a limited,
mandatory, public long term care insurance program for the State's working
population. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2030. (SD1)
|
HMS/CPN, WAM
|
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HB536
SD1
(SSCR950)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.
Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to disqualify any applicant or
tenant from state low-income housing if the applicant, tenant, or a household
member owns or acquires a home within the State. Effective July 1, 2030.
(SD1)
|
HMS, WAM
|
|
HB888
SD1
(SSCR1008)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ON PUBLIC HOUSING
PROPERTIES.
Establishes a process whereby the Hawaii Public Housing Authority may dispose
of abandoned or seized property that it has acquired on state low-income
housing projects. (SD1)
|
HMS/JDL, WAM
|
|
HB1392
HD1
(SSCR1019)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HAWAII'S MOVING IMAGES.
Appropriates funds for the ‘Ulu‘ulu: The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image
Archive of Hawai‘i to
support the activities of the moving image archive. Effective July 1, 2050.
(HB1392 HD1)
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HRE/TEC, WAM
|
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HB908
HD2
(SSCR990)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOME VISITING PROGRAM.
Establishes the Hawaii Home Visiting Program, a statewide hospital-based
early identification and home visiting system. Appropriates funds.
Effective July 1, 2030. (HB908 HD2)
|
HTH, WAM
|
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HB321
SD1
(SSCR1012)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Provides a process for voter registration at absentee polling places.
Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB805
SD1
(SSCR1013)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO FEDERAL TAX QUALIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Amends the employees' retirement system laws to comply with Internal Revenue
Code requirements and vesting rules in order to maintain the system's status
as a tax-qualified retirement plan. Effective 07/01/30. (SD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB918
SD1
(SSCR967)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND.
Allows employment and training fund moneys collected for the purpose of
paying interest assessments on loans to the unemployment trust fund to be
used for a period of one year for costs to administer, manage, report, and
oversee Title I programs funded under the federal Workforce Investment Act of
1998. (SD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB1147
SD1
(SSCR1014)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.
Requires noncandidate committees to identify certain top contributors in
advertisements. Amends reporting requirements for persons and
organizations. Repeals section requiring reporting by corporations.
Effective 11/05/14. (SD1)
|
JDL, WAM
|
|
HB1419
HD2
(SSCR1046)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR
EXPLORATION SYSTEMS.
Appropriates an unspecified amount in general funds to PISCES. Requires
report to the Legislature by September 1, 2013. Effective July 1, 2030.
(HB1419 HD2)
|
PSM/EGH, WAM
|
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HB1328
SD1
(SSCR1039)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE
ISLAND RESERVE.
Makes permanent the exemption for the procurement of food or fuel products
necessary for the Kaho‘olawe
island reserve commission. Effective June 30, 2013. (SD1)
|
WTL/EGH, WAM
|
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HB1396
SD1
(SSCR1041)
Status and Testimony
|
RELATING TO THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN HAWAII.
Appropriates funds for the planning, design, and construction of the Nisei
Veterans Legacy Center and a Honouliuli Internment Camp Educational Center,
subject to matching funds. Requires reports to the legislature no later than
twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2014. Effective
July 1, 2050.
(SD1)
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TEC/WTL, WAM
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