OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-SEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 7
6th LEGISLATIVE DAY-MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013
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Committee Abbreviations:
AGR - Agriculture |
CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
EDB - Economic Development & Business |
EDN - Education |
EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
FIN - Finance |
HED - Higher Education |
HLT - Health |
HSG - Housing |
HUS - Human Services |
JUD - Judiciary |
LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
LMG - Legislative Management |
OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs |
PBS - Public Safety |
TOU - Tourism |
TRN - Transportation |
VMI - Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts |
WAL - Water & Land |
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RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. Requires that the use of an area for invasive geothermal resources exploration or geothermal resources development shall be governed by BLNR within the conservation district and by state and county statutes, ordinances, and rules within agricultural, rural, and urban districts. Authorizes appropriate county authorities to issue geothermal resource permits.
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EEP, WAL/OMH, CPC |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 5th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO ATTORNEYS. Short form bill relating to attorneys.
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JUD |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Short form bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii relating to the judiciary.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 29th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICATIONS. Restricts reimbursement of repackaged prescription drugs and compound medications to amounts comparable to that of retail pharmacies under state law.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES. Clarifies and updates trustee compensation by setting out several categories of fees to which trustees are entitled.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 11th Representative District. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL GARDENS. Establishes a task force to determine the feasibility of establishing school gardens to grow food for consumption as part of each school's lunch program.
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AGR/EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Permits family court to award reasonable visitation to grandparents if denial of visitation would cause significant harm to the child. Establishes presumption that visitation decisions by parent are in the best interests of the child. Presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. Identifies factors court may consider in awarding visitation.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Requires lobbyists and their clients to make monthly disclosures during any month the legislature is in session, and a report for June 1 through December 31. Adds required disclosures regarding lobbying events, contractual relationships with legislators, and campaign contributions. Requires the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislators to file their financial disclosures by January 31 after the beginning of the regular legislative session. Requires certain state employees to disclose contractual relationships with lobbyists and their clients. Amends the definition of "administrative action" to include granting or denying an application for a business- or development-related permit, license, or approval and the procurement of goods and services through contracts covered by the procurement code. Requires the state ethics commission to accept electronically filed documents.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE FUNDRAISERS. Prohibits legislative fundraisers during the regular session of the legislature.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. Makes technical amendments to the special unemployment insurance administration fund.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Makes technical amendments to the workers' compensation benefits facilitator unit.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Establishes a new community development district located in the Banyan Drive area in Hawaii county and places it under the jurisdiction of the Banyan Drive community development board. Establishes the Banyan Drive community development board. Requires the department of land and natural resources to deed over all leases it holds within the new district to the Hawaii community development authority. Amends the composition, selection, and replacement of the members of the Hawaii community development authority. Makes an appropriation to the Hawaii community development authority to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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WAL, CPC, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (5) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (7) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (1) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts from the general excise tax money received from interisland loading, transportation, and unloading of livestock and meat.
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AGR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 16th Representative District. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Establishes the Honokohau Marina Community Development District on the island of Hawaii under the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
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WAL, OMH |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Changes net-metering compensation system for consumers that generate electricity that is fed onto the grid by providing for feed-in tariff for electricity sold to the electric utility and retail rate for electricity supplied to customer-generators. Effective July 1, 2013.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Expands application of the general excise tax to business activities in the State that are significantly associated with a seller's ability to establish or maintain a market in the State. Creates a presumption under the general excise tax law for sellers of tangible personal property where the seller's activities in the State demonstrate a significant business nexus with the State. Creates a presumption under the use tax law that a seller is engaged in business in the State if the seller's activities in the State demonstrate a significant business nexus with the State.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO AGING. Allows the policy advisory board for elder affairs to grant members lifetime membership, which includes all the rights and privileges of a regular member, upon approval by all regular members of the board.
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HUS |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 32nd representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Adds to the definition of agricultural commodities exempt from the GET, milk, poultry eggs, poultry carcass, poultry meat, and aquaculture and aquaponic products to be consumed in the State, whether processed in the State or imported.
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AGR, CPC |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit to allow an additional fifteen per cent credit for drought mitigation. Deletes reference to a repealed special fund. Appropriates funds for staffing and consulting expenses.
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RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION. Directs the governor, or the governor's designee, to continue to acquire lands owned by Kuilima Resort Company, Oaktree Capital, LLC, and their successors in interest, commonly known as Turtle Bay Hotel and Resort located in Kahuku, Oahu.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Authorizes the director of finance to issue GO bonds to finance improvements to various irrigation systems.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Expands the department of agriculture agricultural loan program to provide loans for infrastructure, infrastructure improvements, and the implementation of new farming techniques.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, ENERGY, AND FOOD SECURITY TAX. Increases the amount that the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism each receive through the barrel tax special funds from 15 to 42.5 cents.
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EEP, AGR/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Clarifies that agricultural tourism activities must occur in the presence of a bona fide agricultural activity.
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Repeals the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC). Provides that property and development rights acquired and funds accumulated by the PLDC shall be transferred to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Allows 999-year homestead leases to be assigned to trustees of land trusts that are created for managing and holding the homestead leasehold estate for the benefit of the lessee and lessee's family members.
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WAL/OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to agricultural producers who implement natural farming methods. Effective July 1, 2013.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows the Department of Health to share records with other State departments and agencies upon authorization of a person with a tangible interest in the record.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the twenty-four hour marketplace task force to develop strategies to encourage visitor and resident spending through the establishment of twenty-four hour open-air cultural marketplaces across the State and recommend viable locations.
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EDB, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Renames the Department of Health to the Department of Health and Environmental Services.
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EEP/HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 40th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO ANATOMICAL TRANSPLANTS. Prohibits a health care facility or health care provider from discriminating against a person who has HIV, AIDS, or ARC, and who is in need of an organ transplantation by refusing to perform the organ transplantation. Establishes that persons with HIV, AIDS, or ARC shall not be prohibited from receiving an anatomical gift.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Exempts charter school employees from collective bargaining. Specifies that charter school employees are employees of the public charter school governing board and are not state employees, but may opt to receive state benefits.
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RELATING TO ADJUNCT TEACHERS. Authorizes DOE to hire adjunct teachers who shall be exempt from teacher licensing requirements and collective bargaining rights. Establishes a limitation on how many adjunct teachers may be employed at one school.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION GOVERNANCE. Implements a system of elected local school districts. Effective upon ratification of constitutional amendment to establish local school districts.
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EDN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COURT FEES. Increases various court service fees of the sheriff, police officers, and serving officers.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds for state programs related to the re-integration of offenders into the general population.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the department of public safety to form a working group to define and delineate the duties and responsibilities of process servers under its jurisdiction, create a process to obtain certification for the sheriff division from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., to ensure that proper law enforcement policies and procedures are enacted and followed, create a process of registration for process servicers in the state, and address other issues deemed relevant by the working group or by the department of public safety. Requires a report to the legislature.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Short form bill relating to the Department of Defense.
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RELATING TO MILITARY SERVICE. Expands the scope of eligibility requirements for the Hawaii Medal of Honor to include service members, including members of the Hawaii national guard, United States military reserves, and regular United States armed forces, who commit suicide on the battlefield or when deployed.
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VMI, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FOURTH, AND THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for schools in the thirty-third, thirty-fourth, and thirty-fifth representative districts. Effective July 1, 2013.
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RELATING TO TATTOOS. Prior to the application of a tattoo for a minor, requires a tattoo artist to inform the prospective client that the consent of a parent or guardian is required for a minor, ascertain identification of the prospective client's minor status, and obtain the written consent of a parent or guardian. Makes it a petty misdemeanor to apply a tattoo to a minor without the written consent of parent or guardian.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLERS. Authorizes counties to adopt codes and regulations that would require the installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems by repealing Act 83, SLH 2012.
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PBS, CPC |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts certain sales of non-new motor vehicles currently registered in the State from the general excise tax. Requires an unspecified percentage of the sum of all general excise tax revenues from non-exempt motor vehicle sales to be deposited with the county where the motor vehicle sale occurred. Requires a county DMV to collect the general excise tax on vehicle sales. Requires the county DMV to provide the transferor's name and address to DOTAX.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION. Allows for the scanning of identification cards to verify age when providing age-restricted goods or services regardless of reasonable doubt of the person's age.
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RELATING TO ORDER OF SUCCESSION. Clarifies the order of succession to the office of lieutenant governor when the office of lieutenant governor becomes vacant by reason of the lieutenant governor becoming governor.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Provides funding for various capital improvement projects to benefit the 15th representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Provides funding for various capital improvement projects to benefit the 14th representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL LIABILITY. Repeals the civil liability limitation of property owners for damages to persons injured or killed on their premises while committing certain felony offenses.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND. Requires legislative approval of any sale, exchange, gift, or transfer of public land.
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WAL/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO DIABETES. Requires DOH, in collaboration with DHS, to develop departmental plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in the State and report to the legislature annually on the effectiveness of those plans.
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HLT, HUS |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (5) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.
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LAB, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PEACEFUL SCHOOLS PROGRAM. Appropriates funds to the department of education for the peaceful schools program to provide comprehensive training services and staff support and to collect comprehensive data on bullying.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 27th Representative District. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS. Short form bill related to liquefied natural gas.
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EDB |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a nonrefundable income tax credit at fifty per cent of qualified wages for the first six months for a taxpayer who hires a developmentally, intellectually, or physically disabled individual.
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LAB/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICES. Prohibits dental service organizations, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to provide services for a set fee unless they are covered services.
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RELATING TO A FIDUCIARY'S STANDARD OF CARE AND PERFORMANCE. Accommodates the formation of directed trusts by specifying standards of care and performance for fiduciary actions subject to an advisor's authority under the terms of the trust.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the twenty-first representative district.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 44th representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 43rd representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Places a moratorium for any new municipal solid waste landfills on the leeward coast including Nanakuli, Waianae, Maili, Makaha, Makua, Honokai Hale, and Ko Olina on or after November 1, 2017.
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EEP/WAL, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to issue certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, or death that contain Hawaiian names as accurately and within the same time frame as certificates that contain names that are not in the Hawaiian language. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HLT/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Requires the completion of two hours of training on human trafficking in order to obtain or renew a teaching license. Requires the Department of Education to provide training on human trafficking for employees. Requires human trafficking to be included in the Department of Education's health curriculum.
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RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Creates a host municipality benefit fee to be assessed against landfill operators who violate solid waste pollution laws. Requires the State to distribute the fee to high schools within a five-mile radius of the penalized landfill.
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EEP, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Adds civil defense and county emergency management vehicles to the definition of "emergency vehicle" under the move over law.
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PBS/TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 37th Representative District. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS. Permits a lieutenant governor who is a resident of a voting district not located on Oahu to receive an allowance to cover personal and incidental expenses incurred while the lieutenant governor is working on Oahu, which allowance shall be separate from the lieutenant governor's salary.
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JUD, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF ELECTING THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Proposes an amendment to article V, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to allow the governor, upon election, to appoint a person for the same term and from the same political party to the position of lieutenant governor.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GAMBLING. Establishes the offense of product sweepstakes gambling as a misdemeanor. Defines product sweepstakes gambling and prize.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Exempts members and designees or representatives of members of task forces that existed on or after June 3, 2010, from certain provisions of the code of ethics. Specifies retroactive date of 6/3/2010 for exemption.
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LMG, JUD |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. Establishes new class of Liquor Commission licensees for distillery pubs.
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EDB, CPC |
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RELATING TO FOSTER CARE. Allows former foster care youths who are attending an institution of higher education as a full-time student, to stay in the foster care system until the age of 23.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Amends the residential landlord-tenant code to provide for security deposits that include an additional sum to pay for damages caused by any animal allowed to reside in the premises pursuant to the rental agreement.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Appropriates funds to support programs that encourage the use of the Hawaiian language by and promote fluency of the Hawaiian language in prekindergarten-aged children.
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OMH/EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvements in the 13th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO DEBT SETTLEMENT SERVICES. Requires persons who act as providers of debt settlement services to be registered by DCCA.
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RELATING TO A LOTTERY. Authorizes DCCA to license a single lottery operator to operate a lottery, including keno, in the State.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Permits use of electronic cigarettes in stand-alone class 5 liquor licensees where food is not served; tobacco retail stores; private residences not used for child care or health care; and hotel and motel rooms if permitted by the operator. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the board of education in coordination with the police and fire departments of each county to develop and implement measures to protect students in public schools from violence or the threat of violence. Requires the board of education to adopt a policy against school bullying. Requires the board of education to develop programs to assist students who suffer from anger management issues and alienation.
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EDN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES. Requires a minimum of three persons per vehicle to drive within a zipper lane. Authorizes the Director of Transportation and the counties to increase this minimum.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires annual registration and inspection of mopeds. Requires operators of mopeds to enroll in safety courses in order to operate their mopeds. Increases the fine for modifying a moped to $1,000.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES. Requires the Director of Transportation to allow the general use of the right shoulder lane of the east-bound lanes of the controlled-access facility known as H-1 for use by through traffic beginning at exit 15A and ending at exit 1 on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. until at least 10:00 a.m., except on state or federal holidays.
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TRN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires the DOA to develop a food sustainability standard to promote local food production.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE AGENCIES. Increases the membership of the BLNR, commission on water resource management, and LUC, respectively, to include a member to represent the interests of the OHA.
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WAL, OMH |
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RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE. Makes permanent the exemption for the procurement of food or fuel products necessary for the Kahoolawe island reserve commission.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS. Requires DOE to use a specified percentage of its public land trust revenues to fund Hawaiian language immersion programs. Establishes a commission within OHA to oversee the DOE's allocation and use of those public land trust revenues.
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EDN/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT. Restores funds cut from the DOCARE budget over the past 4 years. Appropriates funds.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO LABELING. Requires the board of agriculture to establish a certification process for products containing "Molokai" or "Lanai" on the front label. Prohibits any person from using "Molokai" or "Lanai" on the label unless the product has been certified by the board. Effective 07/01/2013.
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RELATING TO TRESPASS. Establishes a criminal trespass on agricultural lands enforcement fund. Provides that owners of agricultural or range land have no duty of care to trespassers. Limits criminal trespass on agricultural lands in the second degree to lands that are fallow or have a visible presence of livestock or a crop and authorizes fines of up to $10,000 for the offense.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires automatic approval of certain applications for overnight accommodations within agricultural districts if the application is not acted upon or denied within ninety days.
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RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes requirements for the conduct of bingo games and raffle drawings by licensed nonprofit and religious organizations. Expressly exempts authorized bingo game and raffle drawing activities from the gambling laws.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Prohibits wind energy facilities on agricultural lands on the islands of Molokai and Lanai. Prohibits wind energy facilities that are visible from or are within 2 miles of any residential subdivision. Prohibits excessive noise pollution from wind energy facilities on class A or B agricultural lands.
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AGR/WAL, EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Prohibits DLNR from establishing restricted fishing areas within which the fishing or taking of bottomfish is prohibited.
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OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO IMPACT FEES. Authorizes the assessment and collection of a portion of impact fees as a condition to a commitment or allocation of water resources, with payment in full required prior to the issuance of a water meter.
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WAL, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING. Prohibits net fishing in Nawiliwili Harbor with certain exceptions.
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OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Repeals the $10 daily transient accommodations tax collected each month for transient accommodations furnished on a complimentary or gratuitous basis. Effective July 1, 2013.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Removes the cap on the amount which may be deposited into the Tourism Special Fund from the Transient Accommodations Tax revenues. Effective July 1, 2013.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANTIQUE GAMBLING DEVICES. Defines "antique slot machine". Clarifies that the possession of an antique slot machine is not unlawful where the device is not used or intended for use in any prohibited gambling activity.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO DEBT COLLECTION. Requires the Attorney General to collect on accounts delinquent for more than ninety days for executive departments, except the Department of Taxation and University of Hawaii, and retain an unspecified per cent of moneys recovered on delinquent accounts for deposit into a newly-established fund. Allows the Department of Taxation, the University of Hawaii, and the Judiciary to contract with a collection agency to collect on delinquent accounts. Effective July 1, 2013.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEBT COLLECTION. Requires the Attorney General to service loans for any executive department. Effective July 1, 2013.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Supports the financing of affordable rental housing projects by increasing the rental housing trust fund's share of conveyance tax revenues to fifty per cent.
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HUS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates unspecified funds to the homeless programs office of the department of human services and the rental housing trust fund. Appropriates unspecified funds to the department of health for substance abuse treatment, mental health support services, and clean and sober housing services, and to the department of human services for matching funds for shelter plus care grants. Appropriates funds for a rental assistance program, also known as a shallow subsidy program. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii public housing authority to continue to administer housing first programs for chronically homeless individuals and to reestablish the homeless prevention and rapid re-housing program. Appropriates funds out of the rental housing trust fund. Appropriates matching funds for the federal shelter plus care program to provide rental assistance in connection with supportive services.
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HUS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an incentive for development of affordable rental projects by exempting revenues received from laundry, parking, or other fees related to the operation of an eligible housing project from the general excise tax.
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HUS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Establishes and appropriates funds for a temporary housing pilot program to be developed on Hawaiian homestead lands by the department of human services as an alternative housing solution for homelessness.
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HUS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds into the rental assistance revolving fund for purposes of expanding the rental assistance program.
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HUS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Criminalizes the killing of pet dogs, cats, and equine animals as a class B felony.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. Prohibits any minor under the age of eighteen from possessing or smoking tobacco products. Takes effect 1/1/2014.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Authorizes the DOE to purchase agricultural products for school meals programs from farms within a school's regional administrative district. Requires the DOE to arrange for opportunities for students to work, volunteer, or study on farms within a school's regional administrative district.
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AGR/EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER. Exempts owners of kuleana lands from all state, county, and municipal taxation, fees, and charges of every kind for water usage in connection with the kuleana landowner's appurtenant water rights.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM. Requires the chairperson of the BOA to convene an agricultural tourism task force to examine the feasibility of authorizing farmers and cattlemen to conduct agricultural tourism activities on agricultural lands.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds and positions to UH Pamantasan Council to promote access and diversity.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes a policy of ethnic proportionality between the student body of the UH system and the State.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes the offense of failure to yield right-of-way to mass transit vehicles and requires the Department of Transportation to develop a system of yield signage on mass transit vehicles. Directs all fines to be used to purchase mass transit passes for homeless individuals. Effective January 1, 2014.
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RELATING TO ADEQUATE HIGHWAY REQUIREMENTS. Requires the director of transportation to certify to the governor that adequate highway capacity exists in a county's business district at a minimum of level of service D before any construction of a new subdivision or housing development project can commence in the county.
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RELATING TO AMMUNITION. Makes it unlawful for a person or entity to sell or distribute ammunition unless the purchaser provides proof that the firearm for which the ammunition is to be used is registered, except where ammunition for a firearm is sold at the time of the lawful sale of that firearm.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Makes permanent the additional increase on the gross rental or gross rental proceeds derived from furnishing transient accommodations and the requirement that the revenues collected be deposited into the general funds.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Makes permanent the suspension of certain General Excise Tax and Use Tax exemptions as enacted by Act 105, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011. Effective June 29, 2013.
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RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Identifies permissible and accessory uses and activities on important agricultural lands.
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RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Establishes the small boat harbor management task force within the DLNR to study and explore the development, and possible implementation, of alternative management methods for essential small boat harbors in the State.
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes the Hawaii community-based renewable energy program. Enables utility customers to participate in a community-based renewable energy facility and benefit from the electricity generated from such a facility. Effective July 1, 2013.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 6th representative district.
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RELATING TO URBAN AGRICULTURE. Creates a rooftop garden on the 5th floor of the State capitol.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HERBAL THERAPY LICENSING. Creates a new chapter setting forth requirements for herbal therapy licensure.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Allows governing boards of charter schools and exclusive representatives to enter into master agreements separate from any other master agreement collectively bargained for between the exclusive representatives and department of education, as defined in chapter 89, HRS.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Increases the General Excise Tax and Use Tax for certain, specified services and commodities by one percent. Directs the realizations of twenty percent of such taxes to the Department of Education for the operations of the Department under state law.
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EDB, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS. Requires the Department of Public Safety, working in consultation with each county and specified agencies, to develop statewide residency standards that prohibit persons who have been convicted of a sexual offense against a child twelve years old or younger from residing within close proximity to a child-friendly facility or area.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Amends Hawaii's sex offender registry laws to require sex offenders to disclose whether their place of employment or volunteer activity involves substantial contact with persons under the age of eighteen.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR AGE TWELVE OR YOUNGER. Requires the court to impose a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment without possibility of parole or probation for a person convicted of certain acts of sexual assault against a minor age 12 or younger.
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PBS, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects to improve certain University of Hawaii athletic facilities.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 47th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows past performance to be factored into future bid selection of a contractor including a review of delays, cost overruns, and compliance with project requirements.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Establishes a task force that shall develop a restructured welfare payment system and re-establishes the exit and retention bonus program to encourage welfare recipients to transition back into the workforce.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level for the purpose of purchasing school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies.
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EDN, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes an appropriation for claims against the State, its officers, or its employees in relation to consolidated class actions regarding the payment of teachers.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 31st representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 1st representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to UH for the implementation of a scholarship program in partnership with the Washington Center.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING. Requires a licensing authority to consider in the process for licensure by endorsement or reciprocity nonresident military spouses or service members who have served in a combat zone after September 11, 2001, and service members who provide retirement, separation, or discharge documentation.
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VMI, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION. Prohibits the operation of jet skis at any speed above thirty miles per hour, except under certain conditions.
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OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to address the shortage of primary care physicians in the State through a comprehensive primary care workforce development plan that addresses the critical areas of loan repayment, diversity programs, and primary care workforce expansion.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit by changing the tax credit cap to $6,000,000 per year for the 2013 tax year and $7,000,000 per year for the 2014 and 2015 tax years, and $7,500,000 per year thereafter. Creates a livestock feed tax credit from 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2013. Creates livestock feed development tax credit from 1/1/2014 to 12/31/2015. Appropriates funds for staffing and consulting expenses.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires that all construction procurements of less than $25,000 for drilling work or soil testing shall be made by competitive sealed bidding, and that the invitation for bids is published on the DAGS website. Establishes that bids for such work shall be separate from bids for engineering work on the same project. Effective July 1, 2013.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Establishes a commercial pesticide-free buffer zone around schools, child care facilities, and health care institutions. Imposes a 72 hour notice requirement in at least two newspapers or publications and to all schools, child care facilities, and health care institutions in the immediate area of commercial pesticide spraying.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES. Requires DLNR to supplement currently mandated end-of-year reports on endangered species with annual mid-year updates of population counts for endangered aquatic life and wildlife inhabiting state marine waters and coastal lands. Makes the updates available to the public.
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OMH/WAL |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A PROCESSING ENTERPRISE. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Sunrise Capital, Inc. in protecting its shrimp hatchery facility and its salt water well and relocating them further inland to avoid seaside erosion. Effective July 1, 2013.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCES. Amends statutes relating to the per diem allowance for legislators when on official legislative business.
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LMG, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NISEI LEGACY CENTER. Makes a matching appropriation from the general fund for the construction of the Nisei Legacy Center on the University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus.
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VMI, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX. Reduces the amount deducted from the county surcharge on state tax to reimburse the State for costs of assessment, collection, and disposition from 10% to 5%.
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FIN |
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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.
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VMI, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO ASSET FORFEITURE. Authorizes the forfeiture of any property used or taken in any violation of laws or rules that results in a petty misdemeanor.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO GROUNDWATER RECHARGE. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who maintain permeable surfaces on their property. Permits a taxpayer to deduct from state income taxes the costs of certifying an organic agricultural operation or determining a qualifying property's net water infiltration.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 42nd Representative District. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN HAWAII. Appropriates $500,000 for the planning, design, and construction of the Nisei Veterans Legacy Center and a Honouliuli Internment Camp Educational Center. Release of appropriation is subject to matching funds. Allows the value of in-kind donations to be calculated in the matching amount, subject to verification by the director of finance.
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VMI, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Makes permanent the income tax rates established by Act 60, SLH 2009.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWELFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 12th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS. Repeals HRS chapter 373L; adds definitions and registration and fee requirements to professional employer organization (PEO) law; requires notice to DOTAX of PEO violations for general excise tax exemption purposes; allows PEOs to be successor employers to client companies.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ETHANOL. Repeals the ten per cent ethanol by volume requirement for gasoline sold in Hawaii for use in motor vehicles. Requires the Hawaii state energy office to submit reports on local ethanol production.
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EEP, TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Reestablishes the temporary income tax credit for research activities. Requires a qualified high technology business that claims the tax credit for research activities to file annual survey information with the department of taxation by June 30 of each year. Requires the department of taxation to report to the legislature by September 1 of each year on the information collected by the survey and the effectiveness of the tax credit.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL IMPACT BONDS. Requires the Executive Office on Early Learning to conduct a study on the feasibility of using social impact bonds to fund early learning programs and services in the State, with the assistance of the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Short form bill relating to climate change.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL. Prohibits the issuance or renewal of any new power purchase agreement or department of health permit to any facilities that burn or consume coal.
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EEP/HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the public utilities commission to publish contracts, including price information, for the purchase of renewable energy by energy utilities on a publicly-accessible portion of the commission's website, with certain exceptions.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Requires private entities to submit a copy of their duly adopted rules regarding the placement of solar energy devices on or before the due date of their next condominium association biennial registration. Provides that private entities that fail to submit a copy of their rules shall lose their tax exempt status.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION TO RENTERS AND LESSEES. Requires disclosure of energy cost information to prospective tenants in rental or lease transactions.
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Provides tax credit rates and certification requirements for various renewable energy technologies. Requires an annual report from Department of Taxation and a 2017 study from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
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EEP/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO BIOFUELS. Allocates 1.5 cents of every 15 cents of the barrel tax deposited into the energy security special fund and 1.5 cents of every 15 cents of the barrel tax deposited into the agricultural development and food security special fund, as provided in section 243-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the agribusiness development corporation as investment capital for zero waste biofuel production.
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EEP/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Replaces the ethanol facility tax credit with the biofuel production facility tax credit. Expands tax credit eligibility to include larger facilities and production of multiple types of biofuel. Changes the formula for calculating the amount of tax credit allowed and caps the amount of tax credits allowed. Limits the credit to Hawaii biofuel production facilities. Allows the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to increase the aggregate tax cap with reporting requirements. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.
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EEP/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Relating to capital improvement projects for the benefit of the fifty-first representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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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, as practicable.
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OMH, WAL |
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Clarifies that the conflict of interest exception for members of task forces applies to members of task forces created by the legislature. Effective upon approval, and applies retroactively to task forces created on or before the bill's enactment.
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LMG, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Permits the real estate commission to ensure compliance by enforcing any rule, order, decision, demand, or requirement of the commission issued pursuant to chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO SERVICE BY PUBLICATION. Specifies the term "general circulation" as it refers to a newspaper for purposes of service by publication in a civil action.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS. Clarifies that participation in a health wellness program does not constitute illegal gambling.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MEDIATION AFFECTING JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE. Expands the application of mandatory mortgage foreclosure dispute resolution by requiring mortgagees, at the mortgagor's election, to participate in mediation to avoid foreclosure or mitigate damages from foreclosure prior to filing a judicial foreclosure action for property that has been the mortgagor's primary residence for a specified period. Applies the dispute resolution requirement to judicial foreclosure actions filed prior to the effective date of this bill and pending an initial court hearing.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 10th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Appropriates funds to PISCES.
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HED/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS. Requires each county animal control officer or appropriate county animal control agency to issue service dog tags. Requires a service dog to wear a service dog tag and a leash, harness, or cape that identifies the dog as a service dog.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. Requires DOA to establish a combined organic agricultural mobilization program to provide affordable long-term leases to farmers to establish small, organic farms. Authorizes PUC to establish preferential utility rates for participants of the program. Requires HTDC to assist participants of the program. Makes an appropriation.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC STRUCTURES. Establishes a tax credit for qualifying rehabilitation expenses of historic structures. Establishes a revolving fund administered by the state historic preservation division to fund the tax credit.
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VMI, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MALA WHARF TASK FORCE. Requires the chairperson of BLNR to convene a Mala wharf task force to examine the feasibility of redeveloping the collapsed pier at Mala wharf on the island of Maui.
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TRN, WAL/OMH |
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RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF RESOURCE VALUE LANDS. Requires DLNR, in consultation with the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust and notwithstanding board approval, to engage in efforts to acquire the parcel of land located at Lipoa Point, identified as TMK 2-4-1-001-010-0000. Makes an appropriation.
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OMH/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO A LOTTERY. Establishes the Hawaii state lottery commission and authorizes the lottery commission to establish lottery gaming.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Establishes a $1 or $5 dollar donation that vehicle owners may elect to pay in addition to the state vehicle registration fees. Establishes the Veteran Services Special Fund into which the $1 or $5 dollar donations will be deposited and used to support veteran services. Effective July 1, 2013.
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VMI/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE DAY. Proposes a United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye honorary day on September 7.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Renames the Honolulu International Airport after U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Directs the Departments of Health and Human Services to maintain an inventory of all community-based care facilities licensed or certified under their jurisdiction and their vacancies to facilitate the placement of individuals in community-based facilities.
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HUS/HLT, FIN |
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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, 2013.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DAY. Designates August 4 of each year as "President Barack Obama Day".
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JUD |
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RELATING TO AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS. Appropriates funds to support a statewide aging and disability resource center with sites in each county. Effective July 1, 2013.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE AWARENESS MONTH. Designates October as Non-violence and Peace Awareness month.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE. Establishes a three-year demonstration project to be administered by the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to attract out-of-state physicians to residency programs that provide services to rural areas of the State. Effective July 1, 2013, and repealed on July 1, 2016.
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HLT, HED, JUD |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE PACIFIC RENAL CARE FOUNDATION. Appropriates funds as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to Pacific Renal Care Foundation.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Appropriates funds for the Honolulu zero to three court to fund the coordinator's transportation to visit children and parents, emergency housing assistance, a secure opening at a residential drug and alcohol facility that will accommodate a mother and child, development and implementation of an incentive program similar to the successful model utilized in family drug court, training and professional development of court team members and community partners, and creation and utilization of an enhanced visitation and parenting coaching site in leeward Oahu.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the twenty-eighth representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA. Transfers jurisdiction over the state medical marijuana program from PSD to DOH.
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PBS/HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO REPORTING DEATHS TO STATE AGENCIES. Authorizes the DOH to disclose lists of names of persons whose deaths have been recorded by the department to state agencies that need to update official lists of persons, but that are prohibited by federal law from disclosing their lists to the DOH for verification.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION. Requires driver education programs to include the distribution of information on organ and tissue donation.
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TRN, HLT |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE. Creates a museum of music, dance, and cultural arts design committee. Authorizes the committee to invite developers to prepare plans, specifications, and designs for a new museum, and to review for approval the proposed museum development plans submitted by developers. Makes an appropriation for design of the museum.
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VMI/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC CITATIONS. Creates an electronic citation program under the Department of Transportation. Effective July 1, 2013.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND. Authorizes the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to conduct itself as a private entity to participate in the insurance market. Reactivates the special mortgage recording fee. Replenishes the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund. Effective July 1, 2013.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Includes submerged lands contiguous to Hawaiian Home Lands as available lands as defined in section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.
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WAL/OMH, JUD |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECALL OF ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS. Amends article II of the Hawaii state constitution to provide for the recall of elected public officers.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO. Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii at Hilo to support Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikolani college of Hawaiian language and student support programs at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to support native Hawaiians and native Hawaiian programs.
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OMH, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS. Provides for the recall of elected public officials. Effective upon ratification of constitutional amendment.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Creates an agricultural task force to study feasibility of implementing a system similar to the Idaho OnePlan. Requires a report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation to employ one person to perform administrative duties and activities of the task force.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRICITY RATES. Establishes a pilot program to determine whether preferential electricity rates for agricultural activities will better aid in the sustainable perpetuation of local agriculture in Hawaii.
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AGR, CPC |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 45th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a task force that shall develop strategies that will allow the local agricultural community to compete with imported products.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOSTER CARE. Requires the department of human services to establish an advanced rate payment structure for resource caregivers who demonstrate, and continue to demonstrate, that they are exceptional caregivers and show a superior commitment to the children in the foster care system.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Reforms the public education system by among other things, establishing student-teacher ratios and heterogenous classroom composition, incorporating the AVID system, requiring internet access, community involvement, and external assistance, requiring specified data on the department website, expanding statewide performance standards to enable students to achieve international competitiveness, requiring specified tests in electronic format, setting teacher salaries commensurate with educational attainment, and authorizing the discharge of teachers who fail to improve performance outcomes. Appropriates funds.
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LAB, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY IMMUNITY. Provides immunity from civil liability for trained installers and inspectors of automotive child passenger restraint devices.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the counties of Hawaii and Maui to facilitate the process of identifying and mapping of potential important agriculture land as required by section 205-47, HRS.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Exempts charitable and nonprofit organizations from liability for providing shelter and subsistence to animals.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 9th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE RATES. Establishes the rate adjustment recommendation board within the Insurance Division to make recommendations to the Insurance Commissioner regarding the disposition of rate adjustment filings.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Addresses the unfunded liabilities for public employee health benefits without putting down $500,000,000 per year for the next thirty years. Calls for the formation and implementation of a captive insurance facility to effectively manage the administration and financing of the current and potential future employee benefit obligations of the state and county governments. Establishes the Hawaii employer-union health benefits captive insurance fund and reserve account that holds ten per cent of the unfunded liabilities, which has the effect of fully funding the liabilities.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS. Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including: conducting public hearings on legislative rules; requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules; giving a seventy-two hour public notice for public hearings; requiring proposed amendments on a bill to be germane to the text to be amended; requiring correspondence on measures to be considered testimony; and requiring the posting, on the order of the day, of votes by a house to agree to amendments made by the other house.
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LMG, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes for testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads, streets, and highways.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. Creates a task force that will study the unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities monitored by the administrations of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund under chapter 87A and the employees' retirement system under chapter 88.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Invests in technology development by facilitating a connection between the high technology industry and visitors to the State. Appropriates funds to high technology development corporation to develop program to attract out-of-state software programmers and other high-technology workers to work in Hawaii.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAIR BRAIDING. Clarifies that hair braiding by hand for commercial purposes is not subject to the licensing requirements for barbers, hairdressers, and cosmetologists under chapters 438 and 439. Establishes less burdensome licensing requirements for hair braiders.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 17th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires children that are at least 5 years of age on or before July 31 of the 2013-2014 school year to attend a public or private school kindergarten. Lowers the age for compulsory school attendance from 6 years of age to 5 years of age.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS. Establishes the position of Chief Entrepreneurial Advisor to the Governor.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 7th representative district.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Exempts bars and nightclubs that hold dispenser or cabaret licenses to allow smoking by posting "smoking permitted" signs. Provides that county ordinances shall not prohibit or restrict smoking in these establishments.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Provides that the absence in the Hawaii state plan of a priority guideline or functional plan applicable to a proposed reclassification of district boundaries shall not be grounds for the LUC to defer a decision on the petition to the applicable county pursuant to its county general plan. Eliminates LUC consideration of the impacts of certain areas of state concern.
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WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Requires DOA to adopt rules for regulating land-based aquaculture farming on lands exceeding three acres in area and classified as agricultural. Effective 07/01/2013.
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AGR/WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Raises the threshold age for disqualification from attending a DOE school from 20 years of age to 22 years of age, to accommodate federal standards for providing children with disabilities access to a public education.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING. Short form bill relating to the office of planning.
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WAL |
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RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Short form bill relating to state parks.
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RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Implements the wraparound services program and appropriates funds for that purpose.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to support and expand the University of Hawaii clinical psychology program, support and expand the University of Hawaii family medicine residency program, and develop a permanent statewide rural primary health care training program.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY TASK FORCE. Creates a task force to examine the issue of safety in Hawaii's schools.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 36th representative district.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY. Requires the department of education to install and maintain classroom doors that can be locked and unlocked in certain emergency situations.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 14, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ENSURE THAT NO BILL BECOMES LAW IF IT NO LONGER REFLECTS IT ORIGINAL PURPOSE. Amends the constitution to ensure that no bill becomes law if the legislative process has so altered or amended the bill that it no longer reflects its original purpose.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Exempts the offices of governor and lieutenant governor from the scope of the partial public financing law. Changes the law on qualifying contributions, voluntary expenditure limits, and maximum amount of available public funds for candidates for the office of state senator or state representative. Requires the campaign spending commission to submit a report on further statutory amendments to facilitate the implementation of this Act. Appropriates funds to the campaign spending commission to prepare for the partial public financing of elections in 2014.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the department of health to classify and recognize qualified hospitals and health care facilities that provide care to stroke patients. Allows hospitals and health care facilities to publicly advertise their recognition. Requires hospitals and health care facilities to report data to the department. Requires the department to create guidelines for pre-hospital stroke-triage assessment and maintain a statewide stroke database. Requires the department to provide an annual report to the governor and legislature. Takes effect on 7/1/15.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Permits the regional systems of the Hawaii health systems corporation and their health facilities to transition to non-public status.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Amends the governance structure of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC). Makes the regional chief executive officers nonvoting members. Establishes the HHSC personnel system and retirement system. Creates new collective bargaining units. Authorizes the Governor to appoint six additional community members. Clarifies the powers of the HHSC board and regional boards. Effective July 1, 2013.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF THE NAMES OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES. Amends the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to require the judicial selection commission to publicly disclose its list of nominees for appointment to the office of the chief justice, supreme court, intermediate appellate court, circuit courts, or district courts concurrently with its presentation of that list to the governor or the chief justice.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 15, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW ELECTRONIC COPIES, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRINTED COPIES, OF A BILL TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS OF A HOUSE IN WHICH THE BILL IS BEING VOTED UPON FOR THIRD OR FINAL READING IN FULFILLMENT OF THE FORTY-EIGHT HOUR AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENT. Allows electronic copies, as an alternative to printed copies, of a bill to be made available for members of a house in which the bill is being voted upon for third or final reading in fulfillment of the 48-hour availability requirement.
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PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the requirement that the Governor's appointments to the UH Board of Regents be made from candidates presented by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by (1) adding additional work and infrastructure incentive credits; (2) establishing a qualified persons crew training and advancement program rebate; (3) requiring the payment of a fee to apply for the tax credit; (4) increasing the cap amount of the tax credit; and (5) requiring that a waiver be granted to include the wages of nonresident crew in qualified production costs. Sunset 01/01/2018.
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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. Repeals the credit ceiling per qualified production. Increases in the credit amount from 15% to 20% in a county with a population over 700,000, and from 20% to 25% in a county with a population of 700,000 or less.
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RELATING TO TARO SECURITY. Prohibits the development, testing, propagation, release, importation, planting, or growing of genetically engineered Hawaiian taro in the State. Establishes limited prohibitions on the engineering, testing, and cultivation of non-Hawaiian taro in the State. Effective July 1, 2013, and repeals on June 30, 2018.
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