OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-SEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 5
FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY-THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HUS - Human Services |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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PBS - Public Safety |
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TOU - Tourism |
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TRN - Transportation |
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VMI - Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts |
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WAL - Water & Land |
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REFERRAL
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RELATING TO TOBACCO. Expands the prohibition against the sale and purchase of tobacco products to and by minors to include all persons. Repeals laws related to the sale or taxation of tobacco products and the tobacco master settlement agreement. Retains in the general fund cigarette tax revenues. Transfers balances of repealed special and trust funds to the general fund. Requires the governor to revise affected program IDs. Effective 1/1/16.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Establishes maximum speed limits for trucks, truck-trailer combinations, and tractor-semitrailer combinations on interstate highways. Establishes penalties for violation.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE BANK OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Directs DCCA to conduct a comprehensive review of relevant state laws to develop legislation to establish the bank of the State of Hawaii. Appropriates funds to conduct the review. Directs the HHFDC to establish and operate an interim purchase program for distressed residential properties encumbered by problematic mortgages until the bank of the State of Hawaii is operational. Establishes minimum percentages of state funds that shall be deposited in the bank of the State of Hawaii.
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HSG, CPC, 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 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 2%.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires Med-QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care, limited to 24 visits per calendar year. Appropriates funds.
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO SENTENCING FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Establishes new factors to be considered in sentencing those convicted of an offense committed while under the age of 18, and a sentencing modification process for the same. Eliminates sentences of life without parole for juvenile offenders. Requires the Hawaii Paroling Authority to establish guidelines for minimum term served before parole eligibility.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO SHERIFFS. Requires the identification of a central location for a headquarters for the sheriff division by December 31, 2014.
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PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Short form bill relating to the Aha Moku Advisory Committee.
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OMH |
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RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION. Short form bill relating to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission.
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OMH |
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RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES. Short form bill relating to the Division of Aquatic Resources.
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OMH |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Short form bill relating to Hawaiian language.
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OMH |
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RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION. Short form bill relating to the State Historic Preservation Division.
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OMH |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL. Makes an appropriation for invasive species response and control, and outreach and education related to invasive species.
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AGR, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA FOR EXPORT. Creates a working group in the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a plan to legalize the cultivation of marijuana for export purposes only and tax the resulting revenues for purposes of funding state programs.
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EDB/AGR, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING. Requires the House of Representatives to implement rules for a pilot program to enable the House to receive live oral testimony from the county of Hawaii through audio or audiovisual technology. Requires consultation with the county of Hawaii, the chief information officer and the disability and communication access board. Appropriates funds to establish audio or audiovisual systems. Effective 7/01/2014, sunsets 6/30/16.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the design and construction of the Manoa Learning Exchange. Effective July 1, 2014.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE. Establishes the public-private finance initiative (PPIA). Requires the PPIA to initiate a pilot project. Appropriates funds for the PPIA. Repeals on 07/01/2018.
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EDB, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO DIABETES. Requires DOH, in collaboration with DHS and DHRD, to develop departmental plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in the State and report to the legislature biennially on the effectiveness of those plans.
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HLT/HUS, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds for the traffic signal capital improvement project at the intersection of Piilani highway and Kulanihakoi street in Kihei, Maui.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING. Requires both chambers of the legislature to implement rules by 1/1/16 that allow residents to present testimony through audiovisual technology. Requires the House of Representatives to implement a pilot program during the 2015 regular session to enable the House to receive live oral testimony from Maui county through audiovisual technology. Appropriates moneys.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CARE FACILITIES. Requires adult residential care homes and community care foster family homes to submit corrective action plans in response to deficiencies detected in DOH inspections within a specified time frame. Establishes the time frame for DOH to approve or revise corrective action plans.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. Requires each county with a population greater than 500,000 to establish a major accident investigation team to investigate major accidents and minimize related traffic delays. Makes an appropriation.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Increases age to purchase tobacco products to twenty-one years of age. Creates exceptions for those currently eighteen to twenty years of age.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Requires the Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Adopts amendments to Hawaii tax laws to implement the streamlined sales and use tax agreement; takes effect when the State becomes a party to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement; with section 32, creating a committee to oversee the department of taxation's implementation and administration of, and compliance with the streamlined sales and use tax agreement, to take effect on approval.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE. Increases the minimum hourly wage to $8.00 per hour in 01/01/2015, $8.50 in 01/01/2016, and $9.00 in 01/01/2017. Increases the tip credit to $1.00. Requires employers to increase wages of non-tipped employees by $1.00 if using the tip credit for their tipped employees.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer or labor organization from discriminating against an employee who uses accrued and available sick leave in accordance with a valid collective bargaining agreement or valid employment policy; clarifies that the term "employee" includes an employee with a nonchronic condition of a short-term nature.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Allows any member of a board to disclose any government record to other members of the board; provided that the disclosure is required by section 92F-12, HRS.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Allows members of a county council to jointly attend any meetings or presentations without violating the sunshine law as long as the meeting or presentation is open to the public.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FEES. Increases the mileage fee for process servers from 40 cents to 60 cents per mile for all necessary travel in making the service.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes the Hawaii community-based renewable energy program to enable utility customers to participate in a community-based renewable energy facility and benefit from the electricity generated from such a facility. Effective July 1, 2014.
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EEP, EDB, CPC |
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RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. Repeals the requirement that a private college or university show that it maintains profitability as a means of demonstrating financial integrity to the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Repeals section 304A-3153, HRS, relating to procedures for complaints concerning institutions of higher education in the State.
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HED, CPC |
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. Exempts from the definition of "historic property" any private residence that has not been entered, or nominated by the owner of the residence for entry, onto the Hawaii register of historic places. Clarifies that nothing in chapter 6E, HRS, shall be construed to require a review by the DLNR for any private residence exempted under the new "historic property" definition.
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WAL |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS. Limits the number of days of supply of narcotic drugs that a physician may prescribe for pain management. Requires a blood or urine test and consultation with a pharmacist for refills of narcotic drugs in certain circumstances. Excludes hospice patients from these limitations.
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Establishes an annual electric vehicle user fee, fifty per cent of which shall be deposited in the state highway fund and fifty per cent of which shall be deposited in the county highway fund.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Adds provisions to allow for a salvage application to be submitted without the certificate of ownership.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO CONCESSIONS. Exempts the operation of concessions for wireless and communication services and for advertising from the public concession bidding process.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Allows applicants for permits to acquire a pistol or revolver to demonstrate requisite training in the safe handling of firearms by presenting an official record of honorable discharge from the U.S. armed forces and training in the use of a service pistol.
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VMI, JUD |
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Short form bill relating to technology.
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EDB |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS' PLANETARY SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVE. Appropriates funds to support planetary sustainability technology demonstrations and university-based competitions.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS AND NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION LASER COMMUNICATIONS GROUND STATION INITIATIVE. Appropriates funds for an engineering assessment of a proposal to establish a laser optical communications ground station in Hawaii.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Appropriates funds to the Pacific international space center for exploration systems to support administrative and general tasks, strategic program initiatives, and the preliminary development of the Pacific international space center for exploration systems' research and development park.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COTTAGE FOOD BUSINESSES. Provides an exemption from Department of Health regulations to certain cottage food products sold directly to consumers under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules no later than December 31, 2014.
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EDB, HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO VEHICLES. Requires captured license plate data obtained from use of automatic license plate readers to be destroyed after one year. Restricts access to captured plate data to state and county law enforcement agencies.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL. Prohibits the operation or issuance of permits to crematoriums that lack appropriate filters to capture mercury particles from emissions prior to release into the air.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Provides the Director of Health with greater flexibility in creating rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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HSG |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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HSG |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 18th representative district. Effective July 1, 2014.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL. Authorizes the OEQC in charging fees for assisting private and public entities in preparing environmental assessments and environmental impact statements. Exempts the setting of fee rates from the administrative rulemaking process.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER. Requires the water resources research center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to conduct a study on the impact of the increased safety standards for dams and reservoirs that were adopted by the department of land and natural resources. Requires a report to the legislature. Make an appropriation. Effective 07/01/2015.
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WAL, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER. Converts the DOH water catchment system testing program for lead and copper into a program that determines whether the system meets the federal requirements for rural housing loans. Amends the fee paid by residents for testing and repeals the requirement that the DOH pay the remaining costs. Requires the DOH to assist residents in complying with federal requirements.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARENTAL PARITY. Provides that in awarding custody and visitation of a minor child in situations where the parents are unable to agree and unless it's not in the best interest of the child, the court shall ensure the inclusion of both parents and equal continuing physical, emotional, and meaningful contact with both parents.
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HUS, JUD |
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RELATING TO SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS. Clarifies the principal contracting business for the specialty contractor classification and the limited exception given to specialty contractors to take and execute contracts involving two or more unrelated crafts or trades.
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LAB, CPC |
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RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Permits the governing body of a county to create, by ordinance, a process for the recordation and enforcement of solar easements. Allows counties to require individuals claiming a solar right to record that right by filing a declaration with the county clerk. Permits the governing body of a county to require, by ordinance, the trimming of vegetation that blocks solar radiation from solar energy devices. Authorizes the ordinance to include a designation for the cost of trimming.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC RELIABILITY. Prohibits utilities from charging interconnection study costs to consumers who seek to make an interconnection on the Hawaii electric system, for purposes of installing a photovoltaic system on a single-family residential dwelling or townhouse that the consumer owns.
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CPC, FIN |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS AND TO EXCLUDE TAX INCREMENT BONDS FROM DETERMINATIONS OF THE FUNDED DEBT OF THE COUNTIES. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize the counties to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in determining the funded debt of the counties.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS. Conforms state debt limit statements laws to include tax increment bonds if a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of such bonds is ratified.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOURISM STIMULUS INCENTIVES. Provides qualified employers an income tax credit of 4.5 per cent of wages paid to qualified employees for a period after completion of hotel and resort construction or renovation. Provides a general excise tax exemption for certain hotel and resort construction or renovation.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an income tax credit for costs incurred in new hotel construction.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an income tax credit for costs incurred in new hotel construction.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL. Adds intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to medical services providers to assault in the second degree offense. Expands the medical services providers to which the offense would apply.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO REGULATION. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes or tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for autism spectrum disorder treatments. Effective July 1, 2014.
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Eliminates the requirement that construction bids for public works projects, submitted under the competitive sealed bidding process, list potential joint contractors and subcontractors.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ZONING. Authorizes the counties to permit the amortization or phasing out of nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units in an area of any zoning classification.
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS. Establishes a community food forest program in the Department of Land and Natural Resources that shall work collaboratively with local government and community organizations to provide sources of healthy food statewide. Appropriate funds. Effective July 1, 2014.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes within the Livestock Revitalization Program of the Department of Agriculture a program to provide grants to qualified feed developers. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2014.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO LOWER HAMAKUA DITCH. Limits the toll that the Department of Agriculture may charge for water from Lower Hamakua Ditch.
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RE-REFERRAL
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to fund irrigation infrastructure for the former Galbraith estate property.
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RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS. Stipulates that current standards as published by the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Society of Automotive Engineers are adopted for use by the Measurement and Standards Branch of the Department of Agriculture.
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RELATING TO THE MODERNIZATION OF THE HAWAII ELECTRIC SYSTEM. Requires the public utilities commission to adopt rules for improved accessibility to connect to the Hawaii electric system for any individual or business. Requires the commission to initiate a proceeding no later than July 1, 2014, to discuss upgrades to the Hawaii electric system for anticipated growth of customer generation.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRUG PRICING IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE CLAIMS. Establishes price caps for the Hawaii workers' compensation and motor vehicle insurance charges for prescription drugs.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires independent medical examinations and permanent impairment rating examinations for workers' compensation claims to be performed by physicians mutually agreed upon by employers and employees. Allows for the use of an out-of-state physician under certain conditions. Repeals on 06/30/2018.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Changes the sunset date of Act 219, SLH, from 12/31/2015 to 12/31/2014. Provides that modifications authorized by Act 219, SLH 2011, shall not be valid unless executed before 07/01/2014.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS. Requires the auditor to conduct an audit of prescription drug benefits provided through the employer-union health benefits trust fund. Requires the auditor to submit findings and recommendations.
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LAB, CPC ,FIN |
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