OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 27
26TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-MARCH 9, 2017
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & 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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IAC - Intrastate Commerce |
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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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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the auditor to conduct a study to assess the impact of using medicaid funds to provide coverage for the treatment for homelessness. Requires the auditor to submit a report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires the department of human services, in collaboration with the department of health, to review the progress of the Hawaii pathways project pilot and continue to pursue efforts to utilize medicaid to provide supportive housing services for chronically homeless individuals. Provides considerations for the department in planning for the expansion of supportive housing services provided through medicaid managed care plans. Requires the department to report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Increases monetary penalties for violating the laws relating to child care facilities. Authorizes the department of human services to refer to the attorney general or respective county prosecutor any intentional, knowing, or reckless violation of the laws relating to child care facilities or certain criminal offenses. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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HUS, JUD |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Hawaii County Career Criminal Prosecution Unit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO RESTORE BASIC ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS TO MEDICAID ENROLLEES. Makes an appropriation to the department of human services to restore basic adult dental benefits to Medicaid enrollees. Requires the department of human services to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for this expenditure. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO COURTS. Raises the district courts' jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM. Prohibits any county from disqualifying a legal nonconforming dwelling unit from the housing choice voucher program if the unit meets zoning and building code requirements and other program standards such as health and safety standards. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Delays the reviews by the Auditor of tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, and deductions. Provides the Auditor with access to DOTAX records for the reviews and authorizes the Auditor to include data from the records in its reports to the legislature that do not explicitly identify any specific taxpayer. Adds the organic foods production income tax credit to the schedule of review. Amends the review criteria regarding the legislative purpose of an exemption, exclusion, credit, or deduction to provide more discretion to the Auditor. Appropriates funds to the Auditor for fiscal year 2018-2019; requires report to legislature. Effective 7/1/2018. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING POLICY STUDY. Changes the agency responsible for preparing the federal funding policy study required under Act 225, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, from the Office of the Governor to B&F. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF EXCESS GENERAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Implements the state constitutional amendment of Senate Bill No. 2554 of the Regular Session of 2016 that authorizes the disposition of excess general fund revenues to pre-pay general obligation bond debt service or pension or other post-employment benefit liabilities. Takes effect 6/30/2017. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS. Clarifies the procedures to amend condominium association declarations, bylaws, and other governing instruments that are not of a material adverse nature to condominium owners or do not imperil the viability or stability of the condominium association. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use in-lieu fee mitigation to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. (SD2)
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OMH/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTING. Provides that the ballot of an absentee or military-overseas voter is valid even if the voter becomes ineligible to vote after casting the ballot. Repeals the requirement that an absentee voter's ballot be deemed invalid if the voter returns the return envelope but dies prior to the opening of polls. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PAYMENT OF RENT. Requires landlords to disclose in writing the tenant's ability to establish a new due date for rent payment if the tenant receives public assistance. Establishes a cap of five per cent on late rent payment fees, applicable to all new rental agreements and rental agreement renewals entered into on or after the effective date of this measure. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Entitles designated family members and other interested persons of a person having a mental health emergency to: notice of emergency admission, examination, and hospitalization. Entitles designated family members and other interested persons to the option to be present in the courtroom for a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment and the option to receive copies of hearing transcripts or recordings, unless the court determines that the interests of justice require otherwise. Requires notice of discharge and voluntary inpatient treatment when forensic and non-forensic patients are civilly committed to individuals specified in the order of commitment. Requires the court to adjourn or continue a hearing on a petition for involuntary hospitalization or assisted community treatment for failure to timely notify designated persons, with certain exceptions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' FRINGE BENEFITS. Requires the EUTF's actuary to prepare a valuation report annually. Requires the annual valuation to include an update of assumptions specific to the fund that are not updated pursuant to section 88-105, HRS, as deemed necessary by the actuary at least once in each three-year period. Reduces the maximum period between experience studies of the ERS from five years to three years. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits smoking and tobacco use, including the use of electronic smoking devices, by any person on the premises of the University of Hawaii. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RESEARCH. Establishes the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Program to expressly give the University of Hawaii the legal authority to create, finance, and participate in new economic enterprises and expand workforce opportunities based on inventions and discoveries generated by or at the University. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. Allows the John A. Burns School of Medicine to continue receiving revenues from the physician workforce assessment fee until June 30, 2022, for ongoing physician workforce assessment and planning to support the recruitment and retention of physicians in the State, particularly those in rural and medically underserved areas. Takes effect 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS OF FITNESS TO PROCEED. Clarifies provisions regarding examinations of defendants' fitness to proceed in the prosecution. Authorizes the department of health and department of public safety to enter into an agreement concerning the transfer of detainees in a community correctional center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ORDERS FOR TREATMENT OVER OBJECTION. Permits an administrative order to overcome a patient's objection to medical treatment. Establishes criteria for medical treatment over objection and the administrative authorization process for administratively ordering medical treatment over objection. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires candidates for president and vice president of the United States to post their most recent income tax return on the Internet at least sixty days prior to and continuing through the date of the general election for free access by the public in order to be included on the state ballot, subject to certain conditions. Prohibits electors from voting for a candidate for president or vice president of the United States unless both candidates have posted their most recent income tax return on the Internet at least sixty days prior to and continuing through the date of the general election for free access by the public, subject to certain conditions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Enables condominium associations to adopt rules and regulations that: require unit owners to prohibit smoking inside a condominium unit as part of a lease agreement; and prohibit smoking on a lanai of a condominium unit and in all common elements. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Amends the definition of debilitating medical condition to include lupus, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, and autism as conditions that qualify for the legal use of medical marijuana. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. Beginning January 1, 2019, requires child care providers licensed or registered by the department of human services to obtain and maintain liability insurance coverage. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TUBERCULOSIS TESTING. Requires the department of health to accept FDA-approved, CDC-recommended tuberculosis (TB) blood tests in addition to the TB skin test for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of TB examination. Amends the law requiring tuberculosis clearance prior to public school entry to be in accordance with law in addition to department of health rules. Clarifies that the department of health's administrative rules regarding the use of the Mantoux tuberculin skin test or chest x-rays in obtaining a certificate of tuberculosis examination shall remain in effect until amended to include the addition of TB blood tests as an acceptable TB diagnostic.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Appropriates moneys from the general fund for two specialist II positions within the Hawaii teacher standards board. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Appropriates moneys for start-up grants for newly approved, pre-opening public charter schools. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TEACHER INCENTIVES. Clarifies that funds for bonuses required by statute or collective bargaining shall not be paid out of a charter school's facilities funding or per-pupil funds. Requires, beginning with fiscal year 2018-2019, that such bonuses be separate line items in the budget. Appropriates funds for teacher bonuses for hard-to-fill placement incentives and National Board certified teacher incentives for charter school teachers. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEES. Requires each state government branch to establish a shared leave program for state employees. Allows the chief executive of a county to establish a shared leave program for county employees. Precludes a state government branch from prohibiting leave sharing between different departments or bargaining units because of administrative infeasibility. Allows an employee's designation of beneficiary form to be filed with the department where the employee is employed and permits the designation to be made through a statement that is not verified or written, including through an electronically maintained statement. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector systems program. Authorizes counties to administer the program. Requires proceeds of fines to be expended in the county from which they were collected for operation of the program. Makes an appropriation. Establishes Red Light Running Committee. Effective 1/1/2041, except part II, which takes effect on 7/1/2040. (SD2)
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RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. Authorizes a naturopathic physician to prescribe testosterone that is consistent with naturopathic medical practice. Clarifies that narcotic drugs shall not be included within the naturopathic formulary. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGY. Beginning 7/1/2019, establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology. Amends the composition of the board to include two school psychologists. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Requires each unit of government of the State and its political subdivisions to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records under its control that are required to be made available for public inspection. Takes effect on 1/1/2019. (SD2)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires recounts of election votes when the margin of victory is less than two hundred fifty votes or less than one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is less. Takes effect on 01/07/59. (SD2)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RETIREMENT. Reduces the percentage of average final compensation used to calculate the retirement allowance for a member who first earned credited service as a judge after June 30, 2017, to two per cent. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Establishes an exemption from the prohibition against using election campaign funds to make charitable donations or to award scholarships during the period from the filing of nomination papers to the date of the general election, for candidates who are already declared elected to office after running unopposed in an election or who would be unopposed in the general election. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a person under the age of eighteen is present. Requires the department of health to report on the enforceability of this Act and coordination of related data collection activities of the respective law enforcement agencies. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo for programs, studies, and activities related to rat lungworm disease. Conditions release of the funds on the University submitting a report to the legislature with specific strategies and objectives that the University, along with the Department of Health, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and Joint Rat Lungworm Task Force, plan to implement to further efforts to prevent and eradicate rat lungworm disease. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO JUDGES. Increases the number of judges of the district court of the second circuit from three to four judges. Makes housekeeping amendments to laws relating to the composition of judges of the circuit courts, district courts, and family courts. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Renames Mokulele highway on Maui as the Maui veterans highway.
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RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHECK CASHING. Specifies a customer has the right to rescind a deferred deposit by returning the principal amount used to fund the deferred deposit within a specified time frame. Permits customers to convert a deferred deposit into an installment loan plan in certain circumstances and specifies requirements for the installment loan plan. Protects against harmful collection practices. Defines annual percentage rate. Requires a check casher to post a notice informing customers that additional options may be available for safe, regulated, lower-cost, small dollar loans. Requires a check casher to provide a written agreement to a customer that clearly discloses specific information relating to the cost and fees associated with the deferred deposit, among other things. Caps the annual percentage rate at thirty-six per cent for deferred deposit of a personal check. Permits prepayment of deferred deposit agreements with no additional fees. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires all health insurers, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, HRS, to disclose on, or have accessible through, their public web sites any medical policies used for making preauthorization decisions. Disclosure requirements effective 1/1/2018. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES. Authorizes motor vehicle and boat towing options for self-service storage facilities after sixty days or more delinquency; provided that an occupant is provided notice. Requires owners to notify occupants via electronic mail or verified mail. Allows owners to send notices by electronic mail, publish notices of sales in any commercially reasonable manner, conduct sales online, and charge late fees. Authorizes limits on the liability of the owner of self-service storage facilities to be based on the maximum monetary value of property that may be stored pursuant to the rental agreement. Requires late fees to be provided for in rental agreements. Requires owners to notify occupants of the changes in the law. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Repeals chapter 514A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to condominium property regimes, and ensures that all condominiums in the State are governed under chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to condominiums. Effective January 1, 2019. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Establishes a workforce readiness program within the department of education to allow students to graduate from an extended high school enrollment with a high school diploma and an industry-recognized associate's degree. Appropriates moneys to develop and implement the program. Takes effect on July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Mandates implementation of recommendations made by the office of the auditor to the department of health regarding advance disposal fee glass containers and glass recycling. Requires the department of health to report on its implementation of the recommendations to the legislature. Appropriates funds to the department of health to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of combining the glass processing streams of the advance disposal fee glass containers and deposit beverage containers. Effective 6/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES. Specifies that video monitoring and recording of medical marijuana production center and retail dispensing location premises shall be retained for a period of forty-five days. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Clarifies that projects that contain a combination of time share units, transient vacation rentals, and private residential units located in the same project are required to provide basic documents that will enable an owner to sell the owner's time share unit. Clarifies that an owner of a time share unit has the right to receive a list of all time share owners, including contact information, for purposes directly related to the business of a time share owners association or vacation club. Specifies that a management company of a time share owners association or vacation club board of directors must provide specific information to owners regarding candidates for election to the board of directors within thirty days prior to the election and shall not have a controlling interest on the board of directors. Clarifies that any violation of a mandatory provision of the State's condominium law by a board or its officers and members is a per se violation of the board's fiduciary duty. Provides safe harbor for a board member who votes for compliance during a board meeting. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Provides for an annual inflationary adjustment in the methodology used to reimburse facilities for the long-term care of medicaid recipients. Appropriates funds for the inflationary adjustment for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO OPEN GOVERNMENT. Until 7/8/2019, requires certain boards to make board packets available for public inspection and provide notice, upon request, of the availability of board packets. Requires boards to allow oral testimony to be presented on agenda items separately and at the time the item is first brought up for discussion at the meeting. Adds emergency meetings to the public meeting notice requirements. Allows the electronic mailing of meeting notices; requires the posting of the notice on the State's or appropriate county's electronic calendar; and clarifies posting requirements and potential posting disputes. Establishes a board packet working group to develop board packet disclosure requirements. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ARBITRATION. Clarifies provisions relating to required disclosures by arbitrators. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION. Requires DNA samples from a felony offender regardless of whether the offender completed a criminal sentence, or was otherwise discharged from the jurisdiction of the court, for the qualifying felony offense prior to July 1, 2017, and retroactively to July 1, 2005. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC. Prohibits a commissioned notary public from accepting a limited purpose driver's license for verification of identification. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, offer same day registration and voting, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION ACT. Authorizes the use of arbitration to resolve certain family law disputes. Specifies law applicable to arbitrations. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Excludes from the definitions of "advertisement" and "electioneering communication" the communications of a candidate's name on clothing or other attire not directly associated with that candidate's campaign committee. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that a candidate committee shall not be required to file a statement of information for an electioneering communication made by a candidate committee that clearly identifies the communication as being paid for by the candidate committee. Repeals the requirement that a candidate committee file a statement of information of the names and addresses of all persons who contributed to the committee or the organization for the purpose of publishing or broadcasting the electioneering communications. Excludes any advertisement by a candidate or candidate committee from the reporting requirements for electioneering communication, provided that the advertisement is in compliance with the law regarding advertisements. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INFORMATION CHARGING. Authorizes all class B and C felony charges to be instituted by written information subject to specified exceptions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO URBAN AGRICULTURE. Requires the counties to incorporate urban agriculture principles and policies in land use planning. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DENTAL LICENSURE. Expands the required qualifications that applicants may fulfill as part of the requirements for dental licensure to include passage of any other nationally recognized clinical dental examination recommended by the American Dental Association and dental licensure in another state; provided that the applicant meets specific qualifications. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices requirements for dental assistants. Clarifies that rules shall not infringe upon, overlap with, or conflict with the duties and scope of practice for other licensed professionals. Prohibits persons from employing, directing, or ordering a dental assistant or other person to perform services or procedures within the scope of practice of dental hygiene. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MOBILE CLINICS. Appropriates funds for establishing, staffing, and operating two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE AGRICULTURAL LOAN REVOLVING FUND. Appropriates moneys to and from the agricultural loan revolving fund. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE. Changes the name of the Board of Dental Examiners to the Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene. Beginning on 7/1/2018, changes the board composition by increasing dental hygienist representation and ensuring Oahu and neighbor island representation among dental hygienist members. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires motor vehicle insurers to make satisfactory arrangements with the insurance commissioner to handle claims and service policies within the State. Specifies that motor vehicle insurers are required to maintain at least one physical sales and claims service office in each county. Requires the insurance commissioner to submit a report to the legislature, each year for five years, regarding any consumer complaints received as a result of changing the requirements for motor vehicle insurers to maintain a field presence in Hawaii. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. Repeals on 6/30/2022. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE INTERISLAND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. Repeals chapter 269, part VIII, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the interisland transmission system. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to include a link on the real estate branch's condominium registration and education website to an educational video program produced by the Hawaii Council of Community Associations. Requires a disclaimer that specifies the video program is not produced by the State but is produced as a public service by a private nonprofit advocacy group as a public service to help educate condominium owners, condominium residents, and association board members. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Permits licensed dental hygienists in the State to operate under general, rather than direct, supervision of a licensed dentist.
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RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Makes various updates to the structure and operations of the public utilities commission to increase efficiency and effectiveness, including: establishing guiding principles; establishing docket review and decision-making processes; permitting teleconference and videoconference abilities; specifying senior staff members who must file public financial disclosures; beginning 01/01/18, increasing the number of commissioners to five; updating the composition of the commission; specifying training requirements; clarifying commissioners' ability to appoint and employ staff; clarifying the roles of the executive officer and chief counsel; permitting neighbor island members to receive per diem compensation and compensation for travel expenses; requiring the commission to report to the legislature regarding certain staff duties; and requiring a management audit of the commission. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes and establishes procedures and criteria for prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements, including requiring prescribing psychologists to adhere to all applicable statutory regulations. Requires the board of psychology to report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2021. Takes effect on January 7, 2059. Sunsets August 31, 2025. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires a health carrier with a network plan to maintain a network that is sufficient in numbers with appropriate types of providers to ensure that covered persons have access to covered services. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes speed limits for Hawaii Route 3000, also known as the Lahaina Bypass. Takes effect January 1, 2018. (SD1)
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RELATING TO APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Establishes an appraisal management company registration program within the department of commerce and consumer affairs to conform to minimum standards established under federal law and regulations. Establishes registration requirements, standards, and penalties for violations. Appropriates funds to the department for costs associated with the registration program. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Part I: Purpose section. Part II: Clarifies that when a unit owner and association reach a payment plan to cure a nonjudicial foreclosure, completion of the payment plan is required to cure the default; specifies that if a unit owner and an association have agreed on a payment plan to prevent a nonjudicial foreclosure from proceeding, any association fines imposed while the payment plan is in effect shall not be deemed a default under the payment plan; and clarifies the obligations of a unit owner and an association while a unit owner is not otherwise in default under a payment plan. Part III: Clarifies that the pay first, dispute later provisions in Hawaii's condominium law apply only to common expense assessments claimed by an association of apartment owners; specifies that a unit or apartment owner who disputes the amount of an assessment may request a written statement about the assessment from the association, including that a unit or apartment owner may demand mediation prior to paying contested charges, other than common expense assessments; specifies requirements for mediation on contested charges, except for common expense assessments; and repeals language that permitted associations to convert delinquent fines and late fees into delinquent common expense assessments, if certain conditions were met. Part IV: Makes conforming amendments. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that if a proxy is a standard proxy form authorized by an association, and the proxy is returned with no box checked or more than one box checked, the proxy shall be counted for quorum purposes only. (SD1)
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS. Creates criminal penalties for real estate brokers for improper deposit, segregation, or disposition of client trust account funds. Requires the principal broker to report the client trust account number and name of the managing institution to the real estate commission. Specifies that the principal broker must report changes in the account number and account location within ten days of a change. Authorizes the real estate commission to take action in circuit court to enforce client trust account requirements. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SECURITY INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY. Requires a mortgagee or record assignee to provide to a mortgagor or borrower, upon full satisfaction of the mortgage and discharge of the secured debt, a reassignment or release of security interests in leases and rents that served as additional security for the mortgage. Authorizes title insurers or underwritten title companies to make demands on mortgagees and, in the absence of compliance, to reassign or release mortgagees' security interests in leases and rents on behalf of the mortgagee or record assignee, under certain conditions. Authorizes certain entities to institute an action in any circuit court to obtain the release or reassignment instrument in the absence of compliance of a mortgagee or record assignee. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Extends the Hospital Sustainability Program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SD1)
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RELATING TO NURSING. Allows advanced practice registered nurses with a psychiatric specialization to offer care and services to patients in assisted community treatment programs similar to care and services offered by physicians and other health care service providers. Allows advanced practice registered nurses with a psychiatric specialization to be considered a licensed mental health professional authorized to provide mental health treatment or counseling services to minors. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: preserving the individual health insurance mandate for taxpayers; preserving the premium tax credit for individuals and families with low or moderate income; requiring all health insurance entities, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, HRS, to include ten essential health care benefits, plus additional contraception and breastfeeding coverage benefits; extending dependent coverage for adult children until the children turn twenty-six years of age; prohibiting health insurance entities from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion; prohibiting health insurance entities from using an individual's gender to determine premiums or contributions; and prohibiting health insurance entitles from discriminating with respect to participation against a health care provider acting within the scope of that provider's license or certification. Effective 7/1/2050. Individual mandate requirement repeals 6/30/2021. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHAPTER 245, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Requires retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, or e‑liquid to obtain a retail tobacco permit. Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, and e-liquid. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers of cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, and e-liquid. Imposes an excise tax on electronic smoking devices and e-liquid sold by a wholesaler or dealer on and after 01/01/2018. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Allows the counties to make short term investments with similar authority as the state director of finance. Requires counties' investments in bonds of any improvement district to be of investment grade or supported by the general obligation pledge of the county in which the improvement district is located. (SD1)
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Clarifies the allowable scope of collective bargaining negotiations regarding the rights and obligations of a public employer. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Replaces the Hawaii election campaign fund with the general revenues of the State as the funding source for the operating expenses of the campaign spending commission. Allows the commission to use moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund for investigations if the commission determines that its operating expenses appropriated from general revenues will be insufficient to cover the costs of investigations. Appropriates general revenues to the commission for operating expenses. Takes effect on 01/07/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE. Requires compliance with the Military Selective Service Act to be eligible for enrollment in a state-supported post-secondary institution, qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education, or be eligible for state or county employment or service. Provides exceptions. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LASER DEVICES. Makes it a criminal offense to intentionally or knowingly direct the beam from a laser or laser scope at an occupied aircraft under certain circumstances. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS. Establishes requirements for body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers. Establishes policy guidelines for the use and discontinuance of use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officers. Establishes certain restrictions on the use of body-worn cameras by on-duty law enforcement officers. Adds retention and deletion requirements for body-worn camera footage. Prohibits certain uses of body-worn camera video footage. Establishes violations of recording and retention requirements. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to each county for the purchase of body-worn video cameras; provided that no funds appropriated to a county shall be expended unless matched dollar-for-dollar by the county. Requires the county police departments to report costs of implementing and maintaining the body-worn camera program to the legislature. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO STUDENT MEALS. Prohibits denying a student a meal for the first: (1) 30 days of the first semester of a school year while the student's application for free or reduced lunch is being processed; or (2) week that the student's meal fund balance is zero or negative. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt rules or policies on the collection of funds for negative student meal balances. Requires a report to the legislature. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires police departments to disclose to the Legislature the identity of an officer upon the officer's discharge or second suspension in a five-year period. Requires disclosure of certain information under the Uniform Information Practices Act after a police officer's second suspension in a five-year period. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LABOR. Requires certain employers with fifty or more employees to provide sick leave to service workers for specified purposes under certain conditions. Defines the terms "service worker" and "employer". Provides that an employee need not exhaust all family leave benefits prior to using victim leave benefits. Allows parties to a valid collective bargaining contract executed on or after 1/1/2018 to waive the paid sick leave requirement if certain notification requirements are met. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT. Adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions, respectively. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ATHLETE AGENTS. Adopts the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2015), which: expands the definition of "athlete agent", who shall register with the director of commerce and consumer affairs, to include individuals who, for compensation or the anticipation of compensation, serve a student athlete as a financial advisor or business manager; requires reciprocity for athlete agents who are registered in more than one state; strengthens requirements for athlete agent contracts; and strengthens requirements under which athlete agents shall notify the educational institution at which a student athlete is enrolled. Effective 07/01/2018. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS. Amends the definitions of "disclosure date" and "electioneering communication" pertaining to electioneering disclosure statements. Takes effect on 01/07/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION UNDER CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW. Provides that the period of limitation for a prosecution under the law relating to falsifying a campaign spending report shall commence upon discovery of the alleged offense by the campaign spending commission. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TREASURERS OF CANDIDATE AND NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEES. Requires the treasurer of a candidate or noncandidate committee to maintain itemized records showing the name and address of each contributor, regardless of the contribution amount. Requires that the information regarding the employer and occupation of the contributors be collected and maintained for a candidate committee or noncandidate committee to report certain required information on each candidate committee's or noncandidate committee's schedules. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for one ambulance unit each for the County of Kauai and the County of Hawaii, including equipment, supplies, and personnel costs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTION DOCUMENTS. Repeals the requirement that voters include their social security numbers when signing nomination papers or when petitioning the chief election officer to withdraw their signatures on nomination papers or other petitions.
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Allows a member of a board to provide other members of the board any government record that is open to public inspection, subject to certain conditions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS. Allows courts to authorize a person or entity other than an officer to provide technical assistance in executing a search warrant that pertains to an electronic device or storage media. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RESPONSE TO WRIT FOR CERTIORARI. Authorizes the clerk of the court to grant a single extension of no more than fifteen days for filing with the supreme court a response to an application for writ of certiorari upon timely written request of a party. Clarifies what constitutes a timely request for an extension. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MATERIAL WITNESS ORDERS. Allows the circuit court or family court to issue a material witness order in cases initiated through felony complaint, indictment, or information. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. Appropriates moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Amends the conditions under which the definition of "enter or remain unlawfully" shall apply with reference to criminal trespass in the second degree. Amends the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree to repeal the definition of "reasonable warning or request" and clarify that a reasonable warning or request by an owner or lessee of the commercial premises, the owner's or lesee's authorized agency, or a police officer may be communicated in writing at any time within a one-year period inclusive of the date the incident occurred with certain exceptions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL MONITORING FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS. Requires persons charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant to be fitted with a continuous alcohol monitoring device if the person: (1) has a prior conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant within the past five years; or (2) is currently pending criminal investigation or prosecution for one or more prior charges of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. Establishes a process for certain persons to receive financial relief for the cost of the monitoring devices. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE ZERO TO THREE COURT. Appropriates unspecified funds for staff positions and various services to support the Hawaii zero to three court. Takes effect 2/28/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Establishes the R.E.A.C.H (resources for enrichment, athletics, culture, and health) program in the department of education's community engagement office to provide a standardized framework and funding for after-school programs in public middle and intermediate schools. Requires the community engagement office to report to the legislature. Establishes that the R.E.A.C.H. program will be run by a program specialist to be appointed by the governor. Establishes a special fund to receive fees and other moneys to supplement the costs of administering and operating the R.E.A.C.H. program. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires all limited service pregnancy centers to disclose the availability of and enrollment information for reproductive health services. Establishes privacy and disclosure requirements for individual records and information. Authorizes civil penalties and civil actions for enforcement and remedy. (SD1)
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RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. Removes discriminatory requirements for mandatory insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures to create parity of coverage for same-sex couples, unmarried women, and male-female couples for whom male infertility is the relevant factor. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. Requires health insurance coverage for case management services by qualified mental health providers for victims of sexual violence and abuse. Takes effect on 6/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires an opioid therapy informed consent process agreement to be executed between a patient and any prescriber of opioids within the State under certain conditions. Requires the harm reduction services branch of the department of health to develop and make available a template of an opioid therapy informed consent process agreement for use in the State. Specifies the contents of the template. Requires all opioid therapy informed consent process agreements to be filed with the harm reduction services branch of the department of health for monitoring. Establishes that prescribers who violate the mandatory opioid therapy informed consent process shall be subject to disciplinary action established by the Hawaii Medical Board or the State Board of Nursing. Requires all prescribers who are authorized to prescribe opioids to register with Hawaii's electronic prescription accountability system. Limits initial prescriptions for opioids and benzodiazepines to a maximum of seven consecutive days with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES. Formally establishes the Hawaii keiki: healthy and ready to learn program within the department of education. Establishes a special fund and appropriates moneys to expand and sustain the program and for an evidence-based vision screening tool. Appropriates funds to establish school health service coordinator positions in DOH and DHS. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES. Requires DHS to publish reports of child care facility inspections beginning on 1/1/2018, and complaint investigations on DHS's website. Creates an oversight committee for implementation of and compliance with publication requirements. Requires annual reporting to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES. Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptive supplies to patients, regardless of a previous prescription from an authorized prescriber. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to prescribing and dispensing contraceptive supplies. Enables pharmacists to be reimbursed for prescribing and dispensing contraceptive supplies. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes pharmacists to administer the human papillomavirus, Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis), meningococcal, or influenza vaccine to persons between eleven and seventeen years of age. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to administering the human papillomavirus, Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis), meningococcal, or influenza vaccine. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. Requires barber, beauty operator, and instructor licensees under the board of barbering and cosmetology to complete a one-time, three-hour training program on intimate partner violence awareness and education. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic violence against a family or household member on the part of the police officer shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Strengthens the safe sleep policy for child care facilities for children less than one year of age, including requiring placement of children on their backs for sleeping and establishing notice and annual training requirements; requires such facilities to report death of a child, employee, or household member, within one day of occurrence, to DHS. (SD1)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. Appropriates $150,000 to the office of the long-term care ombudsman to support the long-term care ombudsman on Oahu by establishing a program specialist position and provide funds for contracted services through the office of the long-term care ombudsman in the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER. Makes an appropriation for the aging and disability resource center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SB533 SD1)
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RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE. Requires the executive office on aging to establish the kupuna caregivers program to assist community members in obtaining care for elders while remaining in the workforce. Makes establishment of the kupuna care program mandatory rather than discretionary. Clarifies the kupuna service and support options provided by area agencies on aging within the kupuna care program. Appropriates funds for establishing and implementing the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEARING AIDS. Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/18 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Takes effect on 6/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FALL PREVENTION. Makes an appropriation to the department of health for the full-time equivalent fall prevention and early detection coordinator position established by Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS. Creates and appropriates money to a temporary commission on the thirteenth festival of pacific arts to plan for the historic event to be held in Honolulu from June 11 to June 27, 2020. Effective 4/20/2041. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes allocation of supplemental categorical funding to remote schools, subject to legislative appropriation. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources' division of forestry and wildlife, Maui branch, for invasive species technician positions in east Maui to address invasive plants and animals. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Enacts relevant provisions of the Paris Agreement as Hawaii state law. Requires annual reports. Makes an appropriation. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawai‘i to translate the Hawai‘i State Constitution into the Hawaiian language. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Extends Act 170, SLH 2002, as amended, which provides limited liability protection for county lifeguards and counties providing lifeguard services on beaches or in the ocean, until 6/30/2021. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. Allows the office of information practices to adopt rules that all state and county agencies subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act must follow for consistency in agency record protection responsibilities. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGES. Allows an extended or hanai family member to act as a co-mortgagor in assisting a qualified resident in securing a mortgage to purchase a dwelling unit from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Requires research facilities to make available for adoption healthy cats and dogs that the research facility determines are suitable for adoption and are no longer needed for research. Authorizes research facilities to contract with local animal rescue organizations to facilitate the adoption of the cats and dogs. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION COMMISSION. Amends the membership, mission, and purpose of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Adds representation for the island of Lana‘i. Authorizes the Chairperson to appoint an advisory committee for historical and archival matters. Authorizes the Commission to appoint an Executive Director. Creates the King Kamehameha celebration special fund. Makes an appropriation. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION FEES. Repeals requirement that a disabled veteran be in receipt of disability retirement pay in order to be exempt from the payment of annual vehicle registration fees.
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Creates restrictions on the use of administrative segregation and disciplinary segregation in corrections facilities. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Repeals language requiring documentation of animal feed development costs to be effective for feed development costs incurred after July 1, 2016. Appropriates unspecified funds to the Department of Agriculture for the feed developer grant program and reimbursements to qualified producers for feed costs. Takes effect 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Deletes the sunset provision for Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to make permanent provisions of the Act regarding pretrial risk assessments and parole.
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RELATING TO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. Establishes the research and technology grant program within the high technology development corporation to provide grants to qualified research and technology companies in Hawaii for eligible projects. Establishes program guidelines and eligibility criteria for research and technology companies. Requires eligible projects to foster science, technology, engineering, or mathematics education at the K-12 or university levels. Appropriates funds to the program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the DOE, in collaboration and consultation with the DBEDT; the DLIR; and UH, to develop and implement a K-12 curriculum to career pipeline initiative that will ensure the State's public school students are adequately trained and prepared to enter the State's workforce upon graduation from high school. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the definition of "business" in the State's general excise tax law. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires the department of agriculture, in cooperation with the office of the governor, to develop a strategic plan to double local food production and exports by 2020. Requires the department of agriculture to submit the strategic plan to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2018 in order to codify the strategic plan and benchmarks. Makes an appropriation. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that any violation of a mandatory provision of the State's condominium law by a condominium board of directors or its officers and members is a per se violation of the board's fiduciary duty, but providing a safe harbor provision for a board member who votes for compliance during a board meeting. Balances the right of association members to speak and participate in deliberations and discussions of a board, while ensuring that a board is able to complete its agenda in a timely manner. Requires the notice for board meetings to include a list of items expected to be on the meeting agenda. Requires unapproved final drafts of the minutes of a board meeting to be available within fourteen days after the meeting. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Requires department heads to inform the governor of any vacancy in any board or commission. Requires the governor to maintain a listing of all boards and commissions including specified information. Appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE position to manage listing information for boards and commissions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Exempts tangible and nonperishable gifts received by an elected or appointed official on behalf of the State from gift reporting requirements under the ethics code. Requires the gift to be publicly recorded as property of the State and allows the gift to remain with the official's state agency or be transferred to the state archives or state foundation on culture and the arts at the end of the official's term. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION. Establishes a two-year water conservation financial assistance pilot program to provide financial assistance to county-owned public water systems. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2099. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COUNTY ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY. Authorizes the counties through their employees or authorized agents to enter private property to control or eradicate invasive species and pests. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY PRACTICES. Establishes a model project at a location selected by DLNR to designate areas for planting and growing coconut trees for Hawaiian traditional and customary gathering practices. Appropriates funds for the model project. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires all newly created, replaced, or reprinted state and county letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems to include accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and language. Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and words, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Changes income tax rates after 12/31/16. Repeals the sunset date for amendments made to the refundable food/excise tax credit by Act 223, SLH 2015. Appropriates funds to DOTAX for certain tax preparation assistance outreach programs. Effective 8/30/2050. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2049. Appropriation effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MEDIA ACCESS. Allows the news media, under certain conditions, to access areas that are closed pursuant to emergency management powers of the governor and mayor. Limits the liability of the State and counties. Specifies that the State, counties, and emergency management authority are not responsible for providing logistical support to media accessing emergency areas. Takes effect 5/22/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. Amends the prorated amount of vehicle license and registration fee and weight taxes that rental car companies may pass on to lessees. Requires the motor vehicle rental industry to report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2019 and defines vehicle license recovery fee for purposes of the report. Effective 3/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AN AIRPORT CORPORATION. Authorizes the establishment of the Hawaii airport corporation within the department of transportation for administrative purposes on July 1, 2018. Sets out appointment of members to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Hawaii airport corporation. Transfers the aeronautics functions of DOT to the Hawaii airport authority. Effective 12/16/2066. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Increases the fines for violations of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Increases the fines for speeding violations occurring in a school zone or construction area.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Increases fines for persons who commit the offense of driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Replaces the current renewable energy technology systems tax credit with tax credits for solar energy property, wind energy property, and energy storage property. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2017. Sunsets tax credit 12/31/2035. Effective 7/1/2050. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Requires mortgage servicer licensees to establish an education program that includes development of internal policies, procedures, and controls and a continuing education program for its employees. Defines "nonprofit organization" and lowers the application fee and renewal license fee for nonprofit corporations under the State's mortgage servicer law. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Requires the attorney general to establish procedures for the implementation of uniform statewide eyewitness identification procedures. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Clarifies the grounds under which an employer may take employment action without committing a discriminatory practice. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Extends the sunset date of the Alternative Energy Research and Development Pilot Project to June 30, 2019. Appropriates funds for the Project.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES VII AND X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH A SURCHARGE ON RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT PROPERTY AND VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to advance the State's goal of providing a public education for the children of Hawaii by authorizing the legislature to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on residential investment property and visitor accommodations. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION FUNDING. Establishes an education surcharge on residential investment properties and visitor accommodations for the purpose of funding public education. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Broadens the scope of the early learning program to include early childhood development. Expands the function of the early learning advisory board beyond an advisory capacity and amends the composition and powers of some board members. Allows the board to appoint the director of the executive office on early learning. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS. Grants county agencies the implicit right to enter property to investigate agricultural buildings and structures for violations of and compliance with building code exemption qualifications. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Requires an owner or occupier to provide notice and map of the subdivision or lease to the department of health and various county agencies when subdividing and leasing agricultural land. Grants county and state agencies the right to enter property upon reasonable belief of a violation to investigate for violations of and compliance with agricultural subdivision and lease qualifications and issue citations, fines, and liens. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Amends the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree to include indigenous birds. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO VACATION RENTALS. Establishes an online vacation rental working group to develop effective data collection methods that can assist state and county governments in monitoring the impact that short-term vacation rentals have on tax collections, housing stock, and the State's brand as a vacation destination; address compliance and enforcement challenges; and create effective proposals to ensure certain housing remains in long-term rental or eligible rental use for a mandatory time period. Appropriates funds for the working group to perform its duties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND. In any county where one-third or less of the county's land is classified in the state agricultural district, prohibits: the creation of a condominium property regime on agricultural land 25 acres or greater; a condominium property regime on agricultural land from being amended to allow a single-family dwelling; the subdivision of agricultural land 25 acres or greater for the purpose of creating a condominium property regime; and any project consisting of single-family dwellings created as a condominium under chapter 514B, HRS, or a planned community association under chapter 421J, HRS, in class A or B agricultural lands. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Appropriates funds for the executive office on early learning to enter into contracts with third party providers for family child interaction learning programs. Effective 4/2/2050. (SB711 SD1)
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RELATING TO BUDGET DOCUMENTS. Requires the six-year program and financial plan and budget to include information on tax expenditures. Effective 7/1/18. (SD1)
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RELATING TO JOB TRAINING. Establishes a pilot program where candidates for promotion to supervisor or professional positions can shadow supervisors and professionals and receive supervisory and leadership training. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE SPECIAL ACTION TEAM ON AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. Adds the executive director of the Hawaii community development authority and the executive director of the Hawaii public housing authority to the special action team on affordable rental housing. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC REAL PROPERTY. Establishes a temporary program to clean up state real property after the departure of persons who have illegally camped or lodged on state real property. Requires the Governor to designate the state executive department responsible for the program. Establishes a temporary sheriff patrol program to enforce laws against illegally camping, trespassing, or being present on state real property. Makes appropriations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY COURT OUTREACH PROJECT. Establishes a community court outreach project in the City and County of Honolulu from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020. Requires, under the project, the Judiciary to operate a mobile court that travels to community sites where defendants cited or arrested for nonviolent offenses live or congregate and disposes of the cases after plea agreements have been reached by the Honolulu prosecuting attorney and public defender. Appropriates general funds. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. Requires the Governor to prepare a deferred maintenance plan to gradually eliminate the deferred maintenance costs of all state-owned buildings, facilities, and other improvements. Requires the initial plan to be submitted to the Legislature with the executive budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021. Requires the Governor to prepare annual updates. Imposes the same requirements on the Chief Justice for Judiciary-owned buildings, facilities, and other improvements. Makes an appropriation to the Office of the Governor and to the Judiciary. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE CONCUSSION PROGRAM. Makes an appropriation for the concussion education and monitoring program and concussion and awareness program for school athletics and youth athletic activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EFFICIENCY MEASURES. Recommences the efficiency measures pilot project first required under Act 67, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Adds as a purpose of the University of Hawaii community college system the provision of occupational training and certification programs designed to rapidly qualify persons to fill new and hard-to-fill position classes of the State, counties, and private sector that require technical skills. Appropriates funds for the programs. Effective 5/12/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO BONDS. Restricts the use of general obligation or revenue bond proceeds to pay for the unfunded pension or other post-employment benefit liabilities accrued for state employees or retirees, by requiring a two-thirds majority vote of each house of the legislature to enact legislation that authorizes the use of bond proceeds for such purposes. Effective August 30, 2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES. Clarifies certain elements of the behavior analyst law, including: clarifying the definition of "practice of behavior analysis"; clarifying the individuals who may implement behavior analysis services, including individuals who are supervised by a licensed professional working within that licensed professional's recognized scope of practice, when that scope of practice overlaps with the practice of behavior analysis; and exempting caregivers from the licensure requirements for behavior analysts. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES. Requires the department of human services to post its inspection records of child care facilities that involve substantiated complaints on a public website and submit an annual report to the legislature of certain information from inspection records related to child care facilities. Appropriates funds to the department of human services for the posting of child care facility inspection records and an annual report to the legislature. (SD1)
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RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Forces the lapse of a fiscal year 2016-2017 appropriation for the HI growth initiative that is not expected to be expended. Re-appropriates the lapsed appropriation for the HI growth initiative. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds to the High Technology Development Corporation for the Small Business Innovation Research Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds to the High Technology Development Corporation for the Manufacturing Development Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS. Expands methods for the delivery of funding to projects under the Hawaii community-based economic development technical and financial assistance program by providing loans to capitalize a qualified community development entity. Removes the cap on loan amounts and terms under the program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the high-growth grant program and special fund to provide grants to qualified businesses for certain business development activities. Makes appropriations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an industrial hemp special fund to carry out the purposes of the industrial hemp pilot program by the department of agriculture. Requires each county to recognize the cultivation of industrial hemp and industrial hemp cultivated for the purposes of the pilot program as an agricultural product, use, and activity. Specifies that any agricultural land used for cultivation of industrial hemp for the purposes of the pilot program shall qualify for the minimum dedication period and be assessed at the lowest percentage of fair market value. Limits the cultivation of industrial hemp to licensed owners, lessees, or occupiers of lands within the state agricultural land district. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect on 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. Restructures the Hawaii invasive species council as the Hawaii invasive species authority, administratively attached to the department of agriculture, to coordinate implementation of the Hawaii interagency biosecurity plan and to improve coordination of the State's invasive species prevention, early detection, rapid response, control, enforcement, and outreach programs. Appropriates funds to implement the authority and relevant interagency invasive species projects. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Makes an appropriation to implement the recommendations of the joint fact finding study group's report on pesticide use by large agribusinesses on Kauai. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Repeals the provision that makes the claiming of the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit contingent upon the tax credit for the aquarium and marine science research facility at Ko Olina Resort and the training and educational facilities at Makaha Resort being repealed, exhausted, or expired. Clarifies definition of "qualified agricultural costs." Repeals the provision that the Department of Agriculture must cease certifying credits after 2017. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2017. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules to substitute references to "medical marijuana" and like terms with "medical cannabis" and like terms. Requires the department of health to make all conforming revisions to documents, letterhead, websites, and other necessary items by December 31, 2019. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TELECOMMUTING. Establishes a temporary telecommuting task force to develop incentives and recommendations to encourage and expand telecommuting opportunities in the public and private sectors. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Establishes an income tax credit to assist farmers with expenses associated with compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act. Establishes the Food Safety Modernization Act special fund. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HAWAII PESTICIDES LAW. Increases the amount of moneys from the pesticide use revolving fund that the Department of Agriculture may retain to carry out its statutory mandate. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Makes an appropriation to the department of land and natural resources for the operational expenses and staffing costs of the Hawaii association of conservation districts. Effective 7/1/2099. (SD1)
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RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for health care services provided by a naturopathic physician. Requires the insurance commissioner to receive and investigate complaints regarding discrimination with respect to participation under a health insurance plan against any health care provider. Effective 6/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PUNA DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER. Appropriates funds for a post-secondary distance learning center in the Puna district within Hawaii Community College. Effective 5/12/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING. Requires LRB to conduct a feasibility study that includes the costs associated with the implementation of audiovisual technology in both chambers of the legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the department of education to offer voluntary training for teachers and educational officers on sex trafficking prevention. Requires the department to provide explanatory information about sex trafficking prevention and response to teachers and educational officers.
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RELATING TO THE PUNA DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL PARK. Appropriates funds for a feasibility study for planning and land acquisition for an agricultural park in the Puna district. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Expands the Hawaiian language college's functions. Authorizes a Hawaiian language medium general education coursework pilot project. Supports the development of an implementation plan for Hawaiian language instruction throughout the University of Hawaii system. Requires the University of Hawaii to report to the legislature each year with information about efforts to implement education taught through the Hawaiian language. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Prohibits any lessee who transfers a lease from being placed on the wait list again and from purchasing another lease. Reduces the minimum Hawaiian blood quantum requirement of certain conditions and successors to lessees of Hawaiian home lands from one-quarter to one thirty-second. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Requires the Chief Information Officer to identify the information technology projects of the executive branch, including DOE and UH, that shall be subject to independent verification and validation. Requires the Chief Information Officer to award, administer, and manage the independent verification and validation contracts.
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RELATING TO LABOR. Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to issue a stop-work order to an employer for violations of chapter 388, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the payment of wages and other compensation, or administrative rules adopted pursuant to that chapter. Establishes the process for notification of an employer of a stop-work order, appeals process, penalties for violations, and judicial review. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that the submission of a voter registration application either to register to vote or update the voter's registration information constitutes a request for permanent absentee voter status unless the applicant specifically indicates the applicant does not wish to be a permanent absentee voter. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes that employers shall pay all workers' compensation claims for compensable injuries and shall not deny claims without reasonable cause or during a pending investigation. Creates a presumption of compensability for claims submitted by employees excluded from coverage under the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act. Establishes that employers shall notify providers of service of any billing disagreements and allows providers to charge an additional rate to employers who fail to adhere to the notice requirements. Establishes resolution procedures for employers and providers who have a reasonable disagreement over liability for services provided an injured worker. Requires an employee whose claim is found to be non-compensable to submit reimbursements for services rendered. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Allows an employee to have a chaperone present and use a recording device, with the examiner's approval, during the medical examination relating to a work injury under workers' compensation. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Requires any person applying for a license as an electrical contractor or electronic systems contractor to possess a trade license or an electrical engineering degree from an accredited college to perform electrical work in the State. Exempts public utilities and community antennae television companies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE STATE RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION. Amends the responsibilities of the Comptroller to acquire risk management, investigative, claims adjustment, actuarial, and other services on a fee for services compensation method through an exemption of applicable sections in chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that do not allow this. (SD2)
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RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES. Establishes a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge of 1.5 per cent of prepaid wireless service purchased at the point of sale. Allows sellers to deduct and retain 3 per cent of the surcharges collected to offset administrative expenses, but requires sellers to remit the balance of surcharges collected to the Enhanced 911 fund on a specified periodic basis. Effective on July 1, 2018. (SD2)
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONALLY LICENSED OR CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Clarifies that the State shall be exclusively liable for claims for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death, resulting from the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any professionally licensed or certified employee of the State while acting within the scope of the employee's office or employment. Precludes civil actions or proceedings for money damages against the employee, except for claims based on liability other than an employee's scope of employment with the State or other employer. Clarifies liability when the State agrees to assume full or partial responsibility in a civil action against a professional licensed or certified employee. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR CHILD SUPPORT. Amends the income withholding requirements to impose a fine against any employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding, or who fails to comply with an order of assignment of future income. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COVERED OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Allows the attorney general to disclose confidential covered offender registration information to criminal justice agencies for administration of criminal justice and covered offender registration purposes and to disclose an indication of a covered offender's current obligation to register, if any, in response to a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history record check conducted pursuant to section 846-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Establishes the offense of criminal trespass onto state lands to the penal code. Amends the offenses of criminal trespass in the second degree to apply to government agricultural property regardless of whether it is fenced, enclosed, or otherwise secured. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Adds the child support enforcement agency, the departments of taxation, human services, and labor and industrial relations, and the counties, to the list of entities that are authorized to conduct criminal history record checks on employees, prospective employees, and contractors, if applicable, who have access to federal tax information. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FIREARMS OWNED, POSSESSED, OR CONTROLLED BY PERSONS WHO POSE A SERIOUS RISK OF VIOLENCE OR HARM TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Allows law enforcement to seize and retain firearms or ammunition owned, possessed, or controlled by a person who poses a serious risk of violence or harm to public safety, pursuant to court order. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Amends the definition of "community-based organization." Amends the qualifications for community-based economic development grants to include technical assistance to community-based organizations. Reduces the number of Community-based Economic Development Advisory Council members from twelve to ten. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Changes the name of the High Technology Development Corporation to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Changes all references in Chapter 201M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from "high technology" to "technology." Repeals the Hawaii Software Service Center established within the High Technology Development Corporation. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT. Adopt a more explicit definition of "small business," clarify the powers of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, increase the number of board members from nine to eleven, and clarify when reporting by the agencies is required for submission to the board and for submission by the board to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ENERGY ASSURANCE. Addresses deficiencies in Hawaii's fuel shortage response and energy emergency (energy assurance) statutes; provides policy guidance on preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against any actual or potential energy supply disruption or shortage to preserve the State's energy security and to ensure that fuel products and energy resources are made available to emergency services and the public in an orderly, efficient, and safe manner. (SD2)
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUELS TAX CREDIT. Replaces the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism requirements related to the certification, administration and verification of the renewable fuels production tax credit with a survey. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. Increases the Hula Mae Multifamily Revenue Bond authorization amount. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE DOWNPAYMENT LOAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Expands the Downpayment Loan Program to provide greater assistance for eligible borrowers to become first-time homebuyers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY OF THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Provides a means for the EUTF to void claims for reimbursement of medicare part B premiums or any other debt payable that total less than $500 and are older than ten years. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO STAFF OF THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Classifies EUTF staff positions created after 7/1/2014 to be designated civil service employees. Appropriates funds for EUTF to employ staff through the civil service system. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Extends benefit finalization period for December 31 retirements; changes interest rate for late benefit finalizations; extends deadline for employer payments under section 88-100, Hawaii Revised Statues; allows delegation of certain disability retirement and service connected death benefit approval functions. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AUTHORIZATION. Creates a framework for authorizing post-secondary degree-granting educational institutions that have applied for accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Effective 5/12/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY TO ADJUST PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING FEES. Updates section 92-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include all of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' professional and vocational licensing chapters to allow for the flexibility of decreasing or increasing fees in a timely manner, subject to the approval of the Governor. Takes effect on June 1, 2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CITATIONS FOR BEAUTY CULTURE VIOLATIONS. Authorizes the issuance of a citation for specific violations of beauty culture laws by licensees and permittees. Sets forth a process for licensees and permittees to contest the citation and provides for the assessment of fines for each violation. (SD2)
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL RETENTION OF ATTORNEYS. Revises the Division of Financial Institution's exemption from the general prohibition against departmental employment or retention of attorneys by removing the reference to mortgage loan recovery fund actions.
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Updates requirements under chapter 454M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to mortgage servicers, including: requiring the commissioner of financial institutions to approve a change in control of a licensee; identifying when an individual is presumed to control a mortgage servicer; clarifying which persons associated with a mortgage servicer are subject to interviews and examination and various disclosure requirements; and adding a definition for "executive officer". Takes effect 09/01/2017. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATION. Updates the State's mortgage loan origination law to clarify: persons subject to criminal history disclosures and criminal history background checks on applications for licensure and change in control of the licensee; procedures for change in control of a licensee; persons who must disclose their relevant criminal history and criminal history background checks upon application for licensure and change of control of the licensee; criminal background check fee requirements; and conditions under which an employee performing mortgage loan origination activities for a nonprofit is exempt from registration and licensure as a mortgage loan originator. Takes effect 09/01/2017. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides the insurance commissioner express prior approval authority over long-term care insurance rates. Makes housekeeping amendments. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Conforms monetary penalties for insurance fraud with penal code monetary penalties for a class C felony and misdemeanor. Clarifies process for insurers applying for an original certificate of authority and transferring insurers amending corporate documents after a transfer. Specifies fee for a certificate of authority for an application for motor vehicle self-insurance. Permits insurance commissioner to issue a declaration before an event that may require the use of nonresident adjusters. Beginning 1/1/2019, conforms producer licensing requirements to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Producer Licensing Model Act. Allows third-party claimants to claim general excise tax and certificate of ownership fee in total loss claims. Requires certain costs and expenses incurred by the commissioner during supervisory procedures to be paid or reimbursed by insurer assets. Makes housekeeping amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Makes various updates to title 24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including: requiring health care providers to continue providing services during a health insurer insolvency; moving the short-term health insurance preexisting disclosure requirement to a more appropriate article; correcting a technical error in the definition of "perceived gender identity"; clarifying that health insurers are part of the Hawaii life and disability insurance guaranty association; and making housekeeping amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. Establishes the Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security and establishes the position of Hawaii State Fusion Center Director who shall be state-funded, responsible to the Director of Homeland Security, and accountable to manage the day-to-day operations of the fusion center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOMELESS SHELTERS. Establishes that emergency shelters may provide partitioned space for homeless persons or families based upon guidelines determined by the department of human services. Extends the effective date for Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, by one year. Takes effect June 30, 2017. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Provides that certain areas within Hawaii Public Housing Authority housing projects are closed to the public and requirements for signage notifying trespassers of illegal entry. Amends the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree to permit the prosecution of an unauthorized entry or a violation of a written prohibition to enter into certain housing projects. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SERVICES PERFORMED BY CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES. Establishes permanent civil service positions for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide services historically and customarily performed by civil service employees in connection with creating housing opportunities for homeless individuals and others in need. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY PROGRAM. Extends exemption from civil service for medical marijuana dispensary program staff in the Department of Health hired after July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020. Takes effect 6/29/2017. (SD2)
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Repeals the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund and deposits moneys from the fund's revenue sources into the general fund, and appropriates an equivalent amount of general funds for the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Limits the exemption from payment of parking meter fees to vehicles that display a distinguishing parking permit or decal issued to an applicant who presents a certificate of disability that verifies that the applicant is licensed to drive a motor vehicle and cannot reach or operate a parking meter because of a physical disability. Takes effect 7/1/2018. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TIER II FILING FEES FOR REPORTING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. Changes the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, Tier II filing fee from $100 to $200 to provide needed preparedness resources to Local Area Planning Committees.
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RELATING TO RECORDATION TRANSACTION FEES. Expands the uses of the transaction fee authorized under Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, and clarifies that the transaction fee shall be repealed on the effective date of administrative rules adopted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources that include the establishment of a transaction fee or on July 1, 2022, whichever occurs first. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EXEMPTION FOR AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. Clarifies procedures for an exemption from building permit and building code requirements pursuant to section 46-88, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and clarifies that section 46-88 does not exempt any new or existing agricultural buildings, structures, related appurtenances, or other development from local, state, or federal floodplain management development standards, ordinances, codes, statutes, rules, or regulations pursuant to National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ON CERTAIN STATE LANDS. Decriminalizes traffic infractions within natural area reserves, game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public hunting areas. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO VESSELS AGROUND. Clarifies that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) may assume immediate control of a vessel that is grounded on state submerged land, a shoreline, or a coral reef, or in imminent danger of breaking up, if the vessel cannot be removed by the owner within twenty-four hours from the time the vessel is grounded and effective salvage operations have not begun. Clarifies that the Department may assume immediate control of a vessel grounded on a sand beach, sand bar, or mudflat not in imminent danger of breaking up after the owner has been given seventy-two hours' notice to remove the vessel and has not done so. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. Expands the powers and duties of the stadium authority to develop the stadium property and establish a stadium complex area. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Creates a new exception to the law relating to lie detector tests for lie detector tests and psychological tests administered by a corrections agency. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to make it consistent with amendments in federal controlled substances law as required under the authority to schedule controlled substances. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ESTATE AND GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAXES. Clarifies the situs of property where the property is held by the decedent through a single member limited liability company that has not elected to be taxed as a corporation. Eff. 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Expands the authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor vehicle and motor carrier vehicle inspections in the State. Upgrades the methods and procedures of state motor vehicle inspections. Clarifies the distinction between the inspection certificate expiration data and the vehicle's insurance expiration date. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Temporarily exempts the Department of Transportation and its contractors from certain state requirements for certain bridge rehabilitation projects by extending the end date to June 30, 2022. Effective 6/29/17. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides exemptions from vehicle registration, safety inspection, and driver licensure requirements for marine terminal equipment operating on roads between Sand Island parkway and Sand Island access road. Allows the operation of marine terminal equipment between Sand Island parkway and Sand Island access road. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Clarifies that failure to register a firearm within the required time period does not relieve the owner of the duty to register the firearm. Allows the owner of an unregistered firearm to register the firearm thereafter without penalty. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires that certain agencies be notified when a firearm permit application is denied because the applicant is prohibited from owning, possessing, receiving, or controlling a firearm under federal or state law. Requires the firearms permit issuing authority to notify the court that issued a protective or restraining order on an applicant, as applicable, upon notification of a permit denial. Requires the department of public safety to notify the probation or parole officer of an applicant, if applicable, upon notification of a permit denial. Takes effect 5/22/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires PSD to work with the Social Security Administration to enter into an agreement to obtain replacement social security cards for inmates. Requires PSD, in conjunction with DOH, DOT, and the examiner of drivers of each county, to provide Hawaii-born inmates with copies of birth certificates and driver's licenses or civil ID cards free of charge. Requires PSD to assist inmates born outside of Hawaii to obtain birth certificates and photo IDs. Requires PSD to initiate the process of obtaining social security cards, birth certificates, driver's licenses, and civil ID cards at least ninety days prior to release for inmates released to work furlough, extended furlough, or community placement programs. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the UH system to develop a 5- and 10-year campus master plan that includes academic and facilities plans. Establishes goals that the campus master plan should strive to achieve, and considerations to be integrated into the plan. Effective 5/12/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Establishes and defines a three-year small business assistance initiative and its parts within the state procurement office to develop an effective small business state contracting program. Establishes a small business assistance coordinator position, small business office, and small business advisory group as part of the initiative. Appropriates funds for the administration and operation of the initiative. Repeals the initiative on June 30, 2020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Requires the family court to terminate parental rights if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the natural parent committed sexual assault of the other natural parent, the child was conceived as a result of the sexual assault by the parent, and termination of parental rights is in the best interests of the child, under certain conditions. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Exempts from disqualification or rejection a bid that includes a listed subcontractor whose license is not valid at the time of the bid due to a lapse in continuous insurance and bond coverages if the subcontractor meets certain conditions. Requires procurement officers to report any unlicensed activity at the time of the bid to the contractors license board. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Provides a bidder of a public works construction project with two hours after the closing of bids to clarify and correct certain information regarding subcontractors. Prohibits bid shopping and bid peddling for the competitive sealed bidding process. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL. Appropriates funds to SFCA to fund celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii state capitol. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies that a mutual benefit society shall maintain a minimum net worth calculated based on gross annual premium revenues and gross annual health care expenditures. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Makes appropriations for personnel and equipment for the Hawaii Community College Agriculture Program. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Requires the governor to appoint six Hawaii tourism authority board of directors' members within ninety days of receiving lists of nominees from the president of the senate and from the speaker of the house of representatives. Requires the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives to appoint those members if the vacancy continues after ninety days. Requires that executive meeting minutes be available to any legislator upon request. Requires that information relating to market plans and strategies discussed at executive session be disclosed after the execution of the market plans and strategies. Requires the Hawaii tourism authority to report, at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, summary descriptions and planned and actual expenditures of contracts and agreements entered into by the authority and a detailed annual budget for the authority for a two-year period covering the current and immediately preceding fiscal years to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, and chairs of legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over tourism or financial oversight. Requires that authority expenditures of more than $50,000 be approved by the board of directors. Repeals the authority's exemption from chapter 103D. Requires the authority to apply rules established pursuant to chapter 103D or create their own rules pursuant to chapter 91 that would supersede the rules of chapter 103D for competitive bidding for certain contracts. Requires that the authority establish an advisory group that meets monthly. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT. Requires that to qualify for the tax credit a production must provide evidence of recognition, ability to understand, and efforts to respect and comply with cultural and environmental sensitivities in sensitive locations; including employing or contracting for the services of cultural resources or historical, cultural, or language experts to advise the production. Requires that to qualify for the tax credit a production must agree that if the production claims a credit of more than $8,000,000, the production will provide an advanced screening of the finished product in the county of the island in which the majority of the production took place. Clarifies that qualified expenditures are required to be expended within this State. Places an aggregated annual cap on credits of $30 million per calendar year. Allows a taxpayer to claim all or some of the credit unused due to the cap in the subsequent calendar year. Amends Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, to extend the sunset date from 1/1/2019, to 1/1/24. Requires DBEDT to submit an annual report to the legislature regarding the activities and expenditures of the tax credit. Clarifies that no rule shall be adopted to expand the scope of the tax credit where the rule conflicts with legislative intent. Requires DBEDT to conduct a financial audit of every film production in the State. Requires DBEDT, in collaboration with Department of Taxation, to submit to the governor and the legislature a report on the number of jobs created in the State and the fiscal impact of every film production receiving the tax credit in the State; provided that each report shall be independently verified and audited for accuracy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CARBON FORESTRY CERTIFICATION. Appropriates funds for certification of a reforestation carbon project at Haleakala, Maui, operated by DLNR, under an established forest carbon standard certification system. Requires DLNR to submit an annual report on the project certification to the governor and legislature. Effective 7/1/2099. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT. Requires the department of education to set a standard for retention of student records of not less than one hundred years. Allows the department of education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUI ALL NATURAL ALTERNATIVE, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Maui All Natural Alternative, LLC with the development of a project to provide municipal sludge processing and renewable energy at the Wailuku-Kahului wastewater reclamation facility on Maui.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Allows the terms of collective bargaining agreements and associated provisions to be deemed the prevailing wages and terms serving as the basis of compliance with chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the construction of certain rental housing projects. Expands the types of rental housing projects that can be exempt from general excise taxes. Sunsets on an unspecified date. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a medical aid in dying act that establishes a regulatory process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease may obtain a prescription for medication to be self-administered to end the patient's life. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Exempts housing developments reserved for persons or families with incomes up to 80% of the area median income located in a county having a population greater than 500,000 from school impact fee requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the strategic plan developed by the Hawaii interagency council for transit-oriented development to require that affordable housing be included as part of the development or redevelopment plan for any state property located within one-half mile of the Honolulu rail transit system, unless the council determines that housing is not feasible or desirable on a particular property. Requires every development or redevelopment plan to include housing with thirty per cent reserved for graduated area medium incomes. Allows a developer to build less housing units than required at one state parcel if the developer builds additional housing at another state parcel within one-half mile of the rail line to offset the reduction. Effective 12/16/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates moneys for the executive director of the Hawaii community development authority to conduct a feasibility study regarding: (1) the Hawaii community development authority assuming the role of planning, developing, and redeveloping all state-owned lands, except lands administered by the Hawaii public housing authority, within one mile of the Honolulu rail transit system; and (2) creating a new community development district along the Honolulu rail corridor. Requires report to legislature. Effective 3/15/2092. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PRESERVING CORAL REEFS. Prohibits the use or application of sunscreen, sunblock, or cosmetic containing oxybenzone while on a beach or in the ocean unless the sunscreen, sunblock, or cosmetic is a prescription drug. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS REDUCTION PLAN. Clarifies that the comprehensive loss reduction plan of the HHRF shall include implementing building code requirements for hurricane standards in accordance with state building code and design standards.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM. Establishes the University of Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any campus of the University of Hawaii system or any community college campus. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AERONAUTICS. Replaces criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in the laws relating to aeronautics or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto, with a civil penalty. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY. Requires any report of a study or an audit enacted with a legislative appropriation and conducted by an executive department or agency, including the Hawaii health systems corporation, and by the legislative reference bureau, auditor, judiciary, or Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to be submitted to the senate president, speaker of the house, chairs of the appropriate subject matter committee of each house, and the legislative reference bureau library. Requires a public hearing or informational briefing within one year of receipt of report, except if extension granted to the hearing or briefing requirement by the senate president or speaker of the house of representatives or if the requirement is waived by the senate president or speaker of the house of representative. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HEALTH CARE PRIVACY HARMONIZATION ACT. Identifies certain circumstances under which the State has a compelling interest in the disclosure, use, and production of de-identified protected health information under the Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act; provided that the information has been de-identified pursuant to title 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 164. (SD1)
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RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES. Establishes common interest agricultural communities. Exempts offers or dispositions of interests of land registered as common interest agricultural community from the uniform land sales practices act. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HE‘EIA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the initial staff necessary to develop and manage the He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve and its programs. Eff. 3/14/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the requirement that 10% of revenues from the county surcharge on state tax be withheld to reimburse the State for administrative costs. Sunsets if an ordinance that allows the capital costs of a rapid transportation system to be paid from county funds is not enacted before December 31, 2017. Requires the mayor of the county to submit certain plans with respect to the rapid transportation system. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS PROGRAM. Clarifies the definition of "underserved" or "at-risk" children as it relates to the priority given to these children for the Preschool Open Doors program. Provides that priority among undeserved or at-risk children shall be given to children whose family income is at or below 250 per cent of the federal poverty level. Effective 7/1/2018. (SD2)
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RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds to the department of accounting and general services to create a master plan and environmental impact statement for the construction of a new Aloha Stadium. Effective 4/2/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Specifies that the State and counties cannot prohibit, regulate, or charge for the co-location of small wireless facilities or small wireless facilities networks beyond the provisions of this Act. Provides various state and county zoning rules and classifications regarding the co-location of small wireless facilities and small wireless facilities networks. Describes the application process and rates for co-location. Repeals those sections of Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, that have been codified within the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. Directs the mayor of each county to designate an officer to oversee any public-private partnerships entered into by the county. Authorizes counties to develop public-private partnerships to construct relief sewers for affordable housing development projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. (SD1)
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to DBEDT in each of fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to address the FDA's industry guidance on the use of color additives in sea salt products. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. Makes permanent the affirmation requirement and form that is filed by an attorney on behalf of a mortgagee who is seeking to foreclose on a residential property under a judicial foreclosure action. Repeals the affirmation requirement of an attorney who files a complaint in a mortgage foreclosure action that would have been effective on 07/01/2017.
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS. Exempts all proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules from the exclusive, original jurisdiction of the environmental courts.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Stipulates that the auditor will contract with a suitable entity to conduct a study of closed claims in the workers' compensation system that includes the study of processing time for closed claims. Extends the deadline for the study to 11/30/2018 and the deadline for the legislative report to twenty days prior to the regular session of 2019. Makes an appropriation for the study. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH. Appropriates funds for research on prevention and mitigation of Rapid Ohia Death. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE. Requires DLNR to submit proposed legislation to the legislature by the 2019 regular session including a definition of "sustainable", a policy for sustainable collection practices of near shore aquatic life, limits on collection, and any additional resources required by the department. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Authorizes qualified nonprofit housing trusts to repurchase affordable units developed with government assistance when a government entity waives its first right of refusal to repurchase the unit. Authorizes counties to waive a first right of refusal to repurchase a privately-developed affordable housing unit built pursuant to a unilateral agreement or similar instrument. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes requirements for operating an autocycle. Defines autocycle. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE. Requires principal brokers in a brokerage firm to ensure that: associated real estate licensees and other staff who assist in providing management services for common interest communities are responsive to requests from owners regarding association-related finances, documents, records, and information; and any request from the real estate commission to distribute commission-generated information, materials, or documents to an association, a board of directors, or a unit owner in a common interest community is completed within ten days after receiving the request. Clarifies that any violation of a mandatory provision of the State's condominium law by a board or its officers and members is a per se violation of the board's fiduciary duty. Provides safe harbor for a board member who votes for compliance during a board meeting. (SD1)
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RELATING TO SECURITY GUARDS. Streamlines the application and renewal process for security guards by: allowing for self-attestation of the educational requirement; reducing the number of hours of instruction for initial licensure; reducing the frequency of the four-hour continuing education requirement to every other renewal period; and authorizing alternative formats of continuing education instruction. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Directs HHFDC or any appropriate entity of the State to initiate negotiations to keep the units of the Front Street Apartments on the island of Maui affordable or to acquire the Front Street Apartments property. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Allows the minutes at public agency meetings to be kept by written or recorded by analog or digital means. If the minutes are recorded, requires that a written summary accompany minutes, and that the written summary include any significant actions taken by the board, including motions and votes made by the board. Requires recorded minutes to be available within ten days after the board meeting, with certain exceptions. Requires the board to maintain reasonable care of any original or duplicate recordings of minutes that are recorded by analog or digital means. Takes effect on July 1, 2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. Establishes that for a second offense that occurs within five years, rather than one year, of the first conviction of the offense of abuse of a family or household member is a misdemeanor and the person shall be termed a "repeat offender". Establishes that a third or subsequent offense that occurs within five, rather than two, years of a second or subsequent conviction of the offense is a class C felony and allows the prosecution to use prior convictions of the offense of abuse of a family or household member as evidence in the instant offense committed by a repeat offender. Requires the court to immediately order the defendant incarcerated to serve the mandatory sentence imposed for failure to complete the domestic violence intervention program or violation of any other condition of a sentence imposed pursuant to a deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea. Requires the judiciary, in cooperation with the prosecutor of each county and police department of each county, to annually compile and report on statistics regarding arrests, charges, convictions, and other dispositions based on the offense of abuse of a family or household member. Repeals and reenacts the offense of abuse of a family or household member on 6/30/2020. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PRIVATE TRADE, VOCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. Clarifies the scope of the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure program within the department of education. Establishes a licensing fee to ensure the sustainability of the licensure program. Establishes a license renewal process and fee. Creates the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure special fund. Appropriates moneys for one full-time equivalent position within the department of education to administer licensing. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HPC FOODS, LTD. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist HPC Foods, Ltd., to fund multi-project capital improvement programs, the construction of facilities, and other processing activities. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Repeals the requirement that a certain amount of the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the tourism special fund be used for the development and implementation of initiatives to take advantage of expanded visa programs and increased travel opportunities for international visitors to Hawaii. Increases the allocation to the counties from $93,000,000 to $108,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after 6/30/2017. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. Amends statutory language on liquor license application and operating procedures for clarity. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE HILO COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DISTRICT. Establishes the Hilo community economic district located in East Hawaii and places it under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii community development authority. Establishes the Hilo community economic revolving fund. Requires all revenue, income, and receipts of HCDA for the district to be deposited in the Hilo community economic revolving fund, and a designated per cent to be transferred to the special land and development fund under the department of land and natural resources. (SD2)
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN HIGHER EDUCATION. Establishes an undergraduate health sciences academy at the University of Hawaii to increase recruitment and retention of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and first generation college students. Appropriates funds. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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RELATING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS. Provides an exemption to the one-year residency requirement for appointment to a county chief of police position. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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RELATING TO CHARTER TOUR OPERATORS. Provides that charter tour operators may deposit sums subject to section 468L-23, HRS, in a trust account maintained in a federally insured financial institution serving as the depository bank for a public charter program subject to federal regulations. Permits charter tour operators to maintain client trust accounts in a federally insured financial institution located out of State, if certain conditions are met. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Establishes an office of public-private partnership within the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Requires that the office create a strategic plan; create collaboration amongst state agencies to identify and implement public-private projects; and oversee and implement the public-private projects. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Allows county councils to establish Neighborhood Revitalization Boards to be administered by the counties for the purpose of developing neighborhood revitalization plans for areas in each county. Allows Neighborhood Revitalization Boards to request funding and requires the counties to provide an unspecified percentage of matching funds for any neighborhood revitalization plan or project that receives state funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF MIDWIVES. Establishes the board of midwifery to regulate the practice of midwifery by certified midwives and certified professional midwives. Requires licensing of certified midwives and certified professional midwives to commence beginning on July 1, 2020. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to convene a working group of interested stakeholders and submit a report to the legislature. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO HAWAII FOOD RESILIENCY. Makes various appropriations to implement the recommendations of the increased food security and food self-sufficiency strategy. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a strategy and goals for increased food security and self-sufficiency in Hawaii. Effective 3/9/2092. (SD1)
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