THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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TIME: |
10:00 A.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit.
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PSM/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Provides for additional use of the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette certification fees to support the state fire council and its programs and activities.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases the fireworks display permit fee.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Repeals the requirement for the county of Kauai to contract with the Kauai Humane Society to provide animal services.
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PSM/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Prohibits the hiring of a state or county law enforcement officer if the candidate's previous position as a law enforcement officer was terminated while the officer was in poor employment standing. Requires background checks for prospective police officers.
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PSM/LBR, WAM |
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Requires the counties to take into custody abandoned vehicles on public roads within ten business days. Specifies that the requirement to provide written notice to the registered owner of an abandoned vehicle under section 290-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, applies only to those abandoned vehicles that have been reported stolen. Amends the conditions that constitute a derelict vehicle under section 290-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Repeals section 290-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requiring the disposal of abandoned vehicles by public auction. (SD1)
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PSM/TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SPINLAUNCH. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist SpinLaunch Inc., with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a satellite launch system.
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PSM/ETT, WAM |
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RELATING TO FOUND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. Clarifies that found electronic devices that may contain personal information shall be sanitized before providing the unclaimed property to finders or disposing of the property by public auction or other means.
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PSM/TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes expedited approvals for affordable housing projects seeking district boundary amendments for land areas of fifteen acres or less under the jurisdiction of the counties. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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PSM/HOU, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD. Allow the Department to recoup operating costs when the department allows for temporary facility use to the public. Currently, the law requires all monies received from the rentals shall be deposited into the general fund of the State.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE CHARGEABLE TRANSIENT QUARTERS REVOLVING FUND. Creates a Chargeable Transient Quarters revolving fund into which lodging and billet fees are deposited and accounted for.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a death and for children who witness domestic violence.
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PSM/CPH, WAM |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for Department of Public Safety to reimburse the Department of Human Services for specialty out-of-facility care and to pay the increased costs for pharmacy services.
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PSM/HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the Department of Public Safety to establish key performance indicators for inmate reentry system. Requires reports, using key performance indicators, to be provided to the legislature. Creates the annual corrections and program report as a consolidated report of other annual reports. (SD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires DPS to establish performance indicators. Requires semi-annual reports of the established performance indicators, criminal offender treatment programs, and programs established pursuant to the Community Safety Act. (SD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Allows state projects to be designed and constructed using an alternative code that is most cost effective to a project, subject to certain conditions, including health and safety. (SD1)
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PSM/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO BIOFUEL. Requires fuel sold in the State to contain no less than ten per cent biofuel by volume. Sets amount of fine for violating biofuel requirement. Amends definition of "biofuels" to include ethanol and biodiesel. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION. Makes the motor vehicle registration fee for U-drive motor vehicles consistent with the fee for all other motor vehicles. Makes any county ordinance that increases a motor vehicle registration fee applicable to U-drive vehicles.
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS. Requires that membership of each metropolitan planning organization policy board include at least one member of the senate and one member of the house of representatives from that metropolitan planning area.
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TRE/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Requires the department of transportation to adopt rules for motor vehicle inspection safety checks. (SD1)
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO AERONAUTICS. Replaces criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in Chapter 261, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto, with a civil penalty. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRE/JDC, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goal seven, affordable and clean energy.
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX. Excludes the weight of lifts and ramps, motors to operate them, and vehicle chassis reinforcements, from the determination of net weight for non-commercial vehicles for purposes of levying the state and county motor vehicle weight tax. Takes effect on 7/1/2019.
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING PROJECT IN HAWAII. Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kaiuli Energy, LLC, with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling facility and chilled water distribution system.
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Expands authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor carrier vehicle inspections. (SD1)
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC GRID RESILIENCY. Establishes a homeland security and resiliency council to assess the resilience of the State's electric grid and other critical infrastructure to natural disasters and other emergencies and make recommendations. Requires the council to report to legislature. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
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TRE/CPH, WAM |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes an Alternative Energy Research and Development Pilot Program and appropriates moneys for grants under the pilot program. Repeals June 30, 2020. (SD1)
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Implements $10 motor vehicle importation fee for each motor vehicle that is imported into the State, paid to the county that is the final destination of the vehicle. Sets out purpose for which funds from motor vehicle importation fee can be expended.
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TRE/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO BIOFUELS. Increases the renewable fuel tax credit cap to $3,500,000 and makes the tax credit permanent. Creates a renewable fuel facilitator position within the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Requires reporting to the legislature. Applies to taxable years after 12/31/2017. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRE/LBR, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the period by three months that a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from March 31, 2018, to June 30, 2018. Specifies, for a county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a surcharge, how certain percentages of the surcharge may be used. (SD1)
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Makes an emergency appropriation to finance the relocation of transmission facilities for the "I Heart Radio" aerial. (SD1)
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TRE, WAM |
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RELATING TO STATE SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Requires all use permits at the Ala Wai boat harbor to be obtained at public auction. Requires that public notice of the public auction for a use permit at the Ala Wai boat harbor be given and include certain information. Requires all public auctions for use permits at the Ala Wai boat harbor to be conducted by the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources or an authorized employee of the department of land and natural resources under the direction of the board of land and natural resources without additional compensation. Authorizes the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources to contract for services as may be necessary to conduct a public auction for use permits at the Ala Wai boat harbor. Takes effect on 8/1/2018. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goal eleven, sustainable cities and communities. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goal fourteen, life below water. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goal fifteen, life on land. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE. Makes an appropriation for DLNR to conduct a phase I environmental site assessment and, if necessary, a phase II environmental site assessment and suitable environmental remediation at the former Lalamilo reservoir site on the island of Hawaii as due diligence to include any common transaction costs concerning the Lalamilo reservoir site land exchange transaction for the relocation of a public library. (SD1)
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WTL/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Instructs the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to assess the effects of tourism on climate change and publish a report on its findings. (SD1)
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WTL/ETT/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION. Appropriates funds for the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission to restore, preserve, and determine the appropriate uses of Kaho‘olawe island, and to fund one full-time equivalent permanent cultural resource project coordinator position for the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Implements the recommendations of the Hawaii Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report issued by the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Makes appropriations. Takes effect on 07/01/2025. (SD1)
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WTL/AEN/GVO, WAM |
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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