Increases the amount of the fine that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures for campaign spending violations. Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to order that a fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of officers of the noncandidate committee. (HB1656 HD1)
Provides funds to the Department of Transportation for the safety oversight of the rail fixed guideway system. (HB2403 HD1)
Amends the Board of Education membership by inviting the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the Department of Education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the Board. (HB2049 HD1)
Amends the appellate jurisdiction of the Hawaii Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals to conditions as they existed prior to July 1, 2006. Reestablishes the requirement that most appeals be filed with the Supreme Court instead of the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Reestablishes criteria for assigning appeals. (HB2191 HD1)
Transfers to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) jurisdiction over cable TV and the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and telecommunications carriers from the Public Utilities Commission. Establishes the position of a commissioner of telecommunications. Creates special fund in DBEDT for cable TV and telecommunications carriers. Requires the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council to advise the Director of DBEDT on broadband deployment. (HB2236 HD1)
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through its Division of Aquatic Resources, to establish a network of marine managed areas in areas identified to provide the most benefit to the State's nearshore marine resources. (HB1751 HD2)
Directs the Department of Human Resources Development to provide University of Hawaii tuition grants to state employees who commit to continued employment with the State after graduation. Appropriates moneys. (HB2113 HD2)
Includes distilled beverages containing spirits and added blending materials that contain less than twelve per cent of alcohol by volume in the cooler beverage definition. Deletes definition of draft beer. Applies the tax rate on draft beer to all beer. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Requires mayors to report collective bargaining unit negotiations to their respective county councils. (HB1787 HD1)
Empowers the State Ethics Commission to require the payment of restitution for ethics violations after a hearing or agreement between the parties. Effective 1/1/50.
Allows a court of inferior jurisdiction to certify to the Hawaii Supreme Court a question or proposition of law on which the court of inferior jurisdiction seeks instruction for the proper decision of a remanded case. Requires the Supreme Court to answer the question within an unspecified number of calendar days. (HB2194 HD1)
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
