SCR120 SD1      Status     Passed SENATE, Referred to CPC, FIN     STAND. COM. REP. NO.1289

CPC Chair Hiraki, Kenneth T. (D)  Phone 808-586-6180   Fax 808-586-6181 rephiraki@Capitol.hawaii.gov
CPC Vice Chair  Herkes, Robert N. (D)  Phone 808-586-8400   Fax 808-586-8404   repherkes@Capitol.hawaii.gov

                Measure Title: (was Statewide Plan)
               REQUESTING A REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS' PLANS
                  AND POLICIES AFFECTING PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, OR GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS
                  TELEVISION.(AMENDED TITLE)
                Report Title:
               PEG Access Organizations; DCCA Plans and Policies

           REQUESTING A FRANCHISE AUDIT OF AOL TIME WARNER CABLE'S MONOPOLY CABLE
           FRANCHISE.

                       Report Title: PEG Access Organizations, Audit Description: Requires the auditor to perform
                      a financial and managerial audit of the PEG access organizations.

                      Report Title: PEG Access Organizations, Audit Description: Requires the auditor to perform
                      a financial and managerial audit of the PEG access organizations.

                     Report Title: PEG Access Cable Television Description: Establishes independent
                     management of the PEG access organizations.

                     Report Title: Cable TV; Regulation Transferred to Counties; PEG Funding Description:
                     Transfers the regulation of cable television from the State to the counties. Requires the counties
                     to assess cable operators to support public access programming. 

                     Report Title: Cable Television, Access Organization Description: Amends definition of
                     "access organization" to exclude non-profit organizations, where one or more members of its board
                     of directors have been appointed by the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

                      Report Title: Cable Television; Fees and Rates Description: Requires that cable franchise
                      fees be calculated on subscriber and nonsubscriber related gross revenue. Prohibits a cable operator
                      from passing through to subscribers that portion of franchise fees paid by the cable operator that are
                      based

                      Report Title: Cable Television; Infrastructure Plan Description: Requires the director of
                      commerce and consumer affairs to establish a statewide cable access infrastructure plan.

                      Report Title: Nonprofit Corporations Description: Requires nonprofit corporations in which
                      the majority of board members are appointed by the State to comply with the state Sunshine laws
                      (chapter 92) and the Uniform Information Practices Act (chapter 92F) 

                      Report Title: Public, Education, and Government Access, Plan Description: Requires the
                      establishment of an infrastructure and programming plan for the public, education and government (PEG)
                      access organizations. Establishes special fund. 

                      Report Title: Film Production Facility Tax Credit; Turtle Bay Resort Description:
                      Establishes a tax credit for the construction and development of a movie production and hotel facility
                      at the Turtle Bay Resort.

                      Report Title: Special and Revolving Funds; Repeal; Discontinuance; Transfer Description:
                      Implements the recommendations of the auditor with respect to the repeal, discontinuance, or
                      modification of state special and revolving funds.

                      Report Title: Public Access; Legislative Reference Bureau Description: Establishes the
                      Legislative Reference Bureau as the legislature's educational and community outreach agency, with
                      responsibility for the public access room, information and education program, and legislative
                      broadcast program 

                      Report Title: Fair Access to State Government Description: Requires the governor and
                     legislature to ensure fair public access to information, services, and proceedings of the executive and
                      legislative branches. Authorizes the governor to appoint a fair access commission. 

                      Report Title: Public, Education, and Government Access, Plan Description: Requires the
                      establishment of an infrastructure and programming plan for the public, access, and education (PEG)
                      access organizations. Establishes special fund. 

                      Report Title: Film Production; Heeia State Park; Cultural and Educational Center;
                      Feasibility Study; Appropriation Description: Appropriates funds to conduct a feasibility study for a
                      public/private collaboration to establish a multi-use, film production/post production/Hawaiian cultural
                      and educational facility and warehouse within or near Heeia state park. 

 

Government Records Bills OIP related Bills from the Governor's Package  SB 801          Status             Referred to JHW, WAM.     Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM                       Report Title: Office of Information Practices; Appropriation Description: Appropriates funds                       to the office of information practices for FY2003-2004  HB443Status             Referred to LMG, JUD, FIN        .                        Report Title: Government Records; Electronic Copies; Remote Access Description:                        Requires agencies to provide electronic copies of government records; allows agencies to charge a                        reasonable fee, adopted pursuant to chapter 91, for electronic copies of records; allows agencies to                        provide remote access  SB427Status             Referred to SAT/JHW        .                        Report Title: Government Records; Electronic Copies; Remote Access Description:                        Requires agencies to provide electronic copies of government records; allows agencies to charge a                        reasonable fee, adopted pursuant to chapter 91, for electronic copies of records; allows agencies to                       provide remote access  HB397Status             Referred to JUD, FIN     .                        Report Title: Government Records; Photocopying Fee Description: Repeals minimum 5¢ per                        page copying fee and establishes 25¢ per page copying fee cap for government records.  SB802Status             Referred to JHW, WAM          Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM                       Report Title: Government Records; Photocopying Fee Description: Repeals minimum 5¢ per                        page copying fee and establishes 25¢ per page copying fee cap for government records.  HB 1026         Status             Referred to JUD, LMG, FIN                       Report Title: Fair Access to State Government Description: Requires the governor and                        legislature to ensure fair public access to information, services, and proceedings of the executive and                        legislative branches. Authorizes the governor to appoint a fair access commission.  HB 937          Status             Referred to JUD                       Report Title: Public Informational Meetings; Notice Required Description: In addition to                        giving notice of a regular, special, or rescheduled meeting, requires a board to post a public notice of                        its intent to hold an informational meeting.  SB 1232         Status            Referred to TMG, JHW                       Report Title: Public Informational Meetings; Notice Required Description: In addition to                        giving notice of a regular, special, or rescheduled meeting, requires a board to post a public notice of                        its intent to hold an informational meeting.   HB 1514        Status           Referred to JUD                       Report Title: Uniform Information Practices Act; Responsible Agency Officials Description:                        Requires government agencies to designate a UIPA compliance officer, and train employees to                       receive certification from OIP that the agency is in compliance with the UIPA.  HB 1571        Status            Referred to FIN                       Report Title: UIPA; Duties; Appointment Panel Description: Establishes an information                        practices appointment panel responsible for the appointment of the director of the office of information                        practices; provides that OIP is a permanent agency.  HB 1661         Status           Referred to JUD                        Report Title: OIP; Vexatious Requester Description: Authorizes the director of OIP to                        determine that a person is a vexatious requester and places restrictions on the vexatious                        requester.   SB 1212        Status              Referred to JHW, WAM.                        Report Title: Office of Information Practices; Commission Description: Creates a state                        information practices commission. Appropriates moneys for the initial costs of establishing the                        information practices commission. Makes the office of information practices (OIP) a permanent                        special purpose agency   SB 1499        Status                       Referred to JHW                       Report Title: UIPA; Duties; Appointment Panel Description: Establishes an information                        practices appointment panel responsible for the appointment of the director of the office of information                        practices; provides that OIP is a permanent agency.   SB 1600         Status             Referred to JHW                       Report Title: OIP; Vexatious Requester Description: Authorizes the director of OIP to                       determine that a person is a vexatious requester and places restrictions on the vexatious                        requester.   SB 1605        Status             Referred to JHW                       Report Title: Uniform Information Practices Act; Responsible Agency Officials Description:                        Requires government agencies to designate a UIPA compliance officer, and train employees to                        receive certification from OIP that the agency is in compliance with the UIPA.   SB 1636        Status             Referred to TMG, JHW                       Report Title: Public Agency Meetings; Vision Teams; Sunshine Act Application                       Description: Provides that meetings of any advisory group created or authorized to be created by                        charter, ordinance, or by the request or order of a county executive, to provide a vision in the                        development of public facilit   HB 1003        Status              Referred to JUD, FIN                       Report Title: Crime Victim Compensation Description: Exempt government records of the                        Crime Victim Compensation Commission from the Uniform Information Practices Act; allow funds                        from nonpayable restitution to be used for crime victim compensation, rather than escheating to the                        State; allow commissi   HB 1057        Status              Referred to JUD                       Report Title: Crime Stopper Organizations; Confidentiality; Repayment Description:                        Prohibits the disclosure of communications to a crime stoppers organization, except by in camera                        inspection by a court where exculpatory to the defendant. Deems communications confidential and                        privileged.   HB 1403        Status                Referred to JUD, FIN                       Report Title: Shipboard Gaming Description: Authorizes shipboard gaming on vessels in                        state waters. Establishes the Hawaii gaming board. Establishes the state gaming fund, the                        education special fund, and the gaming addiction interdiction and education special fund.   HB 512          Status             Referred to HLT, LAB, FIN    .                        Report Title: Community Hospitals Description: Abolishes the Hawaii health systems                    &nb> Transfer interrupted! rns all community hospitals to the DOH under division of community                        hospitals.   SB1673Status              Referred to ECD/TSM, JHW/WAM                       Report Title: Shipboard Gaming Description: Authorizes shipboard gaming on vessels in                        state waters. Establishes the Hawaii gaming board. Establishes the state gaming fund, the                        education special fund, and the gaming addiction interdiction and education special fund.   SB 28          Status             Referred to JHW       .                        Report Title: Crime Stopper Organizations; Confidentiality; Repayment Description:                        Prohibits the disclosure of communications to a crime stoppers organization, except by in camera                        inspection by a court where exculpatory to the defendant. Deems communications confidential and                        privileged.   SB 618          Status             Referred to JHW, WAM                       Report Title: Crime Victim Compensation Description: Exempt government records of the                        Crime Victim Compensation Commission from the Uniform Information Practices Act; allow funds                        from nonpayable restitution to be used for crime victim compensation, rather than escheating to the                        State; allow commissi   HB1528Status              Referred to LMG, JUD                       Report Title: Sunshine Law, Legislature Description: Requires the legislature to comply with                        the sunshine law. Requires a public hearing before legislation is adopted, with nonwaivable 48-hour                        notice to the public. Requires each house of the legislature to adopt rules and policies by majority                        vote after public hearing.   SB 1233        Status               Referred to TMG, JHW                       Report Title: Sunshine Law, Legislature Description: Requires the legislature to comply with                        the sunshine law. Requires a public hearing before legislation is adopted, with nonwaivable 48-hour                        notice to the public. Requires each house of the legislature to adopt rules and policies by majority                        vote after public hearing.   SB 1447        Status                 Referred to  JHW                       Report Title: Open Meetings Law; Quorum; Informational Briefings Description: Excludes                        boards and commissions from quorum requirements under sunshine law for meetings held as                        informational briefings or workshops.   SB 1449        Status                   Referred to  JHW                      Report Title: Sunshine Law; Meetings by Videoconference; Notice Required Description:                       Requires that notices of meetings by videoconference shall specify that testimony by videoconference                        format will be available and the arrangements required.   SB 314          Status             Referred to TMG, JHW                       Report Title: Public Agency Meetings; Counties Description: Exempts counties from                        definition of "board" under sunshine law.  OIP related Bills from the Governor's Package  These bills are not yet posted, but the links to the Bills are correct and will work as soon as they are posted, so keep trying.   HB1098Status           Referred to CPC, JUDPASSEDCPC 2/5/03 RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT  HB1099Status           Referred to CPC, JUD RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT  HB1100Status           Referred to CPC, JUD RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT  HB1101Status           Referred to JUD RELATING TO THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW  SB1382Status           Referred to JHW Report Title: Uniform Information Practices Act. Description: Receives the redaction of numbers from certified payroll records prior to their disclosure.  SB1383Status           Referred to JHW Report Title: Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified). Description: Adds social security numbers to the non-exhaustive list of examples of information in which an individual has a significant privacy interest.    SB1384Status           Referred to JHW Report Title: Uniform Information Practices Act. Description: Adds a definition for the term "accessible" found in section 92F-21, to clarify the extent of the agency's records disclosure duties.   SB1385Status           Referred to JHW  Report Title: Open Meetings Law.  Description: Requires that persons newly elected or appointed to a board or commission shall not meet to discuss board business prior to being sworn in or otherwise officially taking office.

SB1608

                      Report Title: Public Access; Legislative Reference Bureau Description: Establishes the
                      Legislative Reference Bureau as the legislature's educational and community outreach agency, with
                      responsibility for the public access room, information and education program, and legislative
                      broadcast program (LB

HB1518

                      Report Title: Public Access; Legislative Reference Bureau Description: Establishes the
                     Legislative Reference Bureau as the legislature's educational and community outreach agency, with
                      responsibility for the public access room, information and education program, and legislative
                      broadcast program

HB1

                      Report Title: Legislative Appropriations Description: Appropriates funds to provide for the
                      expenses of the Legislature, the Legislative Auditor, the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the
                      Ombudsman.

HB121

                      Report Title: Osteoporosis Prevention Description: Establishes an osteoporosis prevention
                      and treatment education program within the department of health. Establishes interagency council on
                      osteoporosis. Appropriates funds to DOH.

HB13

                      Report Title: Prescription Drugs Description: Establishes a prescription drug cost control
                     education program to provide physicians with unbiased information on cost-effective use of
                      prescription drugs; requires prescription drug manufacturers to disclose

HB875

                      Report Title: Income Tax; Digital Divide Investment Act; Broadband Services Description:
                      Amends the income tax law to enact the Digital Divide Investment Act. Provides an income tax credit
                      for investment in broadband equipment to encourage the expansion of broadband services in
                      underserved communities.

 HB1066

                      Report Title: Local Television Production; Advertising Tax Credit Description: Establishes a
                     tax credit to assist qualifying local television producers in attracting advertisers.

SB323

                      Report Title: High Technology Tax Incentives Description: Clarifies the application of tax
                      incentives relating to royalties, copyrights, or trade secrets excluded from gross income, and the
                      high technology business investment tax credit.

SB347

                      Report Title: Child Abduction; Amber Alert System Description: Enacts an Amber Alert
                      System to be administered by county police departments, known as a MAILE Alert in Honolulu, to
                      warn public of possible child abduction; provides that traffic fines and forfeitures from adjudicated
                      cases can be used to fund the program.

SB359

                      Report Title: Film Production; Tax Credit Description: Expands the tax credit for motion
                      picture and film production to include up to an unspecified amount of the costs of wages and
                     salaries, capped at $25,000 per employee; includes commercials in motion picture and film
                      production.

SB406

                      Report Title: Motion Picture and Film Production Equipment; Tax Credit Description:
                      Provides a tax credit for the purchase of motion picture and film, and television production and
                      post-production equipment.

SB420

                      Report Title: State finances Description: Abolishes special funds with exceptions..

SB580

                      Report Title: Legislative Budget Appropriation Description: Appropriates funds to provide for
                      the expenses of the legislature, legislative auditor, the legislative reference bureau, and the
                      ombudsman.

SB660

                     Report Title: Diamond Head Film Studio; University of Hawaii Student Access Description:
                      Gives students enrolled in University of Hawaii film courses reasonable access to the Diamond Head
                      film studio.

SB695

                      Report Title: Professional Counselor Licensure Description: Establishes a professional
                      counselors licensing program effective 7/1/05, subject to the accumulation of a minimum $43,000 in
                      a startup trust fund by 10/1/04. Requires DCCA to report on the fund to the 2004 Legislature.
                      Terminates the fund

SB 424          Status

                      Report Title: Hawaii Energy Commission; Public Utilities Commission Description:
                      Establishes the Hawaii energy commission to regulate energy utilities; establish energy enterprise
                      zones; and encourage the development of renewable energy resources. Removes the regulation of
                      electricity, gas, and other

                      Report Title: Utility Lines; Construction Moratorium; Advisory Committee Description:
                      Establishes a three-year moratorium on the construction and installation of forty-six kilovolt or greater
                      high-voltage electric transmission lines. Establishes an advisory committee to develop a statewide
                      utility

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