“The residents of Puna face distinct issues that require us to take special action,” says San Buenaventura. “By working together we can take on these problems and build a better and more vibrant community. That’s why I’ve introduced these measures addressing a broad range of issues that Puna faces collectively and individually and will continue to face in the aftermath of this current flow activity.”
The following bills relate to the Puu Oo lava flow:
HB1314
Emergency Home Relocation Special Fund; Appropriation. Establishes the emergency home relocation special fund to assist
persons dispossessed of their homes as a result of a natural disaster.
Appropriates funds.
HB1369
CIP; County of Hawaii; Road Repair and Maintenance; GO Bonds;
Appropriation. Authorizes general obligation bonds and
appropriates funds to the county of Hawaii for the repair and maintenance of feeder
roads and alternate routes for highway 130 and any portion of highway 130 under
the jurisdiction of the county.
HB1106
CIP; 4th Representative District. Authorizes issuance of general obligation
bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 4th
representative district.
HB737
Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund; Hawaii Property Insurance Association. Authorizes the Hawaii property insurance association to spend funds in
the Hawaii hurricane relief fund to pay for extraordinary losses caused by the
flow of lava or other volcanic activity.
HB1320
Emergency Management; Tree Maintenance. Authorizes entry into private
property to mitigate hazards posed by trees to utility and communications lines
and roadways. Assesses a fine of $150 per day against a landowner whose
property must be entered for this purpose.
HB383
Emergency Medical Services; Advanced Life Support Ambulance. Makes an appropriation for one advanced life support ambulance to be
based in Puna on the island of Hawaii and to be used from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00
p.m., and to include a vehicle, equipment, and personnel costs.
HB377
Mobile Health Unit; Appropriation. Appropriates a grant to the Bay Clinic, Inc.,
for a mobile health unit to service the Puna district due to the threat of
inaccessibility from the lava flow.
HB374
Transportation; Harbors; Kapoho Bay; Feasibility Study. Requires DOT to contract for a study on the feasibility of establishing
a harbor or port at Kapoho bay.
HB370
HPIA; Policy Renewals; Continued Coverage.
Requires member
insurers of HPIA to renew policies that were in effect as of 1/1/2014. Provides
for continued coverage under an existing HPIA policy upon a transfer in
ownership of the property.
HB380
HPIA; Mandatory Issuance of Policies; Removal of Moratorium. Requires member insurers of HPIA to offer a minimum number of policies
proportionate to their market share on properties that are situated in the
areas designated for coverage by the insurance commissioner and that have been
previously and continuously insured since 06/01/2014. Prohibits HPIA from
issuing or continuing a moratorium on issuing policies on those same
properties.
The following bills
relate to Puna and the Big Island in general:
HB1107
Bookmobile; Big Island; Educational Materials; Department of Education;
Appropriation.
Appropriates funds
for the establishment and maintenance of a bookmobile that shall serve the
rural areas of the island of Hawaii.
HR6
Cellular; Broadband; Rural Communities. Requests reports regarding state
agency action to ensure access by rural communities to cellular and broadband
services.
HB376
Chief Election Officer; Elections Commission; Evaluation; Term Length. Changes the term of the chief election officer to 2 years. Requires the
elections commission to conduct a performance evaluation of the chief election
officer within 2 months of certifying election results, and hold a public
hearing relating to the performance evaluation.
HB378
After School Bus Program; Island of Hawaii; Appropriation. Restores funding for the after school bus program on the island of
Hawaii that was excluded from the 2015-2017 executive biennium budget.
Appropriates moneys.
HB1155
Albizia Trees; Conservation and Resources Enforcement Special Fund;
Appropriation.
Makes an
appropriation from the conservation and resources enforcement special fund to
DLNR for the removal of albizia trees on public and private land.
HB1134
Judiciary; Third Circuit; Ho‘okele; Appropriations. Appropriates moneys for equipment, supplies, and salaries for Ho‘okele
legal self-help service centers in Hilo and Kona.
HB88
County Fuel Tax; Hawaii County. Permit's Hawaii County to expend its share of
fuel tax revenues for maintenance of private subdivision roads. Specifies that
public entities are not required to install infrastructure on these roads upon
a private sale.
The following bills
relate to overall state issues:
HB87
Process Server; Criminal Trespass. Shields process servers from prosecution
under criminal trespass statutes when performing their duties.
HB371
Foreclosures; Asset. Prohibits a mortgage creditor from executing
on any asset of the debtor beyond the asset that is secured by the mortgage.
HB372
Marijuana; Civil Penalties for Possession of One Ounce or Less. Establishes a civil violation for possession of one ounce or less of
marijuana that is subject to fines.
HB373
Transient Accommodations Tax. Amends amount of transient accommodations tax
revenues allocated to the counties from a specified sum to an unspecified
percentage of the revenues collected.
HB375
Attachment or Execution of Property; Exemptions. Amends the thresholds for the exemption of real property from
attachment or execution to be based upon the most recent real property tax
assessment, regardless of value and for all types of property owners. Clarifies
that attachment or execution does not apply to a debtor who is not delinquent
in payment of income taxes, real property taxes, or mortgages. Bases the value
threshold of certain personal property exempted from attachment and execution
on the fair market value as adjusted by the consumer price index. Exempts child
support moneys and tax refunds from the federal earned income tax credit and
federal or state child support tax credit from attachment and execution.
HB381
Homeowners' Associations; Planned Community Associations. Expands the law on planned community associations to apply to
homeowners' associations so that all disputes are mediated instead of going to
court.
HB382
Employees' Retirement System; Division of Pension. Requires the Employees' Retirement System to divide pensions between a
retired employee and non-employee former spouse or civil union partner, upon
application and pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. This has the
effect of ensuring that employees for the full pension benefits and in the
event of domestic violence spouse, victim need not ask for their share of
pension.
HB833
Transient Accommodations Tax; Counties; Revenues. Makes permanent the current amount of transient accommodations tax
revenues allocated for distribution to the counties. This allows the county of
Hawaii to file and the State cannot lessen the county’s share of the annual
hotel room tax
HB834
Check Cashing; Deferred Deposits. Requires the written agreement for the
deferred deposit of checks to also state that all cumulative fees charged for
deferred deposit transactions shall not exceed an annual percentage rate of
39%.
HB1204
Procurement; Sustainable Procurements Manager; Appropriation. Appropriates funds for a new position within the state procurement
office tasked with facilitating the development and implementation of
procurement processes for public agencies and private organizations for the
purpose of food sustainability in Hawaii.
HB1205
Hawaii-grown Food Procurement Task Force; Procurement; Appropriation. Establishes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii-grown food
procurement task force for the purpose of creating recommendations for
increasing procurement of food grown in Hawaii by State departments and
agencies.
HB1206
University of Hawaii Sustainability Office; Appropriation. Establishes the University of Hawaii sustainability office. Appropriates funds.
The public can
participate in legislative discussions and follow the progress of the bills by
logging onto the Capitol website at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
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