HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015
Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair |
Rep. Romy M. Cachola |
Rep. Nicole E. Lowen |
Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
Rep. Lynn DeCoite |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Feki Pouha |
Rep. Jarrett Keohokalole |
Rep. Gene Ward |
Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 |
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3:00 P.M. |
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Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A # 3
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Makes permanent exemptions granted to the HTA from requirements for Comptroller's supervision of accounts, publication of consolidated financial statements, approval of business and accounting forms, and deposit of funds into the tourism special fund. Increases Tourism Special Fund allowance for HTA administrative expenses.
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends amount of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated to the counties from a specified sum to a percentage of the revenues collected for the counties to address visitor industry impacts on county services and tourism-related infrastructure.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the definition of fair market rental value. Increases the transient accommodations tax imposed on resort time share vacation units by 1 per cent each year to gradually achieve a rate of 9.25 per cent of the fair market rental value.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Exempts from the transient accommodations tax, accommodations provided solely for use as temporary lodging by an individual, or the individual's immediate family members when the individual is receiving health care services in a county in which the individual does not reside.
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RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES. Requires hotels to distribute porterage service charges to employees in full or disclose to customers that the charges are being used for other purposes.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an income tax credit for costs incurred in hotel construction or renovation.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Makes appropriation for the public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of the various legislative agencies.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. Amends the exemption from the civil service laws for personal services contracts for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs at a cost of no more than $850,000 by specifying that the $850,000 maximum applies per contract.
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RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS ON PUBLIC WORKS. For government public works construction contracts greater than $2,000, provides that overtime compensation be not less than 1‑1/2 times the laborers or mechanics basic hourly rate of pay plus fringe benefits and that if the department of labor and industrial relations determines that the prevailing wage is determined by a group represented by collective bargaining, then the overtime and any other premium shall be at the same rates set by the collective bargaining agreement. Specifies that the overtime rate be as specified in the collective bargaining agreement when the basic hourly rate is based on a collective bargaining agreement.
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Establishes a partial wage replacement for leave trust fund funded by employee wage withholdings. Uses the trust fund to provide partial wage replacement for four weeks of family leave. Appropriates moneys to administer the trust fund.
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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Allows the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish workforce advisory boards.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS. Requires UH to provide nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions with the same educational benefits provided to faculty.
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Creates bargaining unit (15) for graduate students assistants employed by the University of Hawaii.
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LAB, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on the applicability of the state civil service law and collective bargaining to persons employed by the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii.
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LAB, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Allows the chair of the State Public Charter School Commission to vote on agreements for collective bargaining units (5) and (6) and amends the vote allocations for bargaining units (5) and (6) agreements. Requires agreements for collective bargaining unit (9) to provide 3 votes for the Governor, 2 for HHSC, and 1 for the Chief Justice.
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RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES. Requires the Auditor to conduct a study of various departmental engineering sections that manage general fund capital improvement projects.
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RELATING TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Allocates premiums from general obligation bonds to be used for the purposes of section 39-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires injured public employees who are eligible to take part in an employer's return to work program do so as a prerequisite to vocational rehabilitation benefits.
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RELATING TO TEACHER TENURE. Sets probationary period of specified licensed charter school teachers according to policies and practices as determined by DOE, BOE, and collective bargaining agreements. Subjects tenured DOE licensed teachers who transfer to charter schools to the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
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RELATING TO LABOR. Requires employers to keep a record of the physical addresses of the employer and the North American Industry Classification System code applicable to the employer. Requires professional employer organizations to provide the physical address, North American Industry Classification System code, and number of employees of each client company to the DLIR.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Sylvia Luke Chair |