2017 State Legislative Session
TESTIMONY
- 2/1/17: HB 1410 Relating to Emergency Medical Services: OPPOSE
- 2/6/17: HB 332 Relating to collective bargaining (Maui County Council package bill): SUPPORT
- 2/7/17: SB 637 Relating to county access to private properties: SUPPORT
- 2/13/17: HB 1586 Relating to the transient accommodations tax (TAT): OPPOSE
- 2/27/17: HB 1586 HD 1 Relating to the transient accommodations tax (TAT): OPPOSE
- 2/13/17: HB 317 Relating to the transient accommodations tax (HSAC bill): SUPPORT
- 2/14/17: SB 1290 Relating to transient accommodations tax: SUPPORT
- 2/21/17: SB 478 Relating to government records: SUPPORT (Maui County Council Package bill)
- 3/14/17: SB 478 SD1: SUPPORT
- 2/22/17: SB 482 Relating to affordable housing (Maui County Council package bill): SUPPORT
- 2/22/17: HB 1359 HD1, Relating to invasive species: SUPPORT
- 3/15/17: HB 1359 HD 2: SUPPORT
- 2/24/17: SB 562 Relating to tort liability: SUPPORT FOR HSAC TESTIMONY
- HSAC Testimony on SB 562 Testimony in support
- 2/27/17: HB 1351 HD 1 Relating to electronic recycling fund: SUPPORT
- 3/20/17: HB 1351 HD 1: SUPPORT
- 2/27/17: SB 312 SD 1 Relating to open government: COMMENTS
- 2/27/17: SB 683 SD 1: Constitutional amendment to authorize the state to establish a surcharge on residential investments for public education: OPPOSE
- 2/27/17: SB 686 Relating to education funding: OPPOSE
- 2/17/17: HB 329 Relating to land use: SUPPORT (Maui County Council package bill)
- 2/15/17: SB1266 SD 2: Relating to the Front Street Apartments affordable housing: SUPPORT
- 3/16/17: HB 606 HD 2: Relating to County access to private property: SUPPORT
- 3/27/17: HB 606 HD2 SD1: SUPPORT
- 3/20/17: SB 407 SD 1: Relating to counties: SUPPORT
- 3/20/17: HCR 109: OPPOSING THE CONVERSION OF THE FRONT STREET APARTMENTS IN LAHAINA, MAUI, TO MARKET-RATE HOUSING AND URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO EXPLORE WAYS TO PRESERVE THE FRONT STREET APARTMENTS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING: SUPPORT
- 3/20/17: HR63 OPPOSING THE CONVERSION OF THE FRONT STREET APARTMENTS IN LAHAINA, MAUI, TO MARKET-RATE HOUSING AND URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO EXPLORE WAYS TO PRESERVE THE FRONT STREET APARTMENTS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING: SUPPORT
- 3/27/17: HB 165 HD1 SD1: RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS: OPPOSE
- 3/29/17: SB658 SD2 HD1: RELATING TO AN AIRPORT CORPORATION: SUPPORT
- 4/3/17: HB 308 HD1 SD1: RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS: COMMENTS
- 4/3/17: SCR 145 SD 1: REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLABORATIVE PLAN TO BEST LEVERAGE STATE AND COUNTY FUNDS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND AN EXPLORATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF TRANSFERRING A PARCEL OF LAND IN KAHULUI, MAUI, TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: SUPPORT
- 4/3/17: HCR 169 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO CONVENE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAX REFORM WORKING GROUP TO STUDY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE ECONOMIC OUTCOME OF TRANSFERRING THE AUTHORITY TO TAX REAL PROPERTY TAX BACK TO THE STATE AND ALLOCATING A PORTION OF GENERAL EXCISE TAX REVENUES TO THE COUNTIES: OPPOSE
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2017 Maui County Legislative Package
- Approved by Resolution 16-128: A bill to allow persons with disabilities to indicate on their identification cards their disability
- Approved by Resolution 16-129: A bill to allow certain government records to be shared among councilmembers where no commitment relating to a vote on the matter is made or sought
- Approved by Resolution 16-130: A bill relating to transient accommodations tax
- Approved by Resolution 16-131: A bill to enable councilmembers to freely attend community meetings
- Approved by Resolution 16-132: A bill relating to important agricultural lands
- Approved by Resolution 16-133: A bill to allow counties to petition the State land use commission for regional district boundary amendments after adoption of general plan updates
- Approved by Resolution 16-134: A bill to extend the time for the county councils to decide on an affordable housing project, pursuant to Section 201H-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes
- Approved by Resolution 16-135: A bill to increase revenue for each county’s affordable housing fund through a one percent conveyance tax
- Approved by Resolution 16-136: A bill to allow a representative of each county council to participate as a non-voting member in relevant bargaining unit negotiations, to receive updates from the administration on bargaining unit negotiations, and to change the allocation of votes for bargaining units 11 and 12
- Approved by Resolution 16-150: A bill to authorize counties to process district boundary amendments of thirty acres or less
- Approved by Resolution 16-162: A bill to recognize November 28 as La Ku`oko`a, Hawaii’s independence day
Hawaii State Association of Counties 2017 Legislative Package
- A bill for an act relating to government records (Maui County)
- A bill for an act relating to important agricultural lands (Maui County)
- A bill for an act relating to collective bargaining (Maui County)
- A bill for an act relating to tort liability (Kauai County)
- A bill for an act relating to unadjudicated traffic fines (Kauai County)
- A bill for an act making an appropriation for emergency medical services (Kauai County)
- A bill for an act relating to unmanned aerial vehicles (City & County of Honolulu)
- A bill for an act relating to community meetings (Maui County)
- A bill for an act relating to identification cards for persons with disabilities (Maui County)
- A bill for an act relating to transient accommodations tax (Maui County)
