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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT &
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
September 5, 2018
A meeting of the Economic Development & Intergovernmental Relations
Committee of the Council of the County of Kaua`i, State of Hawai`i, was called to order
by Derek S.K. Kawakami, Chair, at the Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street,
Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 11:44 a.m., after
which the following Members answered the call of the roll:
Honorable Mason K. Chock
Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Honorable Derek S.K. Kawakami
Honorable Mel Rapozo, Ex-Officio Member
Excused: Honorable Arthur Brun, Ex-Officio Member
The Committee proceeded on its agenda items, as show in the following
Committee Reports, which are incorporated herein by reference:
CR-EDIR 2018-02: on C 2018-184 Communication (08/13/2018) from
Councilmember Kawakami, transmitting for
Council consideration the following measures
for inclusion in the 2019 Hawai`i State
Association of Counties (HSAC) Legislative
Package and the 2019 County of Kaua`i
Legislative Package:
• A Bill for An Act Relating to Tort
Liability, to make an exemption from
tort liability for the State and Counties
arising from lifeguard services, except
for gross negligence or wanton acts or
omissions.
• A Bill for An Act Relating to Taxation,
to provide a taxpayer who hires an
individual with a disability a
nonrefundable tax credit for the six-
month period after the individual is
initially hired by the taxpayer.
• A Bill for An Act Relating to Taxation,
to provide a taxpayer who hires an
elderly individual a nonrefundable tax
credit for the six-month period after the
individual is initially hired by the
taxpayer.
• A Bill for An Act Relating to Zoning, to
allow Counties with populations less
EDIR COMMITTEE MEETING 2 SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
than one hundred thousand to enact a
zoning ordinance to amortize or phase
out nonconforming single-family
transient vacation rental units over a
reasonable period of time.
• A Bill for An Act Relating to Transient
Accommodations, to proscribe licensing
requirements and enforcement
provisions for transient vacation
rentals under the department of
commerce and consumer affairs, which
takes effect on January 1, 2020.
(Approved with the exception of A
Bill for An Act Relating to
Transient Accommodations.)
CR-PWPR 2018-03: on C 2018-185 Communication (08/13/2018) from Council
Chair Rapozo, transmitting for Council
consideration the following measure for
inclusion in the 2019 Hawai`i State
Association of Counties (HSAC) Legislative
Package and the 2019 County of Kaua`i
Legislative Package:
• A Bill for An Act Relating to
Unadjudicated Traffic Fines, to
transfer certain fines and forfeitures
collected for uncontested traffic
infractions to the counties.
(Approved.)
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:13 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Darrellyne M. Caldeira
Council Services Assistant II
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on September 19, 2018:
DEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI
Chair, EDIR Committee