HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2002
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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE |
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Rep. Dwight Takamine, Chair |
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Rep. Bertha Kawakami, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Ben Cabreros |
Rep. Nobu Yonamine |
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Rep. Willie Espero |
Rep. Ron Davis |
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Rep. Michael Magaoay |
Rep. Charles Djou |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Bertha Leong |
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Rep. Scott Saiki |
Rep. Mark Moses |
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Rep. Nathan Suzuki |
Rep. Jim Rath |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 19, 2002 |
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TIME: |
4:00 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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HB 2638 HD1 (HSCR322-02) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING ACT. Enacts the Hawaii long-term care financing Act; creates a blue ribbon panel to administer the long-term care program; creates a mandatory assessment system to collect premiums from employee paychecks; establishes an initial premium amount of $10 per month and an initial benefit payment of $70 per day for 365 days; creates the Hawaii Long-Term Care Benefits Fund to hold the premiums and to pay benefits. |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 2741 HD1 (HSCR238-02) |
RELATING TO THE CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX. Increases the excise tax paid by wholesalers or dealers on cigarettes and tobacco products sold or used after June 30, 2002, to 10 cents per cigarette, and to fifty percent of the wholesale price of the tobacco product. Allocates $5,000,000 annually from the excise tax collected from cigarettes and tobacco products to the Hawaii Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund. Allocates an undetermined amount annually to DOH to startup and maintain the tobacco regulation process proposed in HB2219. |
HLT, FIN |
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HB 2805 HD1 (HSCR368-02) |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Provides special compensation to pensioners; establishes employers' worker retention special fund. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2329 (HSCR208-02) |
RELATING TO MANAGED COMPETITION. Adds definition of managed competition process. |
LAB, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine Chair |