SPEAKER'S OFFICE
                      TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

                          COMMITTEE REFERRALS


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              NO. 4  6TH LEGISLATIVE DAY  JANUARY 27, 1999
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Committee Abbreviations:

AGR - Agriculture                     HLT - Health
CAR - Culture & the Arts              HSH - Human Services and Housing
CPC - Consumer Protection &           JHA - Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
      Commerce                        LAB - Labor & Public Employment
EDB - Economic Development &          LMG - Legislative Management
      Business Concerns               OMR - Ocean Recreation & Marine
EDN - Education                             Resources
EEP - Energy & Environmental          PSM - Public Safety and
      Protection                            Military Affairs
FIN - Finance                         TRN - Transportation
HED - Higher Education                TSM - Tourism
                                      WLU - Water and Land Use

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                             HOUSE BILLS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.B. NO.                        Subject                      REFERRAL

 711     RELATING TO DRUG PARAPHERNALIA                      HLT,JHA
         Prohibits the sale of a combination of glass
         "straw" and portions of metal brillo pad, which
         form the components of a crack cocaine pipe.
         Imposes penalties, including the revocation of
         the seller's liquor license.

 712     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE 25TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT         FIN
         Appropriates funds for capital improvement
         projects for the 25th representative district.

 713     RELATING TO NEW MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A TEMPORARY
         NUMBER PLATE                                        TRN,FIN
         Extends the time period for the registration of a
         new motor vehicle from 20 to 30 days.

 714     RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES                   TRN,FIN
         Permits director of finance to discard special
         number plates that for 3 years, have not been
         issued or that expired to allow letter numeral
         combination to be issued to another applicant.

 
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 715     RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES                TRN,JHA
         Eliminates the requirement that a county provide
         the legally correct form to record ownership of a
         vehicle by two or more persons that is not owned
         in joint tenancy.

 716     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ESTABLISH
         LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS                             JHA,FIN
         Limits state senators to 3 consecutive 4-year
         terms and state representatives to 6 consecutive
         2-year terms beginning on the day of the general
         election of 2000.  (ConAm)

 717     RELATING TO MARRIAGE                                JHA,LMG,FIN
         Directs the legislative reference bureau to draft
         legislation to remove the status of marriage as a
         legal encumbrance or benefit.

 718     RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
         AUTHORITY                                           WLU,FIN
         Authorizes the Hawaii community development
         authority to issue bonds not to exceed
         $250,000,000.

 719     RELATING TO ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES                TRN,FIN
         Increases the maximum amount of the additional
         fee assessed for motor vehicle certificates of
         registration to be used for highway
         beautification and the disposal of abandoned
         vehicles.

 720     RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE                   LAB,JHA
         Makes assault against a state or county employee
         a felony.

 721     RELATING TO BICYCLES                                TRN/EDN,JHA,FIN
         Requires persons under 15 years of age to wear a
         helmet when operating a bicycle or riding on a
         bicycle as a passenger.

 722     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
         A TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE IN KULA,
         MAUI                                                HLT,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the establishment of a 24-
         hour ambulance service in Kula, Maui.

 723     RELATING TO SECURITY CAMERAS ON SCHOOL BUSES        EDN,FIN
         Requires the department of accounting and general
         services to provide for the purchase,
         installation, operation, repair, maintenance, and
         removal of security cameras on privately-owned
         school buses used to carry out the purposes of
         the student transportation program.


 
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 724     RELATING TO A STUDENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM         EDN,JHA,FIN
         Requires the DOE to establish an identification
         system for students in middle, intermediate, and
         high schools to improve on-campus security.
         Allows the student identification system to be
         used by the DOE to monitor school success.

 725     RELATING TO LEGISLATORS                             LMG,JHA
         Establishes a formal swearing-in ceremony for
         legislators.

 726     RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS                          JHA,FIN
         Lowers cost of copying public records from 50 to
         25 cents per page.

 727     RELATING TO TAX PENALTIES AND INTEREST              JHA,FIN
         Amends sections 231-34, 231-35, and 231-36 to
         provide for probation as a tax penalty.

 728     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VIII OF THE
         HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF
         TWO-THIRDS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO LEVY OR INCREASE
         TAXES OR TO REPEAL A TAX EXEMPTION OR CREDIT        JHA,FIN
         Amends article VIII to require approval of two-
         thirds of the elected members of the legislature
         to increase taxes, levy new taxes, or repeal a
         tax exemption or credit. (ConAm)

 729     RELATING TO CARPOOLS                                TRN,LAB,FIN
         Allows carpools of three or more into the
         downtown Honolulu area to receive free parking at
         an employer's lot, to be subsidized by the State.

 730     RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD                       TRN,FIN
         Authorizes the director of transportation and
         counties to adopt rules or ordinances, as the
         case may be, to direct slower traffic such as
         heavy trucks, to use the right lane in multi-lane
         highways, except for passing.

 731     RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS                     JHA,FIN
         Exempts from the income and general excise tax
         law amounts received for the construction of
         homes on Hawaiian home lands.

 732     RELATING TO A FIXED RAIL SYSTEM                     TRN,WLU,FIN
         Requires the department of transportation to
         study the possibility of establishing a fixed
         rail mass transit system in the busiest
         transportation areas of Oahu with private sector
         funding and federal sponsorship.

 733     RELATING TO TAXES ON EXPORTED SERVICES              EDB,FIN
         Exempts from the general excise tax all services
         sold out of State.

 
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 734     RELATING TO THRILL CRAFTS                           OMR,CPC/JHA,FIN
         Requires thrill craft operators to complete a
         safety training course and obtain certification.
         Bans thrill craft use within 1,000 feet of the
         shoreline.  Allows citizen suits for violations.
         Requires thrill craft owners to carry liability
         insurance.

 735     RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS                    CAR
         Short form bill on culture and the arts.

 736     RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS                    CAR
         Short form bill on culture and the arts.

 737     RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS                    CAR
         Short form bill on culture and the arts.

 738     RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS                    CAR
         Short form relating to culture and the arts.

 739     RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS                    CAR
         Short form bill relating to culture and the arts.

 740     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BEACH RESTORATION AT
         HONOKOWAI BEACH PARK, KAAAWA BEACH PARK, AND THE
         SACRED FALLS SHORELINE                              OMR/WLU,FIN
         Appropriates funds to conduct an engineering
         design and analysis of beach restoration at the
         designated shorelines of Honokowai, Kaaawa, and
         Sacred Falls.

 741     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         This measure:  1. Exempts food and drugs from the
         general excise and use taxes;  2. Removes the
         pyramiding of the general excise tax on services;
         3. Exempts export services from the general
         excist tax;  4. Hastens the removal of pramiding
         on subleased real property; and  5. Raises the
         general excise tax rate from 4.0 to 5.0 per cent.

 742     RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF PENSION INCOME          FIN
         Repeals exclusion of pension income from taxable
         income beginning 1/1/2008.

 743     RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES     HLT,CPC,FIN
         Includes advanced practice registered nurses as
         providers under workers' compensation, no-fault,
         and pre-paid healthcare plans.

 744     RELATING TO CRIME                                   JHA,FIN
         Establishes a task force on hate crimes and
         requires reporting and training requirements with
         respect to hate crimes.

 745     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN

 
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         Repeals the corporate income tax provisions.
         Prohibits advertising the general excise tax
         payment as an additional cost to the price of an
         item.

 746     RELATING TO HULA                                    CAR,JHA
         Designates hula as the official dance of the
         State.

 747     RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT                        LAB,FIN
         Requires the 3 executive departments selected
         pursuant to section 4 of Act 230 (1998) to begin
         the development of outcome measures to facilitate
         the transformation of the State's accounting
         system and the budgeting system to a performance-
         based budgeting system.  Defines "outcome
         measures".

 748     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND INSTRUCTION FOR
         KAUAI'S PILOT CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
         TRAINING PROGRAM                                    EDN,FIN
         Appropriate $1 for FY 1999-2000 to fund the Kauai
         county fire department for instruction in the
         pilot cardiopulmonary resuscitation training
         program in Kauai's high schools.

 749     RELATING TO DIETITIANS                              HLT,CPC,FIN
         Creates a licensing program for dietitians that
         establishes licensing and disciplinary procedures
         and standards, and sets forth educational
         qualifications necessary to obtain a dietitian's
         license.

 750     RELATING TO ISLAND SYMBOLS                          CAR,JHA
         Establishes an official color and flower or lei
         material for each island.

 751     RELATING TO ACTIVITY PROVIDERS AND ACTIVITY DESKS   TSM,CPC
         Prohibits activity desks from receiving under-
         the-table compensation for selling a specific
         activity provider; requires activity desks to
         have both a trust account and a bond.

 752     RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL DETENTION OF
         PREARRAIGNMENT DETAINEES                            PSM,FIN
         Transfers from the counties to the department of
         public safety the responsibility to provide
         residential detention for prearraignment
         detainees.

 753     RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL
         IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS                               TSM,FIN
         Allows counties to enact ordinances to create
         special improvement districts to provide and
         finance supplemental maintenance and security

 
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         services and such other improvements, services,
         and facilities within those districts as the
         county council finds will promote business
         activity and make and finance improvements.

 754     RELATING TO ANIMALS                                 AGR/WLU,JHA
         Imposes fine for dog trespassing on fenced
         property and allows shooting of dog if livestock
         is threatened.

 755     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS                            WLU,FIN
         Specifies that lessees of public lands own the
         improvements upon lease termination.

 756     RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION             EDB,CPC,FIN
         Establishes the universal service fund as a
         special fund outside of the state treasury to
         implement the policies and goals of universal
         service.  Appropriates moneys out of the
         universal service fund to carry out the purposes
         of the universal service program.  Provides that
         any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the
         appropriation will lapse into the universal
         service fund.

 757     RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS                    HLT,CPC,FIN
         Grants licenses to physician assistants who are
         nationally certified.

 758     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES                          TRN,CPC
         Removes requirement for proof of no fault
         insurance and proof of ownership when shipping
         vehicles interisland.

 759     RELATING TO PAWNBROKERS                             CPC,FIN
         Allows pawnbrokers to set additional charges for
         customers as required by state or county
         legislation for use in enforcing pawnbroker laws.

 760     RELATING TO PLATINUM JEWELRY                        CPC
         Updates the gold and silver stamping laws to
         incorporate Federal Trade Commission guidelines
         for platinum.

 761     RELATING TO EMPLOYEE PROTECTION UNDER THE
         WHISTLEBLOWER LAW                                   LAB,JHA
         Amends the Whistleblowers' Protection Act by
         expanding areas of protected conduct and the
         types of reportable violations.

 762     RELATING TO HEALTH FUND MEDICARE PART B             LAB,FIN
         Entitles the employee-beneficiary who is retired
         and the employee-beneficiary's spouse who
         participates in the supplemental Medicare plan of
         an employee organization, the same amount paid by

 
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         the fund to those who have enrolled in the
         voluntary medical insurance coverage under the
         Medicare plan.

 763     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB,FIN
         Allows any class C member of the ERS who elected
         to become a class C member to reenter class A
         membership as of 1/1/00 provided the member
         returns all retirement and post retirement
         contributions, including interest, refunded after
         the election to convert to class C membership,
         notify the board in writing by 12/1/99, and
         satisfy all other requirements for class A
         membership.  Also allows any class A member to
         elect to enter class C membership.

 764     RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS                  LAB,HED/EDN,FIN
         Authorizes the University of Hawaii and the
         department of education to establish custodial
         accounts for the deposit of annuity payments of
         employees of the University of Hawaii and the
         department of education.

 765     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY           TRN,CPC,FIN
         Allows rent-a-car lessors to visibly pass on to
         lessees, concession or access fees and charges
         paid to public airports.

 766     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS                            CPC
         Sets dates by which person acquiring condominiums
         apartments after foreclosure will be liable for
         common expenses.

 767     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS                            CPC
         Gives a condominium association a limited
         priority lien for unpaid common expenses.

 768     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONTINUED
         OPERATION OF THE HAWAII COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL
         SERVICES CONTRACTS                                  HLT,FIN
         Appropriates funding for the Hawaii County EMS
         Contracts.

 769     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH
         LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS                             JHA
         Proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the
         terms of state representatives to four
         consecutive two-year terms. (ConAm)

 770     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS
         FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MANUFACTURING EXTENSION
         PROGRAMS                                            EDB,FIN
         Appropriates general revenues for the
         establishment of manufacturing extension

 
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         programs; provided that there are matching
         federal funds.

 771     RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM                 JHA
         Reduces the amount of money that a person can
         contribute to a campaign during an election
         period.

 772     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT        FIN
         Provides for capital improvement (NELHA) for the
         benefit of the sixth representative district.

 773     RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENCES                         CPC/JHA
         Prohibits the holders of a manufacturer's or
         wholesale dealers' licenses to hold any interest
         in a retail license; deems lawful for the same
         holders to hold an interest in licenses other
         than retail licenses.

 774     RELATING TO SEAT BELTS                              TRN,JHA
         Requires mandatory use of seat belts for
         passengers in the back seat of motor vehicles.

 775     RELATING TO MARRIAGE                                JHA
         Reenacts HRS section 572-1.

 776     RELATING TO SALARIES IN THE JUDICIARY               JHA,FIN
         Modifies approval process for judicial salaries
         recommended by the Judicial Salary Commission.

 777     RELATING TO HATE CRIMES                             JHA,FIN
         Defines Hate Crimes. Requires Attorney General to
         publish data regarding hate crimes.  Permits
         court to extend term of imprisonment for certain
         crimes where the primary motive for the crime was
         hostility based upon race, sex, sexual
         orientation, age, religion, color, ancestry or
         disability.  Establishes requirements if
         probation is ordered in the case of a hate crime.

 778     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Allows the board of education to retain
         independent legal counsel.

 779     RELATING TO CIVIL REMEDIES                          LAB,JHA
         Makes the Hawaii fair employment practices law
         more consistent with federal law by limiting the
         sum of compensatory and punitive damages for
         employment discrimination claimants, eliminating
         attorney and expert witness fee awards to
         complainants, and allowing for attorney fee
         awards to the prevailing party.

 780     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES                    LAB,JHA

 
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         Ensures that employers can inquire about a
         prospective employee's conviction record past
         June 30, 1999.

 781     RELATING TO INFORMED CONSENT                        HLT,CPC,JHA
         Clarifies the type of information required to be
         given by a provider to a patient prior to
         obtaining consent for medical treatment.
         Establishes elements necessary to prove a breach
         of duty to obtain informed consent.

 782     RELATING TO MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR
         CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES                               HLT,CPC,FIN
         Mandates coverage after 12/31/99 for chiropractic
         services for all health insurers, hospital
         medical associations, and HMOs and allows
         coinsurance and choice of practitioner.  Requires
         each policy to be construed to include payment to
         chiropractors without discrimination for payment
         customary services

 783     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               TRN,CPC
         Expands the exemption for motor vehicle warranty
         contracts covering materials and work to include
         coverage for towing and substitute
         transportation.

 784     RELATING TO RECORDS                                 JHA,FIN
         Reduces the minimum fee to be charged for copying
         government records to 25 cents per page from 50
         cents per page.

 785     RELATING TO RECORDS                                 JHA
         Prohibits an agency from refusing to enter into
         an agreement to keep the source of information
         confidential.

 786     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB,FIN
         Allows a deputy sheriff to retire if that person
         has at least 10 years of credited service, the
         last five of which are credited as deputy
         sheriff.

 787     RELATING TO SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS              HLT,JHA/PSM,FIN
         Creates a new law relating to sexually violent
         predators.  Provides for commitment and annual
         examinations.  Allows petition for conditional
         release to less restrictive alternative or
         unconditional discharge.

 788     RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARENT
         COMMISSION ON DRUG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION         HLT,EDN,FIN
         Creates a parent commission on drug education and
         prevention.


 
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 789     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KASHBOX PROGRAM     PSM,FIN
         Appropriates funds to continue the KASHBOX
         substance abuse treatment program.

 790     RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF                         EDN,CPC,FIN
         Requires all new school buildings to be built in
         accordance with hurricane resistant shelter
         criteria adopted by the adjutant general.
         Requires the adjutant general to adopt hurricane
         resistant shelter criteria to regulate the
         planning, design, construction, and equipping of
         all new public school buildings.

 791     RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS    CPC,FIN
         Amends provisions relating to the continuing
         education of real estate brokers and
         salespersons.  Changes requirement to 5 hours
         each year instead of 10 hours every 2 years.
         Authorizes real estate commission to develop own
         courses.

 792     RELATING TO BAIL BONDS                              CPC
         Exempts bail bond rates from insurance rate
         filing requirements.

 793     RELATING TO WATER                                   WLU
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 794     RELATING TO LAND USE                                WLU
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 795     RELATING TO LAND USE                                WLU
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 796     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS                            WLU
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 797     RELATING TO OUTDOOR RECREATION                      WLU
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 798     RELATING TO NOISE                                   EEP,HLT,JHA
         Clarifies jurisdiction regarding noise control.

 799     RELATING TO WASTEWATER                              HLT,FIN
         Creates a special fund for the board of
         certification to certify individuals to operate
         wastewater treatment plants.

 800     RELATING TO THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM          WLU/EEP,FIN
         Amends definition of "potential natural area
         reserve" in the forest stewardship program of
         DLNR.

 801     RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR
         PROCESSING ENTERPRISES                              AGR,FIN

 
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         Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to
         assist the CEATECH USA by building a processing
         plant and for expanding shrimp farm facilities.

 802     RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN STATE FUNDED
         EDUCATION                                           EDN,JHA,FIN
         Prohibits any person in the State, on the basis
         of sex, race, sexual orientation, religion, or
         ancestry, from being subjected to discriminatory
         harassment or retaliation by another person in
         any educational institution, or any educational
         program or activity receiving state financial
         assistance.

 803     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE                JHA,FIN
         Amends and adds new sections to chapter 91,
         Hawaii Revised Statutes, to create a bicameral
         legislative commission to review and approve all
         administrative rules.

 804     RELATING TO AQUARIUM FISH COLLECTING                OMR,JHA
         Prohibits the collection of aquarium fish from
         Kawaihae to Lae O Kauna on the Big Island.

 805     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,JHA,FIN
         Allows counties to use public school playgrounds
         as public parks.

 806     RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE                           WLU,FIN
         Approves the exchange of public lands in North
         Kona for private lands in South Kohala owned by
         Hawaii International Motor Speedway.

 807     RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES                CPC
         Subjects mutual benefit societies to regulation
         under the insurance code.

 808     RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS
         PROGRAMS                                            OMR/WLU,JHA,FIN
         Grants citation and police powers within the
         department of land and natural resources' ocean
         recreation and coastal areas programs.

 809     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HALEIWA ARTS
         FESTIVAL                                            CAR,FIN
         Appropriates $10,000 to the state foundation on
         culture and the arts for the Haleiwa Arts
         Festival.

 810     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WAIALUA-HALEIWA
         STORMWATER DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN                     WLU,FIN
         Appropriates $500,000 for a Waialua-Haleiwa
         stormwater drainage master plan.

 811     RELATING TO PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS              LAB,FIN

 
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         Directs the executive branch and the judiciary to
         examine personnel policies and adopt personnel
         policies and procedures that allow state
         employees who are parents to foster better
         parent-child relationships.  Establishes a two-
         year parent leave pilot project to be conducted
         by the executive branch and the judiciary for
         fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 to enable
         state employees who are parents of children with
         special needs to take time off to nurture the
         parent-child relationship.  Requires report to
         the legislature.

 812     RELATING TO THE BUDGET                              HSH,FIN
         Retains federal funds awarded to the department
         of human services for superior performance within
         the department.

 813     RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY BILLING PROCEDURES FOR
         BLIND OR VISUALLY-IMPAIRED CUSTOMERS                HSH,CPC,FIN
         Requires public or private providers of sewer,
         water, electric, gas, telephone, or cable utility
         services, upon a blind or visually-impaired
         customer's request, to provide billing in
         braille, large print, or audio format, at no
         additional charge to the customer.

 814     RELATING TO THE ECONOMY                             EDB,WLU,FIN
         Provides a two-year authorization to the governor
         to provide tax breaks and land lease incentives
         to assist high technology industries that provide
         jobs for the people of Hawaii.

 815     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DESIGN AND
         CONSTRUCTION OF THE KALIHI VALLEY STATE PARK        FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of general obligation
         bonds for $2,000,000 for FY 1999-2000 and FY
         2000-2001 for design and construction of the
         Kalihi Valley State Park.

 816     RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT               HSH,JHA
         Allows a parent who does not contest his or her
         child support obligations and who is in good
         standing with the parent's payments to opt out of
         the child support enforcement agency payment
         system.

 817     RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING                 LAB,JHA/PSM,FIN
         Requires state employees and officers to submit
         to random and post-
         employment/election/appointment substance abuse
         tests.  Makes refusal to submit to a substance
         abuse test; and refusal to provide written

 
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         consent to publicly release the results of a
         substance abuse test, a government record.

 818     RELATING TO A STUDY OF THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN
         HAWAII                                              JHA,LMG,FIN
         Requests the legislative reference bureau to
         study the issue of streamlining the adoption
         process in Hawaii.

 819     RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE                          JHA
         Establishes, as a class C felony, the offense of
         infecting another with the human immunodeficiency
         virus by knowingly injecting the person with a
         syringe containing HIV.

 820     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED,FIN
         Authorizes tuition waivers for needy minority
         students at the East-West Center at the
         University of Hawaii.

 821     RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER                   TSM,FIN
         Requires the convention center authority to allow
         local bookings if there are no out-of-state
         bookings within a 60-day period of the date of
         the local booking.

 822     RELATING TO DRIVERS' LICENSES                       TRN,JHA,FIN
         Requires country of citizenship to be indicated
         on the state identification card and on a
         driver's license.

 823     RELATING TO YEAR 2000 COMPUTER COMPLIANCE           LMG,FIN
         Creates joint legislative Y2K compliance
         committee to serve as statewide clearinghouse for
         Y2K compliance problems.

 824     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS       EDB/LAB,FIN
         Waives contributions to unemployment compensation
         fund for 2 years for additional employees hired
         by employers with less than five employees.

 825     RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE                            LAB,FIN
         Raises the state minimum hourly wage to be a
         "livable wage", based on a formula, and to
         provide for an automatic yearly cost-of-living
         adjustment to the minimum wage.

 826     RELATING TO CONSERVATION                            WLU/EEP
         Prohibits granting of land use permits in the
         conservation district for projects which will
         encroach on scenic views.

 827     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS                            TSM,WLU,FIN

 
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         Authorizes the department of land and natural
         resources to enter into 55-year leases for
         property within the Banyan Drive resort area.

 828     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Prohibits the use of non-aerial common fireworks.

 829     RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES                CPC,FIN
         Specifies duties under constitution and bylaws of
         mutual benefit societies as to notice, proxies,
         and conduct of membership meetings and special
         meetings; clarifies information to be included in
         an audit; allows insurance commissioner to
         determine matters in the public interest in
         deciding which powers and duties to exercise.

 830     RELATING TO SECURITIES                              EDB,CPC
         Authorizes small companies to raise capital
         through small corporate offerings registration
         (SCOR), a uniform registration system that allows
         small companies to obtain equity financing by
         selling common stock directly to the public.

 831     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION                   LAB,CPC,FIN
         Increases medical fee schedule from 110% to 130%
         of Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale.
         Creates medical fee schedule advisory council.

 832     RELATING TO A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE
         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                             EDN,FIN
         Creates the position of chief financial officer
         of the public school system.  Requires the chief
         financial officer to be nominated and, by and
         with the advice and consent of the senate,
         appointed by the BOE.  Subjects the removal of
         the chief financial officer to the advice and
         consent of the senate.

 833     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED,FIN
         Includes sales of tangible personal property to
         the University of Hawaii as sales at wholesale
         subject to the general excise tax rate of .5%.

 834     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII OPTIONAL
         RETIREMENT SYSTEM                                   HED,LAB,FIN
         Makes clarifying amendments to University of
         Hawaii optional retirement system authorization.

 835     RELATING TO INCOME TAX                              EDB,FIN
         Excludes from gross income, for income tax
         purposes, all amounts received from royalties
         from intellectual properties.

 836     RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOLS                 EDN,FIN

 
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         Authorizes the principal of each school to act as
         limited chief procurement officer of the school.
         Allows principals to issue exemptions from
         procurement laws provided the exemptions are made
         public.  Superintendent has authority to suspend
         principal's power.

 837     RELATING TO FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT COMPETITION     LAB,FIN
         Establishes general policy of relying on the
         private sector for the provision of goods and
         services, except for inherently governmental
         functions and other conditions.  Prohibits
         government from obtaining goods and services
         from, or providing goods and services to, any
         other governmental entity.

 838     RELATING TO LEASED EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS OF
         LEASED EMPLOYEES                                    EDB,FIN
         Exempts from the general excise tax amounts
         received by employee leasing companies that are
         received and charged for leased employees'
         compensation and benefit amounts.

 839     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION OF
         WASTEWATER LEASING                                  EEP,FIN
         Exempts from the general excise tax amounts
         received by an operator of a wastewater facility
         from any county.

 840     RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS           AGR,FIN
         Permits special purpose revenue bonds for
         industrial enterprises to be used for
         agricultural and aquacultural enterprises.

 841     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A PARENT-COMMUNITY
         NETWORKING CENTER DISTRICT COORDINATOR POSITION
         FOR KAUAI                                           EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to the department of education
         for a parent-community networking center district
         coordinator position for Kauai.

 842     RELATING TO GLASS CONTAINER RECOVERIES              EEP,FIN
         Exempts a glass container importer who deals in
         glass containers designed to hold not more than 2
         fluid ounces of a product meant for human
         consumption from the payment of the advance glass
         disposal fee.

 843     RELATING TO SCHOOL SUPPORT GROUPS                   EDN,FIN
         Exempts from the general excise tax law all
         support groups organized to benefit or assist the
         public schools.

 844     RELATING TO VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THE PUBLIC
         SCHOOLS                                             EDN,JHA

 
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         Grants immunity from civil liability for official
         decisions of student-centered school boards and
         school/community-based management councils.

 845     RELATING TO COMMUNITY SERVICE                       EDN,FIN
         Authorizes a public high school's SCBM council or
         the school's principal, in the event there is no
         SCBM council, beginning with the graduating class
         of 2003, to:  (1) develop community service
         programs; and (2) establish a community service
         requirement for graduation from high school,
         subject to the approval of the BOE.

 846     RELATING TO PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATION   EDN,LMG,FIN
         Establishes an advisory legislative task force on
         parental responsibility in education to search
         for unique solutions to motivating children in
         the State to learn in schools that recognize the
         importance of parental responsibility in being
         involved in their children's education.

 847     RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR FELIX
         CLASS CHILDREN                                      HLT,EDN,FIN
         Requires DOH, by 8/31/99, to develop: (1) service
         definitions for mental health services for Felix
         class children that are comparable to Medicaid
         definitions; (2) fee schedule and billing codes
         comparable to Medicaid and QUEST.  Report to
         legislature.

 848     RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING                 LAB,JHA
         Provides for the use of substance abuse on-site
         screening tests (i.e., portable substance abuse
         tests) that meet the requirements of the United
         States Food and Drug Administration for
         commercial distribution.

 849     RELATING TO SPECIAL FACILITY REVENUE BONDS FOR
         AIRPORTS                                            TRN,FIN
         Redefines "special facility" for special facility
         revenue bonds and leases for airports to include
         cargo operations.

 850     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE                 CPC/JHA,FIN
         Extends amnesty period for uninsured motorists.
         Adds other grounds subject to amnesty.
         Eliminates proof of insurance as grounds for
         license suspension.

 851     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION              TRN,CPC
         Removes the requirement that an owner of a
         vehicle in storage present a certificate of
         inspection that is issued after the recording of
         storage, if the certificate of inspection expired
         during the period of storage.

 
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 852     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for more teachers in rural
         schools.

 853     RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED BUDGETING                  EDN,FIN
         Amends chapters 37 and 302A, HRS, to facilitate
         implementation of school-based budgeting.

 854     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Cuts in half to $45,000,000 the portion of
         general excise tax revenues deposited into the
         state educational facilities improvement special
         fund.

 855     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATION               HLT,EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for special education.

 856     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STUDENT ACTIVITIES
         COORDINATORS                                        EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for a student activities
         coordinator for each public high school.

 857     RELATING TO THE OAHU INTERSCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATION    EDN/LAB,FIN
         Converts the account clerk of the OIA from a
         temporary to permanent position.

 858     RELATING TO WASTEWATER                              EEP,FIN
         Creates a special fund for the board of
         certification to certify individuals to operate
         wastewater treatment plants.

 859     RELATING TO DEPENDENT ADULTS                        HSH,JHA
         Provides that the DHS may remove dependent adults
         from the custody of their caregiver or care
         facility upon determining that abuse or neglect
         has occurred.  Establishes procedures for removal
         and review of the removal.

 860     RELATING TO LAND USE                                AGR/WLU,FIN
         Renames the land use commission to the state
         planning commission and redefines the
         commission's responsibilities; transfers
         jurisdiction of urban and rural land use
         districts to counties; requires creation of state
         land use strategy document and the adoption of
         new agricultural district boundaries; establishes
         important agricultural lands commission that
         expires in 2001.

 861     RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS                        HLT,CPC/JHA,FIN
         Requires all acute care hospitals in Hawaii to
         report to the organ procurement organization
         (OPO) by telephone to determine suitability for
         organ, tissue, or eye donation of the individual
         who is dying.  Requires the hospital to develop

 
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         protocols for presenting the option to donate to
         the individual or the individual's family.
         Requires the OPO and hospital representatives to
         conduct an annual death record review.
         Establishes an organ donation advisory committee.
         Authorizes voluntary contribution of $1 from
         drivers when applying for or renewing driver's
         licenses.

 862     RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS                          TRN,FIN
         Makes permanent an amendment to the motor
         carriers law which exempted from that law persons
         transporting unprocessed seed corn to a
         processing facility, by repealing a sunset
         provision in Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii
         1997.

                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.C.R. NO.                      Subject                      REFERRAL

  36     REQUESTS THE GOVERNOR AND THE HEAD OF EACH STATE
         EXECUTIVE AGENCY TO TAKE NECESSARY MEASURES AND
         ADOPT AN ACTION PLAN TO ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE
         SECTOR TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC WHENEVER
         POSSIBLE RATHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT                 LAB,FIN
         

                          HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.R. NO.                        Subject                      REFERRAL

  23     REQUESTS THE GOVERNOR AND THE HEAD OF EACH STATE
         EXECUTIVE AGENCY TO TAKE NECESSARY MEASURES AND
         ADOPT AN ACTION PLAN TO ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE
         SECTOR TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC WHENEVER
         POSSIBLE RATHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT                 LAB,FIN
         

                             HOUSE BILLS

Re-referrals                                                 Committee
H.B. NO.                        Subject                      RE-REFERRAL

  63     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES                          CPC,FIN

 174     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
         INSURANCE PROGRAM                                   HSH/HLT,FIN

 262     RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY                          EDN/OMR,JHA,FIN

 267     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
         INSURANCE PROGRAM                                   HSH/HLT,FIN

 
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 270     RELATING TO YOUTH SERVICES                          HSH/HLT,EDN,PSM
                                                             FIN

 316     RELATING TO ARTS EDUCATION                          CAR,EDN,FIN

 552     RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES            HSH/HLT,CPC,FIN

 630     RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND                        HSH/HLT,FIN

 644     RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES            HSH/HLT,CPC,FIN

 646     RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES            HSH/HLT,CPC,FIN

 677     RELATING TO AN OCEAN FLOATING, ALL-NATURAL CLEAN
         ENERGY POWER STATION                                EEP/OMR/HED,FIN

 705     RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL IMPACT
         STATEMENTS                                          EEP/WLU,JHA,FIN

                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Re-referrals                                                 Committee
H.C.R. NO.                      Subject                      RE-REFERRAL

  20     REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INITIATIVES TO
         FACILITATE THE GROWTH OF HAWAII'S BIOTECHNOLOGY
         INDUSTRY                                            EDB/OMR,HED
         

 
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