SPEAKER'S OFFICE
                      TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

                          COMMITTEE REFERRALS


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              NO. 5  7TH LEGISLATIVE DAY  JANUARY 28, 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

 863     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW             LAB,FIN
         Excludes payments to owner-employees from the
         wage base upon which contributions must be made
         into the unemployment compensation fund.

 864     RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR                     TRN,JHA,FIN
         Suspends driver's license for 6 months, requires
         100 hours of community service and attendance at
         alcohol and drug education program if an underage
         person violates liquor laws.  For repeat
         offenders, suspends driver's license for one year
         and 150 hours of community service.

 865     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK
         PROGRAM                                             EDN,PSM,FIN
         Appropriates funds for school-to-work program
         opportunities at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard,
         specifically tuition and books reimbursement for
         high school summer internships paid for by Pearl
         Harbor.

 866     RELATING TO STATE INFORMATION POLICY                CPC,FIN

 
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         Adopts an official state policy encouraging all
         state agencies to adopt rules allowing the
         receipt of testimony and other communications via
         electronic transmission.

 867     RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' HEALTH
         FUND                                                LAB/CPC,FIN
         Adds chiropractic services to the health benefits
         plan of the Hawaii public employees' health fund.

 868     RELATING TO BOARDS OVERSEEING DEPARTMENTS HAVING
         EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS                               HED/EDN,JHA,FIN
         Proposes constitutional and statutory amendments
         to make president of the University of Hawaii or
         a designee, an ex officio nonvoting member of the
         board of education, and the superintendent of
         education or a designee, an ex officio nonvoting
         member of the board of regents.  (ConAm)

 869     RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND
         THE ARTS                                            CAR,LAB,FIN
         Amends the law relating to the SFCA by clarifying
         the roles of the commission, executive director,
         and foundation staff.  Specifies that agencies
         receiving capital improvement appropriations are
         responsible for calculating the 1% due to the
         works of art special fund.  Adds remedies for
         noncompliance.

 870     RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS                  LAB,HED/EDN,FIN
         Enables employees of the University of Hawaii and
         the Department of Education to invest retirement
         funds in mutual funds held in custodial accounts,
         thereby qualifying for favorable benefits under
         federal tax law.

 871     RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE STATE TAX REFORM          EDB,FIN
         Replaces all state taxes except alcohol,
         cigarette and tobacco and fuel with a
         comprehensive gross state income tax with a
         single rate for all taxpayers. Allows deductions
         only for purchases made by one business from
         another that pays the tax on the goods or
         services purchased or traded.

 872     RELATING TO SPORTS TOURISM                          TSM,FIN
         Provides for the development of a sports complex
         to provide facilities for one or more
         professional foreign or mainland baseball,
         football, soccer, or other sports leagues or
         teams, and for the use of the complex by state
         residents when the facilities are not in use by
         the teams.  Creates an excise tax exemption.

 873     RELATING TO AMUSEMENT AND THEME PARKS               TSM,EDB,FIN

 
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         Provides for the development of amusement and
         theme parks by the department of business,
         economic development and tourism.

 874     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE LAND                        AGR,FIN
         Requires the counties to provide for greater
         agricultural credits where agriculture is in
         active production with annual or short duration
         crops and employees are hired to plant, maintain,
         and harvest the crops.

 875     RELATING TO BUTTERFLY KNIVES                        JHA
         Makes knowingly selling a butterfly knife to any
         minor a class C felony.

 876     RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT               HSH,JHA,FIN
         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.

 877     RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
         REVENUE BONDS FOR KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER            HLT,FIN
         Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds for
         Kuakini Medical Center.

 878     RELATING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE                   LMG
         Short form bill relating to the state
         legislature.

 879     \ELATING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE                   LMG
         Short form bill relating to the state
         legislature.

 880     RELATING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE                   LMG
         Short form bill relating to the state
         legislature.

 881     RELATING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE                   LMG
         Short form bill relating to the state
         legislature.

 882     RELATING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE                   LMG
         Short form bill relating to the state
         legislature.

 883     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT     FIN
         CIP for the fiftieth representative district.

 884     RELATING TO DOMESTIC PARTNERS                       JHA,FIN
         Establishes domestic partnerships law.  Allows 2
         persons who live together, consider themselves to
         be members of each other's immediate family,

 
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         agree to be jointly responsible for each other's
         basic living expenses, not married, not related
         by blood, and at least 18 years of age to file a
         declaration of domestic partnership with the
         director of health.  Extends same rights and
         obligations as spouses in a marriage relationship
         to domestic partners.  Prohibits discrimination
         because of domestic partnership status. Repeals
         Reciprocal Beneficiaries law.

 885     RELATING TO HAWAII GOOD SAMARITAN LAW               HLT,JHA
         Requires persons to assist others who are exposed
         to or have suffered grave physical harm.  Makes
         violation a petty misdemeanor.

 886     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
         MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS                  OMR,FIN
         Making an appropriation for the establishment of
         marine life conservation districts.

 887     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
         EDUCATION                                           EDN,JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the Hawaiian language
         immersion program, Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Hawaii.

 888     RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS          JHA,FIN
         Limits an OHA trustee to two consecutive terms.

 889     RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES              HLT,FIN
         Appropriates funds to match the federal Title XIX
         Medicaid funds for the developmentally disabled.

 890     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT    FIN
         Capital improvement projects for the benefit of
         the 16th representative district.

 891     RELATING TO FISHING NETS                            OMR,JHA
         Requires DLNR to establish standards for fishing
         nets and the use thereof.

 892     RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY                          TRN,JHA
         Replaces the offense of driving under the
         influence of drugs with the offense of driving
         with illegal drugs in a person's blood or urine
         and provides for penalties. Establishes implied
         consent provisions for driving with illegal drugs
         in a person's blood or urine.

 893     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PROSTITUTION
         INTERVENTION SERVICES                               JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds to support prostitution
         intervention services

 894     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS         HLT,CPC,FIN

 
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         Requires health insurance coverages to equitably
         reimburse for aeromedical services.

 895     RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES              HLT,FIN
         Requires DOH to integrate emergency aeromedical
         services into statewide emergency medical
         services; and establishes emergency aeromedical
         information system and quality improvement
         committee.

 896     RELATING TO MORTGAGES                               CPC,FIN
         Sets limits on late fees for residential
         mortgages.

 897     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES                    LMG,JHA
         Requires auditor to determine that proposed rules
         are necessary for consumer protection, safety,
         and health, prior to adoption by state agency.

 898     RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL
         WATER SYSTEM FOR UPCOUNTRY MAUI                     AGR,FIN
         Establishes a separate agricultural water supply
         and delivery system under the board of
         agriculture for the farms in upcountry Maui.

 899     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DRUG TREATMENT,
         COUNSELING, AND INTERVENTION SERVICES AT KING
         INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL                                 HLT,EDN,FIN
         Appropriates $90,000 in FY 1999-2000 and FY 2000-
         2001 for substance abuse treatment, counseling,
         and intervention services at King intermediate
         school.

 900     RELATING TO THE RECYCLING OF BATTERIES AND TIRES    EEP,FIN
         Provides for the recycling of used lead acid
         batteries and tires.

 901     RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES              HLT,FIN
         Appropriates funds for State's share of matching
         funds for Title XIX Medicaid funds for
         developmentally disabled.

 902     RELATING TO HOMELESS SHELTER STIPENDS               HSH,FIN
         Sets homeless shelter stipends at emergency
         shelters at $20 per night.  Appropriates
         $1,500,000 for the stipends.

 903     RELATING TO IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE STUDENTS          EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to the DOE to provide
         supplemental instruction and acculturation
         activities to help immigrant and refugee students
         achieve English proficiency and an understanding
         of the classroom environment so they can function
         normally in school.


 
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 904     MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE
         ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR VARIOUS
         CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS                        HSH,PSM,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of general obligation
         bonds for various capital improvement projects.

 905     DEPORTATION OF PRISONERS                            PSM,FIN
         Expedites the deportation of prisoners in
         accordance with the Illegal Immigration Reform
         and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

 906     RELATING TO DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT    AGR,EDB,JHA
         Legalizes the raising of game bird poultry for
         export.

 907     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE                 CPC/JHA,FIN
         Creates a system of motor vehicle insurance that
         offers a choice of methods of protection against
         losses from personal injury arising out of the
         maintenance or use of motor vehicles and
         abolishes tort liability in certain cases.

 908     APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE KA`U RURAL
         HEALTH PLAN                                         HLT,FIN
         Appropriates $       for FY 1999-2000 and $     
         for FY 2000-2001 to fund the Ka`u rural health
         plan: (1) Ka`u Hospital emergency room; (2)
         CPR/first aid demonstration project; (3)
         transportation coordinator.

 909     PROPOSING THE REPEAL OF ARTICLE XIII OF THE
         HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO COLLECTIVE
         BARGAINING BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES          LAB,JHA,FIN
         Proposes the repeal of Article XIII of the Hawaii
         Constitution.

 910     RELATING TO THE RIGHT-TO-WORK IN PUBLIC
         EMPLOYMENT                                          LAB,JHA,FIN
         Repeals collective bargaining in public
         employment and establishes the Right-to-Work Act.

 911     RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF MINOR'S MEDICAL
         TREATMENT                                           HLT,JHA
         Requires that medical treatment given to minors
         under law allowing minors to consent to certain
         medical treatment be disclosed to the minor's
         spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian unless the
         family court determines that disclosure might
         subject the minor to harm.

 912     RELATING TO SPEEDING IN SCHOOL ZONES                TRN,JHA
         Prohibits speeding in school zones and sets forth
         a fine of $100 for every mile per hour driven in
         excess of the speed limit.


 
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 913     RELATING TO PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO
         PERFORM ABORTION ON A MINOR                         HLT,JHA
         Forbids an abortion to be performed for an
         unmarried pregnant minor unless the minor's
         parent, guardian, or conservator has been
         notified.  Provides an alternative to notice
         requirements through the judicial process.  Also
         provides that the performance of an abortion in
         violation of the Act shall be a misdemeanor and
         grounds for civil action.

 914     RELATING TO DIVORCE                                 JHA,FIN
         Establishes a one-year waiting period after
         filing for a divorce before the family court may
         issue a decree of divorce, if there are minor
         children of either or both parties who are living
         with either or both parties.  Requires mandatory
         pre-divorce counseling.

 915     RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN COMMUNITY
         RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES                         HLT,FIN
         Requires the department of health to set
         standards for community residential care
         facilities providing mental health services.

 916     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Requires the DOE to establish an enrollment
         options program to enable pupils to attend
         schools in school districts other than the one in
         which they reside, beginning with the 2000-2001
         school year.

 917     RELATING TO AN EXEMPTION OF REAL PROPERTY FROM
         ATTACHMENT OR EXECUTION                             CPC,JHA
         Amends Section 651-92 to remove the cap on the
         market value of real property that may be exempt
         from attachment or execution.

 918     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Bans the retail sale of fireworks to individuals.

 919     RELATING TO RECIPIENTS OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO
         NEEDY FAMILIES                                      HSH,FIN
         Allows recipients of TANF to have 1 savings
         account up to $5,000 for tuition, books, and
         incidental expenses or a down payment on a
         primary residence or for business incubation to
         be disregarded in calculation of determination of
         assistance.  Also exempts net worth of any
         business owned by a member of the assistance
         unit.

 920     RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR
         THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE
         DISTRICT                                            FIN

 
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         CIP for the 45th Representative District.

 921     APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE KAENA POINT COASTAL
         RESERVE                                             WLU,FIN
         Appropriates $1,659,414 for FY 1999-2000, of
         which $1,537,000 is for the Kaena Point coastal
         reserve development costs, and $122,214 shall be
         for the Kaena point coastal reserve operating
         costs.

 922     RELATING TO OSTEOPOROSIS                            HLT,FIN
         Establishes an osteoporosis prevention and
         treatment education program within the department
         of health.  Establishes interagency council on
         osteoporosis.  Appropriates funds to the DOH.

 923     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Repeals the preemption clause of the fireworks
         regulation statute and restores the power to
         regulate fireworks to the counties.

 924     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH
         LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS                             JHA
         Limits state senators to 3 consecutive 4 year
         terms and state representatives to 6 consecutive
         2 year terms beginning with terms commencing on
         the day of the general election of 1994, provided
         that a person becomes eligible to serve in the
         same position again if the person has been out of
         that office for one term.  (ConAm)

 925     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES                          TRN,JHA
         Requires impoundment of a vehicle by a private
         tow company when driven without insurance.

 926     RELATING TO SALARIES IN THE JUDICIARY               JHA,FIN
         Changes the salaries of supreme court justices,
         intermediate appellate court judges, circuit
         court judges, and district court judges.

 927     RELATING TO TAX CREDITS                             EDB,FIN
         Restores to the income tax law the medical
         services excise tax credit and the food tax
         credit for resident individuals and low income
         taxpayers.

 928     RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE STATE HEALTH
         PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SHPDA)             LAB,HLT,FIN
         Repeals the state health planning and development
         agency.  Transfers the administrator and 1
         clerical position to the office of planning.

 929     RELATING TO WAGES                                   LAB,FIN

 
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         Exempts subcontractors who comprise less that 5%
         of the total project from rate of wage
         provisions.

 930     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION                   LAB,CPC,FIN
         Clarifies existing workers' compensation benefits
         law.

 931     RELATING TO COACHES' SALARIES                       EDN,FIN
         Converts stipend basis for coaches' salaries in
         public schools to salary base tied to collective
         bargaining.

 932     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ATHLETICS               EDN,FIN
         Restores funding to the athletic programs of
         existing public high schools whose funding was
         taken away to fund the athletic programs of new
         high schools.

 933     RELATING TO ATHLETIC HEALTH CARE SPECIALISTS        EDN,FIN
         Converts 15 temporary athletic health care
         specialist positions in department of education
         to permanent positions.

 934     RELATING TO STATE CONTRACTS                         LAB,FIN
         Provides that first preference will be given to
         unionized contractor bids when using in-state
         contractors for printing, binding, and stationery
         work.

 935     RELATING TO TAXES                                   EDB,FIN
         Specifies that services subject to the general
         excise tax rate of one-half of one percent should
         include the supplying of processed negatives and
         plates, composition, bindery, photography,
         graphic design, copy writing and editing, and
         foreign translation work to a job printer.

 936     RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PAPER                        CPC,JHA
         Provides assessments and other penalties for
         dishonored checks.

 937     RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE           AGR,FIN
         Expands the "Island Fresh" campaign by requiring
         the department of agriculture to explore the
         possibility of establishing a similar
         international campaign. Requires the department
         to start a promotional program with the private
         sector.

 938     RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL                          EEP,FIN
         Appropriates $300,000 for the department of
         health for litter control programs.

 939     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO        HLT/HSH,EDN,FIN

 
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         Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at
         Hilo for a counseling psychology program and a
         special education teacher program.

 940     RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX                      AGR,FIN
         Exempts from the general excise tax amounts
         received for products made with locally produced
         sugar in lieu of corn syrup.

 941     RELATING TO FERTILIZERS                             AGR/EEP,HLT,FIN
         Establishes standards for waste-derived
         commercial fertilizers.

 942     RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS         EEP,FIN
         Allows extension of the public comment period for
         environmental assessment and impact statements.

 943     RELATING TO EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM             LAB,FIN
         Allows county department and state agency heads
         class A membership status in the retirement
         system as their state counterparts.

 944     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT                              LAB,EDB,FIN
         Requires successor employers to retain incumbent
         employees upon the divestiture, sale, or
         acquisition of a business.

 945     RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARKS                      AGR
         Allows DOA to process, market, and display
         agricultural crops and commodities, in its
         agricultural parks including any product created
         through value-added processes. Defines value-
         added process.  Allows BOA to adopt rules.

 946     RELATING TO AQUACULTURE                             EDB,FIN
         Expands in the general excise tax law the
         definition of "wholesaler" to include
         transactions carried on in the business of
         aquaculture production.

 947     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                             AGR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the construction of a
         multi-commodity, multi-technology post harvest
         facility that can be used by certified organic
         producers to promote Hawaii's organic industry.

 948     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL
         WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN                      AGR,FIN
         Provides funds to implement the Agricultural
         Water Use and Development Plan.

 949     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                             AGR,FIN
         Directs the agribusiness development corporation
         to provide for the planning, design, and
         construction of an agricultural subdivision in

 
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         the Hamakua district of the island of Hawaii.
         Appropriates $1 for that purpose, to be expended
         by the corporation.

 950     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SPORTS TOURISM
         DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION, AND MARKETING               TSM,FIN
         Appropriates state funds for the development,
         marketing, and promotion of sports tourism in
         Hawaii.

 951     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION               AGR
         Short form bill relating to government
         reorganization.

 952     RELATING TO WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING                 LAB,FIN
         Provides early retirement and voluntary
         separation incentive payments to workforce
         restructuring alternatives.

 953     RELATING TO DONATIONS OF MONEY TO PUBLIC
         EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS                            EDN/HED,FIN
         Requires moneys donated on behalf of the DOE or a
         departmental school district, school complex, or
         school to be expended by the same. Requires
         moneys donated on behalf of the UOH or a campus,
         college, community college, school, department,
         or organized research unit to be expended by the
         same.

 954     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT        FIN
         Provides for capital improvement projects for the
         benefit of the Fifth Representative District.

 955     RELATING TO CRIME                                   JHA
         Makes it a class B felony to take sexual
         photographs or videotapes of a person without
         consent and when the person expects privacy.
         Makes it a misdemeanor to possess such materials.

 956     RELATING TO HARASSMENT                              JHA
         The Hawaii courts have excluded police officers
         from being the victims of verbal harassment.
         This bill would reverse that result and clearly
         establish that police officers are entitled to
         protection from unwarranted verbal abuse.

 957     RELATING TO TORTS                                   LAB,JHA,FIN
         Requires the attorney general to institute
         garnishment or other proceedings as may be
         necessary against a government employee to
         reimburse the State when the State must pay out
         tort claims resulting from an act or omission of
         the state employee while acting within the scope
         of the employee's employment.

 
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 958     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT                       LAB,FIN
         Provides that severely handicapped persons,
         certified for positions in public service, can
         transfer from one position to another provided
         the new position requires functions that the
         person is capable of performing.

 959     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Bans the use of fireworks except for religious or
         ceremonial purposes.  Increases penalties for use
         of aerial fireworks.

 960     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS                CPC
         Provides that directors of condominium
         associations shall serve no more than six years
         in any nine-year period.

 961     RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS                           JHA,CPC
         Makes blank appropriation for the office of
         information practices.

 962     RELATING TO REPARATIONS UNDER THE HAWAIIAN HOME
         LANDS TRUST                                         JHA,FIN
         Establishes reparations for persons aggrieved
         under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920.

 963     RELATING TO INSURERS                                CPC,JHA
         Requires an insurer to provide an insured with
         independent counsel when a conflict of interest
         arises on a claim under an insurance policy.

 964     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION         CPC,FIN
         Establishes a public utilities commission
         intervenors fund to be administered by the
         commission to assist intervenors in
         investigations conducted by or proceedings held
         before the commission.

 965     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                EDB/HED,FIN
         Creates a separate line item in the budget for
         the small business development center at UH-Hilo.
         Appropriates funds to the center.

 966     RELATING TO AQUATIC FOODS                           OMR,CPC
         Makes it unlawful to misrepresent aquatic foods
         from outside the state as being Hawaiian in
         origin.

 967     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE COLLEGE           HED,JHA,FIN
         Authorizes the Hawaiian Language College to
         contract in the Hawaiian language directly with
         providers rather than contracting with RCUH.
         Also repeals the prohibition from using general
         funds for the Hawaiian Language College.


 
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 968     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Establishes a community-based pilot project that
         enables students to have an opportunity to
         participate in the formulation of activity
         programs.

 969     RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION                        HLT,HED,FIN
         Appropriates funds for a graduate counseling
         psychology program at UH-Hilo.

 970     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
         REVENUE BONDS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS
         THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES                 HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of special purpose
         revenue bonds to assist Pacific Cardiac
         Institute, Inc., a not-for-profit Hawaii
         corporation, or a Hawaii nonprofit affiliate of
         same.

 971     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
         REVENUE BONDS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS
         THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES                 HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of special purpose
         revenue bonds to assist Wahiawa General Hospital,
         Inc., a not-for-profit Hawaii corporation, or a
         Hawaii nonprofit affiliate of Wahiawa General
         Hospital, Inc.

 972     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
         REVENUE BONDS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS
         THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES                 HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of special purpose
         revenue bonds to assist Wahiawa Central-Oahu
         Health Center, Inc., a not-for-profit Hawaii
         corporation, or a Hawaii nonprofit affiliate of
         Wahiawa Central-Oahu Health Center, Inc.

 973     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
         REVENUE BONDS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS
         THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES                 HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of special purpose
         revenue bonds to assist Pacific Sports Medicine
         and Research Center, Inc., a not-for-profit
         Hawaii corporation, or a Hawaii nonprofit
         affiliate of same.

 974     RELATING TO TAXATION                                HLT,FIN
         Addresses the taxation of certain medical
         services by providing relief.

 975     RELATING TO PROJECT FAITH                           JHA,FIN
         Makes appropriation for Project Faith, Anahola,
         Kauai.

 976     RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE                    TRN,CPC

 
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         Includes course approved by armed services branch
         installation commander and that meets motorcycle
         safety foundation standards as a motorcycle
         education course for purposes of qualifying for
         motorcycle liability coverage.

 977     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Reduces state corporate income tax rates by fifty
         per cent.

 978     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                             AGR,FIN
         Encourages private lenders to provide financing
         for diversified ag by reducing risks through the
         department's ability to guarantee loans.  Up to
         90% of the loan plus interest would be eligible.

 979     RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS                      AGR,FIN
         Includes credit unions under the definition of
         "private lender" to allow farmers the opportunity
         to go to the financial institution, which is
         their primary "bank", to obtain agricultural
         loans.

 980     RELATING TO IRRIGATION WATER DEVELOPMENT            AGR,FIN
         Eliminates acreage assessments against
         uncultivatable lands for irrigation project
         purposes.  Allows the Board to get minimum
         acreage assessments on unusable or uncultivatable
         lands.

 981     RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES                AGR,FIN
         Expands eligibility qualifications for
         agricultural park lease appplicants.

 982     RELATING TO AQUACULTURE                             AGR,WLU
         Removes reference to the management of
         aquaculture programs from the statutory purview
         of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 983     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
         AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION                AGR,FIN
         Authorizes an emergency appropriation of $50,000
         in revolving funds for fiscal year 1998-1999 to
         allow the Agribusiness Development Corporation
         (ADC) to reimburse the papaya industry for
         securing patent licenses needed to commercialize
         the transgenic papaya and carry out its ongoing
         projects.

 984     RELATING TO OCEAN LEASING                           AGR/EDB/OMR,FIN
         Encourages public and private interests to invest
         in research and development to demonstrate open
         ocean mariculture in Hawaii, by clarifying that
         commercialization at an appropriate site is
         possible.  Allows the processing of ocean leases

 
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         without prior approval of the Governor and prior
         authorization by the Legislature.

 985     RELATING TO PROCUREMENT                             JHA,FIN
         Amends various provisions of Chapter 103D for
         consolidation or clarification purposes.
         Indigenous and Polynesian plants; pollution
         control; energy efficiency; value engineering;
         taxpayer preference; community rehab programs;
         liquidated damages; wage certificates; UH
         exemptions; orinting & binding; ethical
         violations, etc.

 986     RELATING TO REMEDIES OF PART VII, CHAPTER 103D,
         HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.                            JHA,FIN
         Proposes revisions to the State Procurement Code
         to clarify protest procedures and other remedies
         available.

 987     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.       LAB,FIN
         Removes the responsibility for funding the annual
         audit of the Hawaii public employees health fund
         from the state comptroller, and makes it the
         responsibility of the fund.

 988     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR STATE
         GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
         EFFORTS                                             JHA,FIN
         Provides funding for continued testing,
         modification, and support of the State's computer
         systems for Year 2000 compliance.

 989     RELATING TO THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN PERSONS' CLAIMS
         AGAINST THE STATE AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS
         THEREFOR.                                           JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds to provide for the payment of
         claims against the State for refunds of taxes,
         for judgments and settlements, and for other
         miscellaneous payments.

 990     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR LEGAL
         SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS
         INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS REVIEW.                           JHA,FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds to cover personnel
         costs of $97,216 for the Individual Claims Unit
         for the four-month remaining period of fiscal
         year 1998-99.

 991     RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY
         GENERAL.                                            JHA,FIN
         Proposes to permit the Attorney General to charge
         fees for the collection of moneys due to State
         agencies and to create a special fund, the Civil
         Recoveries Special Fund, into which collected
         moneys will be deposited.

 
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 992     RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF
         IDENTIFICATION.                                     JHA,FIN
         Removes the requirement of displaying specific
         mandatory fields on the state identification
         card, such as the social secuirity number, issue
         date, attorney general's signature, and
         registrar's signature.  The design of the card
         will be left to the discretion of the attorney
         general.

 993     RELATING TO THE STATE JUDGMENT LIENS                JHA,FIN
         Authorizes the registration of a judgment in
         favor of the State to affect real estate
         registered in the Bureau of Conveyances.

 994     RELATING TO NOTICE OF BREACH OR DEFAULT.            JHA,FIN
         Proposes to:  (1)  reduce the period for curing
         non-monetary defaults under leases and patents of
         state land from sixty to thirty days, subject to
         necessary extension only in cases where required;
         and (2) permit the parties, by agreement, to give
         notice by facsimile.

 995     RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES                         JHA,FIN
         Protects the State's sovereign immunity and
         expressly prohibits attorneys' fees from being
         awarded against the State and counties.

 996     RELATING TO MEETINGS OF STATE AND COUNTY BOARDS.    JHA
         Provides a means of maintaining the
         confidentiality of information, including
         documents, which is required to be kept
         confidential by a state or federal law, or a
         state or federal court order, when that
         information is needed to facilitate the
         deliberations or decisionmaking of a state or
         county board.

 997     RELATING TO MONEY LAUNDERING.                       JHA
         Establishes a class C felony offense for persons
         engaged in money laundering in amounts less than
         $10,000 but greater than $8,000.

 998     RELATING TO SIMULATING LEGAL PROCESS.               JHA
         Creates the offense of simulating legal process,
         which would impose a criminal penalty on persons
         who purport to have the authority to demand
         payment of money or cause others to submit to the
         putative authority of a document.

 999     RELATING TO ORGANIZED CRIME.                        JHA
         Clarifies that when a person fails to report
         income derived from a racketeering activity, or
         fails to pay the taxes due thereon, the person
         commits a class B felony.

 
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1000     RELATING TO GARNISHMENT.                            JHA,FIN
         Repeals section 652-14, which has become
         unnecessary and superfluous due to changes in the
         garnishment law and payroll practices.

1001     RELATING TO JUDGMENT LIENS IN FAVOR OF THE STATE.   JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that judgments in favor of the State
         and the liens which arise from those judgments
         are not limited to the ten-year duration of other
         judgments.

1002     RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.     JHA,FIN
         Exempts from the Procurement Code contracts for
         attorneys who are employed or retained to perform
         legal services for the State or any of its
         agencies outside Hawaii.

1003     RELATING TO HABITUAL CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.             JHA
         Creates a new felony offense covering persons who
         habitually commit misdemeanor offenses against
         property or persons.

1004     RELATING TO HOMICIDE.                               JHA
         Proposes to: (1) revise the statutory elements of
         murder; (2) create a new version of murder in the
         second degree; and (3) revise the extreme mental
         or emotional disturbance defense to one that
         reduces the level of offense just one level.

1005     RELATING TO REPEAT OFFENDERS                        JHA
         Provides for a twenty-five year time frame within
         which a prior felony conviction would qualify as
         a prior felony for repeat offender sentencing.

1006     RELATING TO A SENTENCING SIMULATION MODEL           JHA,FIN
         Proposes a simulation model program to gather
         information on convicted defendants in order to
         determine the most efficient use of resources
         available in the prisons, the judiciary (i.e.,
         probation), and the community.

1007     RELATING TO FIREARMS                                JHA
         Amends the penalty provisions of the firearms law
         to clarify that the penalty for a violation of
         this section is intended to be in addition to and
         not in lieu of the penalty for other applicable
         offenses

1008     RELATING TO TOBACCO LIABILITY                       HLT,FIN
         Proposes to: (1) require tobacco manufacturers
         who determine not to enter into the November
         23,1998 "Master Settlement Agreement" with the
         State, to establish a reserve fund to guarantee a
         source of compensation; and (2) prevevent such

 
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         manufacturers from deriving large, short-term
         profits and then becoming judgment-proof.

1009     RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY IMMUNITY          WLU,JHA,FIN
         Repeals the sunset provision of Act 190, SLH
         which established a process to provide public
         entities protection from liability with the
         provision of warning signs at beach parks

1010     RELATING TO ANTITRUST                               JHA,FIN
         Clarifies the types of damages that maybe
         recovered in antitrust actions initiated by the
         Attorney General

1011     RELATING TO THE UNIFORM SUPERVISION OF TRUSTEES
         FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACT                         JHA,FIN
         Provides specific enforcement mechanisms for the
         Attorney General's supervision and enforcement of
         trustees holding funds or property held for
         charitable purposes.  Authorizes the Attorney
         General to establish and maintain a register of
         charitable trusts and organizations.

1012     RELATING TO THE CLEAN HAWAII FUND.                  EEP/EDB,FIN
         Continues the use of special funds in the Clean
         Hawaii Fund for the purpose of marketing and
         promoting the development of recycling and
         remanufacturing businesses.

1013     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII TOURISM
         AUTHROITY.                                          TSM,FIN
         Proposes an emergency appropriation ($31,000,000)
         for the tourism special fund.

1014     RELATING TO TOURISM                                 TSM,FIN
         Allows the Convention Center Authority (CCA) to
         sunset on June 30, 1999.  Assigns the
         responsibility to market, operate, manage, and
         maintain the Hawaii convention center facility to
         the Hawaii Tourism Authority.  Transfers the
         Convention Center Capital and Operations Special
         Funds to the Tourism Special Fund.

1015     RELATING TO LAND USE.                               WLU/AGR,FIN
         Allows the counties to reclassify parcels of land
         which are fifty acres or less, while retaining
         State oversight of the reclassification of valued
         agricultural lands and lands within the
         Conservation District.

1016     RELATING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BARBERS POINT
         NAVAL AIR STATION.                                  WLU,FIN
         Authorizes the Barbers Point Naval Air Station
         Redevelopment Commission to provide utility
         services for property conveyed by the Navy to

 
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         federal, state, and county agencies under base
         realignment and closure.  Allows the Commission
         to establish advisory committees.

1017     RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE
         PROGRAM.                                            HSH,FIN
         Authorizes the Housing and Community Development
         Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) to issue an
         additional $500,000,000 in tax-exempt revenue
         bonds for the Hula Mae Single Family Mortgage
         Purchase Program.

1018     RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
         CORPORATION OF HAWAII.                              HSH,FIN
         Amends housing definitions ("qualified resident",
         and "housing owner").  Lowers income limits for
         participants in State Rent Supplement Program.

1019     RELATING TO SECURITIES                              EDB,CPC
         Enables small businesses to obtain increased
         access to growth capital by allowing a new form
         of equity financing.

1020     RELATING TO THE HAWAII CAPITAL LOAN PROGRAM.        EDB,FIN
         Extends both the business loan guarantee program
         and the neighbor island preferential business
         loan interest rate.

1021     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES            WLU,CPC
         Clarifies that projects created as condominium
         property regimes are subject to county zoning and
         other county building and development ordinances
         and rules.

1022     RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT                   EDB/WLU,FIN
         Repeals the Hamakua Development District which
         has since been superseded by subsequent
         activities in Hamakua.

1023     RELATING TO THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INCOME
         TAX CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES               EDB,FIN
         Creates a tax credit for individual and corporate
         taxpayers who increase their expenditures in
         Hawaii for qualified research and development
         activities.

1024     RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS
         INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT                               EDB,FIN
         Provides a new credit to encourage the investment
         in high technology companies.

1025     RELATING TO THE KAKAAKO HIGH TECHNOLOGY ZONE        EDB,WLU,FIN
         Creates a Kakaako high technology zone.

1026     RELATING TO INSURANCE PREMIUM TAXES                 HSH,CPC,FIN

 
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         Allows insurance companies to utilize the low-
         income housing tax credit to offset insurance
         premium taxes.

1027     RELATING TO TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR AVIATION TRAINING
         FACILITIES                                          TRN/EDB,FIN
         Adds a new section which exempts from the general
         excise tax the construction of an aviation
         training facility and the amounts received by an
         aviation training facility for a certified
         training program.

1028     RELATING TO ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION     EDB/TRN,FIN
         Removes the restriction placed on the
         corporation's ability to develop Irwin Park and
         to appropriate money to acquire the reversionary
         interest contained in the deed of Helene Irwin
         Fagan.

1029     RELATING TO PERMIT PROCESSING                       EDB,FIN
         Changes the name of the "consolidated application
         process" to "facilitated permit process,"

1030     RELATING TO PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT      EDB,WLU,FIN
         Allows the continuation of the review of Kakaako
         waterfront development applications to facilitate
         development, create jobs, expand the tax base,
         and generate revenues.

1031     RELATING TO HAWAII SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY
         FLEXIBILITY ACT                                     EDB,CPC,FIN
         Narrows the definition of small business from
         those businesses with 200 or fewer employees to
         businesses with 50 or fewer employees. Redefines
         the role of the business defender as a business
         advocate.

1032     RELATING TO TAXATION                                TSM/EDB,FIN
         Crates a hotel remodeling tax credit through the
         2001 tax year to encourage hotel renovation,
         repair and refurbishment.

1033     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND.             EDB,CPC,FIN
         Clarifies the status of the universal service
         fund and improves fund administration which is
         designed to proved basic telecommunications
         services.

1034     RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.                         TRN,CPC
         Provides the Public Utilities Commission with the
         flexibility needed to address demands for
         services where existing carriers are not able to
         meet the need due to unpredictable circumstances.

1035     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB,FIN

 
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         Allows the Board of Trustees to appoint a chief
         investment officer and an assistant administrator
         to serve at the pleasure of the Board.

1036     RELATING TO INVESTMENTS OF THE EMPLOYEES'
         RETIREMENT SYSTEM                                   LAB,FIN
         Limits the ERS' liability in real estate
         investments.

1037     MAKING AN EMERGENCY  APPROPRIATION FOR THE
         UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM                          JHA,FIN
         Appropriates additional funds ($1,000,000) in
         fiscal year 1998-99 to pay judgments and claims
         from the Unclaimed Property program.

1038     MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
         COST ITEMS                                          LAB,FIN
         Provides fund authorizations and appropriations
         for collective bargaining cost items for Units 1,
         2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13 and their excluded
         counterparts, including the cost of salary
         adjustments.

1039     PROPOSING AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VII OF THE HAWAII
         CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY AND BUDGET
         RESERVE FUND                                        JHA,FIN
         Repeals the excess revenue tax refund.
         Establishes a fund for emergency and budget
         reserve puroses.   Clarifies that appropriations
         to the fund are excluded from the general fund
         expenditure ceiling.

1040     RELATING TO AN EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND    JHA,FIN
         Establishs a fund for emergency and budget
         reserve purposes.

1041     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND        LAB,FIN
         Permits the Health Fund to return the employees'
         share of insurance carrier refunds to
         beneficiaries based on their years of benefit
         plan participation.

1042     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.       LAB,FIN
         Enables the Health Fund's Board of Trustees to
         contract for more than one type of benefit plan
         for medical, drug, vision, and dental benefits.

1043     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.       LAB,FIN
         Changes the Health Fund Administrator's civil
         service position to an exempt status.

1044     RELATING TO HEALTH BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME,
         TEMPORARY, AND SEASONAL OR CASUAL EMPLOYEES.        LAB,FIN

 
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         Authorizes the offering of medical benefits to
         part-time temporary, and seasonal' casual
         employees at no cost to the employer.

1045     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.       LAB,FIN
         Specifies that only the member's base salary is
         to be used to compute a member's average final
         compensation, and determine a contributory plan
         member's contributions to the ERS.

1046     RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF USED MOTOR VEHICLES     TRN,CPC,FIN
         Imposes a tax on the sale or transfer of a used
         motor vehicle which is purchased from an
         unlicensed seller.

1047     RELATING TO MAXIMUM RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE.           LAB,FIN
         Limits the maximum retirement allowance to eighty
         per cent and to fifty per cent of the member's
         average final compensation for contributory and
         non-contributory members, respectively.

1048     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND        LAB,FIN
         Requires State and county retired employees and
         their spouses to enroll in the federal Medicare
         Part B insurance program.

1049     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND        LAB,FIN
         Requires employee organizations that participate
         in the Health Fund benefit plans to return
         refunds from their insurance carriers to the
         Health Fund.

1050     RELATING TO COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE
         EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.                       LAB,FIN
         Increase Board membership from eight ot nine
         members.  Includes a fourth citizen trustee.

1051     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR COURT
         APPOINTED COUNSEL.                                  JHA,FIN
         Appropriates additional funds in fiscal year
         1998-99 to pay for court appointed counsel
         expenses.

1052     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT                              JHA,FIN
         Transfers fines and forefeitures from uncontested
         traffic infractions to the counties in fiscal
         year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter.

1053     RELATING TO PROGRAM EXECUTION                       HED,FIN
         Removes the reporting requirement for position
         and fund transfers.

1054     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO PAY THE
         SHARE OF HEALTH INSURANCE CARRIER REFUND AND RATE
         CREDIT AMOUNTS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT        LAB,FIN

 
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         Approriates funds ($2,132,595) in fiscal year
         1998-99 to pay the federal government its share
         of health insurance rebates and rate credits
         received by the general fund during fiscal year
         1998-99.

1055     RELATING TO VEHICLE TAXES                           TRN,FIN
         Transfers funds to the counties to compensate for
         the loss of revenues from the transient
         accomodations tax, and provides revenues to the
         highway fund to maintain and operate higway
         systems.

1056     RELATING TO THE RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND TOUR
         VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX                               TRN,CPC,FIN
         Raises the monthly rental motor vehicle surcharge
         tax rate from $2 to $3.  Transfers the entire tax
         collections under the rental motor vehicle and
         tour vehicle surcharge law from the highway
         special fund to the general fund

1057     RELATING TO THE BUDGET                              FIN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

1058     RELATING TO STATE PLANNING                          EDB,FIN
         Repeals State functional plan requirements

1059     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB,FIN
         Authorizes the employees' retirement system (ERS)
         to establish a defined contribution plan for
         employees that become members of the ERS on or
         after July 1, 2000.

1060     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND        LAB,FIN
         Eliminates the state and county employer
         contributions for health benefits for dependents
         of employees hired after the effective date of
         the bill.  Limits employer health fund benefit
         contributions.

1061     RELATING TO GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES                    HSH/HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the Director or Finance to specify the
         conditions for the release of a grant or subsidy
         appropriation to ensure that the funds are used
         as intended by the Legislature.

1062     RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANACIAL INSTITUTIONS     CPC,FIN
         Removes the restrictions on establishment or
         acquisition of interstate branches in Hawaii by
         out-of-state banks.

1063     RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS      CPC
         Makes corrections to certain sections of the Code
         of Financial Institutions which were

 
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         inadvertently not changed with the adoption of
         prior amendments to the Code.

1064     RELATING TO HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND BONDS      CPC,FIN
         Extends the authorization period issue
         reimburable general obligation bonds for the
         purposes of the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund
         (HHRF)

1065     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               HLT,CPC,FIN
         Establishes the health insurance revolving fund
         for the purpose of providing a means to pay for
         the costs of regulating health insurance.

1066     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               HLT,CPC,FIN
         Clarifies and improves laws regulating insurance,
         including mutual benefits societies and health
         maintenance organizations by: clarifying
         provisions governing fines for violations of the
         insurance statutes and rules; clarifying the
         licensing provisions for fraternal benefit
         society agents; and requiring policies provided
         by mutual benefit societies and health
         maintenance organizations to meet certain Flesch
         Reading Ease tests.

1067     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC,FIN
         Mandates continuing education for general agents,
         subagents, solicitors, designated
         representatives, and nonresident agents in the
         State of Hawaii.

1068     RELATING TO HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS        HLT,CPC,FIN
         Amends the provisions governing fees for
         certificates of authority for health maintenance
         organizations (HMO).

1069     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC,FIN
         Amends the provisions governing the assessment
         for the Insurance Examiners Revolving Fund, and
         to repeal the sunset provisions for the fund and
         statutes enacted for accreditation.

1070     RELATING TO THE INSURANCE CODE                      CPC
         Amends the provisions governing examination and
         investigations of captive insurance companies.

1071     RELATING TO THE INSURANCE CODE                      LAB,CPC,FIN
         Amends the provisions governing the employees of
         the Insurance Division.

1072     RELATING TO REVERSE MORTGAGES                       CPC
         Establishes consumer protections for reverse
         mortgagors.


 
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1073     RELATING TO TELEMARKETING FRAUD                     CPC/JHA,FIN
         Specifies and prohibits telemarketing fraud
         practices committed by and against Hawaii
         citizens.

1074     RELATING TO REGULATION OF OSTEOPATHY                HLT,CPC,FIN
         Terminates the Board of Osteopathic Examiners and
         assigns its duties to the Board of Medical
         Examiners, adding to the medical board a new
         member who is an osteopathic physician.

1075     RELATING TO LENDER EXEMPTIONS                       EDB,CPC,FIN
         Encourages and facilitates investments of capital
         and funds from sources outside of Hawaii by
         removing the registration requirement to obtain
         the existing exemptions from certain state
         licensing, registration and tax laws.

1076     RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC BROADCASTING
         AUTHORITY                                           CAR,FIN
         Transfers all licenses, assets, responsibilities,
         and functions of the Hawaii Public Broadcasting
         Authority (HPBA) to the Hawaii Public Television
         Foundation (HPTF).

1077     RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES             EDB,CPC,FIN
         Amends the Hawaii Uniform Limited Liability
         Company Act to conform with amendments made to
         the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (1995).

1078     RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION                   EDB,CPC,FIN
         Simplifies and facilitates the business
         registration process by clarifying the updating
         statutes governing business registration.

1079     RELATING TO THE CONVERSION OF BUSINESS ENTITIES     EDB,CPC,FIN
         Allows corporations, partnerships, limited
         liability partnerships, and limited liability
         companies to convert into any other form of
         business entity provided by Hawaii law.

1080     RELATING TO THE NAMES OF CORPORATIONS,
         PARTNERSHIPS, AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES       EDB,CPC,FIN
         Gives corporations, partnerships, limited
         liability partnerships, and limited liability
         companies the ability to seek administrative
         relief against other entities who have registered
         or use a name that is substantially identical or
         confusingly similar to theirs.

1081     RELATING TO CORPORATIONS                            CPC
         Provides shareholders the opportunity to
         authorize another person to act as a proxy for
         the sole purpose of voting shares, and to provide
         for the proxy authorization to be in writing or

 
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         electronically transmitted to the person who will
         be the holder of the proxy

1082     RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS                  CPC,FIN
         Provides a source of funds from the franchise tax
         revenues for the financial institution examiners'
         revolving fund.

1083     RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
         CONSUMER AFFAIRS                                    CPC,FIN
         Corrects the statutory reference to the Director
         as being the Commissioner of Securities, and
         allows the department to be fiscally self-
         sufficient by creating a Commerce and Consumer
         Affairs Fund.

1084     RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF                 EDB,CPC,FIN
         Returns the provision of hurricane insurance to
         the private market.   Creates natural disaster
         relief  and loss mitigation funds to help persons
         within the State who may be affected by future
         natural disasters.

1085     MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR EDUCATION       EDN/HLT,FIN
         Provides an additional 283 permanent positions
         and $11,100,000 of operating funds to the
         Department of Education for fiscal year 1998-
         1999.

1086     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Gives the Department more flexibility in
         regulating courses of study.

1087     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Enables the Department to assess tuition to cover
         the expenses for supplemental, discretionary,
         out-of-school time instructional programs.
         Exempts the Department from transferring special
         funds for out-of-school time instructional
         programs to the general fund to cover central
         service expenses.

1088     RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE                       EDN,FIN
         Permits the Board of Education to determine the
         starting age for children entering kindergarten
         and first grade.

1089     RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR TEACHER
         TRAINEES                                            EDN,JHA,FIN
         Authorizes mandatory criminal history checks on
         teacher trainees.

1090     RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY                           PSM/EDN,FIN
         Transfers the responsibility of the
         administration of the night security program for

 
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         selected public schools from the Department of
         Public Safety to the Department of Education.

1091     RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS                LAB,EDN,FIN
         Expands the current exemption from civil service
         to include employees of the Department of
         Education engaged in the distribution,
         collection, and counting of student and adult
         meal tickets on less than half-time basis.

1092     RELATING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION         EDN,FIN
         Transfers responsibility for determining the
         salary of the Superintendent of Education from
         the Legislature to the Board of Education.

1093     RELATING TO STUDENT-CENTERED SCHOOLS                EDN,FIN
         Increases the accountability of local school
         boards for the results produced by student-
         centered schools.  Ensures equitable funding
         among all public schools.

1094     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Establishes alternative education options for
         students who are expelled, suspended or cause
         chronic disruption to the educational process.
         Appropriates $90,000 for provider contracts.

1095     RELATING TO THE REVIEW OF THE SALARIES OF THE
         TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS          JHA,FIN
         Pre-starts the four-year cycle for the process to
         review the salaries of the trustees of the Office
         of Hawaiian Affairs.

1096     RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF BUSINESS REGULATION       CPC,FIN
         Eliminates the regulation of Barbers, Beauty
         Culture, Dispensing Opticians, Hearing Aid
         Dealers and Fitters, Speech Pathologists and
         Audiologists, Electrologists and Real Estate
         Collection Servicing Agents.

1097     RELATING TO REPEAL OF PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL
         LICENSING BOARDS                                    CPC,FIN
         Terminates the Boards of Barbering and Beauty
         Culture, Speech Pathology and Audiology, Elevator
         Mechanics Licensing, Motor Vehicle Industry, and
         Dental Examiners and assigns these duties to the
         director of the Department of Commerce and
         Consumer Affairs

1098     RELATING TO THE MOTOR CARRIER LAW                   TRN,CPC,FIN
         Eliminates the regulation of commerical motor
         carriers.

1099     RELATING TO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE                      EDN,FIN

 
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         Requires each school to set its own performance
         indicators, including, at a minimum, student test
         scores, school attendance, student drop-out rates
         and parental involvement, and to set its own
         achievement goals, known as benchmarks, to
         improve performance over its own previous levels.

1100     RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INCUMBENT
         WORKER JOB TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GROWTH INDUSTRIES   LAB,FIN
         Encourages the creation of training programs to
         improve the skils of existing workers for jobs in
         new and emerging industries.

1101     RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY                           JHA,FIN
         Authorizes pay increases for the judiciary.
         Reforms the retirement benefits for justices and
         judges.

1102     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO REPEAL CERTAIN
         PROVISIONS RELATING TO JUDICIAL COMPENSATION TO
         PERMIT JUDICIAL COMPENSATION TO BE ADMINISTERED
         IN CONFORMITY WITH OTHER EXEMPT SALARIED OFFICERS
         OF THE STATE                                        JHA,FIN
         Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to
         abolish the Judicial salary commission. (ConAm)

1103     RELATING TO MISCONDUCT BY PUBLIC OFFICERS OR
         EMPLOYEES                                           LAB,JHA,FIN
         Requires the circuit courts, in any case in which
         a public official or employee is convicted of a
         felony, to order, as part of the sentence, the
         summary termination of the official of employee
         from his or her public employment

1104     RELATING TO CHARITABLE TRUSTS                       JHA
         Clarifies the computation of trustee's
         commissions for charitable trusts, and limits the
         annual compensation payable to a trustee to the
         salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
         of the State of Hawaii.

1105     RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BASED
         ON YEAR 2000 ERRORS BY COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS.      JHA,FIN
         Amends the Y2K immunity provisions established.
         Extends the time frame covered by the immunity
         for government computer systems beyond June 30,
         1999.

1106     RELATING TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR TRUSTEES OF
         THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.                     LAB,JHA,FIN
         Includes the trustees of the Office of Hawaiian
         Affairs, as salaried elected state officals, in
         the State's retirement benefit programs,
         including the Employee's Retirement System and

 
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         Public Employees Health Fund, if a trustee opts
         to participate.

1107     RELATING TO RECIPROCAL BENEFICIARIES                JHA/CPC,FIN
         Redefines reciprocal beneficiaries to be persons
         who are not related by blood and who cannot
         marry.  Gives couples who have established a
         reciprocal beneficiary relationship as provided
         by law most of the legal rights that accrue to
         married couples.  Adoption of other parental
         rights are excluded.

1108     RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TRUST INDIVIDUAL
         CLAIMS.                                             JHA,FIN
         Establishes and approves a formula and criteria
         to be applied by the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust
         Individual Claims Review Panel to all claims
         properly made.

1109     RELATING TO ACT 329, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1997    JHA,FIN
         Allows additional time to effect the objective of
         and complete the tasks assigned by Act 329,
         Session Laws of Hawaii 1997 to resolve
         outstanding controversies relating to the
         management and disposition of the lands of the
         public land trust and implementation of article
         XII, section 6 of the State Constitution

1110     RELATING TO NEW CENTURY SCHOOLS                     EDN/LAB,FIN
         Requires that all schools designated as New
         Century Schools: (1) have a governing board
         appointed by the Governor, (2) be exempt from
         collective bargaining and the procurement code;
         and (3) be provided a budget in lump sum with the
         authority to transfer funds for purposes as
         determined by the school.

1111     RELATING TO YEAR 2000 ERRORS BY COMPUTER-BASED
         SYSTEMS                                             JHA,FIN
         Provides protection for persons who exercise
         commercially reasonable efforts to identify and
         find solutions for computer-based systems that
         may be affected by year 2000 errors.

1112     RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BASED
         ON YEAR 2000 ERRORS BY COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS       JHA,FIN
         Effectuates the title of the bill (short form)

1113     RELATING TO FEES                                    JHA,FIN
         Amends statutory provisions so that agencies may
         use the administrative rulemaking process to
         change fees set by statute

1114     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,
         1920, AS AMENDED                                    JHA

 
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         Authorizes that a homestead lessee may transfer
         the leasehold interest in a tract to a spouse,
         chid, or grandchild who is at least one-quarter
         Hawaiian.

1115     RELATING TO FOSTER BOARD HOMES                      HSH,CPC,FIN
         Changes the need for a criminal history record
         check from one year to every year for the first
         two years and biennieally thereafter for foster
         homes.

1116     RELATING TO FOSTER BOARD ALLOWANCES FOR STUDENTS.   HSH,FIN
         Changes the full-time higher education
         requirement for foster board allowances for
         foster children attending an accredited
         institution of higher learning.

1117     RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT                HSH,JHA,FIN
         Proposes changes to bring Hawaii into compliance
         with the federal AFSA, which seeks to expedite
         permanency for children in foster care.

1118     RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
         SERVICES' RECORDS.                                  HSH,JHA,FIN
         Amends confidentaility statutes to allow the
         department to adopt rules to felect changes, as
         they are made, in federal statues and
         regualtions.  Allows disclosure of child abuse
         and neglect to comply with law.

1119     RELTING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES                HSH,FIN
         Permits the director, rather than the Governor,
         to appoint members to the Blueprint Pilot Project
         coordinating committee, and expands the size of
         the committee.

1120     RELATING TO PERSONAL CARE SERVICES PAYMENT.         HSH,FIN
         Repeals personal care services provisions which
         are now provided through the home and community-
         based medicaid waiver programs.

1121     RELATING TO THE SUNSET CLASE IN ACT 128, SESSION
         LAWS OF HAWAII 1997.                                HSH,JHA,FIN
         Allows the state to continue to "opt out" from
         Federal benefits prohibitions to ensure the
         continued availability of treatment program.

1122     RELATING TO UNCLAIMED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
         BENEFITS.                                           HSH,FIN
         Allows for the reversion of unclaimed benefits to
         the State upon death of a client.

1123     RELATING TO THE STATE BLIND VENDOR FACILITY
         PROGRAM.                                            HSH,FIN

 
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         Ensures that the process of selection of the
         state committee of blind vendors and the
         committee's responsibilities are in accordance
         with the federal Randolph-Sheppard Act.

1124     RELATING TO THE STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON
         REHABILITAITON.                                     HSH,FIN
         Revises the composition of the Rehbilitaion
         Council to conform to Federal mandates.

1125     RELATING TO RECOVERY OF MEDICAL PAYMENTS            HSH,JHA,FIN
         Clarifies and standardizes the provisions
         regarding the reimbursement rights of the
         Department of Human Services (DHS) in third-party
         liability situations.

1126     RELATING TO FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS              LAB,FIN
         Proposes to: (1) require all flexible spending
         accounts participant contributions, interest
         earned, and forfeited participant, interest
         earned, and forfeited participant balances be
         held in trust outside the State Treasury, and (2)
         requires interest earned on the contributions and
         forfeited participant balances to be used to
         defray the monthly participant fees and other
         administrative costs.

1127     RELATING TO LAYOFF OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES              LAB,FIN
         Establishs statutory parameters on layoffs, which
         shall apply to all civil service employees.

1128     RELATING TO HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN STATE
         GOVERNMENT                                          LAB,FIN
         Provides the Director of Human Resources
         Development with the authority to demonstrte new
         approaches to various aspects of human resource
         management wthin the civil service system.

1129     RELATING TO THE RECRUITMENT OF EMPLOYEES FOR
         STATE SERVICE                                       LAB,FIN
         Requires each appointing authority to assure that
         existing funds are available prior to authorizing
         an appointment at a rate beyond the minimum (but
         within the guidelines established by the
         director).

1130     RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR MANAGERIAL
         POSITIONS                                           LAB,FIN
         Permits the appropriate compensation for managers
         covered by the excluded managerial compensation
         plan (EMCP) by deleting the requirement for a
         single salary schedule and uniform adjustments
         throughout the jurisdictions.   Authorizes the
         chief executives of each jurisdiction to
         establish appropriate salary schedules.

 
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1131     RELATING TO HEARINGS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
         COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD                          LAB,FIN
         Proposes to permit hearings of the Public
         Employees Compensation Appeals Board to be
         conducted and made available to interested
         parties through the use of videoconferencing.

1132     RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF ELECTED AND
         APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF
         STATE GOVERNMENT                                    LAB,FIN
         Authorizes the governor to provide performance
         bonuses as appropriate for cabinet members,
         deputy directors and the administrative director.

1133     RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC
         OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES                              LAB,FIN
         Repeals Chapters 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82,
         of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to
         collective bargaining and the civil service
         system.

1134     RELATING TO REINVENTING GOVERNMENT WITH VOLUNTARY
         SEPARATION INCENTIVES.                              LAB,FIN
         Allows public employers to pay voluntary
         separation incentives (buyouts) to employees who
         voluntarily elect to separate from service as a
         restructuring tool to permanently reduce
         workforce size.

1135     RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT BY
         PRINCIPLE IN SPECIFIED PROGRAMS IN THE EXECUTIVE
         BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT                          LAB,FIN
         Creates a pilot program that would enable a
         department or agnecy in the executive branch of
         state government to designate that a program or
         other organizational component be a self-
         governing entity.

1136     RELATING TO THE DRUG FORMULARY                      HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires the Drug Product Selection Board to
         designate the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's
         (FDA) publication, "Approved Drug Products with
         Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations," including
         its then current supplements, as the State
         generic drug formulary.

1137     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  EEP/HLT,LAB,FIN
         Adds a new license category for environmental
         health professionals.

1138     RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS.           HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires health care providers and medical
         facilities to provide limited diagnostic,
         treatment, and contact information for use in
         epidemiologic disease and injury investigations

 
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         upon request by an authorized representative fo
         the Director of Health.

1139     RELATING TO CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL.          HLT,CPC,FIN
         Clarifies the categories of licensure of clinical
         laboratory personnel.

1140     RELATING TO HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS                   HLT,JHA
         Proposes a comprehensive modified uniform health-
         care decisions act which would permit a competent
         individual to control decisions relating to his
         or her own medical care.

1141     RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                EEP,LAB,FIN
         Allows the Department of Health to hire a
         professional ecologist or biologist capable of
         performing ecological risk assessments and
         natural resource damage assessments.

1142     RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.                            EEP,JHA,FIN
         Proposes the regulation of private cesspool,
         wastewater, and sludge pumping and hauling
         operations by the director of health.

1143     RELATING TO SERVICES FOR PERSONS DEVELOPMENTAL
         DISABILITIES OR MENTAL RETARDATION.                 HLT/HSH,FIN
         Proposes the establishment of a developmental
         disabilities special fund to expand and enhance
         services for persons with developmental
         disabilities or mental retardation by maximizing
         federal reimbursements.

1144     RELATING TO THE TRAINING OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL
         SERVICES PERSONNEL.                                 HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the Department of Health to approve
         the curricula and syllabi of training courses for
         basic, intermediate, and advanced life support
         emergency ambulance personnel.

1145     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY
         MEDICAL SERVICES.                                   HLT,FIN
         Provides funds ($1,906,336) to meet the
         collective bargaining cost for county emergency
         ambulance personnel employed.

1146     RELATING TO VITAL RECORD FEES                       HLT,FIN
         Provides the continuation of funding to improve
         the vital statistics system, and prevention of
         domestic violence and sexual assault.

1147     RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION
         EXEMPT POSITIONS                                    HLT,LAB,FIN
         Adds human resource directors to the list of
         positions at Hawaii Health Systems Corporation

 
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         (HHSC) which are exempt from chapters 76, 77, and
         89, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

1148     RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION   HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation
         (HHSC) to issue $30,000,000 in revenue bonds and
         to appropriate such sums for the purpose of
         planning, designing, constructing, equipping, and
         furnishing faacilities relating to the Hilo
         Medical Center and Kona Community Hospital.

1149     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII
         HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION                          HLT,FIN
         Proposes an emergency appropriation ($8,000,000)
         to ensure the systems and equipment of the Hawaii
         Health Systems Corporations (HHSC) are Year 2000
         compliant; and to reduce the workers'
         compensation costs.

1150     RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT       HLT,JHA,FIN
         Authorizes the adoption of administrative rules
         allowing an interdisciplinary panel of mental
         health clinicians to review applications by the
         department of health for involuntary psychiatric
         treatment with medication for patients at the
         Hawaii State Hospital.

1151     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILD
         AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION               HLT,EDN,FIN
         Authorizes an emergency appropriation
         ($31,928,758) to the Department of Health for
         services provided by the child and adolescent
         mental health division.

1152     RELATING TO HAWAII TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SPECIAL
         FUND                                                HLT,FIN
         Creates a special fund to capture 50% of the
         moneys allotted to Hawaii from the settlement
         with tobacco companies for the Governor's rainy
         day fund, and the remaining 50% for the Hawaii
         Tobacco Settlement Special Fund.

1153     RELATING TO RETAIL LIQUOR SALES TO MINORS           HLT,JHA
         Allows persons under twenty-one years of age to
         participate in authorized studies or enforcement
         of statutory provisions relating to the sale of
         liquor to minors.

1154     RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES               HLT,FIN
         Creates a disability and communication access
         board which consolidates functions of the
         Commission on Persons with Disabilities, the
         Hawaii State Coordinating Council on Deafness,
         and the Architectural Access Committee.


 
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1155     RELATING TO PHYSICAN ASSISTED DEATH WITH DIGNITY    HLT,JHA/CPC
         Enables an individual who suffers from a terminal
         or intractable and unbearable illness to receive
         assistance from a physician to end the
         individual's life.

1156     RELATING TO THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND
         DEVELOPMENT AGENCY                                  HLT,CPC,FIN
         Repeals the chapter that establishes the State
         Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA)
         and its related functions.

1157     RELATING TO THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA            HLT/PSM,JHA
         Ensure that severely ill and terminally ill
         patients are not penalized by the State for
         obtaining and using marijuana strictly for
         medical purposes.

1158     RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION   HLT,FIN
         Allows more flexibility for the corporation to
         design and provide patient care services which
         meet the health care need of our communities.

1159     RELATING TO THE HAWAII WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
         COUNCIL                                             LAB,FIN
         Adds the federal requirements for a workforce
         investment board to the Workforce Development
         Council's statutory provisions.

1160     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY APPEALS             LAB,JHA
         Allows employment security appeals hearings to be
         conducted by telephone

1161     RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF WAGE LAWS                LAB,JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that attorney's fees and other costs of
         the opposing party shall not be assessed against
         the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations in
         cases involving the enforcement of the Wage and
         Hour, Payment of Wages and other compensation
         laws, including the collection of unpaid wages.

1162     RELATING TO SAFETY                                  LAB,FIN
         Ensures the adequacy of inspections for public
         and safety purposes on Oahu and the Neighbor
         Islands.

1163     RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS                            LAB,JHA
         Adds "sexual orientation" as a protected basis in
         the laws against discrimination in public
         accommodations and real property transactions
         (housing) and "familial status" to the
         blockbusting law in housing.

1164     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN

 
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         Prohibits the use of fireworks by individuals in
         counties with populations of 250,000 population
         or more.  Allows counties to adopt ordinances
         relating to fireworks.

1165     RELATING TO THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
         TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE FUND                        LAB,FIN
         Continues the fund which has been instrumental in
         the area of workplace accident prevention.
         Clarifies that the fund may be used to certify
         safety and health professionals.

1166     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND
         PROGRAM                                             LAB,FIN
         Clarifies that the disbursements of the
         employment and training fund (EFT) are exempt
         from the provisions of the State procurement
         code.

1167     RELATING TO COORDINATED CARE ORGANIZATIONS          LAB,CPC,FIN
         Allows an employer of less that 50 employees to
         offer one or more registered coordinated care
         organizations (CCO) for an employee's selection.

1168     RELATING TO THE LIBRARY ENHANCED SERVICES PROGRAM   EDN,FIN
         Continues the Enhanced Services Program through
         July 1, 2002.

1169     RELATING TO ALLOCATION OF VACANT LIBRARY
         POSITIONS                                           EDN,LAB,FIN
         Extends the already-existing authority of the
         state librarian to administratively reallocate
         vacant positions and to establish temporary
         positions for three years, until 2002

1170     RELATING TO COST-RECOVERY FEES FOR DELIQUENT
         LIBRARY ACCOUNTS                                    EDN,FIN
         Grants the Board of Education the authority to
         establish a fee of not more than $10 to be added
         to delinquent patron accounts at the time they
         are referred to a collection agency.

1171     RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN                     EDN,LAB
         Authorizes the Board of Education to appoint the
         State Librarian and to set forth terms and
         conditions of employment and salary.

1172     RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES               WLU,FIN
         Authorizes the deposit of a portion of recording
         and other collected fees into the Bureau of
         Conveyances Special Fund and establishes the
         Bureau of Conveyances Special Fund.

1173     RELATING TO BOATING ENFORCEMENT                     OMR,JHA

 
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         Authorizes the Board of Land Natural Resources to
         delegate enforcement authority to other
         designated employees, in addition to conservation
         and resources enforcement officers, for the
         purpose of enforcement of boating and ocean
         recreatoin programs.

1174     RELATING TO DISPOSITON OF LANDS.                    OMR/WLU,FIN
         Permits the Board of Land and Natural Resources
         to lease, or grant easements for use of submerged
         lands or lands beneath tidal waters which are set
         aside by executive order of the Governor for
         commercial or recreational harbor purposes,
         without the requirement of prior approval by the
         Governor and the prior approval of the
         Legislature by concurrent resolution.

1175     RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES                OMR,FIN
         Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural
         Resources to solicit proposals from private
         marina management firms to manage, operate, and
         improve the Ala Wai small boat harbor, and other
         small boat harbors and boating facilities under a
         negotiated long-term lease.  Clarified leases may
         be issued for small boat harbors and other
         boating facility properties.  Removes the
         prohibition of commercial vessel activities
         within Ala Wai and Keehi small boat harbors.

1176     RELATING TO BOATING PENALTIES                       OMR,JHA,FIN
         Establishes administrative fines for violations
         of boating laws and rules.  Authorizes the
         collection of fines, damages, and fees and costs.

1177     RELATING TO ABANDONED VESSELS                       OMR,JHA
         Allows private marinas and yacht clubs to take
         into custody and dispose of vessels abandoned on
         their premises.

1178     RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT                             OMR,JHA
         Proposes procedures for the seizure, forfeiture,
         and disposal of natural resources involved in
         statutory violations.

1179     RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE LICENSES.             OMR,JHA,FIN
         Clarifies statutory provisions relating to the
         issuance of commercial marine licenses.  Changes
         requirement for commerical fish catches reports.

1180     RELATING TO THE LICENSE FOR IMPORTED MARINE LINE.   OMR,JHA
         Clarifies that the Department may limit the
         possession and sale of certain marine life taken
         from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

1181     RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES                       OMR,FIN

 
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         Clarifies and consolidates penalty provision
         related to aquatic resources.  Reclassifies
         illegal taking methods to a class C Felony.

1182     RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.                      OMR,FIN
         Amends and repeals certain fishing laws subject
         to the adoption of administrative rules
         implementing or replacing them.

1183     RELATING TO BEACH LANDS                             WLU/OMR,FIN
         Provides for the restoration of beach lands
         within the State's shoreline area.  Establishes a
         beach restoration fund.

1184     RELATING TO THE SPECIAL LAND AND DEVELOPMENT
         FUND.                                               WLU,FIN
         Authorizes the deposit of fees, fines, and other
         administrative charges collected under chapter
         171, into the Special Land and Development Fund.
         Expands the uses of the Fund subject to
         authorization by the Legislature.

1185     REPORT TO HUNTING                                   WLU,JHA
         Authorizes an additonal two years to allow
         adequate time to implement and evaluate the
         effect of handgun hunting.

1186     RELATING TO WILDLIFE PENALTIES.                     WLU,JHA
         Updates and clarifies the penalty provisions
         relating to wildlife management.

1187     RELATING TO TIMBER MANAGEMENT                       WLU,EDB,FIN
         Allows the application of moneys accrued from the
         harvesting of forest products from state lands
         and sale of tree seedlings from state nurseries
         to: the reforestation and management of harvested
         areas; the enhanced management of forest reserves
         and environemental education and training
         programs.

1188     RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE                    WLU,JHA
         Clarifies that the Commission on Water Resources
         Management has exclusive jurisdiction and final
         authority in matters relating to the code.

1189     RELATING TO THE COASTAL AREAS PROGRAM.              WLU/OMR,FIN
         Deletes controlling shoreline erosion and the
         repair of seawalls from the responsibilities of
         the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

1190     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY            EEP,TSM,FIN
         Grants the Hawaii Tourism Authority the power to
         fund and support, through grants and other means,
         activities which promote ressonsible management
         of Hawaii's natural resources.

 
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1191     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMPENSATION OF CRIME
         VICTIMS                                             JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds ($1,127,025) to compensate
         persons and their service providers who will be
         awarded compensation during the period from July
         1, 1999 to June 30, 2000.

1192     RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION               JHA,FIN
         Provides and maintains support for the Crime
         Victim Compensation Commission.

1193     RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES                   JHA,FIN
         Clarifies and update provisions relating to
         controlled substances.

1194     RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE
         ADMINISTRATOR                                       PSM,LAB,FIN
         Allows the department to hire a health care
         adminstrator exempt from civil service
         provisions.

1195     RELATING TO SECURITY AT VARIOUS STATE HOSPITALS     HLT,PSM,FIN
         Transfers the functions and authority of
         uniformed security employees and security
         contracts for the Hawaii Health Systems
         Corporation (HHSC) from the Department of Public
         Safety to HHSC.

1196     RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF PRE-TRIAL INMATES        PSM/JHA,FIN
         Extends the authority to grant emergency release
         of pre-trial inmates until June 30, 2000

1197     RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX
         LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE                    FIN
         Amends Hawaii's Income Tax Law to conform with
         the changes to the Internal Revenue Code.

1198     RELATING TO THE INTEGRATED TAX INFORMATION
         MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BY THE DEPARTMENT
         OF TAXATION.                                        FIN
         Creates a special fund to pay for the integrated
         tax information management systems, and for the
         operation, maintenance, monitoring, and
         improvements to the automated tax system.

1199     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Provides a general excise tax exemption for
         exported contracting and services. Inposes the
         use tax on out-of-state services imported or
         purchased for use in Hawaii.

1200     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Provides income tax rate reductions for
         corporations, regulated investment companies, and
         real estate investment trusts.   Provides

 
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         franchise tax rate reductions for banks and
         financial corporations.

1201     RELATING TO THE INCOME TAX                          EDB,FIN
         Reduces the personal income tax rates for years
         2001 and 2002.   Provides capital gains tax rate
         cap reductions for individuals, estates, and
         trusts for taxable years 1999 to 2002.   Repeals
         the $25 income tax credit for child passenger
         safety systems.

1202     RELATING TO TAX RELIEF FOR LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE
         EXPENSES                                            HSH,FIN
         Reduces the tax burden on taxpayers who provide
         long-term care for certain chronically ill
         individuals by adopting the federal deduction for
         long-term care expenses.

1203     RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF TAXES                 CPC,FIN
         Allow collection agencies to recover their
         collection fees directly from a delinquent
         taxpayer when under contract with the Department
         of Taxation for the collection of delinquent
         taxes.

1204     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX LICENSING OF
         SINGLE- MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.         EDB,FIN
         Provides an exception from the general excise tax
         licensing, reporting, and tax liability for a
         single-member limited liability company when the
         member is licensed and pays the appropriate
         general excise tax on the gross income derived.

1205     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX                  EDB,FIN
         Clarifies GE tax rates for sales of bulk
         condiments or single-serving packets; and sales
         of disposable nonreturnable food containers.

1206     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION OF
         RELATED ENTITIES                                    EDB,FIN
         Clarifies the definition of "related entities"
         for purposes of the general excise tax.

1207     RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX                           HLT,FIN
         Cures a technical defect in the cigarette and
         tobacco tax law to restore the tax exemption for
         sales of cigarettes and tobacco products to the
         United States or any instrumentality thereof
         (i.e., sales to the military).

1208     RELATING TO THE INCOME TAXATION OF NONRESIDENTS     EDB,FIN
         Repeals section 235-4.3 and its method for
         calculating nonresident taxpayers' income taxes
         to avoid discouraging economic activity in
         Hawaii.

 
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1209     RELAITNG TO PREPAID HEALTH CARE INCOME TAX
         DECUTION                                            HLT/EDB,FIN
         Provides an income tax incentive for employers to
         offer prepaid health care benefits to employees
         that are otherwise not entitled to mandatory
         coverage.

1210     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING          TRN,JHA
         Authorizes the Director Transportation to enter
         into driver's license reciprocity agreements with
         foreign jursidictions.

1211     RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY                          TRN,JHA,FIN
         Mandates seat belt use by rear seat passengers,
         when a seat belt is available, and increase the
         fine for violation from $20 to $50.

1212     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HONOLULU HARBOR,
         OAHU.                                               TRN,FIN
         Authorizes an appropriation out of the revenues
         of the harbor special funds for the planning,
         design, and construction of a cruise ship
         passenger terminal at Pier 2, Honolulu Harbor.

1213     RELATING TO HIGHWAYS                                TRN,CPC/EEP,FIN
         Clarifies who is responsible for payment of
         undergrounding utility facilities along federal-
         aid highways.

1214     RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING             TRN,JHA,FIN
         Provides the authority for licensing a driver
         with a valid and qualified commercial driver's
         license issued by any Canadian province without
         requiring the driver to pass a knowledge or
         skills test.

1215     RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSING                      TRN,JHA,FIN
         Strengthens the education requirements for a
         driver's license.  Sets nighttime curfews for
         drivers under the age of 18.

1216     RELATING TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE
         UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                                HED,FIN
         Allows the Attorney General to provide legal
         representation to the University of Hawaii, upon
         request of the University of Hawaii Board of
         Regents.

1217     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII OPTIONAL
         RETIREMENT SYSTEM                                   HED,LAB,FIN
         Restricts participation in the University of
         Hawaii Optional Retirement System to the faculty
         and those who would be in Unit 07 but for their
         administrative or other excluded positions.


 
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1218     MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
         UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                                HED,FIN
         Appropriates $6,163,501 in general funds for
         expenditure by the University in fiscal year
         1998-1999 (faculty payroll).

1219     RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCING
         AGREEMENTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII             HED,FIN
         Allows the Board of Regents to approve its own
         financing agreements, where the principal amount
         does not exceed $3,000,000.

1220     RELATING TO THE STATE AQUARIUM                      CAR/HED,FIN
         Changes the deadline for transition to nonprofit
         management of the State Aquarium.

1221     RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MATERIALS                   LMG,FIN
         Consolidate the sale, distribution, and access to
         legislative materials by consolidating the
         responsibilities regarding legislative materials
         under one department.

                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

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

  37     REQUESTING THE COUNTIES TO CONSIDER ANNUAL LABOR
         COSTS IN AGRICULTURAL LAND VALUATIONS               AGR,WLU,FIN
         

  38     REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF
         AGRICULTURE TO ADOPT UNIFORM REGULATORY STANDARDS
         FOR THE IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, POSSESSION,
         PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TESTING/ASSAYING OF
         INDUSTRIAL HEMP                                     AGR/EDB,FIN

  39     REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO DIRECT THE ATTORNEY
         GENERAL TO VIGOROUSLY PURSUE CIVIL PROSECUTION OF
         THE GASOLINE OVERCHARGE CASE, AND TO EXPRESS
         HOUSE MEMBERS' SUPPORT FOR THIS EFFORT              EEP,CPC
         

  40     CALLING FOR A TASK FORCE AND REQUESTING A STUDY
         TO REVIEW THE FISCAL NEEDS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY
         FUND AND REPORT ON DEVELOPING A REVENUE PLAN FOR
         THE HIGHWAYS DIVISION                               TRN,FIN
         

 
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                          HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.R. NO.                        Subject                      REFERRAL

  24     REQUESTING THE COUNTIES TO CONSIDER ANNUAL LABOR
         COSTS IN AGRICULTURAL LAND VALUATIONS               AGR,WLU,FIN
         

  25     REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF
         AGRICULTURE TO ADOPT UNIFORM REGULATORY STANDARDS
         FOR THE IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, POSSESSION,
         PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TESTING/ASSAYING OF
         INDUSTRIAL HEMP                                     AGR/EDB,FIN

                             HOUSE BILLS

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

  38     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN

  65     RELATING TO AERIAL COMMON FIREWORKS                 JHA,FIN

 130     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN

 133     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE SMALL
         BUSINESS DEFENDER POSITION AND OTHER SUPPORT
         PERSONNEL ESTABLISHED UNDER ACT 168, SESSION LAWS
         OF HAWAII 1998                                      EDB,CPC,FIN

 176     RELATING TO TOBACCO TAX                             HLT,FIN

 245     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB,CPC,FIN

 247     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB,CPC,FIN

 294     RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE TOBACCO
         PRODUCTS AND TOBACCO PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS          HLT,FIN

 707     RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS                        JHA,FIN

 716     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ESTABLISH
         LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS                             JHA


 
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