COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Thursday, April 6, 2000
3:00 p.m.
State Capitol, Conference Room 308

AGENDA:

SB 2482, SD1, RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TAXATION.              EDB/HED,FIN
HD1 Allows biotechnology companies to sell their unused net operating
HSCR 1052-00  loss  carryover  and  unused   tax   credits  to  other  qualified
              biotechnology companies.   Enhances  the  tax benefits provided in
              Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999 for qualified high technology
              business.
SB 2574, SD1  RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.                      HED,FIN
HSCR 879-00   Authorizes the University of  Hawaii community colleges to deposit
              their special fund revenues into system special funds.
SB 2988, SD2, RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND                       EDB/LAB,FIN
HD1 PROCUREMENT.
HSCR 1036-00  Specifies that subcontractors provide evidence to contractors of a
              current trust fund  contribution  bond,  a performance and payment
              bond,  any  other  bond,  or  other  form  of  mutually-acceptable
              collateral.

Decision making to follow.


COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Thursday, April 6, 2000
4:45 p.m.
State Capitol, Conference Room 309

AGENDA:

Decision making only:
SB 2859, SD1  RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.                             LAB/FIN
SSCR 2686     Reforms the public employment laws  that were enacted to implement
              two constitutional mandates -- that there be a civil service based
              on merit and  that  public  employees  have  the  right to bargain
              collectively.
SB 2802, SD1  RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.               LAB/FIN
SSCR 2769     Creates an employer-union trust fund  as a single public employees
              health  benefit  delivery  system   administered  by  a  board  of
              trustees.

 
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SB 3002, SD2  RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.              LAB/FIN
SSCR 2739     Allows a surviving spouse  or  reciprocal  beneficiary of a police
              officer, firefighter, deputy sheriff,  or public safety officer to
              remarry or enter  into  a  new reciprocal beneficiary relationship
              and to continue to  receive  pension and other retirement benefits
              arising from their former spouse's employment.
SB 2326, SD1  RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.                      LAB/FIN
SSCR 2750     Allows  for  the   porting   of   Medicare   Part  B  to  employee
              organizations.
SB 3003, SD1  RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.              LAB/FIN
SSCR 2738     Makes all  new  public  employees  class  A, contributory members.
              Allows existing class C noncontributory members to elect to either
              remain as  class  C  noncontributory  members  or  become  class A
              contributory members.
SB 3193, SD1, RELATING TO THE HAWAII INSURANCE EXCHANGE.             CPC,LAB/FIN
HD1 Establishes a plan for the formation and implementation of a
HSCR 987-00   captive   insurance   facility    to    effectively   manage   the
              administration and financing of  the  current and potential future
              employee benefit obligations of the state and county governments.
SB 2837, SD1, RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.                EDN,LAB/FIN
HD1 Mandates that DOE implement the educational
HSCR 978-00   accountability system for Hawaii's  public schools that focuses on
              student learning of the  statewide  standards and includes student
              accountability; school  or  collective professional accountability
              of rewards,  assistance,  and  sanctions;  individual professional
              accountability;  and  public   accounting  for  other  significant
              partners to the  education  process.    Establishes an interagency
              educational accountability working group.
SB 2218, SD1, RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS.               EDN,LAB/FIN
HD1 Provides legal protection for new century charter school boards.
HSCR 977-00   Requires the auditor to develop a methodology for allocating funds
              to  be   applied   to   alternative   forms   of  public  schools.
              Appropriates funds for the establishment of additional new century
              charter  schools,  including  the   hiring  of  additional  school
              personnel.



 
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COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

Thursday, April 6, 2000
6:00 p.m.
State Capitol, Conference Room 325

AGENDA:

SB 96, SD1,   RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES.                              EEP,CPC
HD1 Allows solar devices to be sited for optimal device
HSCR 1338     performance, on any roof  of  a single-family residential dwelling
              or townhouse, including the  attached garage, notwithstanding that
              the town house roof may  be  a common element within a condominium
              property regime.

Decision making to follow.

 
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