SPEAKER'S OFFICE
                      TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

                          COMMITTEE REFERRALS


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              NO. 6  6TH LEGISLATIVE DAY  JANUARY 26, 2000
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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

2174     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,FIN
         Establishes hearings to determine entitlement to
         medical services in workers' compensation. 

2175     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,FIN
         Allows disputed claims for workers' compensation
         benefits to be resolved by alternative dispute
         resolution and arbitration. 

2176     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,FIN
         Limits, for subsequent nonwork-related injuries,
         an employer's liability for an employee's future
         medical care and indemnity benefits to an
         apportioned percentage ascribable to a prior
         work-related injury. 

 
                                   1
2177     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,CPC,FIN
         Allows the director of labor and industrial
         relations to approve a provider of vocational
         rehabilitation services who is located in the
         same area as an employee who has relocated out of
         the State. 

2178     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,FIN
         Requires a mutually agreed upon examiner to
         determine permanent impairment. If employer and
         employee cannot agree, requires the director of
         labor and industrial relations to appoint an
         examiner from a list compiled by the director.
         Requires the employer to pay for examinations. 

2179     RELATING TO ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN
         AFFAIRS.                                            JHA,FIN
         Make OHA elections subject to a nonpartisan
         primary. 

2180     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.       LAB/FIN
         Authorizes the board of the public employees
         health fund to negotiate a Medicare plus Choice
         program or programs with a carrier. 

2181     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES LONG-TERM CARE
         INSURANCE PROGRAM.                                  LAB/FIN
         Establishes a long-term care insurance program
         for public employees and repeals existing
         provisions allowing the hawaii public employees
         health fund to establish a long-term care
         benefits plan. 

2182     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.                 EDB,FIN
         Exempts local manufacturers from wholesale GET. 

2183     RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE
         REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.     EEP/AGR,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of special purpose
         revenue bonds to assist an industrial enterprise. 

2184     RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS.            EDN,FIN
         Requires the auditor to consider the advice of
         local school boards, rather than the
         superintendent, in setting the allocation for new
         century charter schools. Appropriates funds for
         the establishment of 22 additional new century
         charter schools, including the hiring of
         additional school personnel. 

2185     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.                           TRN,WLU
         Authorizes the development of a heliport on the
         Olowalu Sanitary Landfill site to service the
         West Maui area. 

 
                                   2
2186     RELATING TO GENETIC TESTING.                        PSM/JHA,FIN
         Provides for the genetic testing of certain
         criminal offenders as a condition of probation
         and parole. Establishes the violent offender
         identification fund and the sex offender
         identification fund. Appropriates funds. 

2187     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.                   EDB,CPC
         Requires that rules adopted to comply with
         federal law shall not impose regulatory
         requirements in excess of federal requirements,
         except where a statement of justification is
         included when the rules are submitted for
         approval by the governor or mayor of the county,
         and a copy of the statement and the rules are
         subsequently submitted to the next legislature. 

2188     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.               EDB,CPC
         Ensures that whenever an administrative rule is
         adopted, amended, or repealed, the rule conforms
         to the related statutes. Gives head of the agency
         affected by administrative rules more
         accountability for compliance and conformity to
         statutes. Allows an interested party to appeal
         the adoption of a rule by filing a petition for
         regulatory review under the Hawaii Small Business
         Regulatory Flexibility Act (Act 168, SLH 1998).
         Extends the sunset date of Act 168, SLH 1998,
         from June 30, 2002, to June 30, 2006. 

2189     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.               EDB,CPC
         Provides that any administrative rule that has
         been adopted pursuant to statute or ordinance
         that has been subsequently repealed shall be
         repealed automatically upon the effective date of
         this Act without regard to chapter 91, HRS.
         Provides that whenever a statute or ordinance is
         repealed, the administrative rule that is adopted
         pursuant to the repealed statute or ordinance
         shall also be repealed automatically without
         regard to chapter 91, HRS. 

2190     RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.                 EDB,CPC
         Amends Regulatory Licensing Reform Act policies
         regarding regulation of professions and
         vocations, to prohibit or require termination of
         regulations that are unnecessary or redundant of
         existing protections. Requires the DCCA to sunset
         a board or commission in the absence of an Act
         expressly prohibiting the sunset, and upon any
         finding of the Legislative Auditor that the board
         or commission is redundant or unnecessary. 

 
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2191     RELATING TO COURT RECORDS.                          JHA
         Establishes when court records may be sealed. 

2192     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.        TRN,CPC
         Makes it unlawful for common or contract carriers
         by motor vehicle to stop or park vehicles equal
         to or greater than feet in length, feet in width,
         and with a turning radius equal to or greater
         than feet on certain roads. Exempts vehicles used
         to transport disabled persons and cases of
         medical emergency. 

2193     RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS.                          LMG,FIN
         Makes appropriation to hire a staff person during
         the interim for the legislature's public access
         room. 

2194     RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS.                          LMG,FIN
         Appropriates funds so that legislative sessions
         can be broadcast in streaming media format via
         the Internet, adds a full time position to the
         public access room, establishes a childcare pilot
         program, and transfers the responsibility for the
         sale and distribution of statutory revision from
         the Lt. Governor to the legislature. 

2195     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.                         EDN,FIN
         Adds a new section providing for distance
         learning in public schools. 

2196     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,FIN
         Issues certificates to the parents or legal
         guardians of students who attend an educationally
         bankrupt school and who reside in the school's
         attendance area. Allows the certificates to be
         redeemed at participating public schools. 

2197     RELATING TO COLLEGE FUNDING.                        HED,FIN
         Requires the University of Hawaii to submit
         outside financial audits to support general fund
         budget requests that exceed general funds
         appropriated in a prior fiscal year. 

2198     RELATING TO ALOHA STADIUM.                          TSM,FIN
         Authorizes the stadium authority to build and
         finance sky boxes, and other improvements at
         Aloha Stadium through private means. 

2199     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,LAB/FIN
         Establishes a merit pay program under which
         principals are awarded additional pay if their
         school improves in measurable areas of
         performance. 

 
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2200     RELATING TO VOTING.                                 JHA,FIN
         Provides for same day voter registration. 

2201     RELATING TO ELECTRICAL COOPERATIVES.                EEP
         Short form bill relating to electrical
         cooperatives. 

2202     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HANA COMMUNITY
         HEALTH CENTER.                                      HLT,FIN
         Appropriates $952,000 in FY 2000-2001 to the Hana
         Community Health Center to allow the center to
         continue its current level of operations. 

2203     RELATING TO ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES.               TRN,FIN
         Increases the maximum amount of the additional
         fee assessed for motor vehicle certificates of
         registration to be used for highway
         beautification and the disposal of abandoned
         vehicles. 

2204     RELATING TO ETHANOL.                                EEP/AGR,EDB,FIN
         Provides a tax credit for the production of
         ethanol. 

2205     RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE FUELS.                      EEP/AGR,EDB,FIN
         Authorizes the counties to enact and enforce
         ordinances to require that gasoline sold in the
         county for use in motor vehicles contain not more
         than 10% ethanol by volume. Requires the
         department of business, economic development, and
         tourism to provide technical assistance to the
         counties as needed. 

2206     RELATING TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF PAID BILLS IN
         COURT.                                              JHA
         Amends chapter 622, HRS, to add a new part on
         admissibility of paid bills in court. 

2207     RELATING TO MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR HOSPITAL RECORDS
         AND WRITINGS.                                       JHA
         Makes certain medical, dental, and hospital
         records and writing admissible in certain civil
         trials without requiring testimony by keeper of
         the records. 

2208     RELATING TO COUNTIES.                               JHA,FIN
         Redefines "government agency" for purposes of the
         public notice requirement by not including the
         counties except for state procurement code and
         purchase of health and human services. The
         redefinition would allow counties to select its
         own rather than a state-selected publication in
         which to place a public notice. 

 
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2209     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.       HED,FIN
         Exempts the University of Hawaii at Hilo from
         being a revenue source for the University of
         Hawaii housing assistance revolving fund. 

2210     RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HAWAIIAN
         LANGUAGE DOCTORAL PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
         HAWAII-HILO.                                        HED,FIN
         Appropriates general revenues for the
         establishment of a doctoral program for Hawaiian
         language at UHH. 

2211     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE
         DISTRICT.                                           FIN
         Appropriates funds for capital improvement
         projects for the benefit of the twenty-third
         representative district. 

2212     RELATING TO HARBORS.                                TRN,FIN
         Transfers certain PSC taxes to the harbor special
         fund for the improvement of cruise ship
         facilities. 

2213     RELATING TO BINDING ARBITRATION AWARDS.             JHA
         Limits collection of any arbitration award to the
         applicable liability policy limit. 

2214     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE LAW.            LAB,CPC
         Caps medical fees for independent medical
         examinations in the motor vehicle insurance law
         at $400 rather than at the charge levels set
         under the workers' compensation fee schedules. 

2215     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Adds to definition of insurer, self-insurers. 

2216     RELATING TO UNINSURED MOTOR VEHICLES.               CPC
         Redefines "uninsured motor vehicle" where an
         unidentified vehicle causes the accident so as to
         delete notice to the insurer. 

2217     RELATING TO COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT CONDOMINIUM
         ASSESSMENTS.                                        CPC
         Permits special assessment on purchaser of
         delinquent apartment for unpaid assessments for
         common expenses accrued during 6 months
         immediately preceding acquisition of title. 

2218     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC,FIN
         Authorizes expenditures out of the captive
         insurance administrative fund for promotional
         activities. 

 
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2219     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Requires the insurance commissioner to treat as
         confidential all nonpublic financial information
         submitted by a captive insurer. 

2220     RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.                      CPC
         Authorizes captive insurers to merge or convert
         into different forms of captive insurers. 

2221     RELATING TO MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN THE
         PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.                       LAB/FIN
         Establishes medical care savings accounts in the
         public employees health fund for health care
         needs for state and county employees. 

2222     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.                           CPC,FIN
         Appropriates funds for a comprehensive review of
         the condominium property regimes law and related
         laws and issues. 

2223     RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES.                     CPC,FIN
         Requires counties to provide same municipal
         services to condominium and cooperative housing
         corporation communities as those already provided
         to residents of residential property.
         Appropriates $ for county mandates. 

2224     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING.         TRN
         Allows licensed passenger car operators to
         operate three-wheel vehicles. 

2225     RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.              EEP,FIN
         Amends the environmental impact statement law to
         specify that an environmental assessment shall
         not be required for actions that propose the use
         of state or county funds when those funds will
         not be used for a proposed development. Defines
         "development". 

2226     RELATING TO FIREARMS.                               JHA
         Provides for the forfeiture and destruction of
         all firearms and ammunition owned or possessed by
         a felon convicted of a violent crime. 

2227     RELATING TO PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.      CPC
         When a patient assigns reimbursement to the
         provider, requires insurers, mutual benefit
         societies, and HMOs to pay the provider, upon the
         provider's submission of the bill and
         notification of assignment. 

 
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2228     RELATING TO REVIEW OF RECORDS OF PAYMENTS TO
         HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.                              CPC
         Prevents insurers, mutual benefit societies, and
         health maintenance organizations from reviewing
         records of payments to providers solely for
         accuracy and payment adjustments that are more
         than 1 year old. Allows review for any other
         purpose including utilization review and
         statistical analysis. 

2229     RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMISSION.                    
JHA,FIN
         Establishes a constitutional revision commission
         within the office of the lieutenant governor to
         examine the state constitution and develop
         prospective changes for public ratification.
         Establishes a procedure for the appointment of
         members. 

2230     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN/HED,FIN
         Allows a double tax deduction for state income
         tax purposes for charitable contributions made by
         individual or corporate taxpayers to the
         department of education or the University of
         Hawaii. 

2231     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION
         10, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO REPEAL THE
         MANDATORY LEGISLATIVE FIVE-DAY RECESS (ConAm).      LMG,JHA
         Repeal the mandatory legislative 5-day recess. 

2232     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION
         TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT
         ORGANIZATION AND EFFICIENCY (ConAm).                LAB,JHA,FIN
         Proposes a constitutional amendment to require
         the convening of a government organization and
         efficiency commission every ten years to review
         state government operations and make
         recommendations to enable state government to
         conduct its operations in a more cost-effective
         manner. 

2233     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION
         10, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO PROHIBIT
         EXTENSIONS OF REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE
         (ConAm).                                            LMG,JHA
         Proposes an amendment to article III, section 10,
         of the Hawaii Constitution, to prohibit
         extensions of regular sessions of the
         legislature. 

 
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2234     RELATING TO THE INTERNET.                           EDB,JHA
         Prohibits the transmission of unrequested
         unsolicited commercial electronic mail (email).
         Establishes civil and criminal penalties. 

2235     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.                 EDB,CPC
         Makes it a deceptive trade practice for a
         business to represent that the amount of general
         excise tax due is in excess of the amount of tax
         payable by the business, and prohibits businesses
         that are subject to the 4% tax from passing on
         the "tax on tax" (0.166% in addition to the 4%
         tax rate) to their customers. 

2236     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.                           WLU,FIN
         Adds condition to leases of state lands to
         require lessees to pay monthly amounts to a
         reserve account to pay for cleaning up of
         pollution of leased land upon expiration or
         termination of lease. Provides for return of
         moneys if cleanup is not needed. 

2237     RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.                          PSM,FIN
         Establishes low security boot camp type
         facilities to house low-risk inmates such as
         nonviolent drug offenders. 

2238     RELATING TO FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.     HSH/HLT,FIN
         Requires that payments by department of human
         services to federally qualified health centers be
         no less than payments to other providers
         providing QUEST services. Appropriates funds for
         fiscal year 2000-2001 with federal matching
         funds. 

2239     RELATING TO INCOME TAX.                             EDB,FIN
         Allows 100% income tax deduction for meals and
         entertainment expenses and allows a deduction for
         business organization dues. 

2240     RELATING TO DOGS.                                   JHA
         Includes dogs in the definition of "dangerous
         instrument" under Chapter 707, Hawaii Revised
         Statutes, and includes a new offense for dog
         attacks. 

2241     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.                            AGR,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of $10,000,000 in special
         purpose revenue bonds for Hawaii Gold Cacao Tree. 

 
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2242     RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.                OMR,FIN
         Amends the coastal zone management law to clarify
         that it is solely the lead agency's
         responsibility to maintain a public advisory body
         and facilitate other programs to encourage public
         participation in the program, and that agency
         implementation is to be within the scope of their
         statutory authority. 

2243     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VETERANS CEMETERIES.    PSM,FIN
         Appropriates funds for maintenance at veterans
         cemeteries in the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and
         Maui. 

2244     RELATING TO TELEMARKETERS.                          CPC
         Requires that telemarketers and solicitors be
         bonded and registered with the Department of
         Commerce and Consumer Affairs. 

2245     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.           TSM/EEP,JHA
         Exempts the Hawaii tourism authority from the
         environmental impact statement law. 

2246     RELATING TO MINORS.                                 EDN,JHA,FIN
         Criminalizes the offenses of promoting material
         harmful to minors and promoting material harmful
         to minors via computers. 

2247     RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.                        LAB,FIN
         Authorizes paid leave for state employees
         responding to disasters for the American Red
         Cross. 

2248     RELATING TO HEALTH.                                 HLT,JHA
         Requires health care facilities to report all
         incidents of injuries and fatalities caused by
         fireworks to the department of health and the
         police department of the county in which the
         person was attended or treated. 

2249     RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.                            HLT/HSH,JHA
         Makes it a Class C felony to intimidate a health
         care worker. 

2250     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,FIN
         Requires the department of accounting and general
         services to incorporate crime prevention through
         environmental design standards to all new and
         renovated buildings of the public school and
         library systems effective July 1, 2000. 

 
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2251     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.               EDN,FIN
         Requires all newly constructed school buildings
         and all existing school buildings undergoing roof
         repair to install insulation with a minimum heat
         transfer resistance value of R-19, or to conform
         to the provisions of the Hawaii Model Energy Code
         regarding roof heat gain, during their
         construction or repair. 

2252     RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.                     CPC,FIN
         Exempts certain transfers from the application of
         the conveyance tax. 

2253     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR A
         PARK IN WAIKIKI, OAHU.                              FIN
         Appropriates $1,000,000 in FY 2000-2001 for the
         city and county of Honolulu to acquire private
         lands in Waikiki for a park; subject to matching
         funds from the city and county of Honolulu. 

2254     RELATING TO KEWALO BASIN.                           TRN/WLU,FIN
         Transfers the management of Kewalo Basin from the
         department of transportation to the department of
         land and natural resources. 

2255     RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.           PSM,FIN
         Requires comptroller, on request of a deceased
         Filipino veteran's survivor or interested party,
         to make payment directly to a mortuary or
         crematory for funeral/burial services and to
         transport the veteran's remains to the
         Philippines, upon submission of an unpaid invoice
         to the OVS; appropriates moneys. 

2256     RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS.     OMR,JHA
         Prohibits the creation of a wake or speeds in
         excess of 5 mph by thrill craft in the "no wake
         zone", defined as the area extending seaward
         1,200 feet from the shoreline. Phases out the
         launching, mooring, or operation of all
         carbureted 2-stroke engine powered thrill craft
         within the ocean waters commencing 8/1/00. 

2257     RELATING TO PERSONAL WATERCRAFT.                    OMR,FIN
         Implements mandatory safety education for owners
         of recreational personal watercraft and other
         measures recommended by the thrill craft advisory
         committee. Establishes the personal watercraft
         safety education special fund. Loans initial
         research, development, and operating moneys to
         the special fund. 

 
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2258     RELATING TO CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM.                 EDB/CPC,FIN
         Establishes a capital access program in the
         department of commerce and consumer affairs. 

2259     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR UNIFORM LAWS.           JHA,FIN
         Appropriates $32,000 for Hawaii's contribution to
         the costs of NCCUSL. 

2260     RELATING TO TAXATION.                               FIN
         Allows income tax refund check-off. 

2261     RELATING TO VOLUNTEER SERVICES.                     LAB/FIN
         Establishes a state volunteer services office, an
         executive board, and the state volunteer services
         trust fund. 

2262     ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE ONE-
         HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE
         KOREANS TO HAWAII.                                  CAR,FIN
         Establishes a commission to celebrate the 100th
         anniversary of the arrival of Koreans to Hawaii. 

2263     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS
         FOR THE HAWAII FORESTRY AND COMMUNITIES
         INITIATIVE.                                         WLU,FIN
         Appropriates $100,000 if matching federal funds
         are made available by DLNR for the Hawaii
         forestry and communities initiative. 

2264     RELATING TO IMMUNIZATIONS.                          HLT,FIN
         Requires immunizing children against hepatitis A
         to enter all schools. Allows DOH to require
         immunization for all under certain circumstances.
         Conditions required immunizations on availability
         of federal funds. Requires DOH report. Effective
         07/01/01. Repealed on 06/30/05. 

2265     RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.                 EDN,JHA
         Changes district boundaries for the board of
         education. 

2266     RELATING TO FAMILIES.                               JHA
         Provides reimbursement for a husband of a
         marriage for any child of the marriage conceived
         by another man. 

2267     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FACILITIES
         IMPROVEMENTS SPECIAL FUND.                          HED,FIN
         Earmarks a portion of the general excise tax
         revenues for University of Hawaii facilities
         improvement. 

 
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2268     RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.                 EDN,JHA
         Requires at least one member of the first school
         board district, not including a member who is
         required to be a resident of one of the 4
         departmental school districts in the 1st school
         board district, to have a bachelor of science
         degree in engineering, physics, chemistry,
         biology, or computer science. 

2269     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.                      FIN
         Appropriates funds for various capital
         improvement projects for the 10th representative
         district. 

2270     RELATING TO REVERSE MORTGAGES.                      CPC
         Amends language and definition of reverse
         mortgage. 

2271     RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.             HSH/HLT,JHA,FIN
         Makes an appropriation to match federal funds for
         medicaid for home and community based care for
         persons with developmental disabilities. 

2272     RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.                         JHA
         Amends age of consent under sexual assault
         offenses. 

2273     RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND.       HSH,FIN
         Requires the Department of Budget and Finance to
         dedicate unspecified percentages of the amount in
         the general fund each year for five years to the
         Hawaii Children's Trust Fund, to be matched by
         private contributions on a 50% basis. 

2274     RELATING TO CAREGIVERS.                             HLT,JHA
         Allows caregiver of a child to give medical and
         educational consent for the child; provided that
         if a caregiver is not a relative of the child,
         the consent to medical care is limited to school-
         related medical care. Subjects caregivers to
         penalties under part V of chapter 710, HRS, for
         making a false statement on an affidavit of
         caregiver consent. 

2275     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE COLLEGE.          HED,FIN
         Requires the Hawaiian language college to provide
         graduate education through the doctorate level
         and to incorporate programs for other indigenous
         people at undergraduate and graduate levels, as
         appropriate. Appropriates funds to develop a
         doctorate program within the Hawaiian language
         college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. 

 
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2276     RELATING TO SOCIAL WORKERS.                         HSH/HLT,CPC,FIN
         Makes Chapter 467(E) relating to social workers
         permanent. 

2277     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SPECIAL
         FUND.                                               HLT,FIN
         Provides that the funds received by the Health
         Department from the Tobacco Settlement for health
         promotion and disease prevention programs shall
         not supplant or diminish the funding of existing
         tobacco prevention and control programs or any
         health related programs funded in whole or in
         part by the State. 

2278     RELATING TO SOCIAL WORKERS.                         HSH/HLT,CPC
         Removes the sunsetting of the regulation of
         social workers. Adopts changes relating to
         reciprocity and endorsement, and examinations. 

2279     RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.              HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires new legislation being considered for
         enactment that seeks to change the scope of
         practice of a health care professional to be
         referred to a review panel within the dept. of
         commerce and consumer affairs for analysis.
         Specifies legislative policies and defines
         "health care professional". 

2280     RELATING TO SCHOOL-TO-WORK.                         EDN/HED/LAB,FIN
         Amends powers of STW Executive Council;
         administratively places Council within UH;
         appropriates funds for Council. 

2281     RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.                            HSH,JHA
         Changes the requirement that child abuse or
         neglect must be reported to the the department
         and the police department to the department or
         the police department. 

2282     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,FIN
         Reduces the student-to-teacher ratio in
         kindergarten to fourth grade to 20 students to
         one teacher, over a period of 3 fiscal years. 

2283     RELATING TO TEACHER TRAINING.                       EDN,LAB/FIN
         Establishes a non-mandatory, 2-week teacher
         training period before each school year with
         funding by DOE for teacher pay and training. 

2284     RELATING TO THE UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.       FIN
         Prohibits the governor and the director of
         finance from restricting any state agency's
         ability to expend federal grant moneys if already
         approved by the granting federal agency. 

 
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2285     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAIIAN STUDIES
         PROGRAM.                                            EDN,FIN
         Appropriates $250,000 for the Hawaiian studies
         program to fund one resource teacher for each
         public school district and a DOE supervisor for
         the resource teachers. 

2286     RELATING TO CIVIL REMEDIES.                         LAB,JHA
         Makes the Hawaii fair employment practices law
         more consistent with federal law by limiting the
         sum of compensatory and punitive damages for
         employment discrimination claimants, eliminating
         attorney and expert witness fee awards to
         complainants, and allowing for attorney fee
         awards to the prevailing party. 

2287     RELATING TO SALARY PERIODS.                         LAB/FIN
         Repeals State's after-the-fact payroll system to
         return to pay dates of 15th and last day of each
         month, except pay day on 6/30 which will be
         delayed until 7/1. 

2288     RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.                  LAB/FIN
         Repeals the two-year moratorium on collective
         bargaining negotiations that affect cost items
         (i.e., wages, hours, amounts of contributions to
         the Hawaii public employees health fund, and
         other terms and conditions of employment, the
         implementation of which requires an appropriation
         by a legislative body). 

2289     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB/CPC,FIN
         Amends definitions of "medical care", "medical
         services", or "medical supplies" to include
         physical therapist assistant as a provider of
         care, services, and supplies. 

2290     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB/CPC,FIN
         Establishes a medical fee schedule advisory
         council for workers' compensation. 

2291     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMPENSATION OF CRIME
         VICTIMS.                                            JHA,FIN
         Makes an appropriation for crime victims. 

2292     RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.              PSM/JHA,FIN
         Authorizes payment of compensation for mental
         health counseling, in the case of mass casualty,
         for deceased victim's relative, witness, or
         individual engaged in business or educational
         activities at scene. 

 
                                  15
2293     RELATING TO SENTENCING SIMULATION MODEL.            JHA,FIN
         Appropriates $71,018 to the department of public
         safety for the corrections population management
         commission to develop, implement, and maintain a
         sentencing simulation model.

2294     RELATING TO WAILUPE STREAM.                         FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of $3,988,000, in general
         obligation bonds for the implementation of the
         Wailupe stream flood control project. 

2295     RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASE-TO-FEE CONVERSION.    CPC/JHA
         Establishes a fair market value standard (FMVS)
         for appraising the leased fee interest of condo
         and co-op housing corporations for leases that do
         not specify an appraisal standard and for leases
         on or after effective date of this Act; allows
         FMVS if lessor and lessee agree for leases prior
         to date of this Act. 

2296     RELATING TO JURORS.                                 JHA
         Allows prospective juror who is over 70 years old
         to claim exemption from jury service. 

2297     RELATING TO FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER ABUSE.       JHA
         Clarifies that the repeat offender provision for
         the offense of abuse of family or household
         member applies to successive convictions, rather
         than commission of successive violations of the
         law. 

2298     RELATING TO DRUGS.                                  JHA
         Provides that a person shall not be prosecuted
         for prohibited acts related to drug paraphernalia
         if the person is charged with a drug offense
         under chapter 712, part IV, based on the same
         conduct or same episode. 

2299     RELATING TO INTEREST.                               JHA
         Clarifies post-judgment interest statute. 

2300     RELATING TO THE MODERNIZATION OF THE POSITION
         CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND PLAN FOR THE CIVIL
         SERVICE SYSTEM.                                     LAB/FIN
         Allows the director of human resources
         development to revise the position classification
         system and plan for positions in the departments
         of health, human services, and education. 

 
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2301     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WEIGHT
         TRAINING ROOM FOR PEARL CITY HIGH SCHOOL.           FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of $400,000, in GO bonds
         for the planning, design, construction, and
         equipping of a weight training room for Pearl
         City high school. 

2302     RELATING TO FEDERAL AID.                            EDN,FIN
         Prohibits federal impact aid received by the DOE
         from being returned to the general fund unless
         the legislature, by concurrent resolution,
         approves the return of the federal impact aid to
         the general fund during any regular or special
         session next following the receipt of the federal
         impact aid. 

2303     RELATING TO TEACHERS' RIGHT TO KNOW ACT.            LAB
         Requires the amount of all wages, salaries, and
         paid benefits being provided to all persons
         employed by the public employee organizations for
         teachers and educational officers to be (1)
         certified by a certified public accountant, and
         (2) made available at no cost to the members of
         the organization. 

2304     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,LAB/FIN
         Allows the department of education to contract
         for services and programs. 

2305     RELATING TO CIVIC LITERACY.                         EDN,FIN
         Requires high school students to pass a test, as
         a prerequisite to graduation from high school,
         that demonstrates a basic knowledge of the
         founding of our country including the Declaration
         of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the
         Federalist Papers. 

2306     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF ALL REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS IN THE
         STATE.                                              FIN
         Appropriates $1 in capital improvement project
         funds each, for every elementary school in
         Hawaii, to purchase, construct, and install safe
         playground equipment. 

2307     RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE SEAWEED.        OMR/PSM,FIN
         Allows the director of public safety, with the
         approval of the governor, to enter into an
         agreement with the mayor of a county to use
         inmate labor from a community correctional center
         to remove nuisance seaweed from the shoreline and
         nearshore waters of the State. 

 
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2308     RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION.                   JHA,FIN
         Authorizes AG to establish rules and procedures
         to allow counties to issue certificates of
         identification. 

2309     RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE IN NORTH KONA, HAWAII.    WLU,FIN
         Allows the exchange of private and public lands
         located in North Kona, Hawaii. 

2310     RELATING TO THE SALE OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM
         APARTMENTS TO OWNER-OCCUPANTS.                      CPC
         Streamlines owner-occupancy sales requirements
         for condominiums. 

2311     RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE FOR DESIGN
         PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.                              LMG,FIN
         Requires procurement of design professional
         services on the basis of qualifications.
         Clarifies selection criteria, making experience
         in project type the chief selection criteria by
         evaluating past performance. Establishes ranking
         of professional service providers by a selection
         committee. 

2312     RELATING TO WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.              EEP,FIN
         Exempts the cost of construction and materials of
         any zero emission waste facility built over the
         next two years from general excise taxes. 

2313     RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.                LMG,FIN
         Requires legislature to provide Hawaiian language
         translators for those who want to testify at
         hearings in Hawaiian. 

2314     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Includes as unfair or deceptive practice that of
         refusing to provide past or future coverage or
         limiting claim. Exempts reimbursement of past
         benefits where damages are recovered or where
         there is reimbursement or subrogation otherwise
         provided by law. 

2315     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.                CPC
         Reduces damages recovered in motor vehicle injury
         suits by 50% of the personal injury protection
         benefits rather than by greater of $5,000 of the
         total personal injury protection benefits. 

2316     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.                CPC
         Clarifies that insurers have the right to require
         independent medical examinations of the insured
         in motor vehicle insurance. 

 
                                  18
2317     RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.                    TRN,JHA
         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 1 year
         and 150 hours of community service. 

2318     RELATING TO SOLAR POWER.                            EEP,FIN
         Directs government agencies to install
         photovoltaic cells and batteries in essential
         facilities. 

2319     RELATING TO ETHICS.                                 JHA
         Prohibits a board or commission member from
         taking official actions that directly affect a
         business or undertaking in which that person has
         any financial interest, rather than a substantial
         financial interest. Provides that ethics charges
         found to be unsubstantiated are to be made a
         matter of public record. 

2320     RELATING TO LABOR.                                  LAB/EDB,FIN
         Exempts business owners with a greater than 50%
         interest in the company from having to purchase
         unemployment insurance. 

2321     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,FIN
         Abolishes the community education component of
         the DOE's adult and community education program.
         Refocuses the adult education program on helping
         persons to obtain the general equivalent of a
         high school diploma or to become naturalized
         citizens. Abolishes the advisory council for
         adult and community education. 

2322     RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PLUS (A+) PROGRAMS.        EDN,LAB/FIN
         Allows the department of education to contract
         out all or a portion of its after-school plus
         (A+) programs. Establishes an after-school
         revolving fund. Exempts private providers of A+
         services from civil service and collective
         bargaining laws. 

 
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2323     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.                             LAB/FIN
         Establishes the types of programs or projects,
         and the procedure by which the programs or
         projects, may be privatized by the state or
         county government, including services, by grants,
         subsidies, and purchases of services pursuant to
         chapters 42D, 42F, and 103F, and incidental to
         purchases of goods and construction of facilities
         awarded under chapters 103 and 103D, which have
         been customarily allowed in the past and
         currently existing. Provides that services
         previously contracted under law, charter or
         ordinance, or under chapters 42D, 42F, and 103F,
         and chapters 103 and 103D may be certified if the
         contract were executed in good faith and would
         have been qualified and authorized under this
         Act. Specifies that nothing shall be construed as
         limiting the authority of the State to contract
         with private providers to obtain services
         historically performed by persons or positions in
         the civil service, or functionally attributed to
         a government agency or program, including
         contracts. 

2324     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.                             LAB/FIN
         Establishes the types of programs or projects,
         and the procedure by which the programs or
         projects, may be privatized by the state or
         county government, including services, by grants,
         subsidies, and purchases of services pursuant to
         chapters 42D, 42F, and 103F, and incidental to
         purchases of goods and construction of facilities
         awarded under chapters 103 and 103D, which have
         been customarily allowed in the past and
         currently existing. Provides that services
         previously contracted under law, charter or
         ordinance, or under chapters 42D, 42F, and 103F,
         and chapters 103 and 103D may be certified if the
         contract were executed in good faith and would
         have been qualified and authorized under this
         Act. 

2325     RELATING TO FIREARMS.                               JHA
         Prohibits: (1) the acquisition, possession,
         transportation, use, or sale of firearms by
         anyone under 21; (2) after 12/31/00, the
         importation, sale, acquisition, and transfer of
         pistols and revolvers; and (3) the acquisition of
         more than one firearm during any 30-day period,
         with certain exceptions. 

2326     RELATING TO GEOLOGISTS.                             CPC
         Adds a new chapter to regulate the profession of
         geologists. 

 
                                  20
2327     RELATING TO TAXATION.                               EEP,FIN
         Establishes a tax credit for the purchase of an
         electric vehicle and a tax deduction for the
         installation of an electric vehicle charging
         station. 

2328     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.                         EEP,FIN
         Establishes a fee-rebate, or "feebate" program
         with respect to the purchase of new passenger
         vehicles in order to reduce energy consumption
         and lower air pollution, consisting of a revenue
         neutral fuel efficiency surcharge and credit
         program based on the federal fuel economy ratings
         of the new vehicle. 

2329     RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION TAX CREDITS.        EEP,FIN
         Repeals sunset date for solar tax credit. 

2330     RELATING TO ENERGY.                                 EEP/CPC,FIN
         Requires the public utilities commission to: (1)
         develop and implement a grant program to offset
         costs of eligible distributed generation systems;
         and (2) establish appropriate interconnection and
         safety standards and requirements and operating
         agreements for distributed generation systems. 

2331     RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE.      EEP,FIN
         Establishes an income tax credit for a percentage
         of the costs of recycling construction and
         demolition waste, including trucking and
         transportation costs and recycling processor
         fees. Exempts from the general excise tax the
         gross proceeds received from the sale of recycled
         construction material. 

2332     RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.         LAB,FIN
         Provides sanctions for arbitrary or capricious
         action or conduct by the department of labor and
         industrial relations with regard to occupational
         safety and health violations. 

2333     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.                    LAB,FIN
         Increases the eligibility requirements for
         unemployment insurance benefits of individuals,
         whose benefit year begins after 1/4 /92, from not
         less than twenty-six times to forty-three times
         the weekly benefit amount in the base period. 

2334     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND.       LAB,FIN
         Repeals the employment and training fund and
         related assessments. 

 
                                  21
2335     RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.                  LMG,FIN
         Establishes that legislators are prohibited from
         certain conflict of interest situations that
         currently affect only public employees; provides
         that the prohibitions are not to prohibit a
         legislator from introducing bills or serving on
         committees in the legislature. 

2336     RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR ELDERLY AT-
         HOME CARE.                                          HSH/HLT,FIN
         Provides an income tax credit in an amount equal
         to         , to any taxpayer who cares for an
         elderly relative who is certified by the
         department of human services (DHS) as requiring
         care in an intermediate care or skilled nursing
         facility if the elderly relative has been
         receiving such home care for at least 29 days.
         Requires DHS to provide certification. Applies to
         taxable years beginning after 12/31 /99. 

2337     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.                  JHA,FIN
         Requires the attorney general and the director of
         labor and industrial relations to install
         employer hotlines to the child support
         enforcement agency and the unemployment office,
         respectively, for employer-only access. 

2338     RELATING TO GAMBLING TO BENEFIT NONPROFIT
         ENTITIES.                                           JHA,FIN
         Authorizes tax-exempt charitable nonprofits to
         conduct bingo games to raise funds for lawful
         purposes only, with 10% surtax for the general
         fund. Authorizes nonprofit parimutuel horse
         racing and wagering with 4% tax to general fund
         and 0.5% to the county. Authorizes board to
         distribute remainder to charitable nonprofits in
         Hawaii. 

2339     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.               EDN,FIN
         Exempts the acquisition of school facilities by
         leases from the law relating to the management of
         financing agreements. Requires the DOE to enter
         into a lease agreement with the Maui Research and
         Technology Park or the Haleakala Ranch Company,
         or both, for the acquisition of Kihei charter
         public high school. 

2340     RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON MANUFACTURERS OR
         JOBBERS IN OPERATING SERVICE STATIONS, AND LEASE
         RENT CONTROLS.                                      EEP,CPC
         Repeals the law relating to restrictions on
         manufacturers or jobbers in operating service
         stations, and lease rent controls. 

 
                                  22
2341     RELATING TO THE ALA WAI WATERSHED.                  FIN
         Clarifies the plan for sediment retention basins
         to protect the Ala Wai Canal.

2342     RELATING TO THE ALA WAI WATERSHED.                  FIN
         Appropriates funds for the Ala Wai canal
         watershed improvement project to improve the
         quality of water in the Ala Wai canal, tributary
         streams, and nearshore ocean waters.

2343     RELATING TO LIQUOR COMMISSIONS.                     JHA/CPC,FIN
         Allows county liquor commissions to limit by
         ordinance total number of licenses in any class
         or kind, and set hours of operation and allow
         county councils to approve budgets of liquor
         commissions.

2344     RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES.                        JHA/CPC
         Removes from the statutory section governing
         limitations on attorneys' fees in actions in the
         nature of assumpsit, the provision that the
         section shall not apply to the recovery of
         reasonable attorneys' fees by a planned community
         association, or to the right of a prevailing
         party to recover fees exceeding 25% of the
         judgment if specifically provided for by statute.

2345     RELATING TO HOSPITAL SECURITY.                      JHA/HLT,FIN
         Requires all hospitals to have security plans and
         to report any criminal assault against any on-
         duty hospital personnel within 48 hours.

2346     RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.      PSM/JHA,FIN
         Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to allow for
         the development of correctional treatment
         facilities. Adds section requiring a private
         developer's bid to be at least five percent (5%)
         less than the cost of the State running a
         correctional treatment facility. Amends
         sentencing law to allow judges to divert
         classified substance abusers into a correctional
         treatment facility.

2347     RELATING TO THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.            HLT,FIN
         This bill seeks to amend the tobacco settlement
         fund to reallocate the settlement moneys into
         programs focusing on prevention.

 
                                  23
 
 
 
 
2348     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.                           TRN/WLU,FIN
         Exempts from the definition of "public land"
         lands used by the department of transportation
         for commercial harbor and maritime facilities.
         Authorizes the department to contract out the
         operations of a commercial harbor or maritime
         facility.

2349     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC/JHA
         Allows an insurer to recover the amount of
         covered loss deductible provided by statute and
         that would have reduced the insurer's liability
         with regard to the claim, from the insured whose
         conduct resulted in inapplicability of the
         covered loss deductible to the claim.

2350     RELATING TO COVERED LOSS DEDUCTIBLE.                CPC/JHA
         Repeals law providing for covered loss
         deductible.

2351     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.                TRN,CPC
         Denies motorcycle or motor scooter operators and
         their passengers any right to personal injury
         protection benefits.

2352     RELATING TO SERVICE CONTRACTS.                      CPC,FIN
         Regulates sale of service contracts.

2353     RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.              PSM/JHA,FIN
         Requires, as condition of DAG or DANC plea,
         payment of compensation fee to be deposited into
         the crime victim compensation special fund.

2354     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE FIFTIETH
         ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE KOREAN WAR
         COMMISSION.                                         PSM,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the 50th Anniversary
         Commemoration of the Korean War Commission.

2355     RELATING TO VETERANS.                               PSM,FIN
         Expand duties of the director of the office of
         veterans' services to include maintenance of
         state veterans cemeteries on all islands; repeals
         county responsibility.

 
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2356     RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
         CORPORATION.                                        EDB/HED/EEP,FIN
         Repeals HTDC, HSDC, NELHA, Hawaii INC., and
         PICHTR. Creates a new HTDC chapter,
         administratively attached to UH, to oversee HTDC,
         HSDC, and NELHA; single HTDC board assumes power
         and duties of former HSDC and NELHA boards; HTDC
         board of 9 members, with the special advisor for
         technology development to serve as chairperson;
         duties of HSDC and NELHA under authority of HTDC;
         HSDC revolving fund and NELHA special fund under
         authority of HTDC; exempts HTDC from special fund
         reimbursements and procurement laws and
         authorizes HTDC ownership of patents, copyrights,
         and other rights developed under HTDC, provisions
         comparable to those of RCUH.

2357     RELATING TO HARBORS.                                TRN,FIN
         Authorizes lessees of special facility leases let
         by the department of transportation for maritime
         operations to sublet the lease to another.

2358     RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.                  TSM,LAB/FIN
         Provides for the privatization of the convention
         center's debt service through competitive
         contracting between the private sector, the
         department of business, economic development, and
         tourism, the convention center authority, and
         other governmental entities. Extends the
         convention center authority to 6/30/2001.

2359     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.                   EDB,CPC
         Provides for the automatic sunset of all
         administrative rules in 3 years unless the
         impacted agency is able to justify the existence
         of those rules to the legislature. Requires the
         small business regulatory review board to review
         all rules and report findings and recommendations
         to the legislature.

2360     RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESSES.                       EDB/CPC,FIN
         Prohibits state or county regulatory agencies
         from imposing civil fines on any small business
         without first seeking to resolve the matter in
         question with the owner or other representative
         of the small business through mediation,
         arbitration, or other alternative dispute
         resolution method. Provides exceptions.

2361     RELATING TO MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.               LMG,LAB/FIN
         Establishes a medical savings accounts pilot
         project for legislators and legislative employees
         only.

 
                                  25
2362     RELATING TO ANNULMENT, DIVORCE, AND SEPARATION.     JHA
         Authorizes courts to order process of service
         upon plaintiff filing an affidavit of
         impoverishment.

2363     RELATING TO UNLICENSED ACTS.                        CPC,FIN
         Changes from $1,000 to jurisdictional limits of
         district courts for projects exempt from
         requirements that a licensed contractor perform
         the project.

2364     RELATING TO KONA COFFEE LANDS.                      AGR/WLU
         Identifies Kona coffee region as unique
         agricultural lands.

2365     RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.                 CPC
         Increases the size of a "lot" as defined in
         residential leasehold law from 2 to 7 acres or
         less.

2366     RELATING TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
         IMPROVEMENTS.                                       EDB,FIN
         Creates commercial and industrial improvement tax
         credit to be deducted from taxpayer's net income
         tax liability.

2367     RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.               HSH,FIN
         Establishes a transitional welfare-to-work
         benefits program for public assistance
         recipients.

2368     RELATING TO HOUSING.                                HSH,FIN
         Authorizes the Housing and Community Development
         Corporation of Hawaii (Corporation) to:
         (1)Provide for a one-for-one replacement housing
         requirement for units being demolished, disposed
         of, or renovated; (2)Retain its operating
         subsidies eligibility if the moneys are used for
         replacement housing within an unspecified
         timeframe; and (3)Not adjust the amount the
         Corporation receives to modernize, improve, or
         rehabilitate a property if the moneys are used
         within an unspecified timeframe to replace
         housing or physical improvements to preserve
         viable public housing.

2369     RELATING TO THE BLIND.                              HSH/JHA,FIN
         Allows the Randolph-Sheppard revolving account to
         be used to hire private attorneys for the state
         committee of blind vendors under certain
         conditions. Appropriates $30,000 from the non-
         federal source subaccount of the Randolph-
         Sheppard revolving account to the state
         committee's bank account for FY2000-2001.

 
                                  26
2370     RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE.                     HSH,FIN
         Makes determinations by DHS-approved boards of
         cessation of physical or mental disability for
         purpose of eligibility for general assistance
         rebuttable by medical records or reports by
         treating provider. Requires hearing officer to
         consider but not be bound by such determinations.

2371     RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE.                     HSH,FIN
         Authorizes DHS to keep rollover funds from
         general assistance.

2372     RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.                             HED,FIN
         Adds a new chapter to establish the new economy
         technology scholarship act.

2373     RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION
         TRANSACTIONS ACT.                                   CPC/JHA
         Adopts the Uniform Computer Information
         Transactions Act of the National Conference of
         Commissioners on Uniform Laws to provide
         requirements for computer information
         transactions involving an agreement to create,
         modify, transfer, or license computer information
         or informational rights in computer information.

2374     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
         HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES SYSTEM.                   HED,FIN
         Appropriates general funds to the University of
         Hawaii community colleges system for advanced
         technology training, and aerospace training.

2375     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
         HAWAII AT MANOA.                                    HED,FIN
         Appropriates general funds to the University of
         Hawaii at Manoa for the school of ocean and earth
         science and technology.

2376     RELATING TO A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE
         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.                            HED,FIN
         Creates the position of chief financial officer
         of the public school system. Requires the chief
         financial officer to be appointed by the
         superintendent of education.

2377     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE "CONFERENCE IN
         THE YEAR ZERO" (FOLLOW-UP TO THE MILLENNIUM YOUNG
         PEOPLE'S CONGRESS).                                 HSH,FIN
         Appropriates $250,000 for conference in year
         zero.

 
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2378     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.                CPC
         Raises liability insurance minimums from $20,000
         to $25,000 and aggregate limits from $40,000 to
         $100,000 per accident.

2379     RELATING TO LANDOWNERS' LIABILITY.                  WLU,JHA
         Redefines "land" to exclude land which is open to
         the public for commercial purposes.

2380     RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.                            PSM,JHA
         Allows an inmate to receive "earned time" credit
         to reduce length of a prison sentence.

2381     RELATING TO FISHERIES.                              OMR,JHA
         Strictly limits the possession, purchase, sale,
         or trade of shark fins by requiring that a shark
         be landed whole and that at least 50% of the
         shark by weight be used for some beneficial
         purpose.

2382     RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE GENERAL EXCISE
         TAX FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.                             EDN,FIN
         Exempts from the general excise tax, any
         purchase, including purchase for resale, sale, or
         use of goods and services by a public school
         PTSA/PTSO.

2383     RELATING TO A NEW SCHOOL REPAIR FUND.               EDN,FIN
         This Act seeks to create a new "School Repair and
         Maintainence Fund" to address the problem of
         disrepair in our public school system. Initial
         monies for the fund will be drawn from the works
         of art special fund (HRSA 103-8.5) in the amount
         of 1/2% of the total works of art budget
         designation each year for five years. Provisions
         for a check off box on Hawaii state income tax
         returns will allow taxpayers to designate tax
         dollars into the fund. The fund is capped at $100
         million with excess reverting to the general
         fund.

2384     RELATING TO PARENT-COMMUNITY NETWORKING CENTER
         PROGRAMS.                                           EDN,FIN
         Appropriates general revenues to provide minimal
         start-up funds to establish Parent-Community
         Networking Center programs and to further enhance
         existing networking centers.

2385     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RESOURCES FOR EARLY
         ACCESS TO LEARNING.                                 EDN,FIN
         Makes an appropriation of $90,500 for each of
         four sites in school districts of Honolulu,
         central, Kauai, and Hawaii.

 
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2386     RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS.            EDN,LAB/FIN
         Provides legal protection for new century charter
         school boards. Creates separate collective
         bargaining unit for these schools.

2387     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,FIN
         Appropriates $75,000 for fiscal year 2000-2001
         for the Frank Delima Student Enrichment Program.

2388     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,JHA
         Includes under the department of education's zero
         tolerance policy, selling, consuming, and using a
         dangerous weapon, switchblade knife, intoxicating
         liquor, or illicit drugs during school hours, on
         school premises, or during department-supervised
         activities on off school property.

2389     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,CPC,FIN
         Amends workers' compensation laws regarding
         independent medical examinations so as to promote
         the quality of the examination reports and the
         quality of services.

2390     RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR
         PROCESSING ENTERPRISES.                             AGR,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of special purpose
         revenue bonds to assist the coffee industry in
         planning and building a processing plant for
         freeze dried coffee.

2391     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PARENT-COMMUNITY
         NETWORKING CENTERS.                                 EDN,FIN
         Making an appropriation for parent-community
         networking centers throughout the State.

2392     RELATING TO HEALTH.                                 CPC,FIN
         Requires health insurance coverage under accident
         and sickness individual policies and group health
         maintenance organization and mutual benefit
         society contracts to include coverage for
         diabetes outpatient self-management training and
         education and equipment and supplies.

2393     RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS
         CORPORATION.                                        HLT,FIN
         Requires the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to
         submit a strategic plan to the Legislature prior
         to eliminating long-term care beds from any of
         its facilities.

2394     RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.                            HLT,FIN
         Appropriates funds to support health care for the
         medically underserved.

 
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2395     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE
         DISTRICT.                                           FIN
         Capital improvement projects for the twenty-
         second representative district.

2396     RELATING TO DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS.           CPC
         Defines "promotional materials" in the degree
         granting institution laws.

2397     RELATING TO PARIMUTUEL WAGERING AND HORSE RACING.   JHA,FIN
         Allows 1 pilot parimutuel horse racing facility
         in the State for 5 years; creates regulatory
         board in DCCA.

2398     RELATING TO VILLAGE PARK AND ROYAL KUNIA            EEP/JHA,FIN
         Requires the Department of Health to conduct a
         scientifically valid study of current and former
         residents of Village Park and Royal Kunia on Oahu
         to determine if their health has been or may be
         affected by exposure to agricultural chemicals in
         the air, soil and drinking water, or by living on
         or near former and current agricultural lands.

2399     RELATING TO CRIMES INVOLVING FIREARMS               JHA
         Makes the minimum mandatory sentences authorized
         by section 706-660.1 for crimes involving
         firearms mandatory for all offenders. These
         enhanced sentences are currently discretionary
         for the first offense involving use of a firearm.


                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.C.R. NO                       Subject                      REFERRAL

  9      REQUESTING STATE AGENCIES TO USE TWO-SIDED
         COPYING OF ALL DOCUMENTS WHEN FEASIBLE AND
         PRACTICABLE                                         FIN

 10      REQUESTING CONTINUED DISCUSSION FOR A
         COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF CURRENT CHILD PROTECTION
         LAWS                                                HSH/HLT,FIN

 11      REQUESTING AN EXAMINATION OF HOW SLIDING-SCALE,
         HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES AFFECTS THE
         RISK AND INCIDENCE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED CARE        HSH/HLT,LMG,FIN


 
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                          HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.R. NO.                        Subject                      REFERRAL

  7      REQUESTING STATE AGENCIES TO USE TWO-SIDED
         COPYING OF ALL DOCUMENTS WHEN FEASIBLE AND
         PRACTICABLE                                         FIN

  8      REQUESTING CONTINUED DISCUSSION FOR A
         COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF CURRENT CHILD PROTECTION
         LAWS                                                HSH/HLT,FIN

  9      REQUESTING AN EXAMINATION OF HOW SLIDING-SCALE,
         HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES AFFECTS THE
         RISK AND INCIDENCE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED CARE        HSH/HLT,LMG,FIN



                             HOUSE BILLS

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

1811     RELATING TO THE PROTECTION AGAINST INTERRUPTION
         OF COMMERCE                                         TRN/LAB,JHA

1944     RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY TAX              CPC,FIN

1956     RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS                          EDB/CPC,FIN

2004     RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION      HLT,CPC/JHA,FIN

2021     RELATING TO ACT 316, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1993,
         AS AMENDED BY ACT 157, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAIITERM
         1995; AND TO ACT 278, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999   JHA

2135     RELATING TO PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISALS            CPC/JHA

2143     RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PRINCIPAL AND INCOME ACT    JHA/CPC,FIN

2166     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
         CHILDREN AND FAMILIES                               HSH/HLT,JHA,FIN

2170     RELATING TO BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY                  LAB/FIN


 
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