SPEAKER'S OFFICE
                      TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

                          COMMITTEE REFERRALS


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              NO. 7  7TH LEGISLATIVE DAY  JANUARY 27, 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

2400     RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE.                   AGR/WLU,FIN
         Extends the time provided in Act 101, Session
         Laws of Hawaii 1998, for developing the state
         agricultural water use and development plan.

2401     RELATING TO PARK.                                   AGR,CPC
         Repeals unenforceable statutory provision which
         requires retailers to label pork produced in the
         State "Island Produced Pork".

2402     RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.          AGR,FIN
         Provides the DOA with authorization to establish,
         increase, decrease, or repeal fees, as necessary.

2403     RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.                            AGR,FIN
         Repeals provision which established the Hawaii
         Aquaculture Advisory Council.

 
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2404     RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.                            AGR/OMR,FIN
         Allows the DOA to charge fees for aquatic animal
         and plant health diagnostic services and for
         expert services related to aquaculture planning,
         disease management, and the marketing of seafood
         products. Establishes the Aquaculture Development
         Special Fund.

2405     RELATING TO PESTICIDES.                             AGR/EEP,FIN
         Proposes numerous revisions to pesticides
         regulations. Exempts pesticides deregulated by
         the EPA from regulation in Hawaii.

2406     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.                            AGR,FIN
         Allows the DOA to work with an authorized Federal
         agency to act on its behalf, to a limited extent,
         and enforce statutes and rules regulating the
         movement of restricted items into the State or
         intrastate.

2407     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
         DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.                          FIN
         Provides statutory authorization and an emergency
         appropriation ($500,000) for the relocation of
         the Measurement Standards Program, and the
         construction of a new building to accommodate
         said program and the Commodities programs due to
         the redevelopment of Kakaako.

2408     RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND
         THE ARTS.                                           CAR,FIN
         Allows the SFCA commissioners to provide funds
         (up to $300,000) for performing arts and
         administrative expenses from the Works of Art
         Special Fund.

2409     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
         DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES,
         INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES DIVISION.    FIN
         Appropriates $800,000 in emergency funding for
         the State's technology program.

2410     RELATING TO THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN PERSONS' CLAIMS
         AGAINST THE STATE AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS
         THEREFOR.                                           JHA,FIN
         Provides for the payment of claims against the
         State for refunds of taxes, for judgments and
         settlements, and for other miscellaneous
         payments.

2411     RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS.               JHA
         Creates a new felony offense that criminalizes
         the sale or manufacture of deceptive
         identification documents.

 
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2412     RELATING TO CONTEMPT.                               JHA
         Creates a petty misdemeanor offense under the
         criminal contempt statute to cover instances
         where a person recklessly disobeys or resists
         process, injunction or other court mandate.

2413     RELATING TO COMPUTER CRIME.                         JHA
         Amends the existing computer crime statutes by
         expanding the scope of prohibited activity and
         creating a range of offenses, from a misdemeanor
         to a class B felony.

2414     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
         ASBESTOS PROPERTY DAMAGE LITIGATION.                FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds ($2,100,000) for the
         continuation/conclusion of the asbestos property
         damage litigation in fiscal year 1999-2000.

2415     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,CPC/JHA
         Excludes from workers' compensation coverage
         claims for mental stress from personnel actions.

2416     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ANTITRUST LITGATION
         COSTS.                                              JHA,FIN
         Provides emergency funding ($415,000) for the
         litigation costs of the gasoline antitrust
         lawsuit in the event alternative funding sources
         do not become available.

2417     RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.              JHA,FIN
         Provides numerous revisions to comply with the
         mandates of Title IV-D of the Social Security
         Act. Compliance with these mandates are required
         for continued funding of the Child Support
         Enforcement Agency.

2418     RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF IDENTIFICATION.         JHA,FIN
         Proposes to change the expiration date of State
         ID cards to coincide with a person's birth date,
         and to allow renewal by mail for persons 65 years
         and older.

2419     RELATING TO LITIGATION INVOLVING HIGHWAYS.          JHA/TRN
         Proposes to limit the State's and counties'
         liability in highway cases.

2420     RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS.   JHA/CPC,FIN
         Relieves the State and county agencies of the
         time and expense of retrieving, reviewing, and
         making information, that the agency maintains but
         did not originate, available to the public under
         chapter 92F.

 
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2421     RELATING TO HOMICIDE.                               JHA
         Amends the murder in the second degree statute by
         creating a section covering felony murder.

2422     RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE TOBACCO
         SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.                               HLT,FIN
         Establishes the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund.
         Exempts the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund from
         the central service surcharge and from
         administrative expenses. Revises distribution of
         the tobacco settlement moneys.

2423     RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS REPORT.                HLT,JHA
         Establishes a reporting requirement to enforce a
         state law that requires tobacco product
         manufacturers who sell tobacco products in the
         State to deposit certain amounts into escrow
         based on the number of cigarettes sold.

2424     RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.                     AGR/WLU,FIN
         Proposes standards, criteria, and process for the
         identification of important agricultural lands.

2425     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.           WLU,CPC
         Clarifies that projects created as condominium
         property regimes under chapter 514A are subject
         to county zoning and other county building and
         development ordinances and rules.

2426     RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.                OMR,FIN
         Establishes a coastal zone special fund to allow
         the Program to retain fees, fines, and moneys
         directed to the Program by non-state sources, and
         to use the moneys for Program purposes.

2427     RELATING TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS.         WLU,FIN
         Establishes a special fund to help support the
         operation and maintenance of the Statewide
         Planning and Geographic Information System, and
         enables the Office of Planning to charge fees for
         spatial analysis services.

2428     RELATING TO REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.      EEP
         Adds a new objective to the State's energy
         facility system planning objectives concerning
         the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

 
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2429     RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
         CORPORATION OF HAWAII.                              HSH,FIN
         Proposes amendments to the State Rent Supplement
         Program to allow more persons who earn 50% or
         less of the median family income to participate
         in the program, and increase the rent
         contribution of each tenant from 20% to 30% of
         the tenant's annual income.

2430     RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS.                 JHA,FIN
         Places responsibility of payment of a lessor's
         costs upon the lessees, when an abandonment of
         eminent domain proceedings by the HCDC is due to
         a lessee's inability, failure, or refusal to
         comply with provisions under chapter 516, or to
         purchase the leased fee interest condemned.

2431     RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
         CORPORATION OF HAWAII.                              HSH,FIN
         Establishes resident advisory boards in federal
         public housing projects.

2432     RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.          HSH,FIN
         Allows a partnership, a limited liability
         company, and S corporation investors to claim the
         state low-income housing tax credit whether or
         not they claim the federal low-income housing tax
         credit.

2433     RELATING TO LAND USE.                               WLU,FIN
         Limits a land reclassification to the urban
         district to a five-year period, unless before the
         end of the period, the Land Use Commission finds
         there has been substantial progress in the urban
         development of the lands.

2434     RELATING TO STATE FINANCES.                         EDB,FIN
         Authorizes and appropriates $550,000 from the
         Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development
         Revolving Fund and $1,000,000 from the Hawaii
         Strategic Development Corporation Revolving Fund
         into the general fund for fiscal year 2000-2001.

2435     RELATING TO TOURISM.                                TSM,FIN
         Allows the Convention Center Authority to sunset
         on June 30, 2000. Assigns the responsibility to
         market, operate, manage, and maintain the Hawaii
         convention center facility to the Hawaii Tourism
         Authority. Transfer the Convention Center Capital
         and Operations Special Fund to a new Hawaii
         Convention Center special fund. Allows TAT
         revenues exceeding 5% of the allocation to the
         Tourism Special Fund to be used to pay convention
         center debt service.

 
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2436     RELATING TO THE ALA WAI GOLF COURSE.                WLU,FIN
         Deletes the requirement that the Ala Wai Golf
         Course land be used only for a municipal golf
         course.

2437     RELATING TO LAND USE.                               WLU/AGR,FIN
         Clarifies the purposes of state land use
         districts, and clarifies uses, including open
         area recreation, allowed in the state
         agricultural districts.  Allows more uses in
         state rural districts, and enables clustering in
         rural districts.
 
2438     RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.                 EDB,FIN
         Specifies biotechnology businesses and certain
         types of call centers as qualified businesses
         within an enterprise zone.  Clarifies eligibility
         criteria for the EZ contractor exemption from the
         general excise tax (GET).

2439     RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.                             EDB/HED,FIN
         Short form bill (S/F).

2440     RELATING TO TAXATION.                               EDB/TSM,FIN
         Provides a new construction credit similar to the
         hotel remodeling tax credit effective for tax
         years 1999 to 2001.

2441     RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS.                   EDB,JHA
         Defines "biological materials" and provides for
         the recognition of biological materials as
         personal property.

2442     RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING.         EDB/HED/LAB,FIN
         Allows the ERS to support the development of new
         Hawaii businesses and technology companies by
         investing in venture capital partnerships in
         conjunction with or through the Hawaii Strategic
         Development Corporation (HSDC).

2443     RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
         CORPORATION.                                        EDB,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of special purpose
         revenue bonds and special facility revenue bonds
         to develop high technology projects.

2444     RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.                     JHA,FIN
         Appropriates $500,000 for the satisfaction of
         claims for the return of abandoned property.

 
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2445     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.

2446     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.       LAB/FIN
         Sets forth revised application procedures for
         service - connected accidental death benefits.

2447     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.       LAB/FIN
         Clarifies the calculation of excess investment
         earnings under Act 100/1999.

2448     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.       LAB/FIN
         Clarifies provisions regarding the payment and
         colleciton of pension accumulation contributions
         due from the counties.

2449     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.       LAB/FIN
         Requires the Public Employees Health Fund Board
         of Trustees to implement the following for the
         benefit plan year beginning July 1, 2001: (1)
         preferred provider organization plans for medical
         benefits; (2) Medicare+Choice plans; (3) Revised
         drug benefit plans; and (4) a revised methodology
         for computing out-of-pocket costs to ensure
         comparability for all employee beneficiaries.

2450     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO PAY THE
         SHARE OF HEALTH INSURANCE CARRIER REFUND AND RATE
         CREDIT AMOUNTS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.       FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds [$2,132,595] to pay
         the federal government its share of health
         insurance rebates and rate credits received by
         the general fund during fiscal year 1998-99.

2451     RELATING TO A REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL
         FUND.                                               FIN
         Creates a repairs and maintenance special fund to
         finance major facility repairs.

2452     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.       LAB/FIN
         Specifies that only the member's base salary,
         including shortage differential pay, is to be
         used to compute the member's average final
         compensation and determine the contributory plan
         member's contributions to the ERS.

 
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2453     PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII OF THE HAWAII
         CONSTITUTION REGARDING AN EMERGENCY AND BUDGET
         RESERVE FUND (Con Am).                              JHA,FIN
         Repeals the excess revenue tax refund.
         Establishes a fund for emergency and budget
         reserve purposes. Clarifies that appropriations
         to the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund are
         excluded from the general fund expenditure
         ceiling and that appropriations from the
         Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund are included.

2454     RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE
         FUND.                                               FIN
         Establishes an Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund.
         Revises the amount of moneys appropriatated from
         the Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund to the
         Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund.

2455     RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM.            HED,FIN
         Makes technical amendments to provisions which
         established the college savings program.

2456     RELATING TO BISHOP MUSEUM.                          CAR,FIN
         Deletes the requirement that the Bishop Museum be
         provided an annual general fund appropriation.

2457     RELATING TO VETERANS LOANS.                         PSM,FIN
         Repeals provisions relating to the Veterans Loan
         Program.

2458     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.       LAB/FIN
         Extends the payment period of the acturial
         present value from a total of 5 years to a total
         of 19 years without affecting past payments made.

2459     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
         INFORMATION ACT.                                    EDB/CPC,FIN
         Repeals the Hawaii Telecommunications and
         Information Industries Act.

2460     RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON REVENUES REVENUE
         ESTIMATE REPORTING DATES.                           FIN
         Eliminates the Council on Revenues March 15 and
         September 10 revenue estimate reporting dates.
         Changes the January reporting date to January 20.

2461     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.        LAB/FIN
         Creates an employer-union trust fund as a single
         public employees health benefit delivery system
         administered by a board of trustees.

2462     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.       LAB/FIN
         Reduces state and county employer contributions
         for health benefits.

 
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2463     RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES
         RECOGNITION.                                        HLT,CPC
         Requires applicants for advanced practice
         registrered nurse (APRN) recognition to have an
         unencumbered APRN recognition or similar
         designation in all other states in which the
         nurse has a current and active recognition as an
         APRN.

2464     RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF NURSING.     HLT,CPC
         Enables the Board to: consult and confer with
         persons with expertise on various issues;
         communicate with national organizations with
         information that would promote consumer safety
         and welfare; administer the nursing exams;
         contract with a professional test vendor; and
         develop rules relating to telehealth.

2465     RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.     CPC,FIN
         Amends and corrects certain sections of the Code
         of Financial Institutions, chapter 412.

2466     RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES.                    CPC
         Recognizes the confidentiality of portions of
         escrow depository company applications and
         records. Revises procedures to voluntarily
         terminate escrow depository operations. Allows
         the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to
         establish new fees by rule and to waive fees for
         good cause.

2467     RELATING TO THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE.                  CPC,FIN
         Allows the division of consumer advocacy to
         retain legal counsel.

2468     RRELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.       CPC
         Clarifies that the division of consumer advocacy
         and the Public Utilities Commission share the
         responsibility for collecting consumer
         complaints.

2469     RELATING TO SUBPOENAS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
         COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.                      CPC,FIN
         Establishes a rate of reimbursement to be paid to
         financial institutions for searching,
         reproducing, or transporting books, papers,
         documents, or other objects designated by in a
         subpoena.

2470     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.                CPC
         Clarifies motor vehicle insurance laws
         prohibiting certain discriminatory practices.

 
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2471     RELATING TO THE HAWAII INSURANCE GUARANTY
         ASSOCIATION.                                        CPC
         Updates the guaranty fund provisions, which are
         applicable to the Hawaii Insurance Guaranty
         Association.

2472     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC,FIN
         Defines a stock insurer. Specifies that an
         appointment is required from the insurer whose
         policies are being solicited, applications taken
         for, or sold. Mandates notices of cancellation
         and nonrenewal for insurance policies.

2473     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Consolidates laws and rules governing insurance.

2474     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Requires persons convicted of felony offenses to
         seek the Insurance Commisioner's written consent
         before engaging in the business of insurance.

2475     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Requires HMOs and mutual benefit societies to
         file audited statements on a timely basis in
         accordance with the National Association of
         Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) standards.

2476     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Creates a uniform reference to the "workers'
         compensation supplemental medical fee schedule".
         Establishes a limitation on the cost for an
         independent medical examination.

2477     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Prohibits viadication of life insurance policies
         or certificates. Provides a legal framework to
         regulate accelerated death benefits.

2478     RELATING TO INSURANCE.                              CPC
         Establishes standards for life insurance policy
         illustrations. Regulates the activities of
         insurers and producers with respect to
         replacement of exisitng life insurance policies
         and annuities.

2479     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE EXPRESS WARRANTY
         ENFORCEMENT (LEMON LAW).                            CPC
         Includes the finance and interest charges paid by
         a consumer in the consumer's "Lemon Law" refund.

2480     RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS.         CPC
         Revises provisions of the Uniform Partnership Act
         to make the formation of limited liability
         partnerships more attractive.

 
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2481     RELATING TO THE UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT.             CPC
         Clarifies the authority of the Commissioner of
         Securities to issue orders that are necessary for
         the protection of investors, and implementation
         of the Uniform Securities Act.

2482     RELATING TO CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITIONS.             CPC
         Proposes amendments to the Hawaii Business
         Corporation Act to make business acquisitions
         easier in situations where the acquisition
         conforms with state merger laws or is approved by
         a board of directors.

2483     RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION.                  CPC
         Provides a one-step amendment of articles of
         organization for limited liability companies and
         makes housekeeping clarifications.

2484     RELATING TO THE CORPORATIONS.                       CPC
         Updates Chapter 415, to make it more desirable
         for existing Hawaii corporations to remain in the
         State and for new businesses to incorporate in
         the State.

2485     RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGIST
         LICENSURE.                                          CPC
         Clarifies that licenses from other professions
         are able to perform "psychotherapy" if the
         service is within the scope of practice defined
         in the professions' laws or rules.

2486     RELATING TO CHIROPRQCTIC LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.    HLT,CPC
         Revises licensure and examination processes for
         chiropractors.

2487     RELATING TO FINANCING THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF
         FUND.                                               CPC,FIN
         Allows the use of revenue bonds to finance claims
         made under insurance policies of the Hawaii
         Hurricane Relief Fund.

2488     RELATING TO RETURN OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.           HLT,CPC
         Allows long term care facilities or supervised
         living groups to return prescription drugs
         previously dispensed or distributed by a
         pharmacist, to be redispensed or redistributed by
         the pharmacist.

 
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2489     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND
         VICE PRINCIPALS.                                    EDN/LAB
         Allows experienced principals and vice principals
         from other public or private schools to seek
         school administrator positons without first
         serving as teachers or exchange principals in
         Hawaii schools.

2490     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.     EDN
         Authorizes the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to
         grant waivers, on a case-by-case basis, to extend
         the employment by one to two years for teachers
         hired under credentials.

2491     RELATING TO SCHOOL LUNCH.                           EDN,FIN
         Sets the price of school lunch to be in
         proportion to the total cost of operating the
         school food services program. Allows the
         Department to adjust the price to maintain this
         proportion.

2492     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,FIN
         Allows the DOE to retain the carryover up to 5%
         of the appropriations for EDN 150. The
         Comprehensive School Support Services Program.

2493     RELATING TO NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS.            EDN,FIN
         Makes the DOE responsible for determining the
         appropriate allocation to public charter schools
         beginning fiscal year 2000-2001.

2494     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN,FIN
         Authorizes the DOE to retain and expend a portion
         of all indirect overhead reimbursements for
         discretionary grants. Establish a federal grants
         search and application special fund. Provides the
         DOE with autonomy over the administration of its
         trust funds.

2495     RELATING TO EDUCATION.                              EDN
         Allows the BOE to set progressive competencies
         for computer technology and a language, in
         addition to English by policies.

2496     RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.             EDN,LAB/FIN
         Requires the DOE to implement the educational
         accountability system for Hawaii's public
         schools.

2497     RELATING TO THE STATE INTERNET PORTAL.              EDB,FIN
         Establishs an oversight committee to be known as
         the Access Hawaii Committee to review and approve
         the development and operation of an internet
         portal for electronic services.

 
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2498     RELATING TO FIREWORKS.                              JHA
         Prohibits the use of fireworks except as
         permitted by counties for religious and cultural
         practices.

2499     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.                      LAB/FIN
         Corrects the practice of prorating annual pay
         through collective bargaining where it affects
         the calculation of retiree benefits.

2500     RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.                 EDB/HED/EEP,FIN
         Consolidates the state's technology agencies
         under a single entity to coordinate their
         activities under the direction of the Governor's
         Special Advisor for Technology Development.

2501     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,
         1920, AS AMENDED.                                   JHA,FIN
         Allows the to adjust the interest rate on loans
         made from the Hawaiian Home Loans Fund.

2502     RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920,
         AS AMENDED.                                         JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that DHHL is authorized to lease out
         improvements located on hawaiian home lands.
         Provide DHHL greater flexibility in disposing of
         Hawaiian home lands to a native hawaiian or an
         organization or association controlled by native
         Hawaiians.

2503     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,
         1920, AS AMENDED.                                   JHA,FIN
         Allows the DHHL to license infrastructure
         improvements on Hawaiian home lands to the
         counties for operations and maintenance purposes.

2504     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,
         1920, AS AMENDED.                                   JHA,FIN
         Allows the chair of the Hawaiian homes commission
         to extend the employment contracts of individuals
         employees beyond the current six-year limitation.

2505     RELATING TO HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAMS.     JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that the Housing and Community
         Development Corporation of hawaii and mortgage
         lenders contracted to provide mortage financing
         are authorized to provide project-based Hula Mae
         financing for housing projects on Hawaiian home
         lands.

2506     RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS.           HSH,JHA,FIN
         Requires "prospective adotive parents" to have
         criminal history record checks. Authorizes the
         contracting for home studies.

 
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2507     RELATING TO THE PERMANENT PLAN HEARING.             JHA
         Allows the court to waive the approval of the
         child, age 14 and above, to a permanent plan, if
         it is in the best interest of the child to do so.

2508     RELATING TO REVIEW HEARINGS.                        JHA
         Defines when the department begins to count the
         time that a child has been in agency care.

2509     RELATING TO KINSHIP CARE.                           HSH,FIN
         Defines "kinship care". Authorizes the Department
         to develop standards for kinship care apart from
         other foster care standards.

2510     RELATING TO FOSTER BOARD ALLOWANCES FOR STUDENTS.   HSH,FIN
         Allows the payment of foster board allowances
         directly to an accredited institution of higher
         learning.

2511     RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.                         HSH,LAB/FIN
         Provide flexibility in utilizing current
         permanent civil service personnel and/or exempt
         personnel to carry out the duties and
         responsibilities of the Adult and Community Care
         Services Branch within the Social Services
         Division of the department.

2512     RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.          HSH,FIN
         Allows for the adjustment of financial assistance
         payments to encourage and support employment.

2513     RELATING TO UNCLAIMED CORPSES.                      HSH,JHA
         Allows the department to authorize cremation of
         unclaimed corpses.

2514     RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.                      HSH,FIN
         Clarifies the interests of the department in the
         estates of deceased recipients and sets forth
         procedures for asserting claims.

2515     RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.                      HSH,JHA,FIN
         Removes the provisions regarding the annual
         update of the acutal amount of an agreement or
         lien recorded in the bureau of conveyances.
         Clarifies that the deprtment may initiate probate
         proceedings.

 
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2516     RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.                      HSH,JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that when the department in third-party
         liability situations prosecutes its own claims,
         or intervenes or joins in any action, or actively
         participates with a claimant or claimant's
         attorney in the prosecution of claims, it shall
         be allowed to recover its attorney fees and
         costs.

2517     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE
         MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.                         FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds for the medical
         assistance program to reimburse its health care
         providers for fiscal year 1999-2000.

2518     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.                      LAB/FIN
         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.

2519     RELATING TO FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS.             LAB,FIN
         Requires that all Flexible Spending Accounts
         ("FSAs") participant contributions, interest
         earned, and forfeited participant balances be
         held in trust outside the state treasury,
         specifies that the interest earned on the
         contributions and forfeited participant balances
         be used to defray the monthly participant fees
         and other administrative costs.

2520     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,FIN
         Provides alternatives to injured employees who
         are trying to restore their earning capacities,
         and to set parameters for the utilization of
         rehabilitation services.

2521     RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.             HLT/EDN,FIN
         Permits the continuance of current practices in
         documentation of immunization and tuberculosis
         examinations.

2522     RELATING TO ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE DIRECTIVES.         TRN/JHA,FIN
         Allows individuals to designate on their driver's
         license or civil identification the existence of
         an advance health-care directive.

2523     RELATING TO THE WELFARE OF INCOMPETENT PERSONS.     JHA
         Expands the protection for incompetent persons
         against injurious or potentially injurious
         conduct, and makes this type of conduct a Class C
         felony offense.

 
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2524     RELATING TO PROPHYLACTICS.                          HLT,FIN
         Eliminates the requirement for rules regulating
         the sale of prophylactics.

2525     RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.                     HLT,CPC
         Liberalizes regulatory controls and restrictions
         on the distribution of medical oxygen and the
         dispensing of prescription drug (non-controlled
         substances drugs).

2526     RELATING TO USED OIL.                               EEP
         Clarifies public notice and hearing requirements
         for used oil permits.

2527     RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL
         SURCHARGE.                                          EEP,FIN
         Increases the solid waste management disposal
         surcharge from 35 cents per ton to 60 cents per
         ton for all disposal facilities except permitted
         inert and construction & demolition waste
         disposal facilities.

2528     RELATING TO SAFE DRINKING WATER.                    EEP,JHA,FIN
         Increases potential fines to public water systems
         who violate drinking water requirements.

2529     RELATING TO SAFE DRINKING WATER.                    EEP,JHA/CPC,FIN
         Modifies the definition of a "water treatment
         plant" to allow for a distinction between
         certification requirements for water treatment
         plant and distribution system operators.

2530     RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PUBLIC
         INFORMATION.                                        EEP,JHA,FIN
         Clarifies public notice requirements.

2531     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII
         HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.                         FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds [$14,500,000] to
         Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

2532     RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION.       HLT,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of hospital revenue bonds
         [$38,000,000] and includes a diagnostic and
         progressive care center adjacent to Maui Memorial
         Medical Center.

2533     RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.      HLT,FIN
         Allows more flexibility for the Corporation to
         design and provide patient care services.

 
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2534     RELATING TO CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS.              HLT,FIN
         Provides for the reimbursement to critical access
         hospitals on a cost basis under the Medicaid
         programs using matching federal funds.

2535     RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THE
         DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.                               HLT,JHA
         Authorizes the collection of criminal history
         record information for prospective employees,
         service providers, and sub-contractors, who work
         in close proximity with clients when providing
         medical, mental health, or substance abuse
         services.

2536     RELATING TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH.     FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds for services
         provided by the Child and Adolescent Mental
         Health Division.

2537     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE ADULT
         MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.                             FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds for services
         provided by the Adult Mental Health Division.

2538     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES.                    EEP,FIN
         Requires all entities accepting used tires to
         maintain records regarding disposition of the
         tires. Creates additional funds to support
         illegal dumping prevention programs.

2539     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE REVOLVING
         FUND.                                               EEP,FIN
         Increases the tax on petroleum from five to
         twenty five cents per barrel.

2540     RELATING TO CLEAN AIR.                              EEP,FIN
         Authorizes the assessment of fees on air
         pollution sources to mitigate the impact of their
         emissions.

2541     RELATING TO COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION.           HLT,FIN
         Requires the implementaion of fluoride
         supplementation of public water systems with
         1,000 or more service connections.

2542     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE'S
         MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVI ES FOR
         THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OR MENTALLY RETARDED
         PROGRAM.                                            FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds [$367,268] to meet
         program needs.

 
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2543     RELATING TO THERAPY SERVICES FOR EXCEPTIONAL
         CHILDREN.                                           EDN/HLT,FIN
         Transfers the responsibility of providing
         occupational and physical therapy services to
         children needing such services who attend public
         school.

2544     RELATING TO SANITATION.                             EEP
         Repeal obsolete and unnecessary statutes.

2545     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION
         FUND.                                               EEP,FIN
         Expands the use of the Environmental Health
         Education Fund.

2546     RELATING TO AMMUNITION.                             JHA
         Prevents persons who illegally possess firearms
         from purchasing ammunition through the legal
         market.

2547     RELATING TO FIREARMS.                               JHA
         Sets forth a systematic procedure for police to
         periodically check the status of firearm owners.

2548     RELATING TO SOLAR WATER HEATING.                    EEP,FIN
         Modifies requirements for the installation of
         solar water heaters or heat pump electric water
         heaters for new single family residential homes.

2549     RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM.           EEP,FIN
         Delegates the responsibility of regulating
         individual wastewater systems to the counties.

2550     RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH PARITY.                   HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires health insurers to equitably reimburse
         providers for mental health treatment.

2551     RELATING TO THE CORRECTION OF THE APPLICABLE
         FISCAL YEAR FOR THE APPROPRIATION TO BE EXPENDED
         BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN SECTION 6 OF ACT
         304, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999.                   FIN
         Corrects the fiscal year reference in section 6
         or Act 304, SLH 1999, to permit the appropriation
         of moneys from the Hawai'i Tobacco Settlement
         Special Fund to the Department of Health for
         fiscal year 1999-2000.

2552     RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.                           LAB/EDB,FIN
         Increases the state minimum wage.

 
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2553     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.                    LAB,FIN
         Conforms state provisions to federal mandates so
         "Reed Act" Funds can be expended for the
         administration of the State's Unemployment
         Insurance program.

2554     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                  LAB,CPC
         Requires Special Compensation Fund contributions
         only when the 32 week requirement for a
         preexisting disability is met.

2555     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION SPECIAL
         COMPENSATION FUND EXPENSES.                         LAB,FIN
         Clarifies that administrative expenses for the
         protection and preservation of the Special
         Compensation Fund will be paid from the Fund.

2556     RELATING TO SAFETY INSPECTION FREQUENCIES FOR
         REGULATED EQUIPMENT.                                LAB,FIN
         Allows the department to set inspection
         frequencies based on public safety need for
         boilers, elevators, and other regulated
         equipment.

2557     RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.         LAB,JHA
         The purpose of this bill is NOT to prevent
         disclosure, but rather to facilitate disclosure
         of records to the public while still protecting
         the rights of individuals to privacy; ensuring
         that workers have safe and healthful workplaces
         and the mission of the division; and to preserve
         scarce state resources for protection of life and
         health.  Clarifies when and what records may be
         disclosed to the public for civil cases.

2558     RELATING TO BOILER AND ELEVATOR LAW.                LAB,JHA
         Clarifies when and what records may be disclosed
         to the public including the availability of
         complaince inspectors and investigatory records
         for civil cases.

2559     RELATING TO THE HAWAII WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
         COUNCIL.                                            LAB
         Allows the state department heads who are ex-
         officio voting members of the Council to name
         designees.

2560     RELATING TO THE HOISTING MACHINE OPERATORS
         ADVISORY BOARD.                                     LAB,FIN
         Specifies that the Board is administratively
         placed within DLIR.

 
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2561     RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR
         USERS OF EXPLOSIVES.                                LAB,JHA
         Requires the department to obtain national
         criminal background checks prior to issuance of a
         Certificate of Fitness for users, dealers, and
         storers of explosives.

2562     RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.                 LAB
         Allows the county fire chief to name designees
         for certain functions and responsibilities.

2563     RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.                 LAB
         Allows the State Fire Council to coordinate
         statewide training, data collection, and
         contingency planning needs for firerfighters.

2564     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.                    LAB/EDB,FIN
         Extends the sunset date of the employment and
         training fund program through December 31, 2005.

2565     RELATING TO GARMENT INDUSTRY HOMEWORK.              EDB,CPC
         Repeals obsolete provisions and eliminates
         unnecesary regulations.

2566     RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY
         SYSTEM.                                             EDN,FIN
         Repeals obsolete on unnecessary provisions.

2567     RELATING TO BLUE LIGHTS.                            TRN,FIN
         Allows DLNR to use blue lights on approved law
         enforcement vehicles.

2568     RELATING TO STATE PARKS.                            WLU,FIN
         Replaces the Aina Hoomalu Special Fund with the
         State Parks Special Fund to carry out program
         objectives.

2569     RELATING TO THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES SPECIAL
         FUND.                                               OMR,FIN
         Converts the Commercial Fisheries Special Fund
         from temporary to permanent to ensure continued
         support and funding for commercial fisheries
         programs and activities.

2570     RELATING TO BOATING SPECIAL FUND.                   OMR,FIN
         Clarifies that the assessment from the Boating
         Special Fund due to the General Fund for central
         services expenses will be limited to 5% of
         revenues net of debt service.

 
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2571     RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES.               OMR,FIN
         Clarifies that leases issued for small boat
         harbors and other boating facility properties may
         include uses other than maritime related
         activities. Allows limited commercial vessel
         activities within Ala Wai and Keehi small boat
         harbors.

2572     RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY.                            OMR
         Gives the Department more flexibility in
         implementing Kaneohe Bay Master Plan
         recommendations to achieve navigaton safety,
         promote resource protection, and meet changing
         needs and conditions.

2573     RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE LAND
         DIVISION.                                           WLU,FIN
         Allows for the deposit moneys collected from
         lessees of public lands within industrial parks
         into the Special Land and Development Fund.
         Abolishes the Industrial Park Special Fund and
         transfers the fund balance and liabilities to the
         Special Land and Development Fund.

2574     RELATING TO THE SPECIAL LAND AND DEVELOPMENT
         FUND.                                               WLU,FIN
         Allows for the deposit moneys generated by the
         disposition of mineral and water rights into the
         Special Land and Development Fund.

2575     RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF WATER RIGHTS.            WLU,FIN
         Allows for the disposition of water rights by
         direct negotiation, in addition to public
         auction. Authorizes the Board to extend month-to-
         month water permits for additional one-year
         periods.

2576     RELATING TO THE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FUND.     WLU,FIN
         Establishes a water resource management fund
         within DLNR.

2577     RELATING TO HUNTING LICENSES.                       WLU,JHA,FIN
         Increases resident and nonresident hunting
         license fees. Requires applicants for a license
         to disclose if they are prohibited from using
         firearms for hunting. Allows DLNR to establish
         hunting license application and issuance
         procedures and set fees through administrative
         rules.

2578     RELATING TO THE NATURAL AREA RESERVE FUND.          WLU,FIN
         Authorizes the one-time transfer of $500,000 from
         the Fund, to the General Fund for 2000-2001.

 
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2579     RELATING TO LEASING OF SMALL BOAT HARBORS.          OMR,LAB/FIN
         Authorizes the BLNR to lease by public auction or
         direct negotiation Ala Wai and Keehi small boat
         harbors for redevelopment, management, and
         operation by private firms. Provides for and
         orderly transition from state operation,
         management, and control to private management and
         opertion. Provides job security for state
         employees presently assigned to those locations.

2580     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.           TSM/WLU,FIN
         Allows the Authority to support, through grants
         and project funding, programs of DLNR which
         protect, preserve, and promote Hawaii's natural
         resources.

2581     RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF UNNECESSARY
         ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.                               EDB,CPC
         Repeal administrative rules that are unnecessary
         or obsolete.

2582     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.                   EDB,CPC
         Sets forth an expedited process for the repeal of
         null and void or unnecessary administrative
         rules.

2583     RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS.                          EDB,JHA
         Helps public agencies hold meetings by
         videoconference.

2584     RELATING TO THE FUEL TAX.                           EDB,FIN
         Repeals certain fuel tax reporting requirements
         which gather information no longer needed.

2585     RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS
         ACT.                                                CPC
         Gives electronic records and signatures the same
         legal status as paper records and handwritten
         signatures.

2586     RELATING TO CHAPTER 92F, UNIFORM INFORMATION
         PRACTICES ACT (MODIFIED).                           JHA
         Clarifies that agencies have 10 working days from
         the date of receipt by the agency to respond to a
         request for personal records under section 92F-
         23.

2587     RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF NULL AND VOID
         ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.                               EDB,CPC
         Repeals administrative rules that are null and
         void to reduce regulatory burdens.

 
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2588     RELATING TO AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING.                   FIN
         Allows the comptroller to delegate preaudit
         responsibilities.

2589     RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.                  JHA
         Expands the director's subpoena powers. Amends
         controlled substance list. Clarifies the elements
         of the offense of visiting multiple physicians to
         unlawfully obtain controlled substance
         prescriptions.

2590     RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.                  JHA
         Conforms the State's Uniform Controlled Substance
         Act to federal drug laws.

2591     RELATING TO CIVIL PROCESS SERVICE.                  PSM/JHA,FIN
         Eliminates the civil process service function
         from the Sheriff Division.

2592     RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMISION.    PSM,FIN
         Allows the Commission to appoint a civil service
         exempt executive director and administrative
         assistant.

2593     RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE.               PSM,FIN
         Exempts the position of the correctional Health
         Care Administrator and authorized physician
         positions from the civil service process.

2594     RELATING TO DANGEROUS DRUGS.                        PSM/JHA,FIN
         Eliminates mandatory imprisonment for promoting
         dangerous drugs in the second degree and
         promoting dangerous drugs in the third degree.

2595     RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR
         CRIMINAL OFFENDERS.                                 PSM/JHA,FIN
         Establises a special fund to support integrated
         case management and a continuum of substance
         abuse treatment services for criminal offenders.

2596     RELATING TO THE OPERATIONS OF CORRECTIONAL
         FACILITIES.                                         PSM,LAB/FIN
         Authorizes the Department to enter into contracts
         with qualified private entities for services
         appropriate and necessary to operate and staff
         new in-state correctional facilities.

2597     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.

 
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2598     RELATING TO THE INTEGRATED TAX INFORMATION
         MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ACQUISITION BY THE DEPARTMENT
         OF TAXATION.                                        FIN
         Allows the department to meet, in a timely
         manner, its financial obligations under the
         integrated tax information management systems
         performance-based contract.

2599     RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION.             FIN
         Establishes fees for research and reproduction of
         records in response to investigative subpoenas
         issued by the department's criminal tax
         investigation unit.

2600     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3,
         OR THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE
         APPOINTMENT OF A TAX REVIEW COMMISSION EVERY TEN
         YEARS (ConAm).                                      JHA,FIN
         Changes the appointment of a Hawaii tax review
         commission from every five years to every ten
         years starting in 2005.

2601     RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE CEILING
         REPORTING DATES.                                    FIN
         Changes the dates on which the Council must
         report its estimates of total state personal
         income to the director of finance, the governor,
         the chief justice, and the legislature.

2602     RELATING TO FILING OF TAX RETURNS.                  FIN
         Centralizes the filing and the processing of tax
         returns within the State.

2603     RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY TAX.             CPC,FIN
         Clarifies that the statutory imposition of the
         public service company tax on public utilities is
         not a real property tax.

2604     RELATING TO TAXATION.                               EDB,FIN
         Clarifies the law for the GET exported services
         exemption and pyramiding relief. Provides GET
         pyramiding relief on the sale of amusements.
         Proposes a l/2% PSC tax rate for a PSC taxpayer
         on the sale of telecommunications and
         transportation services. Imposes the use tax on
         imported contracting.

2605     RELATING TO TAXATION APPEALS.                       JHA,FIN
         Eliminates requirement of paying tax assessed
         prior to appealing the assessment to the district
         board of review.

 
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2606     RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF TAX INFORMATION.          JHA,FIN
         Permits the disclosure of general excise/use tax
         return and tax return information to a person
         contractually obligated to pay general excise and
         use taxes assessed against another.

2607     RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY.                        EDB/HED,FIN
         Expands and clarifies high techonology business
         incentives provisions.

2608     RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.                               TRN,JHA
         Clarifies that a "right-of-way" is a corridor of
         land acquired for the purpose of building a
         road/highway.

2609     RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.                               TRN,FIN
         Limits agency liability for rapid removal of
         obstructions which block or interfere with
         traffic or endanger public safety on state
         highways. Authorizes towing and other minor
         assistance to stranded motorists on state
         highways.

2610     RELATING TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.                      TRN,JHA,FIN
         Requires Hawaii courts to accept police use of
         computer analysis of conventional and electronic
         photographs to measure distances and dimensions
         of physical evidence at the scene of traffic
         accidents.

2611     RELATING TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.                    TRN,FIN
         Authorizes a two-year extension of the traffic
         enforcement demonstration project.

2612     RELATING TO CONTROL OF VENDING.                     TRN,JHA
         Clarifies provisions relating to activities which
         violate the public's "right-of-way".

2613     RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.                         TRN,JHA
         Conforms provision relating to the consumption of
         alcohol and open alcoholic beverages to federal
         laws.

2614     RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.                         TRN,FIN
         Sets forth the authority of the DOT director to
         adopt administrative rules dealing with road use
         restrictions.

2615     RELATING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.                    TRN/EEP,JHA
         Conforms the State's transportation of hazardous
         materials provisions to federal regulations.

 
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2616     RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.         FIN
         Provides the DOT and all other State departments
         with more flexibility in securing
         concessionaires.

2617     RELATING TO HIGHWAYS GENERALLY.                     TRN,JHA
         Clarifies political campaign activities to
         prevent vendors from selling products next to
         state highways under the guise of political
         speech.

2618     RELATING TO REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVERS.             TRN,JHA,FIN
         Proposes to revoke all vehicle registrations
         issued to a driver who has been convicted of a
         DUI offense.

2619     RELATING TO NOISE.                                  TRN,FIN
         Allows construction and maintenance work on the
         freeway and freeway ramps between Nuuanu Street
         and Sixth Avenue on Oahu to temporarily exceed
         state noise standards without a variance.

2620     RELATING TO THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN PERSONS' CLAIMS
         AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND PROVIDING
         APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.                            JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the payment of settlements
         entered into by the University of Hawaii.

2621     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.               HED,JHA
         Requires service of process on the University to
         be made by delivering a copy of the complaint to
         the University General Counsel or to an Associate
         General Counsel. Requires all settlements and
         judgements to be paid from State general fund.

2622     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.               HED,FIN
         Clarifies that administrative expenses of the
         University are costs incurred in support of the
         users of special and revolving funded programs of
         the University.

2623     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.               HED,LAB/FIN
         Enables the University to develop a
         classification system which appropriately
         recognizes the scope and subject matter of work,
         and the scope and degree of responsibility and
         the required minimum qualifications.

2624     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.               HED,FIN
         Recodifies the statutory authorization for the
         Seed Distribution Program Revolving Fund.


 
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                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

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

 12      ADOPTING KEY COMMUNITY OUTCOMES OF WELL-BEING FOR
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII                   FIN

 13      AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF SUBMERGED LANDS AT DUKE
         KAHANAMOKU BEACH AT WAIKIKI, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR
         PIER PURPOSES                                       OMR/WLU,FIN


                             HOUSE BILLS

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

1887     RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES                            TRN/EDN,FIN

2279     RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS               HLT,CPC

2307     RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE SEAWEED         OMR,FIN


 
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