SPEAKER'S OFFICE
                      TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

                          COMMITTEE REFERRALS


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              NO. 30  29TH LEGISLATIVE DAY  MARCH 10, 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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                            SENATE BILLS

Referrals                                                    Committee
S.B. NO.                        Subject                      REFERRAL

 364     RELATING TO TAXATION                                CPC,FIN
         Includes within general excise tax exemption for
         insurance companies' gross proceeds, proceeds
         received by corporate attorney-in-fact in
         connection with administrative functions
         performed on behalf of reciprocal insurer. (SD2) 

 800     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EEP,FIN
         Provides GET exemption for treated wastewater
         sold to the counties. (SD2) 

1390     RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS                      TRN,JHA
         Amends the offense of reckless driving to include
         the commission of multiple traffic violations
         within a limited distance. (SD2) 

2001     RELATING TO COUNTY TORT LIABILITY                   JHA
         Extends State tort liability to include
         indemnification of counties against damages
         arising from the operation of certain beach parks
         by a county. (SD2) 

 
                                   1
2003     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS
         FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MANUFACTURING EXTENSION
         PROGRAMS                                            EDB,FIN
         Appropriation to match federal funds for
         manufacturing extension programs.  (SD1)

2021     RELATING TO HOUSING                                 HSH,FIN
         Requires assisted housing development owners to
         give one year's notice to tenants if the owner
         intends to terminate a subsidy contract. Gives
         tenants or nonprofit organizations opportunities
         to purchase the development if the owner of the
         development has not given notice to sell prior to
         July 1, 2000. Establishes additional requirements
         (SD2) 

2058     RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS                      FIN
         Authorizes an earned income tax credit. (SD1) 

2074     RELATING TO CORRECTIONS                             PSM/HSH,FIN
         Establishes a task force to develop a plan to
         increase the availability of gender appropriate
         programming in the criminal justice system. (SD2) 

2093     RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS            PSM,FIN
         Requires the office of veterans' services to pay
         the costs of providing funeral and burial
         services for a deceased World War II Filipino
         veteran; and of transporting the remains of the
         veteran to the Philippines, upon the submission
         of an invoice for services performed.
         Appropriates funds. (SD2) 

2106     RELATING TO FEDERAL FUNDING                         FIN
         Prohibits the governor, the comptroller, and the
         director of finance from restricting any state
         agency's ability to spend federal grant moneys if
         the expenditure is already approved by the
         granting federal agency. (SD1) 

2114     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES                          TRN
         Clarifies that motor vehicle owners, nonprofit
         organizations, and veterans groups may apply for
         special number license plates. (SD1) 

2118     RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION                   WLU,JHA,FIN
         Establishes a burial site program within DLNR to
         assist island burial councils with their mandated
         responsibilities. Clarifies and strengthens
         various laws relating to the preservation of
         native Hawaiian burial sites, heiau, and
         artifacts. (SD2) 

 
                                   2
2131     RELATING TO FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION                    EDB,FIN
         Allows an income tax credit for federal
         subcontractors and federal general contractors.
         (SD1) 

2132     RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE      EDB,FIN
         Defines "state contractor", "state
         subcontractor", and "state resident"; increases
         the bid preference to state residents. (SD2) 

2134     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS                 AGR/PSM,FIN
         Provides a fee discount for state-required animal
         quarantine charges for active duty military
         personnel. (SD1) 

2147     RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING                       JHA
         Limits campaign contributions for all candidates
         to an aggregate of not more than $2,000. (SD1) 

2150     RELATING TO ELECTIONS.                              JHA
         Requires filing a bank statement with final and
         supplemental campaign spending reports. 

2151     RELATING TO FIREARMS                                JHA
         Provides for re-registration of firearms by mail;
         requires a firearm owner to submit an affidavit
         attesting to the owner's mental health condition;
         requires county police to issue firearm owner
         identification cards upon registration/re-
         registration; requires firearm owner
         identification card to be presented when
         purchasing ammunition. (SD1). 

2171     RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF                         LAB,FIN
         Authorizes paid leave for state and county
         employees responding to disasters for the
         American Red Cross. (SD1) 

2181     RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST                       JHA,FIN
         Appropriates $      to OHA for income and
         proceeds from the pro rata portion of the public
         land trust to be credited toward the States 20%
         revenues owed from the public land trust. (SD1) 

2192     RELATING TO THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT        LAB,JHA
         Clarifying and strengthening the Whistleblowers'
         Protection Act. (SD2) 

2194     RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS                      FIN
         Allows an income tax credit for obtaining CPR
         certification. (SD1) 

 
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2200     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION         CPC,FIN
         Provides that the greater of $1,000,000, or two-
         thirds of the moneys in the public utilities
         commission special fund, shall remain in the
         special fund, with the excess lapsing into the
         general fund. Requires the commission to report
         annually to the legislature on certain fund
         activities. (SD1) 

2205     RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS                  CPC
         Requires a nonprofit corporation that is a
         private foundation to conform to certain Internal
         Revenue Code provisions to maintain its tax
         exempt status. (SD1) 

2220     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. (SD1) 

2221     RELATING TO ETHANOL                                 EEP/AGR,EDB,FIN
         Provides a tax credit for the production of
         ethanol. (SD1) 

2278     RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE                       CPC
         Allows conversion or merger of captive insurers;
         provides procedures and requirements for
         conversion or merger. (SD1) 

2279     RELATING TO UTILITY LINES                           EEP/WLU,CPC
         Establishes state policy regarding the placement
         of utility lines that places a high value on the
         aesthetic benefit of the natural landscape in
         residential and conservation zoned areas.
         Requires PUC to consider the proximity of 138
         kilovolt or greater above-ground systems to
         culturally significant sites. (SD1) 

2282     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION         EEP/WLU,CPC
         Requires the PUC to authorize the need for an
         electrical utility's proposed capital project
         within a conservation district before the
         department of land and natural resources may
         accept the utility's application for a
         conservation district use permit. (SD1) 

2283     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION         CPC
         Authorizes the PUC to require the parties in
         commission proceedings to participate in non-
         binding alternative dispute resolution prior to
         hearing. (SD1) 

 
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2289     RELATING TO PREPAID TELEPHONE CALLING SERVICE       EDB/CPC,FIN
         Provides that the sale of prepaid telephone
         calling services are subject to taxation under
         the general excise tax law. Applies to gross
         proceeds from sale of prepaid telephone calling
         services received after August 31, 2000. (SD2) 

2300     RELATING TO HARBORS                                 TRN,FIN
         Allows DOT and DLNR to enter into cost-
         containment contracts with private developers for
         public improvements that cost up to $2,000,000
         without legislative approval. Allows DOT and DLNR
         to enter into such contracts up to $5,000,000
         with legislative approval. (SD2) 

2301     RELATING TO HARBORS                                 TRN,WLU,FIN
         Establishes definition for maritime lands. (SD2) 

2303     RELATING TO HARBORS                                 TRN,FIN
         Transfers certain PSC taxes to the harbor special
         fund for the improvement of cruise ship
         facilities. (SD2) 

2304     RELATING TO THE MOTOR CARRIER LAW                   CPC
         Requires the public utilities commission to
         render decisions on motions for either
         reconsideration or rehearing within 45 days.
         (SD1) 

2306     RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS                          TRN,CPC
         Specifies factors that the public utilities
         commission must consider in whether to grant a
         certificate of public convenience and necessity.
         Makes unauthorized activity ground for denying
         subsequent applications. (SD2) 

2307     RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS                          TRN,CPC
         Requires the public utilities commission to
         authorize no more than the proposed service
         described in applications for authority to carry
         more than seven passengers. (SD2) 

2312     RELATING TO A HOISTING MACHINE OPERATORS
         CERTIFICATION REVOLVING FUND                        LAB,FIN
         Funds Hoisting Machine Operators Certification
         Revolving Fund. (SD1) 

2316     RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES                       TRN,FIN
         Permits the use of foreign language exams by
         examiner of drivers. (SD1) 

 
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2317     RELATING TO BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY                  LAB/FIN
         Provides certain civil service related powers to
         boards of water supply in counties with a
         population of more than 500,000. (SD2) 

2318     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S
         LICENSES                                            TRN,JHA
         Amends the law relating to administrative
         revocation of driver's licenses to include
         revocation of all motor vehicle registrations
         issued to a driver who has been convicted of a
         previous violation of driving under the influence
         of intoxicating liquor or habitually driving
         under the influence of liquor or drugs.(SD2) 

2342     RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR
         PROCESSING ENTERPRISES                              AGR,FIN
         purpose revenue bonds for Hawaii Taro Company.
         (SD1) 

2348     RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES                      CPC,FIN
         Requires counties to provide garbage or trash
         collection and disposal services to condominium
         and cooperative housing corporation communities
         in where county garbage collection is provided to
         other neighborhood residents; allows county to
         charge and provides for waiver by condominiums
         and cooperative housing corporation community.
         Requires report from counties on refuse
         collection procedures relating to condominiums
         and cooperatives. (SD1) 

2369     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB/FIN
         Upon application to the ERS board, allows a class
         A member to withdraw for one time only, the
         member's contributions (or a portion thereof) for
         financial hardship. Defines financial hardship.
         Requires board to set implementing rules. (SD1) 

2387     RELATING TO PROCUREMENT                             HLT/EDN,FIN
         Requires DOE to sell an assistive technology
         device to a student with a disability, upon
         request, as the student leaves school system at a
         depreciated price. Requires procuring agencies to
         get training regarding procurement of such
         devices from the assistive technology project
         designated for Hawaii under the federal Assistive
         Technology Act of 1998. (SD2) 

2412     RELATING TO THE AUDITOR                             LMG,FIN
         Establishes a managerial accountability audit
         program in the office of the auditor. (SD1) 

 
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2416     RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS                           CPC,JHA
         Requires DCCA to require in their contracts with
         public access organizations that provide public,
         educational, and governmental access to
         television, that the public access organization
         comply with the sunshine laws and the Uniform
         Information Practices Act. (SD1) 

2421     RELATING TO TAXATION                                FIN
         Allows income tax refund check-off. (SD1) 

2429     RELATING TO CRIME                                   JHA,FIN
         Qualifies for extended term sentencing criminal
         offenders who select their victims because of
         hostility to their race, color, religion,
         ancestry, national origin, gender, transgender,
         sexual orientation, age or disability; provides a
         reporting mechanism to compile, track, and
         analyze hate crimes data. (SD2) 

2432     RELATING TO A SENTENCING SIMULATION MODEL           JHA/PSM,FIN
         Appropriates $       to the department of public
         safety for the corrections population management
         commission to develop, implement, and maintain a
         sentencing simulation model. (SD1) 

2436     RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE                          JHA
         Creates a class C felony offense for the
         manufacture or sale of false identification.
         (SD1) 

2437     RELATING TO ANTITRUST                               EDB,CPC,JHA
         Clarifies that a private person may bring an
         unfair competition action. (SD2) 

2438     RELATING TO JUDGMENTS                               JHA
         Clarifies that the post-judgement interest rate
         shall be ten percent per year on the total
         judgment amount. 

2441     RELATING TO DANGEROUS DOGS                          JHA
         Provides criminal penalties for a person who
         permits his or her dangerous dog to commit an
         assault against another person. (SD1) 

2442     RELATING TO CAREGIVERS                              EDN/HLT,JHA
         Allows caregiver to register a minor child for
         school and to access school-related medical care;
         mandates the Department of Education to review
         their current policies regarding student
         admissions and amend them to recognize hanai
         relationships. (SD2) 

 
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2446     MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
         CHILDREN AND FAMILIES                               HSH/HLT,FIN
         Appropriates funds for programs and services for
         the protection of children and families. (SD2) 

2448     RELATING TO AUTISM                                  HLT/HED,FIN
         Establishes the Hawaii Autism Center of
         Excellence within the University of Hawaii School
         of Medicine. (SD2) 

2456     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE    HSH,FIN
         Makes an unspecified appropriation for the
         neighborhood place program of the DHS for
         diversion services and child protective services
         to be matched with funds from private or federal
         sources. (SD1) 

2467     RELATING TO UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS                  CPC/JHA
         Authorizes and establishes procedures for the
         administrative forfeiture of materials, tools,
         and other property owned by an unlicensed
         contractor. Clarifies that unlicensed contracting
         is an unfair and deceptive practice and requires
         unlicensed contractors to reimburse moneys to
         consumers. (SD2) 

2470     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Replaces the term "vocational" with the phrase
         "career and technical" in chapter 305A, Hawaii
         Revised Statutes (and related references). (SD1) 

2473     RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS DEFENDER             EDB/CPC,FIN
         Gives the small business defender the discretion
         to refuse any case, limits the small business
         defender's liability; moves the small business
         defender from the legislature to B&F;
         appropriates funds. (SD2) 

2477     RELATING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF
         HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                    JHA
         Clarifies that candidates for the Office of
         Hawaiian Affairs Trustee elections must be of
         Hawaiian descent. (SD1) 

2479     RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
         OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                   JHA,FIN
         Requires that the election of trustees for the
         Office of Hawaiian Affairs be paid by Office of
         Hawaiian Affairs. (SD1) 

2480     RELATING TO ANNULMENT, DIVORCE, AND SEPARATION      JHA
         Exempts impoverished persons from the legal
         notice requirement when a divorce, annulment, or
         separation is filed. (SD1) 

 
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2489     RELATING TO BRAIN INJURY                            HLT,FIN
         Establishes a task force to identify and
         eliminate public policy barriers to neurotraining
         services. Establishes a community-based
         neurotraining research, education, and training
         infrastructure. Appropriates $       for FY2000-
         2001 for the infrastructure. (SD2) 

2490     RELATING TO LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL CARE              HSH/HLT,FIN
         Establishes an information and referral process;
         makes appropriation to the Executive Office on
         Aging to implement statewide initial information
         and referral screening; requires use of uniform
         assessment tool. 

2493     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
         TREATMENT SERVICES                                  HSH/HLT,FIN
         Appropriates unspecified sums to Department of
         Health for substance abuse treatment services for
         pregnant women, teenagers, and families involved
         with child protective services of the department
         of human services provided funds are matched by
         private and federal sources. (SD2) 

2494     RELATING TO EMPOWERMENT OF THE BLIND                HSH/JHA,FIN
         Allows the State Committee of Blind Vendors to
         hire private counsel; allocates moneys in the
         Randolph-Sheppard revolving account into a
         federal source subaccount and a non-federal
         source account; allows expenditure from non-
         federal source account for purposes of the
         revolving account; makes an appropriation. (SD2) 

2499     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE
         AGENCIES                                            LMG,FIN
         Appropriates funds to grant retroactive pay
         adjustments for legislative agency employees. The
         appropriation is necessary to allow these
         employees to maintain parity with other state
         employees and is based on a settlement for a 2-
         year collectively bargained agreement with the
         exclusive representative of bargaining units 3,
         4, and 13. (SD1) 

2509     RELATING TO PROCUREMENT PRACTICES                   LAB,EDB,FIN
         Requires purchases under contracting law to be
         awarded to vendors who pay prevailing wages.
         (SD2) 

 
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2527     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS                            CPC
         Clarifies that a board of directors of a
         condominium association may use association
         funds, with proper notice, only to "distribute"
         and not "solicit" proxies from apartment owners.
         Authorizes the use of a copy, fax or other
         reliable reproduction of a proxy in lieu of the
         original. (SD2) 

2530     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                             AGR,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of $10,000,000 in special
         purpose revenue bonds for Hawaii Gold Cacao Tree.
         (SD1) 

2533     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. (SD1) 

2544     RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST                 LMG,FIN
         Establishes the office of the legislative analyst
         as a legislative service agency and repeals the
         joint legislative budget committee. Provides for
         the preparation and distribution of fiscal impact
         statements by the legislative analyst. (SD1) 

2561     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC,FIN
         Requires the insurance commissioner to transfer
         up to a specified percentage of moneys in the
         captive insurance administrative fund to the
         insurance regulation fund to be used to promote
         Hawaii as a captive insurance domicile. (SD2) 

2562     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC
         Reorganizes provisions relating to the
         confidentiality of nonpublic information of
         captive insurers. Clarifies financial statement
         requirements. (SD1) 

2576     RELATING TO STATE OWNED PUBLIC HOUSING              HSH,FIN
         Creates statewide resident advisory board and
         adds positions for tenant representatives on the
         board of the housing and community development
         corporation of Hawaii. (SD2) 

2598     RELATING TO HOUSING                                 HSH,FIN
         Authorizes $          in G.O. Bonds and
         appropriates this sum to the Rental Housing Trust
         Fund and imposes certain requirements.
         Establishes the Housing and Community Development
         Corporation of Hawaii as a mortgage lender under
         the Hula Mae program in order to provide
         refinancing to Hawaii residents. (SD2) 

 
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2634     RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE                          JHA
         Defines "law enforcement" officer; changes
         references from "peace" officer to "law
         enforcement" officer. (SD2) 

2637     RELATING TO VICTIMS AND WITNESSES                   JHA
         Provides that victims and witnesses can testify
         at grand jury proceedings by video conferencing
         technology. (SD1) 

2643     RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES                        TRN,JHA
         Replaces the term traffic "accident" with the
         term traffic "collision". (SD1) 

2657     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  CPC,FIN
         Mandates coverage under most health insurance
         policies and contracts for diabetes outpatient
         self-management training, education, equipment,
         and supplies. (SD2) 

2666     RELATING TO ELECTIONS                               JHA
         Requires that election day officials assigned to
         work in the counting center, control center, and
         delivering and collecting ballots shall not be
         family members of a candidate, shall not be
         candidates who lost in the primary, and shall not
         all be of the same party. (SD1) 

2668     RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION                      JHA,FIN
         Conforms state voter registration law with the
         national voter registration act. (SD1) 

2675     RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
         OF THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION                      LMG,JHA,FIN
         Raises salary of executive director of state
         ethics commission to that no more than 5% over
         the salary of the commission's associate
         director. (SD1) 

2692     RELATING TO SALARIES                                JHA,FIN
         Implements the judicial salary commission's
         recommendation to provide salary adjustments for
         appointed judiciary administrative officers.
         Provides that the chief justice may subsequently
         determine the salaries of the administrative
         officers if based on merit or other relevant
         factors. (SD2) 

2706     RELATING TO TAXATION                                TRN/EDB,FIN
         Establishes that amounts received from leasing
         aircraft for commercial usage are not subject to
         general excise tax; clarifies existing use tax
         exemption. (SD1) 

 
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2711     RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE                EDB,CPC
         Provides that any administrative rule that has
         been adopted pursuant to statute or ordinance
         that has been repealed shall be repealed within
         six months without regard to chapter 91, HRS.
         Provides an exception for rules that were adopted
         in compliance with federal law. (SD1) 

2716     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Provides a wholesale sale for general excise and
         use tax purposes occurs when a printer sells to a
         magazine publisher who under contract distributes
         some of those magazines without a charge to the
         persons who receive the magazine. (SD1) 

2717     RELATING TO SOCIAL WORKERS                          HSH/HLT,CPC
         Repeals the sunset of social worker licensing.
         Eliminates ACSW exam recognition for licensing
         purposes for applications filed after June 30,
         2000. (SD1) 

2736     RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA                           WLU/JHA,FIN
         Provides unspecified funds for infrastructure at
         Kikala-Keokea island of Hawaii. (SD2) 

2745     RELATING TO AQUACULTURE                             AGR/OMR,FIN
         Authorizes the department of agriculture to
         assess fees for aquatic animal and plant health
         diagnostic services relating to aquaculture.
         Establishes aquaculture development special fund.
         Appropriation. (SD1) 

2750     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. (SD1) 

2751     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 judgments, settlements, and other
         miscellaneous payments. (SD2)

2758     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. (SD1) 

 
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2781     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Creates a 4% hotel construction and remodeling
         income tax credit. (SD2) 

2811     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE                 CPC
         Conforms provisions of the motor vehicle
         insurance code relating to prohibited practices.
         Clarifies the scope of the code's application.
         Expands prohibition against discriminatory
         practices to include practices related to
         underwriting guidelines. (SD1) 

2814     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC
         Codifies various sections of the Hawaii
         administrative rules relating to proxies,
         consents, and authorizations of domestic stock
         insurers, mass merchandising of motor vehicle
         insurance, insurance holding company systems, and
         the motor vehicle insurance law. (SD1) 

2815     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC
         Requires persons convicted of felony offenses to
         seek the Insurance commissioner's written consent
         before engaging in the business of insurance.
         (SD1) 

2819     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC
         Establishes standards for life insurance policy
         illustrations and for the replacement of life
         insurance and annuities. Requires consumer
         notices and disclosures to be provided in writing
         and transmitted through non-electronic means.
         (SD1) 

2826     RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGIST LICENSURE   CPC
         Clarifies that licensees from other professions
         are able to perform "psychotherapy" if the
         service is within the scope of practice defined
         in the professions' laws or rules. (SD1) 

2829     RELATING TO RETURN OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS            HLT,CPC
         Allows institutional facilities and supervised
         living groups to return unused prescription drugs
         to the dispensing pharmacist for redispensing and
         redistribution. (SD1) 

2836     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Allows the BOE to set progressive competencies
         for computer technology and a language, in
         addition to English, by policies instead of by
         administrative rules. (SD1) 

 
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2847     RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS            HSH,JHA,FIN
         Requires "prospective adoptive parents" to have
         criminal history records checks. Authorizes and
         contracting for home studies. (SD2) 

2866     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). (SD2) 

2879     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES                     EEP,FIN
         Establishes a program to regulate disposal of
         motor vehicle tires. Imposes $1 surcharge on all
         imported tires which may be used for tire
         management, collection, disposal, recycling,
         marketing, reuse, and illegal dumping prevention
         programs. Requires all entities accepting used
         tires to maintain records regarding disposition
         of the tires. (SD2) 

2883     MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE'S
         MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES FOR
         THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED OR MENTALLY RETARDED
         PROGRAM                                             FIN
         Appropriates emergency funds ($367,268) to meet
         program needs. (SD2) 

2909     RELATING TO STATE PARKS                             WLU,FIN
         Replaces the Aina Hoomalu Special Fund with the
         State Parks Special Fund to carry out program
         objectives. (SD1) 

2917     RELATING TO THE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FUND      WLU,FIN
         Establishes a water resource management fund
         within DLNR. (SD2) 

2918     RELATING TO HUNTING LICENSES                        WLU,JHA,FIN
         Increases 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. (SD2) 

2924     RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS                           EDB,JHA
         Assists public agencies in holding meetings by
         videoconference. (SD1) 

2930     RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES                   JHA
         Clarifies the director of public safety's
         subpoena powers. Amends controlled substance
         list. (SD2) 

 
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2931     RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES                   JHA
         Conforms the State's Uniform controlled Substance
         Act to federal drug laws. 

2935     RELATING TO DANGEROUS DRUGS                         JHA/PSM,FIN
         Mandates substance abuse treatment for substance
         abuse offenders. (SD1) 

2953     RELATING TO CONTROL OF VENDING                      TRN,JHA
         Clarifies provisions relating to activities which
         violate the public's "right-of-way." (SD1) 

2961     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. (SD2) 

2982     RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT                           JHA
         Amends the law relating to child support liens to
         clarify that the lien arising from a child
         support order or judgment takes priority over
         subsequent liens only when the child support
         debtor was actually delinquent in payment at the
         time of the subsequent lien. (SD1) 

2983     RELATING TO LANDOWNERS' LIABILITY                   WLU,JHA
         Redefines "land" to exclude land that the owner
         holds open to the public for commercial purposes.
         (SD2) 

2987     RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS                        CPC/LAB,FIN
         Adds provision for contractor penalties to the
         existing law that prohibits contractors from
         withholding more than five 5% of the
         subcontractor's contract price. (SD1) 

2988     RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT        EDB/LAB,FIN
         Imposes penalties on contractors for failing to
         properly pay amounts owed to subcontractors.
         (SD2) 

2990     RELATING TO THE RECYCLING OF BATTERIES              EEP,FIN
         Imposes a surcharge on purchase price of new
         battery, waivable by presenting for disposal an
         old battery for the new battery, to encourage
         proper disposal of lead batteries. (SD2) 

 
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2993     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT                         EEP,CPC,JHA,FIN
         Establishes the environmental health consumer
         advocate within the DCCA. Establishes an
         environmental protection hotline. Requires the
         DOH to convene a Campbell Industrial Park task
         force and appropriates funds for a task force
         study. (SD2) 

2996     RELATING TO JUVENILES                               EDN,JHA
         Allows the department of education to access
         juvenile records as provided under section 571-
         84.6 (HRS); requires family court to expedite the
         release of information as requested by the
         department. (SD2) 

3023     RELATING TO CRIME                                   JHA
         Clarifies cumulative punishment for both a felony
         involving firearm possession and firearms
         possession. (SD1) 

3031     RELATING TO HIGHWAYS                                TRN,LAB,FIN
         Allows use of HOV lanes by all vehicles between
         the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on
         Interstate Route H-1. Creates a pilot project to
         study and permit the use of Zipper Lanes by
         vehicles carrying two persons during specific
         hours. Permits general use of the zipper lane
         during an accident or emergency on the H-1. (SD1) 

3032     RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                    EDB,FIN
         Appropriates funds to establish a center for
         Asian-Pacific infrastructure development within
         DBED&T. (SD2) 

3038     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,JHA
         Amends zero tolerance policy by allowing
         suspension of a student who attends school or a
         department-supervised activities, whether on or
         off school premises, after consuming intoxicating
         liquor. (SD1) 

3041     RELATING TO OPTOMETRY                               CPC
         Adds another optometrist member to the joint
         formulary advisory committee. (SD1) 

3043     RELATING TO THE STATE RISK MANAGEMENT AND
         INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION                            CPC,FIN
         Authorizes the state comptroller to establish a
         captive insurance company to insure the general
         liabilities of the State. (SD2) 

 
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3051     RELATING TO LIQUOR EXPORT                           EDB,JHA
         Clarifies the legality of shipping of locally
         made Hawaiian wines, spirits, and champagnes.
         (SD2) 

3104     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES                          TRN,FIN
         Provides for the distribution of the monetary
         assessments for motor vehicle violations to the
         counties for use by their police departments.
         (SD2) 

3123     RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION                HSH/LAB,EDN,FIN
         Establishes a transitional welfare-to-work
         benefits program for public assistance
         recipients. Appropriates $         for FY 2000-
         2001 for the bridge-to-hope program. (SD2) 

3125     RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF NOTICE                   JHA,FIN
         Requires county directors of finance to determine
         a publication to use for all published notices.
         (SD2) 

3133     RELATING TO CRIME                                   JHA
         Expands prohibition of prostitution in Waikiki to
         other areas designated by the council of the
         appropriate county. (SD1) 

3160     RELATING TO THE SALE OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM
         APARTMENTS TO OWNER-OCCUPANTS                       CPC,FIN
         Streamlines owner-occupancy sales requirements
         for condominiums. (SD1) 

3190     RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE                       CPC
         Permits captive insurance companies to sell
         personal motor vehicle and homeowners' insurance
         on vehicles and property located outside of the
         State. Authorizes and implements the regulation
         of captive insurance company branches. (SD1) 

3192     RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE                       CPC
         Establishes a new category of captive insurance
         company for reinsurers and excess insurers.
         Clarifies financial reporting requirements for
         all categories of captives and the laws
         applicable to class 5 companies. (SD1) 

3194     RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO FARM                       AGR,JHA
         Prohibits farming operations from being declared
         a nuisance for any reason if the farming
         operations are conducted in a manner consistent
         with generally accepted agricultural and
         management practices. Defines "generally accepted
         agricultural and management practices". (SD2) 


 
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                            SENATE BILLS

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

2405     RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES                       JHA

2849     RELATING TO REVIEW HEARINGS                         HSH,JHA

2850     RELATING TO KINSHIP CARE                            HSH,JHA,FIN

 
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