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S.C.R. NO.         TITLE                                      REFERRAL

  79               REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF STATE               CPN, WAM
                   MONEYS PAID FOR HEALTH
                   INSURANCE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES
                   (Health Insurance; Audit.)

  80               REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF THE                 JDC, WAM
                   CONTRACTING OF LEGAL SERVICES
                   TO REPRESENT THE STATE IN ITS
                   TOBACCO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
                   (Tobacco Settlement Audit.)

  81               EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE             ECD/EDU, WAM
                   RESPONSIBLE USE OF
                   AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR
                   THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF
                   HAWAII (Agricultural
                   Biotechnology.)

  82               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               ECD, WAM
                   LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO
                   RESUME FRY/SEED PRODUCTION AT
                   THE ANUENUE FISHERIES RESEARCH
                   CENTER (Aquaculture.)

  83               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF           CPN/JDC, WAM
                   COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
                   TO VERIFY THAT PARI-MUTUEL
                   WAGERING BEING SIMILAR TO
                   STOCK TRADING SHOULD BE
                   PERMITTED IN HAWAII
                   (Pari-Mutuel Wagering.)

  84               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               CPN, WAM
                   COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
                   TO ADOPT RULES TO REQUIRE
                   REGISTERED TRAVEL AGENCIES AND
                   REGISTERED CHARTER TOUR
                   OPERATORS TO UNDERGO PERIODIC
                   SEMINARS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL
                   PITFALLS OF THEIR BUSINESS
                   (Travel Agency Bonds.)

 
 
 
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  85               URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF                   HHS, WAM
                   HEALTH TO TRAIN AND CONSULT
                   WITH OPERATORS AND STAFF OF
                   ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME
                   OPERATORS, AT THE TIME OF
                   LICENSING AND PERIODICALLY
                   THEREAFTER, REGARDING THEIR
                   DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
                   FOR THEIR RESIDENTS (Adult
                   Residential Care Homes.)

  86               REQUESTING THE IMPLEMENTATION              JDC, WAM
                   OF A SYSTEM-WIDE MASTER PLAN
                   AND AN ACCOMPANYING
                   INFORMATIONAL STUDY,
                   ADDRESSING THE CURRENT AND
                   PROJECTED NEED FOR PRISON
                   FACILITIES IN HAWAII (State
                   prison system.)

  87               STRONGLY URGING THE UNITED                 EDU, HHS
                   STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
                   AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
                   MENTAL HEALTH TO ENGAGE IN A
                   NATIONAL EXAMINATION OF THE
                   APPROPRIATE USE OF PSYCHIATRIC
                   DRUGS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON
                   CHILDREN (Ritalin Use on
                   School Children.)

  88               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               HHS, WAM
                   HEALTH TO IMPROVE STATEWIDE
                   DIABETES AWARENESS AND
                   EDUCATION AND EXAMINE THE
                   POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A
                   PROGRAM FOR FREE EARLY
                   DETECTION SCREENING FOR
                   DIABETES (Diabetes.)

  89               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF           WLH/LRE, WAM
                   LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO
                   CONVENE A WORK GROUP TO STUDY
                   CONDITIONS AT PUNALU`U BEACH
                   AND THE NEAR-BY KAMEHAME BEACH
                   AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE
                   ACTIONS TO PRESERVE AND
                   PROTECT THE AREA'S ENDANGERED
                   SPECIES AND THE ECOSYSTEM
                   (Punalu`u Beach; DLNR Study.)


 
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  90               REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF               EDU, WAM
                   HAWAII AT MANOA AND THE
                   UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO
                   TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM
                   THE BIG ISLAND INTO A MAJOR
                   PACIFIC-WIDE RESEARCH CENTER
                   (UH Hilo.)

  91               REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF               EDU, WAM
                   EDUCATION PROVIDE FUNDING OUT
                   OF ITS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
                   FUNDS TO REPLACE DEGRADED
                   ELECTRICAL WIRING IN KEAAU
                   MIDDLE SCHOOL'S BUILDING A
                   (Project Citizen - Keaau
                   School.)

  92               REQUESTING THAT THE PRESIDENT          WLH/TIA, JDC
                   AND CONGRESS RECOGNIZE AN
                   OFFICIAL POLITICAL
                   RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
                   UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND
                   THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE
                   (Hawaiians, Congress.)

  93               REQUESTING THAT THE UNITED                 WLH, JDC
                   STATES SECRETARY OF THE
                   INTERIOR, UPON THE
                   ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HAWAIIAN
                   HOMES COMMISSION AS AN ELECTED
                   BODY, AFFIRM IN WRITING THAT
                   THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION
                   IS A GOVERNING BODY DULY
                   RECOGNIZED BY THE SECRETARY OF
                   THE INTERIOR AS A NATIVE GROUP
                   (Hawaiian Homes Commission.)

  94               REQUESTING THAT THE UNITED             WLH/TIA, JDC
                   STATES SECRETARY OF THE
                   INTERIOR, UPON THE
                   ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HAWAIIAN
                   HOMES COMMISSION AS AN ELECTED
                   BODY, AFFIRM IN WRITING THAT
                   THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION
                   IS A GOVERNING BODY DULY
                   RECOGNIZED BY THE SECRETARY OF
                   THE INTERIOR AS A NATIVE GROUP
                   (Hawaiian Homes Commission.)


 
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  95               URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT          WLH/TIA, WAM
                   TO SHARE IN THE COST OF
                   CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE
                   INVENTORY OF CEDED LANDS IN
                   THE STATE OF HAWAII (Ceded
                   Land Inventory.)

  96               REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR FURTHER         EDU/ECD, WAM
                   SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMIC
                   EVALUATION BEFORE CONTINUING
                   THE EXPANSION OF GENETIC
                   ENGINEERING IN HAWAII (Genetic
                   Engineering.)


  97               SUPPORTING THE HAWAII                      ECD, WAM
                   PSYCHIATRIC MEDICAL
                   ASSOCIATION'S INTEREST IN
                   HAVING A FUTURE ANNUAL MEETING
                   OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC
                   ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII (Am.
                   Psych. Assn. Convention.)

  98               REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO                  TIA, WAM
                   ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF
                   INCREASING THE DEPARTMENT OF
                   TRANSPORTATION'S AUTHORITY AND
                   JURISDICTION OVER HARBORS
                   (Audit of Harbors.)

  99               REQUESTING THE PUBLIC                  CPN/TIA, WAM
                   UTILITIES COMMISSION TO STUDY
                   THE FEASIBILITY AND
                   ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A
                   "311" NON-EMERGENCY
                   TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR THE STATE
                   OF HAWAII AS A MEANS OF
                   INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS
                   AND EFFICIENCY OF THE STATE'S
                   "911" EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
                   SYSTEM (311; PUC.)

 100               REQUESTS THE GOVERNOR TO               EDU/ECD, WAM
                   CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY
                   THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC
                   COMMERCE ON HAWAII'S TAX BASE
                   (Electronic Commerce;
                   Taxation.)


 
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 101               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               ECD, WAM
                   BUSINESS, ECONOMIC
                   DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO
                   CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS
                   OF BIG BOX RETAILERS ON LOCAL
                   SMALL AND MEDIUM RETAIL
                   BUSINESSES (DBEDT Study; Big
                   Box Stores.)

 102               URGING THE UNITED STATES NAVY              TIA, WAM
                   TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE
                   FUTURE WORKLOAD PLANS FOR
                   PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD
                   (Pearl Harbor Shipyard.)

 103               URGING SUPPORT FOR THE                 TIA/EDU, WAM
                   DOCUMENTARY FILM "AN UNTOLD
                   TRIUMPH" AND FOR THE STATE
                   FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE
                   ARTS TO ASSIST COMPLETION OF
                   THE FILM PROJECT BY PROVIDING
                   FUNDS (Hawaii Food.)

 104               ASKING THE CONGRESS OF THE                 TIA, JDC
                   UNITED STATES TO ADDRESS THE
                   ISSUE OF AVAILABILITY OF
                   OBTAINING A FALSE
                   IDENTIFICATION VIA THE
                   INTERNET (US Congress; False
                   ID/Internet.)

 105               REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO                 HHS, WAM
                   CONVENE A TASK FORCE ON
                   ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (Alt
                   Medicine Task Force.)

 106               REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE                EDU, WAM
                   PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM TO
                   COOPERATE AND FACILITATE THE
                   ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM OF
                   VOLUNTEER STARTER LIBRARIES 

 107               REQUESTING THAT THE                             WAM
                   LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
                   ANALYZE, DEVELOP, AND
                   IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM OF
                   COLLECTION, COMPILING, AND
                   DISTRIBUTION OF REQUIRED
                   ANNUAL REPORTS FOR THE
                   LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
                   HAWAII


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 108               REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO              CPN/TIA, WAM
                   STUDY THE NEED FOR REGULATING
                   THE ALARM INDUSTRY (Alarm
                   business.)

 109               REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF                 CPN, WAM
                   COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
                   TO ESTABLISH A RULE DRAFTING
                   POLICY TASK FORCE (Rule Policy
                   Task Force.)

 110               REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO                  EDU, WAM
                   AUDIT THE DEPARTMENT OF
                   EDUCATION ON ITS PRODUCTIVITY
                   AND EFFICIENCY IN LUMP SUM
                   BUDGETING AND BASIC CLASSROOM
                   NEEDS (DOE Audit; Lump Sum
                   Budgeting.)

 111               FORMULATING A PLAN FOR THE                 EDU, WAM
                   IMPLEMENTATION AT THE
                   INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL LEVEL FOR A
                   COMPUTER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN
                   THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Computer
                   Education Plan.)


S.R. NO.           TITLE                                      REFERRAL

  33               EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE             ECD/EDU, WAM
                   RESPONSIBLE USE OF
                   AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR
                   THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF
                   HAWAII (Agricultural
                   Biotechnology.)

  34               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               ECD, WAM
                   LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO
                   RESUME FRY/SEED PRODUCTION AT
                   THE ANUENUE FISHERIES RESEARCH
                   CENTER (Aquaculture.)

  35               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               TIA, WAM
                   MOTOR VEHICLES TO HELP EDUCATE
                   THE ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE
                   ETHNIC GROUPS AND PROMOTE
                   COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT
                   RULES (DMV; education.)


 
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  36               REVIEWING INEFFICIENCY OF              GOH/JDC, WAM
                   GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CAUSED
                   BY DELAYED SERVICES TO STATE
                   AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS (DAGS
                   Procurement Review.)

  37               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               CPN, WAM
                   COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
                   TO ADOPT RULES TO REQUIRE
                   REGISTERED TRAVEL AGENCIES AND
                   REGISTERED CHARTER TOUR
                   OPERATORS TO UNDERGO PERIODIC
                   SEMINARS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL
                   PITFALLS OF THEIR BUSINESS
                   (Travel Agency Bonds.)

  38               URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF                   HHS, WAM
                   HEALTH TO TRAIN AND CONSULT
                   WITH OPERATORS AND STAFF OF
                   ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME
                   OPERATORS, AT THE TIME OF
                   LICENSING AND PERIODICALLY
                   THEREAFTER, REGARDING THEIR
                   DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
                   FOR THEIR RESIDENTS (Adult
                   Residential Care Homes.)

  39               REQUESTING THE IMPLEMENTATION              JDC, WAM
                   OF A SYSTEM-WIDE MASTER PLAN
                   AND AN ACCOMPANYING
                   INFORMATIONAL STUDY,
                   ADDRESSING THE CURRENT AND
                   PROJECTED NEED FOR PRISON
                   FACILITIES IN HAWAII (State
                   prison system.)

  40               STRONGLY URGING THE UNITED                 EDU, HHS
                   STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
                   AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
                   MENTAL HEALTH TO ENGAGE IN A
                   NATIONAL EXAMINATION OF THE
                   APPROPRIATE USE OF PSYCHIATRIC
                   DRUGS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON
                   CHILDREN (Ritalin Use on
                   School Children.)


 
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  41               REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE                 JDC, WAM
                   REFERENCE BUREAU TO DETERMINE
                   THE LIKELY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
                   IMPACTS OF SITING A PRISON
                   FACILITY ON THE ISLAND OF
                   HAWAII (Impacts of Building a
                   Prison.)

  42               REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE             JDC/WLH, WAM
                   REFERENCE BUREAU TO DETERMINE
                   THE LIKELY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
                   IMPACTS OF SITING A HOLISTIC
                   HAWAIIAN ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON
                   FACILITY ON THE ISLAND OF
                   HAWAII (Holistic Alternative
                   to Prison.)

  43               REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF               EDU, WAM
                   HAWAII AT MANOA AND THE
                   UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO
                   TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM
                   THE BIG ISLAND INTO A MAJOR
                   PACIFIC-WIDE RESEARCH CENTER
                   (UH Hilo.)

  44               REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF               EDU, WAM
                   EDUCATION PROVIDE FUNDING OUT
                   OF ITS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
                   FUNDS TO REPLACE DEGRADED
                   ELECTRICAL WIRING IN KEAAU
                   MIDDLE SCHOOL'S BUILDING A
                   (Project Citizen - Keaau
                   School.)

  45               REQUESTING THAT THE PRESIDENT AND      WLH/TIA, JDC
                   AND CONGRESS RECOGNIZE AN OFFICIAL
                   POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 
                   UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE
                   HAWAIIAN PEOPLE.

  46               REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR FURTHER         EDU/ECD, WAM
                   SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMIC
                   EVALUATION BEFORE CONTINUING
                   THE EXPANSION OF GENETIC
                   ENGINEERING IN HAWAII (Genetic
                   Engineering.)



 
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  47               SUPPORTING THE HAWAII                      ECD, WAM
                   PSYCHIATRIC MEDICAL
                   ASSOCIATION'S INTEREST IN
                   HAVING A FUTURE ANNUAL MEETING
                   OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC
                   ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII (Am.
                   Psych. Assn. Convention.)

  48               REQUESTING THE PUBLIC                  CPN/TIA, WAM
                   UTILITIES COMMISSION TO STUDY
                   THE FEASIBILITY AND
                   ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A
                   "311" NON-EMERGENCY
                   TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR THE STATE
                   OF HAWAII AS A MEANS OF
                   INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS
                   AND EFFICIENCY OF THE STATE'S
                   "911" EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
                   SYSTEM (311; PUC.)

  49               REQUESTS THE GOVERNOR TO               EDU/ECD, WAM
                   CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY
                   THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC
                   COMMERCE ON HAWAII'S TAX BASE
                   (Electronic Commerce;
                   Taxation.)

  50               REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF               ECD, WAM
                   BUSINESS, ECONOMIC
                   DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO
                   CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS
                   OF BIG BOX RETAILERS ON LOCAL
                   SMALL AND MEDIUM RETAIL
                   BUSINESSES (DBEDT Study; Big
                   Box Stores.)

  51               URGING THE UNITED STATES NAVY              TIA, WAM
                   TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE
                   FUTURE WORKLOAD PLANS FOR
                   PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD
                   (Pearl Harbor Shipyard.)

  52               URGING SUPPORT FOR THE                 TIA/EDU, WAM
                   DOCUMENTARY FILM "AN UNTOLD
                   TRIUMPH" AND FOR THE STATE
                   FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE
                   ARTS TO ASSIST COMPLETION OF
                   THE FILM PROJECT BY PROVIDING
                   FUNDS (Hawaii Food.)


 
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  53               REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO CONVENE         HHS, WAM
                   A TASK FORCE ON ALTERNATIVE 
                   MEDICINE.

  54               REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO              CPN/TIA, WAM
                   STUDY THE NEED FOR REGULATING
                   THE ALARM INDUSTRY (Alarm
                   business.)

  55               FORMULATING A PLAN FOR THE                 EDU, WAM
                   IMPLEMENTATION AT THE INDIVIDUAL
                   SCHOOL LEVEL FOR A COMPUTER
                   EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE PUBLIC
                   SCHOOLS


              RE-REFERRALS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2000


H.B. NO.           TITLE                                      REFERRAL

1762               RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS             TIA/CPN, JDC
                   (Motor Carrier.)

1844, H.D. 2       MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR            TIA/HHS, WAM
                   THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS
                   AND THE SPECIAL TRAINING OF
                   PARAMEDICS IN THE TREATMENT OF
                   DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PATIENTS
                   (Emergency Services.)

1880, H.D. 1       RELATING TO FIREARMS                        JDC/TIA
                   (Firearms.)

2649, H.D. 1       RELATING TO NONCONSENSUAL                       JDC
                   COMMON LAW LIENS (Common Law
                   Liens.)


 
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