THE SENATE

OF THE

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

STATE OF HAWAII

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

 

FORTY-FOURTH DAY

April 3, 2002-Wednesday-11:30 O'CLOCK A.M.

 

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

Invocation by Senator Sam Slom

Roll Call

Approval of the Journal

Introductions

  1. Messages from the Governor: No. 254

    2. G.M. NO.

    TITLE

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    254

    Dated March 29, 2002, transmitting the Coastal Zone Management Annual Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2001, prepared by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Office of Planning, pursuant to Section 205A-3, HRS.

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  2. Departmental Communications: None
  3. House Communications: Nos. 333-341
    4.  

    Informing the Senate that on April 2, 2002, the House disagreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House Bills:

    REFERRAL
         

    333

    H.B. No. 1011, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO ELECTIONS."(Elections; Voting Assistance)

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    H.B. No. 2120, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CHILD-CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT."(Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA))

    		  
         
         
     

    Informing the Senate that on April 2, 2002, the following House Concurrent Resolution(s) were Adopted in the House:

    REFERRAL
         

    334

    H.C.R. No. 103, H.D. 1

    "REQUESTING THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, SIERRA CLUB, HAWAII CHAPTER, LAND USE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF HAWAII, ESTATE OF JAMES CAMPBELL, EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, TO ANALYZE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO HAWAII'S ENDANGERED SPECIES LAW, CHAPTER 195D, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, TO FURTHER THE GOALS OF PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RECOVERY OF HAWAII'S UNIQUE AND IMPERILED FLORA AND FAUNA."(Endangered Species; chapter 195D, H.R.S.; Effectiveness)

    		  
         

    335

    H.C.R. No. 123

    "REQUESTING THE UNITED NATIONS TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT IN HAWAII, OF A CENTER FOR THE HEALTH, WELFARE, AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC AND REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES."(Children & Youth; United Nations Center in Hawaii)

    		  
         

    336

    H.C.R. No. 190

    "REQUESTING A REPORT BY THE PATIENT SAFETY TASK FORCE OF THE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII."(Patient Safety Task Force Report)

         
         
     

    Informing the Senate that on April 2, 2002, the following Senate Bill(s) passed Third Reading in the House:

    REFERRAL
         

    337

    S.B. No. 2498, S.D. 2, H.D. 1

    "RELATING TO SOCIAL WORK."(Social workers)

    AGREE/DISAGREE
         

    338

    S.B. No. 410, S.D. 3

    "RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION."(Interisland Vehicle Transfers)

    FILE
         

    339

    S.B. No. 2341, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES."(Condominiums; Flood Insurance)

    FILE
         

    340

    S.B. No. 2518, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS."(Koa Wood; Representations of Content)

    FILE
         

    341

    S.B. No. 2725

    "RELATING TO NATUROPATHY."(Relating to Naturopathy)

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  4. Senate Communications: None
  5. Judiciary Communications: No. 3

    6. J.C. NO.

    TITLE

    REFERRAL
         

    3

    Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the District Family Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, Judicial Nominee Paul T. Murakami.

    JDC
         
         
  6. Standing Committee Report Nos. 3112-3137

    7. 3112

    (One Day Notice)

    (HAW/HHS)

    S.C.R. No. 15, S.D. 1

    "CREATING A WORKING GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO FORM A COALITION TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO STATE VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS." (AMENDED TITLE)

    (Recommends Adoption)
         
         

    3113

    (One Day Notice)

    (WLE)

    G.M. No. 177

    "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Commission on Water Resource Management, Meredith J. Ching and Clayton W. Dela Cruz, for terms to expire 6-30-2005"

    (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
         
         

    3114

    (One Day Notice)

    (WLE)

    G.M. No. 186

    "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Land Use Commission, Gubernatorial Nominees Pravin Desai, Steven Lee Montgomery, Ph.D., and Randall F. Sakumoto, for terms to expire 6-30-2006."

    (Recommends Senate Consent to Nomination)
         
         

    3115

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 1842, H.D. 1, S.D. 2

    "RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3116

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 2056, H.D. 2, S.D. 2

    "RELATING TO SOCIAL WORK."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3117

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 2169, H.D. 2, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO COFFEE."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3118

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 2467

    "RELATING TO NATUROPATHY."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3119

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 1941

    "RELATING TO AGRICULTURE."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3120

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. 2514

    "RELATING TO TATTOO ARTISTS."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3121

    (HAW)

    S.C.R. No. 173

    "REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2002, AS THE "DUKE PAOA KAHANAMOKU HO'OLAULEA" TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFETIME ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DUKE PAOA KAHANAMOKU."

    (Recommends referral to EDT)
         
         

    3122

    (HAW)

    S.R. No. 108

    "REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2002, AS THE "DUKE PAOA KAHANAMOKU HO'OLAULEA" TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFETIME ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DUKE PAOA KAHANAMOKU."

    (Recommends referral to EDT)
         
         

    3123

    (WLE)

    S.C.R. No. 98, S.D. 1

    "REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO OPEN A NEW DOCKET CONCERNING STANDBY CHARGES APPLICABLE TO NON-UTILITY DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND CUSTOMER RETENTION DISCOUNTS OFFERED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES."

    (Recommends referral to CPH)
         
         

    3124

    (WLE)

    S.R. No. 38, S.D. 1

    "REQUESTING THE STATE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PROGRAM AND FINANCIAL AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION."

    (Recommends referral to WAM)
         
         

    3125

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES."

    (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
         
         

    3126

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 1715, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES."

    (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
         
         

    3127

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2315, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO THE OBSTRUCTION OF INGRESS OR EGRESS."

    (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
         
         

    3128

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2817, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO THE HAWAII RULES OF EVIDENCE."

    (Recommends passage on SECOND READING and placement on the calendar for Third Reading)
         
         

    3129

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 1864, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO VISITATION."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3130

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2266, H.D. 2

    "RELATING TO ACCRETED LANDS."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3131

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2426, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3132

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2433, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3133

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2496, H.D. 1

    "RELATING TO CHILD CARE."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3134

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2507, H.D. 3

    "RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3135

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2537, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3136

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (JDC)

    H.B. No. 2550, H.D. 2

    "RELATING TO APPURTENANT RIGHTS UNDER THE WATER CODE."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         

    3137

    (48 Hrs. Notice)

    (CPH)

    H.B. No. 2832, H.D. 1, S.D. 2

    "RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS."

    (Recommends passage on Third Reading)
         
         
         

     

    ORDER OF THE DAY

  7. Advise and Consent

    8. 3096

    HHS

    G.M. No. 230

    "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Disability and Communication Access Board, Gubernatorial Nominees Dean T. Aoki, Harold R. DeCosta, Dean M. Georgiev, Stephen G. Laracuente, Charles W. Fleming and Christina M. Pilkington, for terms to expire 6-30-2006"
         

    3097

    HHS

    G.M. No. 233

    "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Statewide Independent Living Council, Gubernatorial Nominees Andrick C. Tong, Donna M. Buhrman, J. Courtney Fitzsimmons, Randolph C. Hack, Winnifred Aoki, Kevin Kimura, Alisa Mitchener, Charlotte George Smith, Linda Wong, Francine M.L. Kenyon, and Virginia M. Kline, for terms to expire 6-30-2005."
         

    3098

    HHS

    G.M. No. 238

    "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Statewide Rehabilitation Council, Gubernatorial Nominees Sandra Lee Kofel, for a term to expire 6-30-2004; Dorothy (Nani) Fife, Kathleen Delahanty, and Joanne H. Kealoha, for terms to expire 6-30-2005."
         

    3099

    HHS

    G.M. No. 239

    "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Reproductive Rights Protection Committee, Gubernatorial Nominee Rosemary C. Adam-Terem, Ph.D., for a term to expire 6-30-2006."
         

    3100

    TMG

    G.M. No. 232

    "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board, Gubernatorial Nominee Allan L. Parker, for a term to expire 6-30-2006."
         
         
  8. Adopt Resolutions

    9. 3085

    AGT

    S.C.R. No. 110

    "REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRATEGY FOR STATEWIDE ERADICATION OF PEST FRUIT FLIES."
         

    3086

    AGT

    S.R. No. 60

    "REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRATEGY FOR STATEWIDE ERADICATION OF PEST FRUIT FLIES."
         

    3087

    AGT

    S.R. No. 28

    "DECLARING THE WISHES OF THE SENATE WITH RESPECT TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES AND THEIR COMPONENTS."
         

    3088

    HHS

    S.C.R. No. 60

    "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN TO COORDINATE PROGRAM SUPPORT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR ADOLESCENTS."
         

    3089

    HHS

    S.C.R. No. 65

    "SUPPORTING CONGRESSIONAL ENACTMENT OF MEDICARE COVERAGE OF ORAL CANCER DRUGS."
         

    3090

    HHS

    S.C.R. No. 71

    "EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR A WOMEN'S HEALTH PLATFORM THAT RECOGNIZES SERIOUS INEQUITIES IN THE HEALTH PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF WOMEN, AND CALLS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THESE INEQUITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN IN HAWAII."
         

    3091

    HHS

    S.R. No. 33

    "EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR A WOMEN'S HEALTH PLATFORM THAT RECOGNIZES SERIOUS INEQUITIES IN THE HEALTH PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF WOMEN, AND CALLS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THESE INEQUITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN IN HAWAII."
         

    3092

    HHS

    S.C.R. No. 75, S.D. 1

    "REQUESTING A REPORT BY THE PATIENT SAFETY TASK FORCE OF THE HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII."
         

    3093

    HHS

    S.C.R. No. 102

    "REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF WEST MAUI RESIDENTS."
         

    3094

    HHS

    S.R. No. 59

    "REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF WEST MAUI RESIDENTS."
         

    3095

    WLE

    H.C.R. No. 88

    "DECLARING 2003 AS THE YEAR OF THE HAWAIIAN FORESTS."
         
         
         
  9. Third Reading

    10. (See Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3083)

    H.B. No. 1768, H.D. 1, S.D. 1

    "RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION." - (TMG/TIA)

    (Motor Vehicle Registration; Reconstructed Vehicles)
       
       
       
  10. Re-Referrals

    11. RE-REFERRALS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002
         

    S.C.R. NO.

    TITLE

    RE-REFERRAL
         

    30

    REQUESTING A REVIEW OF SPEED LIMITS ON PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.

    (Requests C&C of Honolulu to review and recommend raising speed limits on county roads and streets.) (TMG, TIA)

    TIA
         

    138

    URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO OBTAIN REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE USE OF THE LANDS ON MAUNA KEA BY THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES.

    (Mauna Kea Revenues; Audit and Lease Rent Review) (EDU, WAM)(HAW/EDU, WAM)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    EDU/WLE/HAW, WAM
         

    S.R. NO.

    TITLE

    RE-REFERRAL
         

    11

    REQUESTING A REVIEW OF SPEED LIMITS ON PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.

    (Requests C&C of Honolulu to review and recommend raising speed limits on county roads and streets.) (TMG, TIA)

    TIA
         
         

     

  11. Miscellaneous Communications: None
  12. Miscellaneous Business
  13. Announcements
  14. Adjournment