THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2003
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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS |
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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair |
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Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, April 1, 2003 |
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TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 473 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1070) |
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the PUC to maintain a web site that contains commission decisions, and listings of open dockets, upcoming meetings, and pending deadlines. Requires applicants to provide the PUC with application forms in electronic format, except as to information not required to be disclosed under the UIPA. Provides that the time period within which PUC action is due begins upon the posting of a substantially complete filing on the web site. Appropriates funds from the PUC special fund. Authorizes the hiring of personnel. (SD1) |
CPH/SAT, WAM |
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HB 21 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1168) |
RELATING TO CORPORATE DISCLOSURE. Authorizes: (1) department of taxation to report on tax benefits for development assistance programs; (2) disclosure of development assistance; (3) recapture of assistance from recipients who fail to achieve jobs, wage, and benefit goals. Appropriates funds for the department of taxation to fulfill the objectives of this measure. (SD1) |
ECD/TMG, WAM |
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HB 281 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1163) |
RELATING TO STATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. Requires gathering of data and submission of reports by the department of accounting and general services and the department of education regarding school repair and maintenance projects. (SD1) |
EDU, WAM |
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HB 1175 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1138) |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Proposes statutory revisions to reflect a complex-based administrative structure for the DOE. (SD1) |
EDU, WAM |
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HB 668 SD1 (SSCR1081) |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Hawaii to maximize the receipt of federal matching funds to enroll eligible families in medical assistance programs. Appropriates unspecified funds for FY 2004-2005 and FY 2005-2006 to the Department of Human Services to facilitate the enrollment of eligible families in medical assistance programs. Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to Hale Mahaolu for a home and community-based program on Maui. (SD1) |
HMS, WAM |
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HB 968 HD1 (SSCR1102) |
RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Encourages eligible claimants of unemployment insurance to seek gainful employment by permitting claimants to receive their weekly benefit amount without regard to earnings received from employment. (HB968 HD1) |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 986 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1103) |
RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS OF SURVIVING CHILDREN OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Allows surviving dependent children to receive ERS death benefits after age 18 and until age 24 while a full-time student, or when the child becomes a full-time student, so long as the child remains a full-time student. (HB986 HD2) |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1041 (SSCR1104) |
RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining. |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1042 (SSCR1105) |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts. |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1043 (SSCR1106) |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for the HGEA bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 13. Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1044 (SSCR1107) |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Appropriates funds to pay for raises for bargaining unit 5. |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1045 (SSCR1108) |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the state and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2003-2005. |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1046 (SSCR1109) |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Funds all collective bargaining cost items in the arbitration award for state employees in unit 10, including excluded employees and employers assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation. |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1047 (SSCR1110) |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit 11, Firefighters, and its excluded counterpart. |
LBR, WAM |
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HB 1554 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1187) |
RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES. Authorizes counties with populations of 200,000 or more to establish a retail sales tax of up to one per cent on sales of tangible personal property. Changes the transient accommodations tax allocations to the counties and Tourism Special Fund if a county enacts a sales tax. (SD1) |
TMG/TSM, WAM |
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HB 1400 HD1, SD1 (SSCR1154) |
RELATING TO HOTEL CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING TAX CREDIT. Generally extends the hotel construction and remodeling tax credit to 2005 for hotels dedicating 10% of occupied space to promotion and sale of Hawaii products; defines Hawaii products and adds a definition for "qualified resort area". (SD1) |
TSM/ECD, WAM |
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HB 1509 HD2, SD1 (SSCR1063) |
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Establishes the South Kona wilderness area to be administered by the department of land and natural resources. Provides for the development of a comprehensive management plan for the area. (SD1) |
WLA, WAM |
NO ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED
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________________________________________ Senator Brian T. Taniguchi Chair |