COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Monday, February 10, 2003
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
CPC/EEP only:
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HB 475 (HSCR138) |
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the Auditor to conduct a management audit of the public utilities commission and submit report to legislature and governor before convening of regular session of 2004. |
LMG, CPC/EEP, FIN |
CPC only:
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HB 18 (HSCR45) |
RELATING TO PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFIT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Establishes duties and obligations for pharmaceutical benefit management companies who administer or manage prescription drug benefit coverage to their clients. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 13 (HSCR44) |
RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTROL. Establishes a prescription drug cost control education program to provide physicians with unbiased information on cost-effective use of prescription drugs; requires prescription drug manufacturers to disclose certain expenditures. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1153 |
RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES. Authorizes the PUC to establish a surcharge to collect customer contributions for telecommunications relay services; clarifies that the PUC shall require intrastate telecommunications carriers to file a schedule or rates and charges and every provider of telecommunications relay service to maintain a separate accounting for the costs of providing telecommunications relay services for the deaf, and persons with hearing and speech disabilities. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 548 HD1 (HSCR52) |
RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS. Extends the sunset date of the organ and tissue education fee and the Hawaii organ and tissue education special fund to June 30, 2006. |
HLT, CPC, JUD |
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HB 1412 HD1 (HSCR47) |
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. Establishes a professional counselors licensing program, subject to the accumulation of a minimum $43,000 in a startup trust fund. Repeals the program on June 30, 2010. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1013 HD1 (HSCR152) |
RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT. Requires employer-requested medical examinations for workers' compensation cases involving the determination of permanent impairment to be performed by a physician selected by mutual agreement of the parties, or if no agreement, by a physician appointed by the director of the department of labor and industrial relations. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1341 |
RELATING TO THE CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD. Changes the composition of the contractors license board to include 15 members, 5 each from the building trades and crafts, the contractors, and the professional engineers. |
CPC |
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HB 1594 |
RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Authorizes nonprofit corporations to adopt amendments to articles and bylaws to terminate, redeem, or cancel memberships. Authorizes members of nonprofit corporations to resign at any time. Authorizes nonprofit corporations to indemnify officers and directors and to advance funds for reimbursement of expenses. |
CPC |
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HB 471 HD1 (HSCR158) |
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Requires an environmental assessment for proposed wastewater facilities, waste-to-energy facilities, landfills, oil refineries, and power generating facilities. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1631 (HSCR126) |
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Extends the current GET exemptions for: (1) Condominium common expenses paid by managers and (2) Hotel employee expenses paid by hotel operators, to include expenses paid by submanagers and suboperators and to include employee expenses in timeshare projects. |
TAC, CPC, FIN |
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HB 218 (HSCR18) |
RELATING TO TERMINABLE RENTAL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE VEHICLE LEASES. Provides that a motor vehicle or trailer transaction does not constitute a sale or security interest merely because the rental price may be raised or lowered by reference to the amount realized on the sale or disposition of the motor vehicle or trailer. |
TRN, CPC |
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HB 1063 HD1 (HSCR104) |
RELATING TO DRIVERS LICENSES. Permits the use of foreign language exams by examiner of drivers under certain conditions. |
TRN, CPC, FIN |
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HB 259 HD1 (HSCR46) |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS. Makes permanent amendments made in Act 243, SLH 2000, relating to nondiscrimination in premium rates by removing the sunset date. Amends the definition of "serious mental illness." |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
HB75: Relating to Condominiums (heard on January 24, 2003)
HB43: Relating to Insurance Fraud (heard on January 24, 2003)
HB1160: Relating to the Examination for Licensure as a Certified Public Accountant (heard on January 29, 2003)
HB1103: Relating to Procurement (heard on January 29, 2003)
HB1171: Relating to Conciliation Panels (heard on January 29, 2003)
HB1172: Relating to the Uniform Securities Act (heard on January 29, 2003)
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Monday, February 10, 2003
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1350 |
RELATING TO LIBRARIES. Appropriates funds to the public libraries to install five internet kiosks throughout the State. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 620 |
RELATING TO THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS. Appropriates funds for a JROTC program at Kealakehe High School. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 631 (HSCR61) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAIIAN IMMERSION PROGRAM. Makes appropriation for the Hawaiian immersion program. |
WLH, EDN, FIN |
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HB 633 (HSCR62) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. Establishes the Hawaiian immersion program. |
WLH, EDN, FIN |
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HB 244 HD1 (HSCR114) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds for registered nurses to provide school health services in public schools. Requires the Department of Health to create permanent nursing positions. |
HLT, EDN, FIN |
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HB 32 HD1 (HSCR92) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires BOE to conduct community meetings at school complexes. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 1175 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Proposes statutory revises to reflect the new administrative structure of the DOE. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 934 |
RELATING TO NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHERS. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii teacher standards board to maintain a national board certification candidate support program for public school teachers. |
EDN, FIN |
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HB 1340 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to impose penalties against those persons who hire unlicensed individuals and those individuals who inaccurately portray themselves as licensed teachers. |
EDN, CPC/JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
8:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 1260 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety. |
PSM |
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HB 1261 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety. |
PSM |
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 467 |
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Short form bill relating to solid waste. |
EEP |
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HB 474 HD1 (HSCR151) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE. Appropriates funds to continue the emergency environmental workforce program, including the eradication of Salvina Molesta. |
LAB, EEP, FIN |
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HB 1038 (HSCR119) |
RELATING TO ROADSIDE HERBICIDE USE. Requires or encourages state or county agencies responsible for roadside vegetation maintenance to develop and implement an integrated vegetation management (IVM) strategy to minimize the use of herbicide. Establishes a roadside vegetation committee. |
TRN, EEP, FIN |
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HB 1328 |
RELATING TO THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE. Broadens role of consumer advocate by providing that consumer advocate consider the benefits of renewable resources. |
CPC, EEP |
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HB 1294 |
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Clarifies that the accepting agency or authority for an environmental impact statement is not required to be the approving agency for the permit or approval. |
EEP |
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HB 938 HD1 (HSCR168) |
RELATING TO MILITARY FACILITIES. Provides the governor with temporary authority to determine whether training facilities for U.S. armed forces can be expeditiously constructed to protect the security of the State without being subject to state laws. |
PSM, EEP, JUD |
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HB 1139 |
RELATING TO THE ENERGY CONSERVATION INCOME TAX CREDIT. Extends the life of the Energy Conservation Income Tax credit for 4 years.
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EEP, FIN |
Decision making only:
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HB 196 |
RELATING TO A GEOTHERMAL-TO-HYDROGEN TAX CREDIT. Provides for a tax credit of 20 percent of the total cost of the geothermal-to-hydrogen system erected or placed in service after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2012, that have an unspecified nameplate capacity. |
EEP, FIN |
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HB 1492 |
RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING. Amends the net energy metering law to by removing the 10 kilowatt cap on the size of the system, and by incrementally increasing, by .5% every 2 years to 2020, the percentage of the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators of the electric utility system's peak demand. |
EEP, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1616 |
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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Sets long-term care income tax rates, manner of payment, long-term care benefits. |
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HB 90 |
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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Provides tax credit to resident taxpayers, regardless of adjusted gross income, for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,500 or 50% of the amount of the insurance premium paid. If the tax credit is claimed, a medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost is prohibited. |
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HB 1421 |
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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Provides a tax credit for the expenses related to the care of an elderly relative. |
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HB 800 |
RELATING TO DEPENDENT ADULTS. |
HLT/HSH, JUD |
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Requires family or household members who know a dependent adult who needs medical treatment, but is unable to obtain it, and is at imminent risk of death or serious injury, to seek medical treatment, report to DHS, or report to a county police department. |
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HB 214 |
RELATING TO RELAY SERVICES FOR DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING, AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED PERSONS. |
HLT, FIN |
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Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to monitor relay services for the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired. |
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HB 1433 |
RELATING TO NURSING. |
HLT, FIN |
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Re-establishes a two-year Operation Nightingale program to help nurses review for state board of nursing examination to address shortage of nurses. |
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HB 913 |
RELATING TO NURSE STAFFING. |
HLT, FIN |
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Requires health care facilities to have a staffing plan for nursing services. |
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HB 706 |
RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON. |
HLT, JUD |
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Adds violence against health care professionals to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree. |
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HB 645 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR ASSISTING NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. |
HLT, FIN |
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Authorizes the issuance of $200,000,000 in SPRBs to assist The Queen's Health Systems. |
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HB 944 |
RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
HLT, FIN |
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Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to develop an electronic medical record information system. |
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HB 520 |
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. |
HLT/HSH, FIN |
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Extends the issuance deadline for special purpose revenue bonds for the Honolulu Neighborhood Housing Services. |
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HB 1419 |
RELATING TO RESEARCH. |
HLT, FIN |
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Provides tax incentives for businesses doing medical research. |
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HB 566 |
RELATING TO LIABILITY. Provides that no hospital that operates a helicopter landing pad for use by medical evacuation helicopters shall be held liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission, except for such damages as may result from the hospital's gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions. |
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HB 721 |
RELATING TO AMBULANCE SERVICES. |
HLT, FIN |
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Appropriates funds for 24-hour advanced emergency ambulance services for the upcountry area of Maui for FY 2003-2004 and FY 2004-2005. |
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HB 1355 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HLT, FIN |
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Provides a tax deduction for replacement of lead plumbing pipes. Provides a tax credit for purchase of pre-approved lead filtration system. |
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HB 1498 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY OF MAUI. |
HLT, FIN |
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Appropriates $ in FY 2003-2004 and FY 2004-2005 to subsidize emergency medical air helicopter services for the county of Maui. |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on February 4, 2003):
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HB 385 |
RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. Establishes procedures to prevent workplace violence. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 290 |
RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT. Creates a program providing additional benefits to unemployed workers by extending their unemployment insurance benefits. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 509 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Creates a collective bargaining unit for substitute teachers of the DOE, including part-time employees working less than one-half of a full-time equivalent. Allows the members of bargaining unit (14) to strike. Prohibits bargaining over wages as long as the wages of these employees are established in law. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 507 HD1 (HSCR22) |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. Allows a licensed emergency medical technician to receive a state retirement pension after twenty-five years of service. |
HLT, LAB, FIN |
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Decision making only (heard on February 7, 2003): |
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HB 1373 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Sets forth leave of absence provisions for permanent full-time employees of the State or one of its political subdivisions who are exempt from chapters 76 and 89, but are not considered to be an "excluded employee" as defined in section 89C-1.5. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 531 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided within the employer's jurisdiction. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 24 |
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes reverse auction and electronic bidding method as alternative methods for bidding on public procurement contracts. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 967 |
RELATING TO THE OBSTRUCTION OF AN INGRESS OR EGRESS. Provides for penalties for the obstruction of an ingress or egress. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 968 |
RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Reduces the offset amount of an individual's weekly unemployment benefits. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1639 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW. Establishes penalties for employees of procurement organizations who fail to perform their statutory duties. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 21 HD1 (HSCR57) |
RELATING TO CORPORATE DISCLOSURE. Requires: (1) department of taxation to report on tax benefits for development assistance programs; (2) counties to disclose real property tax reductions and abatements; (3) disclosure of development assistance; (4) recapture of assistance from recipients who fail to achieve jobs, wage, and benefit goals. |
EDB, LAB, FIN |
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HB 319 HD1 (HSCR37) |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Removes the statutory limitation preventing the University of Hawaii from implementing an optional retirement plan and clarifies that part-time and temporary University of Hawaii employees are not eligible for membership in the University's optional retirement plan. |
HED, LAB, FIN |
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HB 322 HD1 (HSCR39) |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes a University of Hawaii retirement system, to be administered by the board of regents, for permanent employees of UH or the community college system who are excluded from bargaining unit 7 pursuant to chapter 89. |
HED, LAB, FIN |
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HB 1303 (HSCR63) |
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Specifies that OHA is to be included with other state agencies as an agency required to reimburse the State for contributions to the employer-union health benefits trust fund. |
WLH, LAB, FIN |
AGENDA:
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HB 387 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Expands prohibition of stress-related claims for workers' compensation to include all lawful personnel actions. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 510 |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Establishes a system of managed competition in the State. Regulates the privatization of government services. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 970 |
RELATING TO HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires the Hawaii Employer-Union Benefits Trust Fund board of trustees to fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities in accordance with ERISA. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 570 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND. Requires annual audits of employee organization health benefits plans. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 391 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Delays the transfer of civil service employees from the Public Employees Health Fund to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004. Also, delays the implementation of statutorily set and automatically-computed amounts for employer contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 50 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND. Restores Health Fund benefits to retirees. |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
9:30 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 1207 |
RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF JURY TRIALS IN HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION MATTERS. Provides respondents in Hawaii Civil Rights Commission cases with the option to remove themselves from the administrative hearings process and to have claims brought against them adjudicated in court. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 1204 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Expands the Civil Rights Commission by providing for the appointment of 2 business committee members. |
LAB, JUD |
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HB 1203 |
RELATING TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Establishes an advisory committee to facilitate the provision of input into policies and programs by users. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1135 HD1 (HSCR121) |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Transfers the Land Use Commission and the Office of Planning from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. |
WLH/EDB, LAB, FIN |
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HB 1593 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Ensures that employees who are unemployed temporarily due to a labor dispute shall not be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits if the parties to the labor dispute have reached an impasse and, prior to a work stoppage, the striking workers offer to submit the dispute to binding arbitration. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 568 |
RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Grants civil service status to certain exempt employees in the department of land and natural resources. |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
10:30 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 132 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Requires department of human resources development to retain records of public employee positions, wages, and demographic characteristics. Requires examination of such data to determine whether gender equity issues exist in the workplace. Establishes the commission on pay equity. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 170 (HSCR144) |
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Protects civil service-exempt employees of the Hawaii state legislature and the various county councils of the State from being solicited for political contributions and prohibits them from making political contributions to their employer or employing authority. |
LMG, LAB, JUD |
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HB 1125 (HSCR143) |
RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. Creates two new offenses relating to illegal compensation of public servants - bribery in the second degree and unlawful gifts to public servants by persons subject to their jurisdiction. |
LMG, LAB, JUD |
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HB 403 (HSCR145) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Changes basis for calculating retirement allowances for legislative officers appointed after June 30, 2003, from three and one-half percent per year to two percent. Applies on a prospective basis only. |
LMG, LAB, FIN |
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HB 260 HD1 (HSCR113) |
RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Establishes a commission on language access within the Office of Community Services, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to facilitate the provision of language assistance services by state agencies to persons with limited English proficiency. Appropriates funds. |
HLT/HSH, LAB, FIN |
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HB 1304 (HSCR64) |
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Allows trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs who claim service credit to select either one of the two payment options available under section 88-59. |
WLH, LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 523 (HSCR12) |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM. Agricultural Tourism. |
AGR, TAC, FIN |
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HB 662 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII SPORTS HALL OF FAME. Statutorily creates the Hawaii sports hall of fame to be headed by a board of directors. Creates Hawaii sports hall of fame special fund. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 688 |
RELATING TO WORKS OF ART IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Defines "works of art" for purposes of the "art in public places" program to include aesthetic art objects, including digital media. |
TAC |
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HB 1650 |
RELATING TO CONGRESSWOMAN PATSY T. MINK. Directs the state foundation on culture and the arts to commission a work of art honoring Congresswoman Patsy Mink. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 1532 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY. Appropriates moneys for the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 1000 |
RELATING TO PANAEWA RAINFOREST ZOO. Establishes a task force to review the feasibility of planning and developing a self-financing national tropical rainforest at the Panaewa rainforest zoo on the Big Island. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 1479 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NATIONAL KOREAN WAR MUSEUM IN HAWAII. Makes an appropriation for the establishment of a National Korean War Museum in Hawaii. |
TAC/PSM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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HB 38 |
RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form bill relating to tourism. |
TAC |