OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

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NO. 9

12th LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 3, 2003

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Committee Abbreviations:

AGR - Agriculture

HSH - Human Services and Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce

INT - International Affairs

EDB - Economic Development and

JUD - Judiciary

Business Concerns

LAB - Labor and Public Employment

EDN - Education

LMG - Legislative Management

EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection

PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs

FIN - Finance

TAC - Tourism and Culture

HED - Higher Education

TRN - Transportation

HLT - Health

WLU - Water, Land Use & Hawaiian Affairs

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

 
   

Committee

H.C.R. NO.

 

REFERRAL

     

21

ACKNOWLEDGING THE ILLEGAL OVERTHROW OF THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII.

WLH, JUD

     

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

 
   

Committee

H.R. NO.

 

REFERRAL

     

24

ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HULA AND RECOGNIZING APRIL 1, 2003, TO MARCH 31, 2004, AS THE "YEAR OF THE HULA."

TAC

25

REQUESTING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF USA PATRIOT ACT THAT ATTACK AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AND BILL OF RIGHTS.

JUD

     

 

 

HOUSE BILLS

 
   

Committee

H.B. NO.

 

RE-REFERRAL

     

157

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES.

Appropriates funds to control invasive species, including fireweed.

AGR, FIN

182

RELATING TO BROWN TREE SNAKES.

Allows the Department of Agriculture to bring 4 live, sterile brown tree snakes into the State for the purposes of research and training of snake detector dogs.

EEP/AGR

215

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

Authorizes issuance of up to $25,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Barlow Projects Hawaii, LLC, a subsidiary of Barlow Projects, Inc., an individual enterprise.

EEP, CPC, FIN

287

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Provides that a public employee who has been convicted of a felony that took place within the course and scope of the employee's duties must forfeit the employee's benefits starting from the date of the act constituting the felony of which the employee was convicted.

LAB, JUD, FIN

1018

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Exempts from imposition of the general excise tax proceeds received for sales and services to counties.

FIN

1039

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

Establishes integrated pest management policies to prohibit the use of toxicity category I pesticides.

AGR/EEP, CPC

1120

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE.

Repeals outdated electronic surveillance statute and conforms the State's electronic surveillance laws to federal laws controlling electronic surveillance. Establishes and funds a surveillance review unit within the Department of the Attorney General.

PSM, JUD, FIN

1530

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Allows scheduled access to Lahaina small boat harbor for Molokai-Maui ferry.

TRN, FIN