COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
The purpose of this informational briefing is to discuss with the Department of Transportation concerns for the upcoming session and also historical background on fixed rail.
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ART AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS COMMITTEE ON TOURISM & CULTURE
Thursday, January 29, 2004
8:30 a.m.
State Capitol Auditorium
AGENDA:
STATE PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUND (SPIF)
The purpose of this informational briefing is to discuss the proposed State Private Investment Fund (SPIF). This event is being sponsored by the Capitol Formation Coalition, a coalition of stakeholders in the technology, venture capital, and broader business communities. The following parties have been invited to participate:
Ann Chung, Hawaii Technology Trade Association
Bill Spencer, Hawaii Venture Capital Association
Rob Robinson, U.H. Angels
Mike Fitzgerald, Enterprise Honolulu
David Watumull, Hawaii Biotech
Dustin Shindo, Hoku Scientific
Pat Sullivan, Oceanit/Hoana Medical
John Garibaldi, SuperFerry
Robert Heard, U.S. Partnership for State Investment
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Thursday, January 29, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB1883 |
RELATING TO SMOKING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Prohibits smoking by public employees in public schools, on school transport, and at school-sponsored functions anywhere, except if at school function in an enclosed room not located on school premises and no student is present. Excludes smoking in public schools as a negotiable item for all public employees.
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HLT/LAB, EDN, FIN |
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SB 1322 SD1 |
RELATING TO TAXATION OF PREMIUMS. Eliminates the premium tax on health insurers. (SB1322 SD1) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 1323 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides the insurance commissioner with discretionary authority to waive filing requirements for foreign health maintenance organizations. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HB1707 |
HAWAII MEDICAL EDUCATION SPECIAL FUND Places the Hawaii Medical Education Special Fund under the control of University of Hawaii administration. |
HLT, HED, FIN |
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HB2018 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS PROGRAM Makes appropriation for a pilot project establishing a program for sexual assault nurse examiners to be administered through the department of the attorney general and to be implemented through the county police departments. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB2040 |
RELATING TO THE STATE VETERANS' HOME Requires Hawaii health systems corporation to contract with private entity to manage day-to-day operation of the state veterans' home in Hilo. |
HLT, PSM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, January 29, 2004
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1903 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a 5% income tax credit for employers that hire members of the national guard. Establishes that the maximum tax credit per national guard/employee shall be $1,000. |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 1904 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the allowable income tax deduction for national guard members and reservists called up to active duty from $1,750 to $5,000. |
PSM, FIN |
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HB 1936 |
RELATING TO THE MILITARY. Allows active-duty reservists and National Guardsmen who desire to run for office to file nomination papers and take their oaths by mail. |
PSM, JUD |
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HB 1937 |
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Requires the military representative serving on the board of education to be seated with the other members and to participate in discussions about board matters, including executive meetings. |
PSM, EDN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Thursday, January 29, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2049 |
RELATING TO ENERGY. Increases the term limit of energy performance contracts from 15 to 18 years. Amends the definition of energy performance contract to include water saving technology retrofits. |
EEP, CPC |
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HB 2048 |
RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING. Increases the capacity of an "eligible customer-generator" from 10 kilowatts to 50 kilowatts for the purposes of net energy metering. |
EEP, EDB, CPC |
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HB 1692 |
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Provides for the organization of renewable energy cooperative corporations to generate, transmit, and sell electricity. Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to finance costs related to constructing, upgrading, and acquiring transmission facilities. Exempts cooperatives from PUC oversight. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2051 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the department of agriculture to charge user fees for the inspection, permitting and other services provided by the Department. |
EEP, AGR, FIN |
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HB 2052 |
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. Requires an environmental assessment for proposed wastewater facilities, except individual wastewater systems, waste-to-energy facilities, landfills, oil refineries, and power-generating facilities. |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENIVORNMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Thursday, January 29, 2004
10:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1743 |
RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION. Prohibits residential properties within the coastal areas of the conservation district from shining lights onto the ocean. |
EEP/WLH, JUD |
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HB 2034 |
RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. Prohibits the sale or transfer of biological resources and biological diversity and establishes a temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to address issues related to bioprospecting, including equitable benefit sharing. Appropriates funds to enable the temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to develop a comprehensive plan for the bioprospecting on public lands. Provides that the commission shall cease to exist on June 30, 2007. Repeal 6/30/07. |
EEP/WLH, EDB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE
Thursday, January 29, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1808 |
RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Exempts member owned utility consumer cooperatives from unclaimed property law. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 2064 |
RELATING TO EXEMPTING ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FROM ATTACHMENT OR SEIZURE. Extends the same protection from creditor claims that regular IRAs have to Roth individual retirement accounts. |
CPC |
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HB 1993 |
RELATING TO PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS. Requires pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers to post pictures of merchandise received on a website developed and maintained by a computer specialist hired by the county police departments. |
CPC, FIN |
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HB 1819 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires certain military-related member owned reciprocal insurers and their wholly owned insurer subsidiaries in the motor vehicle insurance business to provide a complete sales and claims service office in the State but removes that duty from the commissioner's licensing oversight. |
CPC |
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HB 1820 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Shortens from 30 days to 15 days both the length of time that a motor vehicle insurer must continue coverage after the insurer cancels a motor vehicle insurance policy and the notice period that the insurer must provide an insured before the insurer may cancel the policy. Specifies that cancellations are for nonpayments of premiums. |
CPC |
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HB 1821 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Authorizes motor vehicle insurers to cancel or not renew any motor vehicle insurance policy that has been in effect for 60 days or less. |
CPC |
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HB 1837 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Makes it an unfair practice to impose waiting periods of over a month under dental insurance policies. |
CPC |
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HB 2029 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Establishes rate regulation for liability insurance that covers the construction industry and developers. |
CPC, JUD |
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HB 2089 |
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Extends time frame for health insurance companies to determine the outcome of appeals not classified as expedited from 45 days to 60 days. |
CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Thursday, January 29, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1907
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RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE. Makes a $1,000,000 appropriation for tuition assistance for national guard and military reservists enrolled in degree programs at the University of Hawaii. |
HED, PSM, FIN |
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HB 1906
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires a full tuition refund for Hawaii national guard or military reservists who are ordered to active duty for more than 60 days during a school semester. |
HED, PSM, FIN |
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HB 2037 |
RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEE EXEMPTION. Provides tuition and fee exemptions for children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, reserve police officers, emergency medical services personnel, disabled Hawaii veterans, and Hawaii veterans declared Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. |
HED, FIN |
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HB 1710
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes a student scholarship and support special fund within the University of Hawaii to administer financial assistance and obtain additional tuition and scholarship support and matching moneys from federal and private sources. |
HED, FIN |
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HB 1747 |
RELATING TO UNIVERSITY PROJECTS AND PURPOSES. Grants the UH Board of Regents increased flexibility to construct and maintain UH projects and other university purposes. |
HED, FIN |
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HB 1706 |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Allows the University of Hawaii to implement an optional retirement system in lieu of the State Employees' Retirement System and fixes the State's contribution at six percent. Clarifies that part-time or temporary employees are not eligible for the optional retirement system. |
HED, LAB, FIN |
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HB 1709 |
RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Appropriates matching funds to the University of Hawaii for the National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research grant application. |
HED, FIN |
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HB 1708 |
RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING. Places the Center for Nursing Special Fund under the control of UH administration. |
HED, FIN |
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HB 1745 |
RELATING TO A CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH PROGRAM. Establishes the construction research program within the University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Engineering. Appropriates funds to be used for the center's programs and functions. |
HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Friday, January 30, 2004
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 1759 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE. Authorizes workers' compensation insurers to place surcharges on the costs of their policies under specified circumstances. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1787 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS. Prohibits state contractors and other recipients of state funds, and employers conducting business on state property from using those funds or state property for the purpose of assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing among its employees. Prohibits state contractors from assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing among employees on a state-funded service contract. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1816 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the director of labor and industrial relations to establish a program that authorizes a private third-party workers' compensation drug card system that allows injured workers to receive prescription drugs promptly at no cost; program administrator to be selected pursuant to chapter 103D. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2025 |
RELATING TO EQUAL PAY. Prohibits employers from discriminating between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee of the opposite sex for the same or substantially similar work. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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HB 1919 |
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 2072 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Includes a public employer's obligation to pay normal cost and accrued unfunded liability contributions to the Employees' Retirement System as part of the arbitration criteria used to determine whether the public employer has the ability to pay for proposed cost items. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1777 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Clarifies the terms by which the exclusive representative of a collective bargaining unit must reimburse a nonmember for regular dues collected. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1778 |
RELATING TO WAGES. Authorizes an employer to furnish to an employee an electronic record of an employee's total gross compensation, the amount and purpose of each deduction, total net compensation, date of payment, and pay period covered, in lieu of a printed, typewritten, or handwritten record, upon receipt of authorization from the employee. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1779 |
RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Authorizes a permanent full-time public employee who is exempt from chapters 76 and 89 but not an "excluded employee" as defined in section 89C-1.5, HRS to use more than 10 days per calendar year of sick leave for family leave purposes if so authorized by a valid employment policy. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1780 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Limits paid leave for government employees who attend parent-teacher conferences to two (2) hours, and clarifies that government employees are eligible to receive paid leave to attend the parent-teacher conferences of adult children who are attending a public or private school in grades kindergarten through twelve. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2090 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYEES. Directs DLIR to adopt rules to clarify the definition of "eligible employee" for purposes of the prepaid health care law, as an employee who works 80 or more hours in a consecutive 4-week period, regardless of the number of hours worked in any one week of that period. |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING
Friday, January 30, 2004
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1757 |
RELATING TO COUNTY LAND USE PLANNING. Requires any chapter 201G housing project to conform to the general plan of the county in which the project is to be situated. Allows the legislative body of the county 75 days to approve or disapprove of a chapter 201G project. Allows counties to reclassify land areas of 50 acres or less, except conservation land. |
WLH/HSH, FIN |
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H.B 1758 |
RELATING TO HOUSING PROJECTS. Requires any chapter 201G housing project to conform to the general plan of the county in which the project is situated. Allows the legislative body of the county 75 days to approve or disapprove of a chapter 201G project. |
WLH/HSH, FIN |
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HB 2026 |
RELATING TO TAXES. Increases allocations from conveyance tax proceeds to rental housing trust fund and natural area reserve fund. |
WLH/HSH, FIN |
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HB 1715 |
RELATING TO LAND USE COMMISSION. Limits land use commission jurisdiction over district boundary amendments to those involving land areas greater than 50 acres except in the conservation district. Gives counties sole authority over district boundary amendments involving land areas less than 50 acres, except in conservation districts. |
WLH, JUD |
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HB 1700 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Repeals restriction restricting disposition when lack of access is sole reason. |
WLH, JUD |
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HB 1748 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY. Directs the attorney general and the department of land and natural resources to commence a special proceeding pursuant to section 101-52, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the acquisition by the State of certain lands in Haiku, Oahu, Hawaii. |
WLH, FIN |
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HB 1793 |
RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE. Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into negotiations with the George Galbraith Estate for a land exchange of private agricultural lands situated north of Wahiawa, Oahu. |
WLH, FIN |
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HB 2031 |
RELATING TO BED AND BREAKFAST HOMES. Requires counties with a population of 500,000 or more to allow the operation of, and register bed and breakfast establishments that would not otherwise qualify for operation under county regulation; provided that the home is in existence as of 01/01/04; the home is registered with the county after 06/30/04, but before 10/01/04; and the owners of the homes acquire a GET license and a TAT certificate. The dedicated tax revenue would be used to assist the homeless. |
WLH, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1946 |
RELATING TO BEACH RESTORATION AND PROTECTION. Requires DLNR to adopt rules. Allows taxpayers whose state income tax refund for any taxable year is $2 or more to designate $1 of the same to be paid into the beach restoration special fund. |
WLH, FIN |
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HB 2045 |
RELATING TO SUBMERGED LANDS. Permits installation and maintenance of private residential noncommercial pier subject to state submerged land lease to be without lease rent; subject to administrative charge. |
WLH, FIN |
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HB 1940 |
RELATING TO BOATING. Limits the moorage fees based on a percentage of the gross revenues derived from the use of a commercial vessel to a maximum of 3% of gross revenues. Requires that certain fees relating to boating and established pursuant to rule be deposited in the boating special fund. |
WLH, FIN |
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HB 1951 |
RELATING TO LAND CONSERVATION. Establishes land conservation commission and land conservation trust fund. Requires one per cent of all state fund appropriations for capital improvements designated for the construction and renovation of state buildings to be deposited into the land conservation trust fund. |
WLH, FIN |
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HB 1949 |
RELATING TO INJECTION WELLS. Authorizes the department of health to disapprove the construction of any underground injection well or the disposal of any waste into an underground injection well if doing so will degrade the quality of coastal water. |
WLH, EEP |
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HB 2056 |
RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED MARINE COMANAGEMENT. Creates a framework for community-based marine comanagement. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to designate community-based marine comanagement areas. Encourages the formation of community-based marine comanagement area councils and management plans. Provides for enforcement and penalties for violation of any rule or law applicable to any community-based marine comanagement area. |
WLH, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Friday, January 30, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 229; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of this informational briefing is to discuss:
1) Act 083, a study conducted on the feasibility of dividing the Department of Public Safety into a Department of Corrections and a Department of Law Enforcement.
2) The 10-Year Corrections Master Plan Update, Final Report, December 2003.
Requested to appear is:
John Peyton, Director, Department of Public Safety
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE
Friday, January 30, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2063 |
RELATING TO THE STATE ART MUSEUM. Provides statutory authority for the establishment of the state art museum and continuing operational funding; conforms chapter 9, HRS, with the duties of the state foundation on culture and the arts concerning the art in public places and relocatable works of art program and the state art museum. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2059 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Increases the percentage of tourism special funds that can be used by the Hawaii tourism authority for administrative expenses. |
TAC, FIN |
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HB 2041 |
RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Establishes the state parks repair and maintenance account which shall be used to eliminate the backlog of state parks repair and maintenance projects existing on 6/30/03. Establishes the state parks physical plant operations and maintenance account which shall be used for park repair and preventive maintenance projects existing after 6/30/04. |
TAC, WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.