COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Monday, March 15, 2004
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2951 SD1 (SSCR2541) |
RELATING TO RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY. Changes the title of the administrator of the radiologic technology licensing program from "executive secretary" to "executive officer". Eliminates supervision of the executive officer by the Radiologic Technology Board. Establishes maximum $10,000 fine per offense for commission of prohibited acts. (SD1) |
CPC/JUD |
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SB 2358 SD2 (SSCR2790) |
RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS. Allows contractors the opportunity to repair construction defects prior to litigating construction disputes. Establishes procedures for notice of claim, rejection of claim, offer to repair, acceptance of offer, and submission of claim to mediation. (SD2) |
CPC/JUD |
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SB 2839 SD2 (SSCR2664) |
RELATING TO SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Clarifies provisions regarding professional solicitors and professional fundraising counsel who contract with charitable organizations to conduct fundraising campaigns. Transfers responsibility for the oversight of such persons from DCCA to the AG. (SD2) |
CPC/JUD, FIN |
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SB 2903 SD2 (SSCR2632) |
RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Creates a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes to register and regulate persons providing money transmission services. (SD2) |
CPC/JUD, FIN |
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SB 2877 SD1 (SSCR2591) |
RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Repeals statutory provisions that provide for the escheatment of unclaimed property to the State. (SD1) |
CPC/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE
Monday, March 15, 2004
1:45 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 1322 SD1, HD1 (HSCR509-04) |
RELATING TO TAXATION OF PREMIUMS. Eliminates the premium tax on health insurers. (SB1322 HD1) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2882 SD1 (SSCR2539) |
RELATING TO ALIEN INSURERS. Establishes Hawaii as a port of entry for alien insurers. (SD1) |
CPC |
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SB 2904 SD2 (SSCR2821) |
RELATING TO ESCROW DEPOSITORIES. Amends and updates procedures for the licensing and regulation of escrow depositories. Allows licensing as LLC, strengthens confidentiality requirements, allows criminal background checks of license applicants, increases bonding requirement, and establishes receivership procedures. Effective 7/1/35. (SD2) |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 2911 SD1 (SSCR2857) |
RELATING TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES. Authorizes $100 per completed consultation or case review to advisory committee members helping in licensing investigations. Requires members to consult to the director of DCCA in addition to the health care professionals regulatory boards. Requires boards to submit lists of potential members for appointment biennially rather than annually. (SD1) |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 3172 SD1 (SSCR2573) |
RELATING TO PEST CONTROL. Clarifies grounds upon which pest control licensee may be disciplined, including for violation of law or rule rationally related to licensee's qualifications, functions, duties, and responsibilities, and for failure to complete work at the contract price. (SD1) |
CPC |
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SB 2902 SD2 (SSCR2571) |
RELATING TO TELEMARKETING. Specifies that a violation of the federal Do-Not-Call provisions constitutes an unfair or deceptive trade practice under Hawaii law. Effective upon approval. (SD2) |
CPC |
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SB 1318 SD1 (SSCR621) |
RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. Updates and clarifies Hawaii's business registration laws to reflect modern business practices and department filing procedures. (SD1) |
CPC, JUD, FIN |
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SB 3204 (SSCR2534) |
RELATING TO ACTIVITY PROVIDERS AND ACTIVITY DESKS. To protect activity providers from non-payment for services rendered by requiring solely Client Trust Accounts, instead of performance bonds coupled with irrevocable letters of credit as an alternative. |
CPC |
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SB 2704 (SSCR2796) |
RELATING TO MANDATORY SELLER DISCLOSURES. Requires disclosure of any release or waiver of liability for a construction defect. |
CPC |
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SB 3222 SD2 (SSCR2570) |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Limits naturopathic treatments provided as personal injury protection benefit under motor vehicle insurance policy. (SD2) |
CPC, FIN |
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HCR 4 (HSCR610-04) |
REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HCR 5 (HSCR611-04) |
REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR OBESITY REDUCTION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HCR 16 (HSCR776-04) |
REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR COGNITIVE REHABILITATION. |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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HCR 22 |
REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION OF HYPNOTHERAPISTS. |
CPC, FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
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SB 695 SD2, HD1 (HSCR933) |
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. Establishes a professional counselors licensing program, subject to the accumulation of a minimum $43,000 in a startup trust fund; exempts government employees from licensing under the law. (SB695 HD1) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
8:30 a.m. AGENDA:
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SB 764 SD1 (SSCR991) |
RELATING TO THE WHISTLEBLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT. Expands the protection provided under the Whistleblowers' Protection Act for employees who report situations that demonstrate danger to public health and safety, which they observe during the course of their work. Creates an exception to the two-year statute of limitations period to require commencement for aggrieved employees who are physically or mentally incapacitated to begin upon their return to work. (SD1) |
LAB, JUD |
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SB 694 SD1 (SSCR990) |
RELATING TO THE WHISTLEBLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT. Extends protection under whistleblower protection act to public employees who report information relating to a condition that poses a danger to public health or safety, unless the employee knows that the report is false. Creates an exception to the two-year statute of limitations period to require commencement for aggrieved employees who are physically or mentally incapacitated to begin upon their return to work. (SD1) |
LAB, JUD |
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SB 3106 SD1 (SSCR2697) |
RELATING TO COUNTIES. Allows Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii counties to enter into an agreement with the State to extend the State's mandatory deferred compensation retirement plan to part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual public employees of the counties. Requires the county to designate a county agency to coordinate the plan. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
For the purpose of receiving testimony and discussion, the committee will be hearing the following bills reflecting the deletion of current contents and the insertion of new language in a proposed amended form.
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SB 762 SD1 (SSCR722) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires the employer contribution cap on monthly contributions for health benefits plans for retirees to be adjusted annually, beginning July 1, 2002. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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PROPOSED HD1 |
Expands the eligibility for health insurance benefits of part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employees of the State; provided that the employee works at least twenty hours per week for at least four consecutive weeks. |
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SB 921 SD2 (SSCR992) |
RELATING TO HAWAII WORKSITE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ACT. Entitles employers to obtain TROs to protect worksite. (SD2) |
LAB, JUD |
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PROPOSED HD1 |
Establishes a procedure for employers to obtain temporary restraining orders to protect against violence and harassment at the worksite. |
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SB 2033 SD1 (SSCR2562) |
RELATING TO EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY. Requires contractors on public works construction contracts to comply with department of labor and industrial relations specifications for staffing requirements. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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PROPOSED HD1 |
Clarifies that the state law requiring payment of prevailing wages applies to all laborers, mechanics, required assistants, helpers, tenders, and apprentices on a public works project, and not only those on the job site. |
Decision making to follow.
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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SB 469 (SSCR989) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for any employer to include in an employment document as a condition of hiring, any provision interfering with the protected right of an employee to file a charge in an investigation or relinquish any right or protection. |
LAB, JUD |
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SB 2593 (SSCR2688) |
RELATING TO INDEBTEDNESS TO THE GOVERNMENT. Enables public employees who are indebted to the government due to an alleged overpayment of salary or wages and who request a hearing on the matter to structure a repayment schedule rather than having one-quarter of their salary or wages immediately withheld. |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2355 SD2 (SSCR2686) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. Clarifies that a public employee with credited service prior to 7/1/96, who transfers employment or suffers a break in service before or after 7/1/96, shall qualify for the retirement health benefits plan as it existed prior to 7/1/96; provided that the public employee meets certain requirements. (SD2) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 1638 (SSCR994) |
RELATING TO COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS. Gives the supreme court or appellate board discretion for awarding proceeding costs and reasonable attorney's fees if appeal is initiated by an employee and the employer loses. Sets standards for this discretion. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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SB 1155 SD1 (HSCR908) |
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 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2474 SD3 (SSCR2802) |
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires electric utilities to establish renewable portfolio milestones of 20 per cent for 2015 and 30 per cent for 2020. Directs the PUC to study the feasibility of implementing a rate structure and incentives program to encourage the use of renewable energy. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD3) |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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SB 3207 SD2 (SSCR2644) |
RELATING TO ETHANOL TAX CREDIT. Changes the ethanol investment tax credit to the ethanol facility tax credit (EFTC); bars other credits if EFTC is claimed; clarifies definitions; limits EFTC to investment amount; and allows EFTC only in years that the facility is operating at 75% of nameplate capacity or more and if production commences on or before 1/1/12. Effective 12/31/30. (SD2) |
EEP, FIN |
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SB 3170 SD2 (SSCR2703) |
RELATING TO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Establishes new requirements for the blending of ethanol in gasoline. (SD2) |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2996 SD2 (SSCR2640) |
RELATING TO TAXATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS. Reduces fuel taxes on alternative fuels by an unspecified amount from 7/1/04 to 6/30/09. Effective 7/1/20. (SD2) |
EEP, FIN |
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SB 3193 SD2 (SSCR2860) |
RELATING TO CONSUMERS. Amends the proposed maximum pre-tax wholesale price of regular unleaded gasoline by determining the baseline price according to the national spot price, as reported by the Oil Price Information Service; repeals the maximum pre-tax retail gasoline price; and establishes maximum pre-tax wholesale prices for mid-grade and premium gasoline and diesel fuel. (SD2) |
EEP, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 1362, SD3 |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Allows the department of health to expand its capacity to obtain verifiable information regarding the criminal history of potential employees and contract providers to both mental health divisions. Requires the Department of Health to establish and operate a community-based mental health system. Bases development upon an annual statewide comprehensive integrated service plan that is the cumulative result of comprehensive integrated service area planning within each county. |
HLT, LAB, JUD |
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SB 2072 |
RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING. Places the Center for Nursing Special Fund under the control of UH administration. |
HLT, HED, FIN |
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SB 2948, SD2 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES. Establishes the public health nursing services program, and sets forth the roles and functions of the program in the delivery of direct clinical nursing services. (SD2) |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2595, SD2 |
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. Establishes licensure for mental health counselors effective 7/1/05, but exempts government employees. Allows licensing of counselors with current national certification who pass exam and pay fees within year of program commencing. Assesses surcharges to fund start-up costs. Appropriates general funds. (SD2) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2090, SD2 |
RELATING TO A PRESCRIPTION DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM. Provides for a prescription drug repository to receive and dispense donated prescription drugs to needy persons. (SD2) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2690, SD2 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Establishes an emergency medical services special fund to be funded by fee on registration for motor vehicles. Appropriates funds for additional ambulance services for parts of Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii, and for professional development and training for paramedics on Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii. (SD2) |
HLT, TRN, FIN |
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SB 2841, SD1 |
RELATING TO TOBACCO. Requires businesses engaged in the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at the retail level to acquire a retail tobacco permit from DOTAX. Provides criminal penalties for the retail sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products without a valid retail tobacco permit, and the seizure and forfeiture of cigarettes and other tobacco products sold, possessed, kept, acquired, distributed, or transported without a valid retail tobacco permit. (SD1) |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2890, SD1 |
RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. Authorizes the payment of a flat fee of $200 for a physician member appointed by the insurance commissioner for service on each review panel under the Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act. Exempts the payment and selection of the physician from the state procurement code. (SD1) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2579, SD2 |
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE INSURANCE. Increases minimum coverage for alcohol and drug dependence benefits to two episodes per year. Includes obsessive compulsive disorder, dissociative disorder, delusional disorder, and major depression within definition of "serious mental illness". (SD2) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2957, SD2 |
RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY RISK FINANCING. Permits Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to create a captive insurance company to provide malpractice coverage to the DOH, UH School of Medicine, and other governmental or quasi-governmental entities providing health care. Requires each insured to be represented on the board of directors. Appropriates $ . (SD2) |
HLT, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 423; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 3069 SD2 (SSCR2655) |
RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Transfers exclusive management of the entire state capitol building and grounds, including parking facilities, to the joint legislative management committee. (SB3069 SD2) |
LMG/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
9:15 a.m.
Conference Room 423; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2482 SD1 (SSCR2604) |
RELATING TO PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES IN STATE OFFICES OR BUILDINGS. Includes private citizens and entities in prohibition of campaign communications in state offices and buildings. (SD1) |
LMG, JUD |
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SB 2718 SD1 (SSCR2689) |
RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICE AGENCIES. Amends the salaries of officers of the legislative service agencies. (SD1) |
LMG, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 3125 SD2 (SSCR2628) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends article X, section 6 of the Hawaii Constitution to allow modifications to the UH board of regents appointment process. (SD2) |
HED/JUD, FIN |
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SB 2716 SD1 (SSCR2558) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to assist the governor in determining criteria for, and identifying and recruiting qualified candidates for, membership on the board. (SD1) |
HED, LMG |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2165, SD1 |
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE AND PROTECTION. Requires the department of human services to implement a program to conform to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide drug affected newborns and their families with referral services, safe care, and triage procedures. Requires DHS to seek federal grants. Allows DHS to adopt necessary rules to obtain federal grants. (SD1) |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
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SB 2605 |
RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. Amends level of care payment as determined by the director of human services; appropriates funds. |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
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SB 2654, SD2 |
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Appropriates $ for health care services for low-income, uninsured immigrants. (SD2) |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
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SB 2929, SD1 |
RELATING TO MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT. Changes the effective start date of the revised reimbursement methodology for long-term care services from 7/1/03 to 7/1/08. Eliminates the "sunset" provision of the original act to enable the new reimbursement methodology to continue. (SD1) |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
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SB 2930, SD2 |
RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. Extends the statutory authority for the licensing of home and community-based case management agencies and the certification of community care foster family homes until 6/30/06. Makes the Department of Human Services or its designee, responsible for certifying any community care foster family homes. Requires adult protective services perpetrator checks as a requirement for certification. (SD2) |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
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SB 2936, SD2 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PREGNANT LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Provides state-funded medical assistance for pregnant legal immigrants who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996, who are age 19 or older, and whose countable family income does not exceed 185% of the federal poverty level for Hawaii. (SD2) |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
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SB 3134, SD2 |
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Appropriates funds to DHS for necessary reimbursements to long-term care providers for dialysis patients. (SD2) |
HSH/HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2563 SD2 (SSCR2702) |
RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for various programs through the Small Business Development Center. (SD2) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 3013 SD2 (SSCR2777) |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Specifies elements required of the University of Hawaii foundation's annual report to the legislature. (SD2) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2067 SD1 (SSCR2831) |
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. (SD1) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2175 SD1 (SSCR2759) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the University of Hawaii to create a trust fund to dispense scholarships as a requirement of the State's participation in the federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program. (SD1) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2222 SD1 (SSCR2762) |
RELATING TO BRIDGE TO HOPE. Appropriates funds to the Bridge to Hope Program. Expands eligibility to include Temporary Assistance to Other Needy Families. (SD1) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 3039 SD1 (SSCR2778) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. Appropriates $ in state matching funds to the Hawaii commission for national and community service. (SD1) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2426 SD2 (SSCR2768) |
RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the center for school redesign as part of the college of education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. Makes a $ appropriation for the center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2264 SD1 (SSCR2764) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOR A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK BY DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM. Appropriates funding to establish a distance learning program for a masters degree in social work from the University of Hawaii. (SD1) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2066 SD2 (SSCR2830) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII MEDICAL EDUCATION SPECIAL FUND. Places the Hawaii Medical Education Special Fund under the control of UH administration. (SD2) |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2072 (SSCR2832) |
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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SB 2114 (SSCR2756) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CAMPUSES. Makes an appropriation to improve safety and security measures on the University of Hawaii campuses. |
HED, FIN |
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SB 2429 SD1 (SSCR2769) |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii student caucus. (SD1) |
HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2278 (SSCR2004) |
RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING, REENACTING, OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends, reenacts, or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. |
JUD |
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SB 2439 (SSCR2005) |
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT. Extends the effective date of the uniform arbitration act from 6/30/04 to 6/30/05. |
JUD |
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SB 2834 SD2 (SSCR2648) |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Appropriates funds for the payment of claims against the State for: refunds of taxes; judgments and settlements; and other miscellaneous payments. (SD2) |
JUD, FIN |
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SB 2835 SD1 (SSCR2820) |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Streamlines the administration of the litigation deposits trust fund. Allows the attorney general to retain and deposit into the litigation deposits trust fund 33% of any recovery from any civil action or settlement of a civil claim. (SD1) |
JUD, FIN |
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SB 2989 SD2 (SSCR2653) |
RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. Allows the department of taxation to impose civil penalties and injunctions on tax return preparers who support unrealistic positions on tax returns and on promoters of abusive tax shelters. (SB2989 SD2) |
JUD, FIN |
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SB 2994 SD1 (SSCR2626) |
RELATING TO THE USE TAX. Clarifies when a seller is subject to the 0.5 per cent use tax; restores the imposition of taxes on goods purchased both within and outside the State; clarifies that the use tax applies to sellers who acquire goods from outside the State and import the product for resale in the State. (SD1) |
JUD, FIN |
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SB 2995 SD2 (SSCR2854) |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING. Revises standards, requirements and penalties, makes improvements to the commercial driver's license program, and imposes a disqualification on CDL drivers who have been convicted of traffic offenses while operating a noncommercial motor vehicle. (SD2) |
JUD, FIN |
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SB 3144 SD1 (SSCR2523) |
RELATING TO ATTORNEYS. Admitting attorneys licensed to practice law in other states or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia to practice law in Hawaii. (SD1) |
JUD |
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SB 2748 SD1 (SSCR2645) |
RELATING TO DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION ASSESSMENTS. Adds to the offenses for which an offender must pay the drug demand reduction assessment used to fund drug treatment. Amends priority of payment to require payment of restitution, probation fees, and crime victim compensation fees before assessment. Places burden on offender to show inability to pay. (SD1) |
JUD, FIN |
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SB 2294 SD1 (SSCR2586) |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Amends the criminal trespass laws to prohibit persons from entering or remaining unlawfully on certain public or private property for a specified time period, after a reasonable warning or request to leave the premises has been issued. (SD1) |
JUD |
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SB 2844 SD1 (SSCR2616) |
RELATING TO CRIME. Adds offense of "habitual property crime." Specifies when deferred acceptance of nolo contendere and deferred acceptance of guilty pleas do not apply. (SD1) |
JUD |
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SB 2447 SD1 (SSCR2614) |
RELATING TO CRIME REDUCTION. Updates wiretapping statutes. (SD1) |
JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2003 SD1 (SSCR2034) |
RELATING TO PASSENGER RESTRAINT DEVICES. Repeals provision in seat belt law exempting vehicles based on number of seat belt assemblies. Requires persons under the age of 18 seated in the back seat to be restrained. (SD1) |
TRN, JUD |
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SB 2015 (SSCR2035) |
RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Amends definition of "abandoned" vehicle to add vehicles parked on public highways that are not currently registered and safety checked. |
TRN, JUD |
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SB 2017 SD2 (SSCR2784) |
RELATING TO RACING ON HIGHWAYS. Imposes stricter penalties on persons convicted of racing on highways at greater than thirty miles per hour over speed limit. (SD2) |
TRN, JUD |
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SB 2018 SD1 (SSCR2785) |
RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY. Strengthens child safety seat law by requiring child safety seat or booster seat usage for children over four years, but less than eight years old; defines "restrained". (SD1) |
TRN, JUD |
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SB 2021 SD1 (SSCR2036) |
RELATING TO STREET ROD VEHICLES. Amends law to include vehicles that are replicas of vehicles manufactured before 1968 as "street rod vehicles" and requires seat belts. (SD1) |
TRN, JUD |
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SB 2022 (SSCR2037) |
RELATING TO DUNE BUGGIES. Authorizes dune buggy replica vehicles to be licensed for use on public roadways as special interest vehicles; establishes registration standards; and requires seat belts on dune buggy vehicles. |
TRN, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 267 SD2 SSCR 2563 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires the governor or executive agency taking any action on transactions involving public lands that is subject to legislative disapproval, to provide reasonable and timely notice of that action to the legislature; allows legislative disapproval to be exercised in the legislative session in which an governor or executive agency action is taken. (SD2) |
WLH/LMG |
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SB 1615 SSCR 2711 |
RELATING TO NORTH KOHALA. Preserves a cluster of historical sites in North Kohala on the island of Hawaii by authorizing the department of land and natural resources to condemn the land adjacent to the Kohala historical sites state monument. Allows the Mo`okini Luakini Corporation to protect and care for the Mo`okini Heiau. |
WLH, FIN |
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SB 2973 SD1 SSCR 2557 |
RELATING TO INTERIM RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt interim rules to protect native species threatened with imminent extirpation or extinction. (SD1) |
WLH, JUD |
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SB 1556 SD2 HD1 SSCR 2837 |
RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Clarifies the definition of "shoreline" to mean the uppermost reach of the waves, other than storm and seismic waves during the season of the year in which the highest wash of the waves occurs, usually evidenced by the resultant debris line or the first stable vegetation, whichever is furthest mauka or inland; provided that the vegetation is not influenced or modified by human intervention. (PROPOSED HD1) |
WLH, FIN |
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SB 2097 SD1 SSCR 2838 |
RELATING TO BOATING. Caps mooring fees for a use permit at small boat harbors at 3% of gross revenues. Allows the department of land and natural resources to adopt rules covering fees and penalties. (SD1) |
WLH, FIN |
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SB 2968 SD1 HD1 SSCR 2411 |
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE VIOLATIONS. Amends sections relating to the Department's enforcement authority within the Kahoolawe Island Reserve and for the protection of caves for consistency. Expands the Department's enforcement authority to all lands and waters of the State. (PROPOSED HD1) |
WLH/EEP, JUD |
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SB 2782 SD1 SSCR 2552 |
RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF A HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN. Provide DLNR with the same financial flexibility afforded through federal guidelines regarding habitat conservation plans and exempting moneys generated by implementing or securing funding for habitat conservation plans from central services fees and administrative expenses. (SD1) |
WLH/EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2413 SD1 (SSCR2714) |
RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Changes qualifications for an agricultural business in state enterprise zone: (1) substitutes 2% cumulative average annual gross revenue increase for 10% average annual increase in employment; (2) allows additional 7 years participation; (3) invokes force majeure to prevent disqualification. (SD1) |
AGR/EDB, FIN |
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SB 2815 (SSCR2511) |
RELATING TO MILK CONTROL. Eliminates the requirement for Executive approval of orders amending the established minimum prices or salvage values of milk. |
AGR |
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SB 2816 SD1 (SSCR2553) |
RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Provides for staggered terms for the Board of Directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation. (SD1) |
AGR, JUD |
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SB 2818 SD1 (SSCR2717) |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. Moves coffee weighing provisions which were never implemented, and provisions regulating the advertising of fresh fruit and vegetables and coffee to the chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes dealing with agricultural grades and standards. Allows the fees paid to Certification Services Revolving Fund temporary employees to remain in the Fund. (SD1) |
AGR, FIN |
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HCR 39 HR 22 |
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE TO AMEND ITS RULES TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION, PROPAGATION, SALE, TRANSFER, OR HARBORING OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES IN HAWAII, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS. |
AGR, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2226 SD1 (SSCR2737) |
RELATING TO HOMELESS SERVICES. Earmarks up to $ annually in unencumbered and unexpended funds from the unclaimed property trust fund for homeless services. (SD1) |
HSH, FIN |
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SB 2926 SD1 (SSCR2667) |
RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAMS. Increases the bond authorization amount under the Hula Mae Multi-Family Housing Program from $200,000,000 to $250,000,000 to facilitate the development or rehabilitation of affordable rental housing projects. (SD1) |
HSH, FIN |
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SB 2927 SD2 (SSCR2668) |
RELATING TO FORECLOSURES OF GOVERNMENT-ASSISTED PROPERTIES. Strengthens foreclosure notification requirements for affordable housing properties subject to buyback restrictions, clarifies the priority of a housing agency's liens in a foreclosure, and authorizes the agency to purchase a foreclosed property by credit bid at public auction. Effective 7/1/2020. (SD2) |
HSH, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2928 (SSCR2669) |
RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY COMMISSION. Eliminates the Rental Housing Trust Fund Advisory Commission. |
HSH, FIN |
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SB 2607 SD1 (SSCR2795) |
RELATING TO ADOPTION. Precludes the Hawaii courts from adjudicating adoption proceedings involving Marshallese children. (SD1) |
HSH, JUD |
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SB 2630 SD1 (SSCR2742) |
RELATING TO FOSTER CUSTODY. Requires department of human services to establish a protocol to implement a good faith and diligent effort to identify and locate extended family members for possible foster custody placement for a child. (SD1) |
HSH, JUD, FIN |
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SB 3230 SD2 (SSCR2748) |
RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE. Establishes a pilot project providing community-based, collaborative, and comprehensive early childhood care direct services for children under age five and their families in critical need areas as determined by the department of human services. Appropriates $ . (SD2) |
HSH, EDN, FIN |
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SB 3036 SD2 (SSCR2746) |
RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to adopt child welfare social worker caseload standards. Requires child welfare social workers to be reclassified to achieve a two salary range upgrade. Effective 7/1/30. (SD2) |
HSH, LAB, FIN |
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SB 2978 (SSCR2579) |
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Clarifies that Department of Public Safety deputy sheriffs and narcotics enforcement officers, and Department of the Attorney General investigators are required to report child abuse cases. Allows these employees to take a child victim into protective custody. |
HSH, JUD |
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SB 2931 SD1 (SSCR2745) |
RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PROVIDERS OF HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish standards, which shall include criminal history record, Adult Protective Service, and Child Protective Service checks, to ensure the reputable and responsible character of service providers who have direct contact with individuals receiving services. (SD1) |
HSH, JUD, FIN |
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SB 2349 SD2 (SSCR2738) |
RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Establishes a task force to develop a pilot program for a child-friendly visitation center at a state correctional facility. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/30. (SD2) |
HSH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
11:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 643 SD2 SCRN 712 |
RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. Establishes a moratorium on bioprospecting and a temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to address issues related to bioprospecting, including equitable benefit sharing. Appropriates funds. (SB643 SD2) |
WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
1:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2009 SD1 (SSCR2538) |
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES. Clarifies that a condominium board may lease or change the use of a condominium's common elements without obtaining the requisite owner approval, if acting under its authority to install, or change or abandon the use of telecommunications equipment. (SD1) |
CPC |
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SB 2105 SD2 (SSCR2660) |
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Provides procedures for mediation of condominium management disputes, that includes: mediation, administrative hearing through DCCA, and judicial review. Requires DCCA to adopt implementing rules by 7/1/05. (SD2) |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 2210 SD2 (SSCR2661) |
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Repeals and recodifies condominium property regimes law and conforms related statutory provisions. Appropriates funds for post-bill enactment educational activities. (SB2210 SD2) |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 2912 SD2 (SSCR2858) |
RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION. Authorizes DCCA to implement a 3-year pilot program to provide additional funding to support public, educational, and governmental cable television access in underserved areas. Appropriates $1 for the initial year of the pilot |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 2906 SD1 (SSCR2666) |
RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF GOOD STANDING. Reduces filing fees charged for certificates of good standing. (SD1) |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 3049 SD2 (SSCR2670) |
RELATING TO CHARITABLE ANNUITIES. Reduces minimum net worth requirement from $5 million to $100,000 for nonprofit organizations that issue charitable gift annuities. Requires segregation of assets required to pay annuities and disclaimers in annuity agreements. (SD2) |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 2887 SD2 (SSCR2856) |
RELATING TO INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPACT. Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Interstate Insurance Compact while exempting long-term care insurance from the provisions of the compact. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD2) |
CPC, FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
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SB 1533 SD2 (SSCR658) |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires excise tax exemption on assessments by condominium associations and other homeowner associations to also apply to time share associations. (SB1533 SD2) |
CPC, FIN |
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SB 1553 SD1 (SSCR756) |
RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKERS AND SOLICITORS. Exempts from the licensing laws for mortgage brokers and solicitors those developers of time share plans who make purchase money loans to purchasers of time share interests in time share plans. (SD1) |
CPC, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
1:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 2538 SD1 (SSCR2771) |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR IOLANI SCHOOL. Authorizes the issuance of $30,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to finance or refinance the construction or improvements to educational facilities at Iolani School. (SD1) |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 2671 SD1 (SSCR2773) |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS, INC. DBA DAMIEN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs for Damien Memorial High School to finance or refinance the planning, acquisition, construction, or improvement of its educational facilities. (SD1) |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 2790 SD1 (SSCR2774) |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HALEAKALA WALDORF SCHOOL. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Haleakala Waldorf School to finance or refinance the planning, acquisition, construction, or improvement of its educational facilities. (SD1 |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 2791 SD1 (SSCR2775) |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF MAUI, INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Montessori School of Maui to finance or refinance the planning, acquisition, construction or improvement of its educational facilities. (SD1) |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 3086 (SSCR2779) |
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR ISLAND PACIFIC ACADEMY. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Island Pacific Academy for the planning and construction of its educational facilities. |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 3148 SD2 (SSCR2781) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the establishment of a noncontiguous host culture charter school district under the board of education to be monitored by a host culture district council as a 5-year pilot demonstration project. Allows the establishment of a noncontiguous charter school district under the board of education. (SD2) |
EDN, WLH, FIN |
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SB 2200 (SSCR2577) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals administrative rulemaking requirements for the Running Start program. |
EDN, JUD |
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SB 3012 SD2 (SSCR2835) |
RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. Requires the Hawaii educational policy center to conduct an annual assessment of the educational accountability system. (SD2) |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 2427 SD1 (SSCR2505) |
RELATING TO TEACHERS. Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to clearly state, using a means easily accessed and format easily interpreted by the general public, precisely which specific requirements a licensed teacher from out of state needs, on a state-by-state basis, to complete to be a licensed teacher in Hawaii. (SD1) |
EDN |
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SB 3020 (SSCR2836) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides funding for the staffing and facilities needed to ensure that the intent of multi-track schooling approach does not result in lesser quality education for communities with high population growth. |
EDN, FIN |
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SB 2063 SD2 (SSCR2829) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Holds public school students accountable financially for loss or damage to school textbooks, instructional materials, library books, equipment, or supplies. (SD2) |
EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.