COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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SB 97 SD1 (SSCR732) |
RELATING TO STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNT. Provides a vehicle for the state standard deduction with a blank amount. |
FIN |
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SB 1740 SD1 (SSCR734) |
RELATING TO ADJUSTING THE INCOME TAX BRACKETS. Revises income tax brackets. |
FIN |
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SB 1419 SD1 (SSCR810) |
RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Changes name of department of health's domestic violence prevention special fund to domestic violence and sexual assault special fund. Requires a report to the legislature on expenses and improvements that can be made and on a strategic plan to improve support services. |
FIN |
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SB 1713 SD1 (SSCR812) |
RELATING TO KALAUPAPA. Establishes protections for patient residents at Kalaupapa. |
FIN |
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SB 1022 SD1 (HSCR1243) |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires medical assistance programs, including Medicaid and QUEST, to provide chiropractic. |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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SB 117 HD2 (HSCR1254) |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Allows affordable housing requirements for certain undeveloped parcels in Pu'ukoli'i village to be established by agreement among the developer, housing and community development corporation of Hawaii, and the appropriate Maui county agency. |
HSG, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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SB 1698 SD2 (HSCR1133) |
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY GROWTH. Establishes a tax credit for taxpayers that contribute in-kind services to establish or maintain technology laboratories in public schools. Appropriates funds for Project EAST expansion and for the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii to coordinate marketing, with emphasis on representing Hawaii's technology companies and opportunities on the mainland. |
EDB, EDN, FIN |
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SB 1781 (SSCR846) |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds to support community-based programs that assist former inmates with successful reintegration into the community thereby reducing recidivism rates. |
FIN |
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SB 467 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1265) |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires office of youth services department of public safety to develop and implement gender-responsive community-based programs for female adjudicated youths and female offenders, respctively. Appropriates funds. |
JUD, FIN |
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SB 1256 (HSCR1251) |
PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS. Amends article X, section 6 of the Hawaii Constitution to modify the appointment process for the UH board of regents. |
HED, JUD, FIN |
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SB 1257 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1253) |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the candidate advisory council to screen and propose candidates for appointment to the board of regents (BOR) of the University of Hawaii. Changes BOR membership by decreasing the number of members from twelve to eleven. Requires a certain number of BOR members to represent specific geographic areas. Establishes two consecutive five-year terms for BOR members. Establishes that at least three months prior to the conclusion of a BOR member's first five-year term, the senate will consider the question of whether to reconfirm the member's position on the board. Clarifies that every BOR member may serve beyond the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor has been appointed, has qualified, and has been confirmed by the senate. |
HED, JUD, FIN |
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SB 1897 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1210) |
RELATING TO LAND CONSERVATION. Requires 25 percent of real estate conveyance tax revenues to be deposited annually into the Land Conservation Fund. Allows grants to state agencies, counties, and nonprofit land conservation organizations to acquire interest in "land having value as a resource of the state." Exempts the Land Conservation Fund from the 5 percent fee collected for government central service expenses relating to all special funds. Appropriates funding for three priority project areas in order to secure matching federal funding. |
WLO, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:30 p.m. AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on March 31, 2005; AGENDA #3):
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SB 179 SD3, HD1 (HSCR1214) |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Creates more affordable rental housing. Establishes homeless programs. Allows more individuals to qualify for lower cost housing. Makes administrative changes to various state housing programs. Establishes a legislative Affordable Rental Housing and Homeless Task Force. |
HSG, FIN |
Decision making only: (heard on April 1, 2005; AGENDA #1):
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SB 813 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1221) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Appropriates $20 million in Reed Act funds for services of the unemployment insurance and workforce development divisions. Provides additional funding to the local workforce investment boards for employer outreach and services, labor force pool expansion and capacity building. |
LAB, FIN |
Decision making only (heard on April 4, 2005; AGENDA #2):
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SB 1201 SD2, HD2 (HSCR1271) |
RELATING TO THE ILLEGAL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Establishes the "Drug Busters" program in the Department of the Attorney General to enforce crystal methamphetamine (ice) laws. Appropriates funds for state agencies and the counties for ice treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, education, environmental damage assessments, and program monitoring initiatives. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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SB 1870 SD1, HD1 (HSCR1261) |
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Requires owner-builders to file an information return with the Department of Taxation to qualify for the general excise tax exemption. Establishes a lien if the property is sold and taxes are not paid. Exempts the Department of Hawaiian Home Land and Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii. |
HSG, FIN |
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SB 1876 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1269) |
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Directs the department of transportation to establish new guidelines that take into account the need for flexibility in highway design. |
JUD, FIN |