COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Friday, February 10, 2006

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 2241

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Prohibits the department of education from eliminating the competency-based high school diploma. Allows prohibition of participation by children under age 17.

EDN, FIN

HB 3108

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows schools to set up debit card programs for teachers.

EDN, FIN

HB 3146

RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING.

Creates an affordable housing program for active full-time public school teachers to purchase an interest in residential properties.

EDN, FIN

HB 3147

RELATING TO TEACHERS' HOUSING.

Authorizes second mortgage loans for downpayment and closing costs of teachers employed and assigned by the department of education. Makes an appropriation to the teachers' housing revolving fund for the purposes of the bill.

EDN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

Decision making only:

HB 2551

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Confers the same rights and benefits of civil service employees in the department of education to civil service employees of the new conversion charter schools.

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 3098

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Designates local school boards as an employer for collective bargaining purposes and allows the executive director of the charter school administrative office to negotiate union agreements. Allows certain charter school employees to have the same transfer, tenure and promotion rights as civil service employees.

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 2962

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Omnibus public charter schools recodification. Creates a new chapter on charter school governance.

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 2609

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR EMPLOYEES IN NEW CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Assigns new century charter school employees to public sector bargaining units. Establishes collective bargaining process for new century charter school employees.

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 2552

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the Department of Education to consider hiring persons with bachelors or higher degrees who have teaching experience to teach in subjects in which they have a degree. Requires that one member of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board come from a non-teaching background. Authorizes the Department of Education to expand on the standardized statewide Teacher Induction Program.

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 1862

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the DOE to employ retired teachers full time to teach in teacher shortage areas and serve as mentors for new classroom teachers.

EDN/LAB, FIN

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Saturday, February 11, 2006

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 2739

RELATING TO KALAUPAPA PATIENT RESIDENTS.

Protects patient residents of Kalaupapa against unwarranted, unsolicited, or unreasonable intrusions into their personal and financial affairs.

HLT, JUD

HB 2047

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a new chapter that protects the public health and welfare by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment, ensuring a consistent level of basic protections statewide from exposure to secondhand. Repeals chapter 328K.

HLT, JUD

HB 2048

RELATING TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Prohibits the sale and distribution of flavored tobacco products.

HLT, JUD

HB 2148

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Makes it a misdemeanor for minors (persons under age 18) to possess or use tobacco products. Exempts minors when lawfully delivering tobacco products or participating in a law enforcement activity.

HLT, JUD

HB 2073

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Creates the childhood and chronic diseases special fund; allows income tax refund check-off for contributions to the fund.

HLT, FIN

HB 2074

RELATING TO JUVENILE DIABETES CURE RESEARCH.

Allows individual taxpayers that receive a tax refund to designate an amount from their refund for juvenile diabetes cure research.

HLT, FIN

HB 3154

RELATING TO HEALTH.

For 2006-2007 flu season, gives preference to children under 10 and pregnant women not to be given vaccines containing more than a trace amount of mercury. For 2007-2008 flu season, prohibits such vaccinations for all. Allows certain exemptions.

HLT, FIN

HB 2650

RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TATTOOS, PIERCINGS, BRANDS, MUTILATION, IMPLANTS, AND SCARIFICATIONS.

Assigns regulatory authority of piercing, branding, mutilation, implanting, and scarification to the department of health.

HLT, CPC

HB 2298

RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

Adds law enforcement officers to those who are considered to have a direct and tangible interest in public health statistic records.

HLT, JUD

HB 3135

RELATING TO HIV/AIDS.

Creates statewide commission on HIV/AIDS. Appropriation.

HLT, FIN

HB 3139, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH

Provides a means for childhood screening required for entry into school, when a child reaches the age of four and before the child reaches the age of six.

HLT, FIN

HB 3140, HD1

RELATING TO HEALTH

Appropriation to prepare for a pandemic of a novel strain of influenza.

HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Saturday, February 11, 2006

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 2520

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ROADS IN LIMBO PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.

Establishes a roads in limbo program to resolve issues relating to certain roads in the county of Hawaii that are not maintained by the State or the county; appropriation.

TRN, FIN

HB 2747

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Allows the examiner of drivers to issue an instruction permit to an applicant with disabilities who possesses a valid driver's license from another state and who fails to pass a road test to obtain a license under this state.

TRN, JUD

HB 2745

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Revokes a person's driver's license if the person commits a drug offense.

TRN, JUD

HB 2714

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Establishes use priorities for Honolulu Harbor; prohibits conversion of maritime cargo use to another use.

TRN

HB 2916

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Amends section 291D-10, HRS, so that unpaid parking citations remain the responsibility of the person who owned the vehicle at the time the citation was issued, even if the vehicle is later transferred. Permit the driver's license of the person who was the registered owner at the time the citation was issued to be restricted until outstanding assessments are paid.

TRN, JUD

HB 2553

RELATING TO CHAPTER 291E, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Creates a felony charge for those who drive after a court revokes their license for DUI convictions, and a new criminal offense for those who drive after a court suspends their license for DUI convictions.

TRN, JUD

HB 2554

RELATING TO VEHICLE TAXATION.

Repeals state vehicle weight tax and imposes tax based on fair market value of the vehicle instead.

TRN, FIN

HB 2677

RELATING TO MOPEDS.

Requires mopeds to be inspected annually, to display a certificate of inspection, and to be operated only with an exhaust system that meets original manufacturer specifications.

TRN, JUD

HB 2706

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

Gives the driver of a vehicle the right of way when a pedestrian within a crosswalk affirmatively allows the driver to take the right of way.

TRN, JUD

HB 1986

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the use of headlights in inclement weather when windshield wipers are in continuous use.

TRN, JUD

HB 1824

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Prohibits instruction permit holders from using cell phones while driving.

TRN, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES

Saturday, February 11, 2006

9:00 a.m.

State Capitol Auditorium

AGENDA:

PROPOSED language for HB2555 HD1 is available in Room 432.

HB 2555 HD1

PROPOSED

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Clarifies and provides the Hawaii Community Development Authority with broad guidelines for the continued transformation and use of Kakaako Makai; authorizes HCDA to issue revenue bonds to the extent that project income is insufficient to cover project costs.

WLO, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES

Monday, February 13, 2006

8:30 a.m.

Conference Room 423; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 2974

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Extends the time allowed to acquire the lands designated as part of the South Kona wilderness area on the island of Hawaii from 12/31/06 to 12/31/07.

WLO, FIN

HB 2855

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Requires DLNR to ensure sufficient buffers for public historic and cultural properties. Specifies that acquisition of surrounding lands for buffers is a taking of private property for public use.

WLO, JUD

HB 3106

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Recognizes an annual Historic Preservation day.

WLO, JUD

HB 2857

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Makes a knowing violation of the conditions of an approved mitigation plan that includes monitoring and preservation plans a civil and administrative violation.

WLO, JUD

HB 3114

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDIT.

Provides a tax credit for the rehabilitation or preservation of historic structures in the State.

WLO, FIN

HB 2867

RELATING TO CULTURAL AND HISTORIC SITES. Appropriates funds for staff hires or contracts to develop prioritized inventories of cultural and historic sites and facilities that may be included on cultural or historic registers for preservation.

WLO, FIN

HB 2858

RELATING TO PROTECTION OF CAVES.

Establishes an appeals process for any person who disagrees with the Department of Land and Natural Resources' decision not to keep government documents concerning knowledge of a cave location or resources confidential.

WLO, JUD

HB 2832

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Prohibits educational institutions, public or private, in the conservation district.

WLO, EDN/HED

HB 2709

RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES.

Raises the maximum amount that can be in the bureau of conveyances special fund before transferring excess to general fund.

WLO, FIN

HB 3030

RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. Increases ceiling on bureau of conveyances special fund to add nine additional full-time positions in the bureau of conveyances.

WLO, FIN

HB 2803

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Exempts from the conveyance tax any documents or instruments conveying real property from a testamentary trust to an entity owned by the trust for the purpose of distributing ownership interests in the entity to a beneficiary under the trust.

WLO, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS

Monday, February 13, 2006

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 3063

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.

Appropriates funds to EDAH for the expansion of technology training opportunities.

EDB, FIN

HB 1866

(HSCR7-06)

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Repeals the sunset date of Act 321, Session Laws of Hawaii 1986, which gives the department of education and the University of Hawaii permanent autonomous authority for matters relating to purchase of goods and services, payments, and accounting.

EDN/HED, EDB, FIN

HB 2925

RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development Technical and Financial Assistance Program.

EDB, FIN

HB 2751

RELATING TO BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION.

Establishes a business retention and expansion program within the department of business, economic development, and tourism to oversee, support, and contract with private sector business retention and expansion programs in the State.

EDB, FIN

HB 3084

RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES.

Establishes that gift certificates are valid in perpetuity and adds maintenance fees as a fee that is prohibited from being charged to dormant or inactive gift certificates.

EDB, CPC

HB 2885

RELATING TO ADULT ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTS.

Requires that a business selling adult entertainment products obscure them from view from off the premises. Requires that adult entertainment products be segregated and obscured from view from portions of the premises where other products are sold.

EDB, JUD

HB 3036

RELATING TO CONTRACTS.

Provides for prompt payment to subcontractors upon completion of the subcontractor's work or providing of materials for a project; permits subcontractor or materialman to obtain a certificate of completion; requires payment pursuant to certificate of completion within 30 days.

EDB, CPC

Decision making to follow.

 

Decision making only:

HB 2121

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Short form bill relating to economic development.

EDB

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Monday, February 13, 2006

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 2191

RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.

Establishes increased licensing and vehicle registration penalties for persons who drive with alcohol concentration of .15 or more.

TRN, JUD

HB 2075

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Earmarks a percentage of moneys from the state highway fund for bikeways.

TRN, FIN

HB 1940

RELATING TO ILLEGAL DRUGS.

Prohibits operation of a motor vehicle with illegal drugs in the bloodstream. Requires operator to submit to testing for the presence of illegal drugs in the bloodstream. Establishes penalties for failing test and refusing to submit to test.

TRN, JUD

HB 1805

RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING.

Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while driving unless equipped with a hands-free accessory.

TRN, JUD

HB 1899

RELATING TO THE USE OF SAFETY HELMETS BY MINORS.

Mandates safety helmet use for moped drivers under the age of 18 years.

TRN, JUD

HB 2649

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Permits motor vehicle backup warning beepers to be disabled between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. if the vehicle's driver is assisted by a responsible adult while reversing.

TRN, JUD

HB 2575

RELATING TO NO FAULT INSURANCE.

Establishes the offense of "motor vehicle accident while uninsured" if a person is involved in a motor vehicle accident while the motor vehicle operated by the person is uninsured. Provides the option of a forty-eight hour jail term in lieu of a fine or community service as penalty for the offense.

TRN, JUD

HB 2639

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE.

Increases sanctions for driving with a high blood alcohol level.

TRN, JUD

HB 2422

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Increases the penalties for motorists who violate Hawaii's crosswalk law.

TRN, JUD

HB 3081

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STATE-OWNED AIRCRAFT.

Appropriates $1,900,000 for the department of transportation to purchase a state-owned aircraft to be used in the conduct of state business. Requires the department to adopt rules concerning the use and maintenance of the aircraft.

TRN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Monday, February 13, 2006

11:00 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

 

HB 1882

RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.

Authorizes the department of transportation to issue permits to businesses that have 5 or more commercial vehicles to utilize high occupancy vehicle lanes during peak traffic hours. Imposes fee.

TRN/JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

Monday, February 13, 2006

10:45 a.m.

Conference Room 423; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 3119

RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. Changes the disposition of the state conveyance tax by increasing the percentage dedicated to the rental housing trust fund from 30% to 65%.

WLO/HSG, FIN

HB 2666

RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. Increases the conveyance tax for multiple sales of the same property within a two-year period.

WLO/HSG, FIN

HB 3149

RELATING TO LAND TRANSFER. Transfers control and custody of remnant lot from the Hale Aupuni subdivision in Waimanalo, from Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Administration to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). Requires DLNR to use best management practices in the maintenance of the riparian area of the remnant lot.

WLO/HSG, FIN

Decision making to follow.