OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 35
33rd LEGISLATIVE DAY-MARCH 17, 2006
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
HSG Housing |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
HUS - Human Services |
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EDB - Economic Development & |
INT - International Affairs |
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Business Concerns |
JUD - Judiciary |
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EDN - Education |
LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
LMG - Legislative Management |
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FIN - Finance |
PSM - Public Safety & Military Affairs |
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HAW Hawaiian Affairs |
TAC - Tourism & Culture |
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HED - Higher Education |
TRN - Transportation |
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HLT - Health |
WLO - Water, Land & Ocean Resources |
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SENATE BILLS |
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Committee |
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S.B. NO. |
RE-REFERRAL |
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2214, SD2, HD1 |
RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Establishes civil defense disaster preparedness special fund and makes appropriation to the fund; establishes prepared emergency response commission and enumerates the duties of commission; requires department of defense to develop disaster preparedness emergency shelter plan and to report to legislature; requires hospitals, nursing homes, and hotels to develop disaster preparedness plans; requires department of health to conduct a study of the structural integrity of hospitals and nursing homes in Hawaii; requires counties to locate, designate, and maintain areas to provide emergency shelter for homeless; establishes rebuttable presumption in favor of undergrounding electric utilities in tsunami-prone areas; authorizes governor to expend funds from the emergency and budget reserve fund to provide emergency assistance to residents and businesses of the State after natural disaster; establishes the residential disaster special assistance fund; limits the percentage of National Guard that can be activated by governor for purposes other than disaster relief; establishes class C felony and misdemeanor offenses for price gouging and profiteering after natural disaster. (HD1) |
PSM, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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2546, SD1, HD1 |
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a task force to study the feasibility of establishing a Hawaii construction authority. (SD1) |
EDB, FIN |
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