COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Thursday, February 8, 2007
1:45 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 469 (HSCR19) |
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Prohibits discrimination of domestic violence victims in real property transactions, specifically housing discrimination.
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HSH, CPC/JUD |
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HB 1337 |
RELATING TO THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY. Provides additional protections for consumers of cemetery or funeral services.
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CPC/JUD |
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HB 1834 |
RELATING TO TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS. Prohibits phone solicitors from placing calls to residents who are registered on a no-call list. Establishes a website and database containing the no-call list.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Thursday, February 8, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 969 |
RELATING TO THE WEED AND SEED STRATEGY. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to expand the weed and seed program to operate in the communities of Kalihi, Waipahu, and Ewa beach on Oahu, to be expended by the attorney general through a contract with the YMCA of Honolulu.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 354 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Repeals the law requiring habitual violent offenders to be sentenced to prison for 30 years to life.
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JUD |
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HB 376 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Establishes mandatory minimum terms for certain offenses committed against persons 60 years of age or older.
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JUD |
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HB 1702 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Establishes sentencing guidelines commission and sets forth standards to be applied in developing guidelines for approval by the legislature. Establishes "truth-in-sentencing" by requiring those persons convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison to serve 85% of the prison term imposed. "Truth-in-sentencing" provisions effective on 07/01/2009.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 1618 |
RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. Establishes a pilot project in the city and county of Honolulu to develop and evaluate a program for the acquisition, placement, operation, and maintenance of video surveillance cameras for the purpose of deterring property damage offenses, especially graffiti, and prosecuting offenders. Appropriates funds.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 683 |
RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. Eliminates the requirement that a conviction have occurred within the 5 years preceding the current offense to be considered a prior offense for purpose of aggravated criminal property damage.
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JUD |
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HB 451 |
RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Increases penalties for graffiti.
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JUD |
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HB 1712 |
RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Establishes the graffiti eradication sentencing program within the judiciary, to allow a person who has committed an act of graffiti to discharge a community service sentence through graffiti eradication activities.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 303 |
RELATING TO THEFT. Provides that an individual caught with stolen mail belonging to three or more persons in the same or separate incident as part of a common scheme or plan commits second degree theft.
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JUD |
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HB 323 |
RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE THEFT. Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to city and county of Honolulu to establish car baiting pilot program designed to reduce automobile theft on Oahu.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 1758 |
RELATING TO THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Increases the minimum value of theft of property or services from $300 to $1,000 for the offense of theft in the second degree.
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JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING
Thursday, February 8, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 814 |
RELATING TO AGING. Establishes five additional faculty positions at the center on aging research and education to assist in the fulfillment of its mission and appropriates funds for that purpose.
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HED/HSH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thursday, February 8, 2007
2:20 p.m.
Conference Room R309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 180 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for small business development.
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HED/EDB, FIN |
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HB 1279 |
RELATING TO THE INNOVATION ECONOMY. Establishes the Hawaii Innovation Investment Fund, a professionally managed fund of funds, and allows the ERS to invest moderate amounts in Hawaii venture capital. Supports the operations and programs of a State operated technology incubator and innovation center in Kakaako. Establishes a local incubator facility for digital media infrastructure for film and TV productions and interactive game development. Establishes a music industry program at Honolulu Community College (MELE). Provides funds which allows the UH Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development to enter into a partnership with a private sector entity.
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EDB/HED, LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Thursday, February 8, 2007
2:35 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 139 |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill.
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HED |
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Decision making only (heard on 01-31-07): |
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HB 135 |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the candidate advisory council to screen and propose candidates for appointment to the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. Increases the board of regents membership to fifteen members with a specified number of members representing different geographic areas. Prohibits a board of regents member from serving more than two consecutive five-year terms. Requires the senate to consider the question of an incumbent member's confirmation for a second term at least 120 days prior to the conclusion of the member's first term. Allows a board of regents member to continue to serve until the member's successor has been appointed and confirmed by the senate.
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HED |
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HB 1431 |
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Implements the amendment of the State Constitution, proposed by the Legislature in 2005, and ratified by the voters in 2006, by establishing a Governor's advisory council to screen and propose candidates for appointment to the Board.
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HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Thursday, February 8, 2007
2:45 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 1014 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Changes the performance standards commission membership and reporting schedule. Clarifies the intended purpose of the Hawaii educator loan program and amends the loan forgiveness incentive provisions. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the office of school redesign, teacher education and professional development, the master of education in teaching degree program, additional staff for the Hawaii educational policy center, and the Hawaii educator loan program.
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HED/EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Friday, February 9, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on 02-2-07):
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HB 399 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE Makes an appropriation to the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts for the operation of the soil and water conservations districts.
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AGR/WLH, FIN |
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HB 1525 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT TO WEST MAUI SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. Makes an appropriation for a grant to west Maui soil and water conservation district to establish a working group to support and maintain sustainable livestock agricultural production in the State.
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AGR/WLH, FIN |
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HB 1639 |
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Excludes rental income received as lease rents from certain leases of important agricultural lands from gross income for purposes of the income tax law, and exempts rental income received as lease rents from certain leases of important agricultural lands from the general excise tax law.
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AGR/WLH, FIN |
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HB 715 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL USE ON LANAI. Appropriates funds for the creation of a Lanai agriculture industry by providing funds for the purchase of water by the Lanai farmers.
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AGR/WLH, FIN |
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HB 1496 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. Prohibits counties from allowing any uses in agricultural district other than permitted uses set forth in section 205-4.5 (land use law).
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AGR/WLH, FIN |
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HB 1121 |
RELATING TO WATER RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL USES. Requires private entities that furnish water used for agricultural purposes in an area zoned for agricultural use to establish a water rate structure for agricultural water use that is comparable to the water rate structure used by the local county board of water supply.
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AGR/WLH, CPC |
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Friday, February 9, 2007
9:15 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1924 |
RELATING TO THE ERADICATION AND CONTROL OF THE COQUI FROG. Appropriates funds to eradicate and control the coqui frog state-wide.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1941 |
RELATING TO CONTROLLING INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1921 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an agribusiness investment tax credit.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1640 |
RELATING TO PERMITS. Requires the Department of Health to establish and implement procedures to give priority processing of permit applications and renewals for agricultural processing facilities that process crops or livestock from an agri-business with a majority of the lands held, owned, or used by the agri-business identified and designated as important agricultural lands.
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AGR, EDB |
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HB 1114 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends agribusiness development corporation law to refocus and direct the role of the corporation to one of taking control of infrastructure from closing large crop plantation operations and converting the infrastructure for use by multiple diversified agricultural enterprises. Removes department of agriculture's oversight of the corporation. Restores procurement code exemption to agribusiness development corporation.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 400 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates $4,000,000 for drought mitigation projects in each county.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 401 |
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS LOAN GUARANTY. Allows the Director of Finance to guarantee loans made to agricultural producers for agricultural projects on important agricultural lands.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 403 |
RELATING TO THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai Irrigation System.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 404 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriating funds for the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation to conduct agricultural research and development.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 406 |
RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Requires persons applying for funding assistance from the Irrigation Repair and Maintenance Special Fund to dedicate the land to be irrigated to agricultural use for no fewer than ten years.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 119 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEMS. Allows agribusiness development corporation to acquire agricultural water systems to provide water for irrigation of agricultural lands.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 337 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the agribusiness development corporation to issue revenue bonds to purchase agricultural land in Kunia from the Campbell Estate. Appropriates funds to purchase the lands. Enables the agribusiness development corporation to contract with banks to provide lease management services. Allows corporation to lease agricultural lands in Kunia for up to 55 years.
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AGR, FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
Decision making only: |
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HB 693 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Friday, February 9, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1067 |
RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF NEED. Establishes a temporary blue ribbon panel to study the certificate of need process in other states and recommend changes or the abolishment of Hawaii's certificate of need process.
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HLT/CPC, FIN |
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HB 1475 |
RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Establishes provisions for a minimum monthly allowance for residents of certain care homes, and regular increases of the allowance.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 1469 |
MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates emergency moneys to the department of health, developmental disabilities division to meet the shortfall in funding to ensure compliance with the settlement agreement in HDRC v. State of Hawaii, United States District Court, Civil No. 03-00524 HG-KSC, Olmstead decision and chapter 333F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 962 |
RELATING TO CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE. Appropriates $ in FY 2007-2008 and FY 2008-2009 for a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation to support the modified home care and community health demonstration project to address chronic kidney disease, particularly end stage renal disease for patients living in remote areas of the State.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 827 |
RELATING TO THE ELDERLY. Appropriates funds to the counties to financially assist caregiving programs that receive federal funding cuts.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 824 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who make modifications to their home to increase accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 71 |
RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Establishes certification procedures for nurse aides employed in state licensed or state certified health care settings and medicare or medicaid facilities.
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HLT/HSH, CPC |
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HB 807 |
RELATING TO CAREGIVING. Increases kupuna care program by appropriating funds to expand the program's in-home and access services and provide expanded assistance and support to family caregivers.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 817 |
RELATING TO SAGE PLUS. Appropriates funds for the Sage PLUS program to expand services to the neighbor islands and to support the program's operating costs.
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HLT/HSH, FIN |
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HB 1830 |
RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Provides immunity from prosecution for leaving an unharmed newborn at certain safe havens within 72 hours of birth. Provides immunity from liability for personnel at the safe havens for receiving a newborn.
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HSH/HLT, JUD |
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HB 232 |
RELATING TO QUALIFYING MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Provides a tax credit for the general excise taxes paid for purchases of qualifying medical information technology by physicians.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1120 |
RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH. Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to Hawaii Primary Care Association to establish or expand community‑based dental health clinics that are operated by federally-qualified health centers to provide a continuum of dental care to QUEST‑eligible adults and children, the developmentally disabled, and the uninsured.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1448 |
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE ZONES. Establishes a joint advisory working group to make recommendations on ways to address healthcare shortage zones.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1465 |
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for additional urgent care services in the Ocean View and Volcano communities of the island of Hawaii.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1467 |
RELATING TO A TWO-YEAR HEPATITIS C DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. Appropriates funds to establish a two-year Hepatitis C demonstration project at the Waikiki Health Center and the West Hawaii Community Center to provide testing, case management, treatment, surveillance, research, and outcome.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1697 |
RELATING TO SANITATION. Requires department of health to adopt rule requiring all food establishments to clean all non-food-contact equipment above kitchen stoves and ovens.
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HLT, CPC |
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HB 582 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates $1,900,000 in FY 2007-2008 for a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, rapid response emergency medical services unit for the Mililani/Mililani Mauka area on Oahu.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 204 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the preschool developmental screening program, the family health services division, and the injury prevention and control section to maintain existing staff and hiring additional staff members.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1721 |
RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. Adds violence or the threat of violence against emergency medical services personnel to the offenses of assault in the second degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree.
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HLT, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Friday, February 9, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1140 |
RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Creates positions to enable the state fire council to more effectively meet its responsibilities.
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PSM/LAB, FIN |
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HB 915 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. Provides corrections officers with similar retirement benefits afforded other law enforcement and safety officers by allowing retirement after 25 years of credited service, unreduced for age. Effective 07/01/07.
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LAB/PSM, FIN |
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HB 775 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. Provides corrections officers with similar retirement benefits afforded other law enforcement and safety officers by allowing retirement after 25 years of credited service, unreduced for age. Effective 07/01/07.
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LAB/PSM, FIN |
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HB 591 |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Entitles adult correctional officers to receive service retirement allowances and benefits unreduced for age if the member has acquired a specified number of years of credited service prior to termination.
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LAB/PSM, FIN |
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HB 1817 |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows police officers to receive a maximum retirement allowance that shall not exceed 100% of their average final compensation.
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LAB/PSM, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Friday, February 9, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1381 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL CARE. Allows employers the opportunity to provide their employees with an employer-designated healthcare provider list of attending physicians and/or physician networks. Injured employees would be allowed to "opt out" of the plan after 120 days and see physicians that are not on the list.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1386 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL TREATMENT. Requires Medical providers to treat injured workers in accordance with clinically tested, evidence based treatment guidelines. Requires medical providers to utilize the Official Disabilities guidelines ("ODG") Treatment in Workers' Comp, 3rd edition.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 854 |
RELATING TO CONTINUED TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS TO INJURED EMPLOYEES. Prevents the termination of temporary total disability benefits until the director of labor and industrial relations decides to terminate them.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 855 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Ensures that uninterrupted medical care is provided to an injured employee, even if the injured employee's employer denies further treatment, until the director of labor and industrial relations renders a final decision on the matter.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1380 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION STRESS CLAIMS. Disallows workers' compensation claims for mental illness or injury proximately caused by all personnel actions taken in good faith by the employer.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 866 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires occupational diseases to be considered work injuries that are compensable under workers' compensation law.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 856 |
RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Adds an employee who has otherwise been deemed unable to return to the employee's position after the injury may have stabilized, where no offer for permanent alternative duty at equal compensation is made by the employer, to those whom the director of labor and industrial relations may refer to the department of human services or private vocational rehabilitation services. Effective 7/1/07.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1015 |
RELATING TO WORKER'S RIGHTS. Permits director of labor to reopen worker's compensation case after settlement if settlement has been obtained by the exertion of undue influence over any party or as a result of the disability or mental incompetence of the employee. Requires private employers who provide pension plans to their employees to allow an employee who has vested to receive pension payments upon becoming disabled, regardless of age.
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LAB, JUD |
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HB 1877 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Exempts from the workers' compensation law owners of businesses holding at least 50% interest in their company.
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LAB, EDB |
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HB 867 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Allows negotiation between employers and public unions over workers' compensation coverage and benefits.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 970 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires workers' compensation insurers to provide reports to the insurance commissioner.
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LAB, CPC |
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HB 1050 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Requires the Hawaii employers' mutual insurance company to make liability insurance available to small contractors.
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LAB, CPC |
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HB 1383 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Gives small business owners who meet certain exclusions the option not to obtain workers' compensation insurance
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LAB, EDB |
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HB 1294 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Provides an appropriate, cost-neutral adjustment of the base monthly contributions for retiree benefit plans, in the event the EUTF Board of Trustees adopts a revised rate structure for its retiree benefit plans.
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LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Friday, February 9, 2007
9:15 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on 01-26-07):
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HB 316 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Excludes services performed by an individual who is a member of a limited liability company or a partner of a limited liability partnership who has a distributional interest in the company or partnership of at least fifty percent, a partner of a partnership, and a sole proprietor from the definition of "employment" under the workers' compensation law.
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LAB, FIN |
Decision making only (heard on 02-06-07):
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HB 1082 |
RELATING TO BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY. Repeals the provision encouraging experimental modernization projects by county boards of water supply.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1146 |
RELATING TO REHIRING OF GOVERNMENT RETIREES. Authorizes the State and the counties to rehire government retirees and allow retirees to collect pension benefits while working.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1162 |
RELATING TO THE REHIRING OF RETIREES. Authorizes the State and the counties to rehire governmental retirees under civil service procedures and without additional pension benefits.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1660 |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Makes adjustments to the Employees' Retirement System.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1818 |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Permits state and county governments to rehire retired employees as permanent employees without affecting the rehired retirees' retirement benefits.
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LAB, FIN |
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HB 1819 |
RELATING TO THE REHIRING OF RETIREES. Authorizes state and county governments to rehire retired employees during labor shortages and for difficult-to-fill occupational areas without retirement benefit penalty.
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LAB, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Friday, February 9, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
|
HB 257 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. Imposes conditions on the subdivision of lands in the agricultural district. Limits county zoning power in agricultural district. Requires special permit for land in rural district to require approval of land use commission.
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WLH/AGR |
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HB 1901 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. (1) Sets forth permissible uses on important agricultural lands; (2) Requires counties to adopt by ordinance permissible uses and infrastructure standards within rural and urban districts; and (3) Makes comprehensive amendments to land use law to improve use of rural and agricultural lands.
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WLH/AGR |
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HB 1922 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Expedites the designation of important agricultural lands by the land use commission by eliminating the landowner/farmer process and the county process, and allowing the land use commission to initiate the designation process and allowing landowners to petition the land use commission for designation. Allows the landowner petition for important agricultural land designation to take effect without the legislative enactment of incentive/protection legislation. Removes the county from the special permit process.
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WLH/AGR |
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HB 408 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Prohibits any industrial, commercial, or residential development or infrastructure serving the development within one thousand feet from the property line of any farming operation.
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WLH/AGR, JUD |
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HB 402 |
RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. Allows the Land Conservation Fund to acquire interests or rights in land having value as a resource to the State through agricultural easements. Specifies that the Land Conservation Fund can be used for the payment of debt service relating to the acquisition of interests or rights in land having value as a resource to the State.
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WLH/AGR, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Friday, February, 9, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1195 |
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires the governor to appoint at least one member of the board of the department of land and natural resources from a list of three nominees submitted by the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 977 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Separates the positions of the Director of Hawaiian Home Lands and the chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1353 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Authorizes the transfer of moneys fro the Hawaiian home receipts fund to the native Hawaiian rehabilitation fund.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1580 |
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Establishes a task force on Hawaiian homestead community self-governance to begin the process of delegating authority for the administration of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, to Hawaiian homestead community self-governance organizations.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1791 |
RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Directs the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources to enter a 999 year lease of Iolani Palace with the Friends of Iolani Palace.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 245 |
RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF A HAWAII ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Establishes and designates the Hawaii archeological survey as a program of the Hawaii museum of natural and cultural history.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1442 |
RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources, subject to specific criteria and priority requirements, to award the remaining leases in the Kikala-Keokea area not previously executed under Act 314, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1948 |
RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Establishes Aha Moku Commission to assist in the formation regional Aha Moku Councils which shall serve as in an advisory capacity on all matters regarding the management of the state's natural resources. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to seek advisory assistance from the Aha Moku Councils in developing a comprehensive set of best practices for natural resource management.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1200 |
RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for fiscal years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. Earmarks funds for certain social, educational, and legal services and programs and for OHA's proposed office building and Hawaiian Cultural Center.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 959 |
RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Exempts Iolani Palace from the standards and conditions related to the receipt of funds pursuant to chapter 42F, HRS.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1946 |
RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires that all new and replaced letterheads and documents of the State include both state languages, with the Hawaiian language placed above English translation. Establishes a Hawaiian language interim task force. Appropriates funds.
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WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Friday, February 9, 2007
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 718 |
RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Requires Hawaii community development authority to set aside tax map key (first division) 2-1-058:041 in Kakaako for use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy and to develop a new facility at the site. Prohibits certain fishing in the area.
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WLH |
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HB 1520 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Separates the positions of the Director of Land and Natural Resources and the chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1707 |
RELATING TO PROTECTION OF CAVES. Exempts the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the appropriate Island Burial Council, and recognized descendants of burials located within the land parcel on which the cave is located from confidentiality of cave location or resources.
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WLH, JUD |
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HB 1201 |
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Allows the office of Hawaiian affairs' board of trustees to determine how beneficiaries in every county may participate in the preparation of each biennial and supplemental office of Hawaiian affairs budget.
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WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.