COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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SB 25 SD1 (SSCR142) |
RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the legislature, the auditor, the legislative reference bureau, and the ombudsman.
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FIN
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Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 378 (HSCR142) |
RELATING TO NURSING EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for nursing education at the University of Hawaii.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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HB 1531 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Makes appropriations to University of Hawaii campuses to implement nursing education workforce development.
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HED, FIN |
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HB 229 HD1 (HSCR143) |
RELATING TO RURAL HEALTH CARE. Establishes the Hawaii health corps program to provide health care to underserved areas of the State. (HB229 HD1)
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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HB 454 |
RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE. Appropriates funds for the pilot perinatal clinic within the UH medical school department of obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health to help women with a history of substance abuse.
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HED, FIN |
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HB 810 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S LONG-TERM CARE RESOURCE PROGRAM TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE HAWAII'S ELDERCARE WORKFORCE. Appropriates funds to Kapiolani community college to fund its long-term resource program to train a workforce to care for the State's elder population.
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HED, FIN |
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HB 428 |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Increases the educational capital of the State through an appropriation to the center on the family at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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HED, FIN |
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HB 587 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for a faculty position in environmental health.
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HED, FIN |
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HB 136 |
RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program.
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HED, FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
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Decision making only: |
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HB 882 |
RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM. Provides initial state investments at birth and periodic investments to college savings accounts to encourage savings and investment for post-secondary educational purposes.
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HED, FIN |
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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 |
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 362 (HSCR58) |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. Allows for the immediate removal of a motor vehicle from the scene of an accident where no serious, substantial, or bodily injury has occurred.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 458 |
RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS. Improves the capacity of law enforcement agencies to locate and return missing persons by adopting new procedures and by using technology and databases.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 356 HD1 (HSCR87) |
RELATING TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT. Establishes a motor vehicle violation that prohibits leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle. Requires the examiner of drivers to test driver's license applicants for knowledge of this offense (HB356 HD1).
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 676 |
RELATING TO ANIMALS. Creates a new offense of aggravated cruelty to pet animals. Provides penalties.
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JUD |
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HB 1661 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Amends the definition of "strong compulsion" to include the use or attempt to use a controlled substance to overcome a person.
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JUD |
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HB 190 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Requires life imprisonment without parole for a second conviction of sexual assault against a minor under age 11.
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JUD |
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HB 583 |
RELATING TO TIME LIMITATIONS. Extends the statute of limitations for prosecution of class A, B, and C felony sexual offenses committed against minors.
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JUD |
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HB 340 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Authorizes the court at sentencing to require a person convicted of sexual assault in the first degree to wear a global positioning system transmitter for up to 10 years after the person's release from prison.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 1493 (HSCR49) |
RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMISSION. Exempts existing and new employees of the commission for crime victim compensation from civil service law as established in chapter 76.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 516 |
RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS. Provides that repeat sexual offenders who have been convicted on two prior and separate occasions for an offense under section 707-730, 707-731, 707-732, or 707-733.6 shall be placed on lifetime parole upon release from prison. Allows a repeat sexual offender placed on lifetime parole to initiate a special proceeding to challenge the applicability of lifetime parole.
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JUD |
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HB 1792 HD1 (HSCR216) |
RELATING TO DRUG ABUSE. Establishes and appropriates funds for a review of pilot studies being conducted in other states on use of the PROMETA treatment protocol to address the withdrawal cravings of crystal methamphetamine addicts, and a plan to adopt the PROMETA treatment protocol, if the review is favorable, as an alternative drug abuse treatment program for persons convicted of substance abuse or related offenses. (HB1792 HD1)
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB 963 HD1 (HSCR102) |
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Prohibits government contracts under $1,000,000 and exclusively for the services of architects, engineers, surveyors, or landscape architects from requiring the contractor to defend the government from any liability arising out of the contractor's performance under the contract. (HB963 HD1)
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EDB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1590 HD1 (HSCR250) |
RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN. Authorizes plaintiff to offer to resell property to defendant for current appraised value or condemnation price plus cost of environmental remediation or cleanup or other improvements if property taken in eminent domain is not used for the purpose for which it was condemned for five years. (HB1590 HD1)
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1757 (HSCR159) |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides relief to the property motor carrier industry from certain vehicle gross weight requirements and penalties.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1587 |
RELATING TO UNMARRIED COUPLES. Ensures parity between unmarried couples and married couples by extending the benefits provided under the State's employer-union health benefits trust fund to reciprocal beneficiaries.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
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Decision making only: |
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HB 661 |
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Creates comprehensive public funding for elections to the state house of representatives; establishes qualifications, limitations on funding and use of funds, reporting requirements, amends chapter 11, part XII to reflect changes.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 1130 |
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Revises various campaign spending reporting deadlines. Amends definitions of "contribution" and "expenditure". Increases amount that may be spent per voter for state and county elections and adds prosecuting attorney as an election subject to spending limitation per voter.
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JUD |
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HB 1212 |
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Provides the judiciary budget for the 2007-2009 biennium.
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JUD, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
5:00 p.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1260 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Restores a statutory provision which allows presentence mental or medical examinations of defendants for purposes of sentencing.
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HLT, JUD |
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HB 875 HD1 (HSCR107) |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes EMT training stipend program to remedy shortage of MICT paramedics and assist students who are public or private paramedics and cannot access a program. Make an appropriation.. (HB875 HD1)
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1240 |
RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. Adds law enforcement officers to those who are considered to have a direct and tangible interest in public health statistic records.
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HLT, JUD |
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HB 950 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Alters Hawaii health systems corporation board membership by having governor appoint 10 members, 5 each from nominees by house speaker and senate president (3 nominees per position). Increases physician member term from 2 to 4 years; alters manner of appointment. Eliminates regional committees' advisory capacity to the governor concerning nominees for the board.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1495 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE RESOURCES. Appropriates $225,000 for fiscal year 2007-2008 and $160,000 for fiscal year 2008-2009 for palliative care resources.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1764 |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS REGIONAL SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS. Authorizes revenue bonds to assist Hawaii health systems corporation for construction, improvement, and equipment of its healthcare facilities.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1825 |
RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking on public beaches and parks and certain recreational areas. Prohibits disposal of smoking waste in any place where smoking is prohibited, except in designated waste disposal container. Subjects violators to $250 fine.
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HLT, WLH |
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HB 1550 |
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts a private hospital from the general excise tax provided that 60% or more of the hospital's patient population consists of Medicaid and Medicare patients. Requires hospital to submit verification to department of taxation. Requires department of taxation to adopt rules.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1703 |
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Repeals statewide health coordinating council and requires appropriate subarea councils to assume duties. Subjects to the governor's approval all decisions to approve or deny issue of a certificate need. Requires performance bond to ensure implementation of certificate of need.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1704 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows for creation of regional subsidiary corporations and regional boards for the five regions within the Hawaii health systems corporation. Establishes the Maui regional subsidiary corporation and regional board. Appropriation.
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HLT/LAB, FIN (Pending Re-referral HLT, FIN) |
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HB 455 |
RELATING TO FAMILY PLANNING. Provides funding for family planning clinical and contraceptive services; family planning health educators; education materials, multi-media equipment, and training; new outreach services.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1890 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the department of health for health care and related services to people living with the human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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HLT, FIN |
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HB 1466 |
RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Extends the repeal date of Act 303, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, relating to community residential alternatives for persons with developmental disabilities, from June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2009.
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HLT, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1547 HD1 (HSCR293) |
RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Expands the Office of International Affairs. Establishes a legislative protocol fund. Brings the Second International Symposium on Freeways and Tollways to Hawaii in 2009. Appropriates funds. (HB1547 HD1)
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INT |
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HCR 36 |
URGING THE UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN UNION, AND NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION TO PURSUE POLICIES DIRECTED AT ENDING THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE DARFUR REGION OF WESTERN SUDAN.
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INT |
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HR 22 |
URGING THE UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN UNION, AND NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION TO PURSUE POLICIES DIRECTED AT ENDING THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE DARFUR REGION OF WESTERN SUDAN.
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INT |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TOURISM & CULTURE
Wednesday. Feb. 14, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 712 |
RELATING TO TOURISM. Requires Hawaii tourism authority to study whether to license tour guides to ensure guides have an adequate level of knowledge of Hawaiian history and culture.
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TAC, CPC |
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HB 1017 |
RELATING TO HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Requires that the Hawaii tourism authority board includes a labor representative.
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TAC, FIN |
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HB 1020 |
RELATING TO TOURISM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates $250,000 in FY 2007-2008 and FY 2008-2009 to Hawaii tourism authority for tourism workforce development to support programs on islands of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui; provided that the amount appropriated shall be half the amount invested by the authority in Hawaiian tourism workforce development programs.
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TAC, FIN |
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HB 1718 HD1 (HSCR160) |
RELATING TO CRUISELINE INDUSTRY. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation and Department of Land and Natural Resources, to prepare and submit to the legislature a cost/benefit analysis on the cruiseline industry in Hawaii. (HB1718 HD1)
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TRN, TAC, FIN |
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HB 1555 HD1 (HSCR254) |
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a tax credit to support the development of a world class aquarium at Kakaako Makai on Oahu. (HB1555 HD1)
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WLH, TAC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8:45 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 772 (HSCR287) |
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes a fee for the inspection of invasive species at state ports of entry. Establishes the invasive species inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund.
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AGR/EEP, TRN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8:50 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1609 |
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Excludes repairs or maintenance to existing state highways from county special management area permit requirements when the repair is necessary to preserve or regain the integrity of the road or highway.
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TRN, JUD
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Decision making only (heard on 02-05-07):
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HB 349 |
RELATING TO COUNTY REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLE TOURS. Authorizes the counties to regulate both guided and unguided bicycle tour businesses on state and county highways.
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TRN, TAC |
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1101 |
RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSES. Permits the examiner of drivers to waive the knowledge test for an applicant reapplying for a Hawaii driver's license where the applicant holds a valid license from another state or territory and the applicant's prior Hawaii license would have expired not more than one year after the date of the reapplication.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 482 |
RELATING TO CROSSWALKS. Prohibits placement of crosswalks on a public highway with two or more lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction unless there is a stop light or pedestrian crossing light.
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TRN, PSM |
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HB 277 |
RELATING TO FEES FOR WINDSHIELD PLACARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Requires the counties to deposit all fees for temporary and replacement disabled parking placards into the general fund.
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TRN, FIN |
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HB 1427 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Changes the minimum headlamp height requirement from 24 inches to 22 inches. Deletes the requirement that a license plate be attached no lower than 12" above the ground.
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TRN |
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HB 144 |
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Requires the State, counties, and contractors performing work on a public highway to post signs warning motorists of steel plates placed in the roadway.
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TRN |
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HB 534 HD1 (HSCR21) |
RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY. Appropriates funds to educate the public about the child passenger restraint law and to help subsidize the cost of child booster car seats for low-income families.
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HSH, TRN, FIN |
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HB 1862 HD1 (HSCR144) |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows motor vehicles registered to individuals with serious skin conditions to obtain darker window sun-screening devices than currently allowed by law. (HB1862 HD1)
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HLT, TRN, JUD |
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HB 1423 |
RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES. Allows the Director of Transportation and highway engineers to use evaluation of traffic demand and traffic volumes to establish occupancy requirements for high occupancy vehicle lanes.
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TRN |
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HB 142 |
RELATING TO COUNTIES. Allows counties to enact ordinances to permit the use of motorcycles operated by emergency rescue workers to respond to emergency rescue calls, in addition to any other type of vehicle that is otherwise deemed appropriate as a response vehicle by each county.
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TRN |
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HB 1138 |
RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Clarifies that the responsibility of the county fire chief or designees does not extend to inspection of state-owned airports.
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TRN |
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HB 1606 |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires department of transportation to conduct a study to determine the cost feasibility of constructing a fixed rail system of transportation connecting Kahului-Wailuku, Kihei, and Lahaina on the island of Maui. Appropriation.
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TRN, FIN |
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HB 1038 |
RELATING TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING. Prohibits sign waving near intersections.
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TRN, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
11:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 189 HD1 (HSCR125) |
RELATING TO CRUISE SHIP FEES. Requires the department of land and natural resources to annually report costs of cruise ships using small boat harbors (HB189 HD1).
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TAC, TRN/WLH, FIN |
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HB 250 |
RELATING TO ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Allows the aloha tower development corporation to undertake projects for commercial harbors under the jurisdiction of department of transportation.
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WLH/TRN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1905 HD1 (HSCR253) Proposed HD2 |
RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. Grants department of land and natural resources the right to enter property, public or private, to inspect dams. Allows board of land and natural resources to direct owner or, in its discretion, to take immediate action to initiate emergency measures to insure public safety. Establishes dam and reservoir repair revolving fund. (HD1)
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WLH, JUD |
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Decision making only (heard on January 31, 2007): |
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HB 652 |
RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. Establishes requirements for dam inspection and safety. Establishes penalties for failure to comply. Creates dam safety fund. Creates dam rehabilitation loan program.
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WLH, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8:35 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1899 |
RELATING TO KAWAI NUI MARSH. Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the State a parcel of pristine wetlands known as Kawai Nui Marsh, effective September 1, 2007. Transfers another parcel of Kawai Nui Marsh to the State.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1104 HD1 (HSCR232) |
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires consultation with the kahuna nui of the Mookini heiau before any alterations or improvements to the state monument and before any additional organized profitmaking venture involving the state monument takes place (HB1104 HD1).
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TAC, WLH |
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HB 685 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to designate an improvement district when it determines that there is a need for replanning, renewal, or redevelopment of an area's infrastructure.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 477 |
RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Requires the denying authority to publish public notice of any denial of an application for a Special Management Area (SMA) Emergency Permit, SMA Minor Permit, and SMA Use Permit within twenty days after denial of the application.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1389 |
RELATING TO TIME SHARES IN LAND COURT. Deregisters fee simple time share interest from the Land Court System.
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WLH, CPC/JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1581 |
RELATING TO OCEAN HEALTH CONSENSUS. Appropriates funds for the center for conservation research and training at the University of Hawaii to develop and implement an ocean health consensus project to build community based consensus in Hawaii for managing ocean ecosystem resources.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 903 |
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY LEASES. Requires the lessor of commercial and industrial properties to pay the lessee the market value of improvements made by the lessee in the event that the lessor does not renegotiate the lease with that lessee.
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WLH, CPC |
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HB 1602 |
RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes the county infrastructure capacity construction loan revolving fund and appropriates moneys to support the counties' infrastructure improvement efforts by loaning funds for capital improvement costs from the revolving fund.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1621 |
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Directs department of land and natural resources to determine ownership of certain private lanes in urban Oahu.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1667 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND TO DEVELOP KALAELOA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds in the amount of $ for the acquisition of land within the Barbers Point Naval Air Station by the Hawaii community development authority to develop the Kalaeloa Community Development District.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 844 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY IN WAHIAWA, OAHU. Makes an appropriation for the purchase of land in Wahiawa, Oahu, underlying Lake Wilson or in the event of grant of the land by the landowners, an appropriation to maintain the Wahiawa dam.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 832 |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the land survey division of the department of accounting and general services to establish the boundaries of the Del Monte employee housing at its Kunia camp comprising of approximately 50 acres of TMK: 1st Div: 9-2-005:002. Makes an appropriation to purchase the housing area for eventual resale to former Del Monte employees and retirees presently inhabiting the housing.
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WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.