THE SENATE

OF THE

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

STATE OF HAWAII

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

 

NINTH DAY

 

January 31, 2007-Wednesday-11:30 O'CLOCK A.M.

 

 

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

Invocation by    'Ainoa Nani'ole

                        'Aha Pūnana Leo

Roll Call

Approval of the Journal

Introductions

·       Floor Presentation

 

Honoring Daniel Saylor for his Courageous Act of Heroism in Saving the Life of a Drowning Visitor.  (Senator Hooser)

 

 

1.      Messages from the Governor: No(s). 241-255

G.M. NO.

TITLE

REFERRAL

 

 

 

241

Dated January 25, 2007, transmitting the Final Report on the Incentives for Important Agricultural Lands, prepared by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to Act 183, SLH 2005.

FILE

 

 

 

242

Transmitting the Crime Victim Compensation Commission Annual Report for FY 2006, prepared by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to Section 351-70, HRS.

FILE

 

 

 

243

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1312, which makes an emergency appropriation of $626,000 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to cover statewide budgetary shortfalls in electricity payments for facilities assigned to the Department of Accounting and General Services.

FILE

 

 

 

244

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1313, which makes an emergency appropriation of $800,000 in general funds and $2,926,000 in revolving funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to cover increases in property insurance premiums and deductibles.

FILE

 

 

 

245

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1424, which makes an emergency appropriation of $250,000 in compliance resolution funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to investigate the power outages that occurred on October 15, 2006 on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.

FILE

 

 

 

246

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1431, which makes an emergency appropriation of $24,900,000 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to cover emergency relief and recovery operations in the counties of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and the city of Honolulu as a result of the October 15, 2006, Kiholo Bay Earthquake disaster.

FILE

 

 

 

247

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1456, which makes an emergency appropriation of $8,377,698 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 for ongoing services provided by the adult mental health division to meet a critical funding emergency.

FILE

 

 

 

248

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1457, which makes an emergency appropriation of $4,980,523 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to cover the State's Medicaid home and community-based services programs for persons with developmental disabilities and mental retardation, also known as the title XIX waiver program within the Department of Health to meet an existing critical funding emergency.

FILE

 

 

 

249

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1458, which makes an emergency appropriation of $1,900,000 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to cover the State's reimbursement costs associated with the delivery of emergency aeromedical services on Oahu by the Hawaii Army National Guard.

FILE

 

 

 

250

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1459, which makes an emergency appropriation of $5,299,809 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to address expenses related to early intervention services within the Department of Health to meet an existing critical funding emergency.

FILE

 

 

 

251

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1463, which makes an emergency appropriation of $41,000,000 out of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation special fund for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 in order to cover the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation operational costs of providing additional services that will increase the current spending ceiling and comply with the expenditure ceiling requirement to meet an existing critical funding emergency.

FILE

 

 

 

252

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1464, which makes an emergency appropriation of $950,000 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to fund a grant pursuant to Chapter 42F, HRS, to Kahuku Hospital on Oahu, provided that the Legislature authorizes such a grant during the Regular Session of 2007, whether before or after the effective date of this Act to meet an existing critical funding emergency.

FILE

 

 

 

253

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1500, which makes an emergency appropriation of $4,500,000 to the Department of Taxation for the unfunded costs associated with administering the City and County of Honolulu surcharge on state general excise tax.

FILE

 

 

 

254

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1972, which makes an emergency appropriation of $612,000 in general funds in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to repair additional cracks in the roof of the Honolulu District Court building, Kauikeaouli Hale, to undertake a thorough structural analysis of the building and to pay for other costs related to the October 15, 2006 earthquake.

FILE

 

 

 

255

Letter dated January 29, 2007, as provided in Section 9, Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, requesting the immediate consideration and passage of S.B. No. 1947, which makes an emergency appropriation of $10,000,000 to increase the expenditure ceiling of the Deposit Beverage Container Program special fund in Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to meet a critical funding emergency within the Department of Health to enable appropriate payments to be made to recyclers and to the public.

FILE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.      Departmental Communications: None

3.      House Communications: None

4.      Senate Communications: None

5.      Judiciary Communications: None

6.      Introduction of Measures

 

 

 

 

7.      Standing Committee Reports: No(s). 3-4

 

3

(WAH)

S.B. No. 70

"MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LIFEGUARD SERVICES AT MAKENA STATE PARK ON MAUI."

(Recommends passage on SECOND READING and referral to WAM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

(EDT)

S.B. No. 302, S.D. 1

"RELATING TO THE ARTS."

(Recommends passage on SECOND READING and recommittal to EDT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORDER OF THE DAY

 

8.      Re-Referrals

 

RE-REFERRALS FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2007

 

 

 

S.B. NO.

TITLE

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

962

RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING.

(Consumer Credit Reporting) (CPH)

CPH/EDT

 

 

 

1420

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING FEES.

(Expedited licensing discounts) (CPH)

CPH, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.      Miscellaneous Communications: None

10.  Miscellaneous Business

11.  Announcements

·        Floor Presentation for Thursday, February 1, 2007

 

CONGRATULATING ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. AND MARY FALLON FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO HAWAI'I'S MILITARY COMMUNITY AND TO THE PEOPLE OF HAWAI'I.  (Senator Hemmings)

 

 

·        Committee Hearing Schedule:

 

COMMITTEE

DATE & TIME

ROOM

TRN-TIA

1/31/2007 8:30 AM

309

EDU

1/31/2007 1:15 PM

225

HTH-IGM

1/31/2007 1:15 PM

016

HTH-HLT-IGM

1/31/2007 1:30 PM

016

TIA

1/31/2007 2:45 PM

224

WAH-TSG

1/31/2007 2:45 PM

414

EDU-IGM

1/31/2007 3:00 PM

225

WAH

1/31/2007 3:15 PM

414

EDT-IGM

2/1/2007 1:00 PM

224

EDT

2/1/2007 1:15 PM

224

HSP

2/1/2007 1:15 PM

016

TSG

2/1/2007 1:15 PM

229

ENE

2/1/2007 2:45 PM

414

PBS-CPH

2/1/2007 2:45 PM

225

EDU-CPH

2/2/2007 9:00 AM

016

CPH-TIA

2/2/2007 9:15 AM

016

HSP-CPH

2/2/2007 9:30 AM

016

WAM

2/2/2007 10:00 AM

211

EDU

2/2/2007 1:00 PM

225

EDU

2/2/2007 1:15 PM

225

EDU-WAH

2/2/2007 1:15 PM

225

HTH

2/2/2007 1:15 PM

016

HTH

2/2/2007 1:35 PM

016

WAH

2/2/2007 2:30 PM

414

HSP

2/5/2007 1:00 PM

016

EDU

2/5/2007 1:15 PM

225

HSP-HTH

2/5/2007 1:15 PM

016

IGM

2/5/2007 1:15 PM

229

HSP-IGM

2/6/2007 12:45 PM

016

HSP-EDN

2/6/2007 1:15 PM

016

TSG

2/6/2007 1:15 PM

229

HSP

2/6/2007 1:30 PM

016

PBS

2/6/2007 2:45 PM

225

TIA

2/7/2007 2:45 PM

224

HSP-JDL

2/8/2007 9:00 AM

229

HSP

2/8/2007 1:15 PM

016

HSP

2/13/2007 1:15 PM

016

HSP

2/15/2007 1:15 PM

016

 

 

 

 

 

·       Senate Session will convene at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 1, 2007.

 

 

12.  Adjournment