COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Monday, March 31, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. Amends the Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act by prohibiting certain unfair or deceptive business practices by managed care plans, such as disenrolling a person because of a medical condition. Effective January 1, 2050. (SB3015 HD1)
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Amends §444-10.5, HRS, to prohibit the resumption of work for any person who is issued a citation for operating without a contractor's license in good standing until a hearing is conducted, and makes the issuance of citations and cease and desist orders mandatory. Increases penalties. (SB2896 HD1)
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LAB, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REPORTING. Give the PUC more discretionary authority with the reporting requirements for information reported by oil producers, refiners, marketers, oil transporters, oil storers, and oil retailers. (SB2630 HD1)
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Allows the board of directors of a condominium to lease common elements of the condominium, under certain conditions, that are not used by the unit owners for purposes permitted in the declaration. Requires that all direct costs attributable to condominium hotel operations be charged only to unit owners whose units are including in the condominium hotel operations. (SD1)
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CPC |
Decision making to follow.
2:05 p.m. AGENDA:
CPC only:
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HCR 171/HR 145
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REQUESTING THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TO STUDY THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ADOPTING THE ENGLISH MARINE INSURANCE ACT, 1906.
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TRN, CPC |
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REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO DESIGNATE A STATE AGENCY TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE LAND USE STRATEGY TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL HAZARDS CAUSED BY CATASTROPHIC DISASTERS.
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PSM/WLH, CPC |
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Proposed HD1 |
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY TO CONVENE A MEETING TO DISCUSS ISSUES FACING THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION.
Proposed HD1-New Title/Description: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO ADOPT RULES CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW TO PROHIBIT THE MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY AND MEAT OR MEAT PRODUCT RETAILERS FROM USING GAS OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF MEAT SOLD IN THE STATE.
*Copies of the Proposed HD1 are available in CPC Chair's Office, Room 320, State Capitol and on the Legislature's website: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Monday, March 31, 2008
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Requires the auditor to conduct performance audits of private prisons on the mainland that house Hawaii prisoners. Makes appropriation.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO OFFENDER REENTRY. Makes clarifying amendments to chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the offender reentry program. Makes establishing the program mandatory. Effective July 1, 2020.
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PSM, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Repeals exemption from civil service of the first and second deputy sheriff; requires the deputy director for law enforcement and the sheriff to be graduates of a law enforcement academy. Grandfathers in incumbents of the deputy director and sheriff positions. Eff. 7/1/2050.
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PSM/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAMS. Provides an annual maximum deduction against taxable income for contributions made to a section 529 college savings program. |
HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to acquire lands owned by the Galbraith Estate in central Oahu; Appropriates funds for the acquisition of land in Wahiawa, Oahu, currently owned by the George Galbraith Estate.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND CONSERVATION. Provides a tax credit to encourage the preservation and protection of conservation land in the state.
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WLH/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON OCEAN WATERS. Adds regulatory function over commercially permitted use of government and private boating facilities and commercial activities in private marinas.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR AKULE FISH MONITORING. Makes an appropriation to the department of land and natural resources for the purpose of monitoring akule fish from Pearl harbor to Ka‘ena point.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Establishes and appropriates funds for the department of agriculture's biosecurity program. Appropriates funds for planning interim and permanent joint inspection facilities.
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AGR/EEP, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:30 p.m. AGENDA:
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE AGE QUALIFICATION FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS TO THE AGE OF TWENTY‑FIVE YEARS. Amends the constitution to change the age qualification for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor from the age of thirty years to the age of twenty‑five years.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Establishes penalties for failing to file and for filing substantially defective or deficient campaign spending reports. Provides for deposit of collected fines and penalties into the state general fund. Increases from $2 to $3 the amount of a liability that may be designated on an income tax return to be paid over to the Hawaii election campaign fund.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTION. Expands the adult protective services law by extending protections to vulnerable adults. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services.
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST JACOBY DEVELOPMENT, INC., A PROCESSING ENTERPRISE. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for the planning, designing, constructing, and equipping of, and the acquisition of lands for, a plasma municipal solid waste processing system to convert solid wastes into electricity and chemically and biologically inert slag on Oahu.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish a ratepayer-funded photovoltaic rebate program.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHERS. Addresses the teacher shortage in the state through various initiatives. Appropriates funds.
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EDN/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a power of attorney for special education. Establishes the process to appoint a surrogate decision maker for an adult or emancipated minor student who lacks capacity. Clarifies the authority of a guardian of an adult or emancipated minor student.
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FIN |
Decision making to follow.
4:30 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Establishes standards and conditions that the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History must meet in order to receive state funds.
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TAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for the continuing operations of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Updates Hawaii's Code of Financial Institutions by requiring licenses to be conspicuously displayed, addresses temporary closures during emergencies, clarifies the authority of a person to serve as a trustee or trust company, clarifies how prepayment penalties are calculated, clarifies when the Commissioner of Financial Institutions may examine a financial institution holding company, and places a Hawaii licensed foreign bank on equal footing with a Hawaii state-chartered financial institution when relocating its place of business. Eff. 7/1/2050.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Authorizes the creation and regulation of special purpose financial captive insurance companies (SPFCIC). Establishes confidentiality provisions applicable to captives, including SPFCICs. Provides clarity on sponsored captive insurance companies. Effective July 1, 2050.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Clarifies the prescribing of opiates for pain treatment. Extends the time limit in which scheduled II controlled substances prescriptions must be filled. Establishes the Hawaii Health Corps that will provide loan repayment and stipends for physicians and dentists who agree to work in health professional shortage areas and as first responders during civil defense and other emergencies. Expands the Enterprise Zone Business Tax Credit, general excise tax exemption, and other business incentives to include physicians and dentists who establish or maintain practices in areas designated as enterprise zones. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the department of health to submit an annual report on forensic patients; requires yearly court status hearings for individuals ordered to be conditionally released or hospitalized as an inpatient by the mental health court; reduces the minimum length of hospitalization from ninety to thirty days for individuals who are recommitted after conditional release; makes appropriation for mental health court operations.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
5:00 p.m. AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on 03-27-08 – Agenda #1):
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RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. Establishes 2 full-time equivalent positions for the state fire council, an administrator and an administrative assistant, to be funded by the department of labor and industrial relations. Appropriates funds.
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PSM, FIN |
5:05 p.m. AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on 03-27-08 – Agenda #3):
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Taxation and Department of Human Services to evaluate certain tax credits and tax exemptions and report to the Legislature. Provides for automatic repeal of the tax credits and tax exemptions. Provides penalty for excessive amounts filed for tax refunds and credits.
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EDB, FIN |
Decision making only (heard on 03-28-08 – Agenda #2):
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires health insurance policies to cover medical vigilance services for subscribers who are receiving in-patient health care services at an acute care hospital.
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COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
10:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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Proposed HD1 |
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Exempts from environmental assessments, state or county lands that include the use of existing streets, roads, highways, or trails or bikeways for limited purposes, or a modification or disposal of highway access rights or use, occupancy, or work within a public highway right-of-way to serve private development outside the highway right-of-way, under certain conditions. (SD2)
*Copies of the Proposed HD1 are available in Room 314 and on the Legislative website: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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EEP/JUD |
Decision making to follow.
10:05 a.m. AGENDA:
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Proposed HD1 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK DONE BY THE GAS COMPANY TO EXTEND A UTILITY GAS LINE UNDER MOANALUA ROAD FOR KAISER PERMANENTE AND MOANALUA MEDICAL CENTER.
*Copies of the Proposed HD1 are available in Room 314 and on the Legislative website: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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EEP/JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
11:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals provisions relating to the probationary period for first-time teachers, principals, and vice-principals of the Department of Education. (SB2449 HD1)
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EDN, LAB |
Decision making to follow.