SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, INTERNATIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of this briefing is for the Department of Transportation to provide the legislators with a department update.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of this informational briefing is to provide updates by the Department of Education.
The following issues will be discussed:
1. Financial Management Plan/Gartner Group
2. Online Learning
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BUSINESS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
Thursday, January 29, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO MILITARY SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Requires counties to set aside a portion of the fee charged for military special number plates to be transferred to the office of veterans' services to support veterans' rights and benefits.
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EBM, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Grants family leave to an employee during any calendar year to provide family care and support during the military deployment of the employee's child, spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, or parent. Requires an employee to provide proof of military deployment. Defines military deployment. Effective 7/1/2015.
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EBM, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Allows an employee to use family leave during any calendar year to provide family care and support during the military deployment of the employee's child, spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, or parent. Requires an employee to provide proof of military deployment. Defines military deployment.
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EBM, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides tuition waivers for children of military personnel disabled, killed in the line of duty, or declared prisoners of war or missing in action.
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EBM, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to expand transition programs for military-impacted schools in the State and to hire necessary personnel to coordinate the transition programs.
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EBM, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATIONS. Clarifies that the intent of existing law is solely to exempt professional employment organizations from general excise tax payments on payroll funds.
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EBM, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. During the economic downturn, allows liquor licensees who have an agreement to repay delinquent liquor taxes on a payment plan schedule and who are current and not in default, to renew their liquor licenses.
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EBM, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Thursday, January 29, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO AN AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. Establishes a statewide automated victim notification system to provide victims of crime with current information regarding the custody status of the offender in the victim's case.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DNA COLLECTION FOR ARRESTEES OF VIOLENT CRIMES. Requires DNA collection from those arrested for violent crimes.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRUG TREATMENT. Authorizes placement of certain offenders in secure drug treatment facilities.
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PBS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Authorizes the transfer of moneys from the hurricane reserve trust fund to the Hawaii insurance guaranty association for the payment of covered claims against an insolvent insurer when (1) the insolvency was caused by a hurricane and (2) the Hawaii hurricane relief fund has no hurricane insurance policy in force.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND. Repeals requirement that the interest earned on the principal in the hurricane reserve trust fund be transferred to the general fund.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 SERVICE. Eliminates the $0.66 monthly surcharge on wireless telephone accounts and terminates the wireless enhanced 911 fund once all moneys in the fund are expended. Effective 7/1/2009.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WIRELESS ENHANCED 911. Fund prior to the 2009 regular session and review every 5 years thereafter. Adds definitions and places limits on expenditures from the fund. Makes surcharge permissible, rather than required. Requires the 2009 annual report of the wireless enhanced 911 board to explain authority for certain expenditures proposed by its 2009 annual report.
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PBS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WIRELESS ENHANCED 911. Requests the state auditor to conduct an audit of the wireless enhanced 911 fund and submit a review of the fund in 2014 and every five years after.
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PBS, CPC/LMG, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Thursday, January 29, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. Requires a minor adjudicated of actions that would constitute promoting a controlled substance to choose either detention in youth correctional facility or substance abuse counseling program with parents or legal guardians.
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HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES. Adopts the new Interstate Compact for Juveniles and establishes the family court's jurisdiction under the compact.
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HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a task force to examine situations resulting in a child fatality or a serious injury due to drug use by a parent, guardian, or caregiver, and develop a plan to prevent such situations from occurring. Establishes a system for the Department of Human Services to allow children to continue to reside in pre-existing caregivers' safe homes rather than enter into foster care, subject to certain conditions.
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HUS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Requires the judiciary to establish a three-year statewide pilot project for the electronic filing of requests for and issuance of domestic abuse temporary restraining orders on nights and weekends. Makes an appropriation.
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HUS, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Thursday, January 29, 2009
10:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY. Directs the department of business, economic, development, and tourism to develop a permitting process for nuclear energy generation facilities in Hawaii.
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EEP/WLO, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Thursday, January 29, 2009
1:30 p.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Workforce Development Program LBR 111
Workforce Development Council LBR 135
Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Program LBR 143
Wage Standards Program LBR 152
Hawaii Civil Rights Commission LBR 153
Hawaii Labor Relations Board LBR 161
Unemployment Insurance Program LBR 171
Disability Compensation Program LBR 183
Office of Language Access LBR 316
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board LBR 812
Employment Security Appeals Referees' Office LBR 871
Data Gathering Research and Analysis LBR 901
General Administration LBR 902
Hawaii Career (Kokua) Information Delivery System LBR 905
SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, January 29, 2009
1:30 p.m. – completion
State Capitol Auditorium
AGENDA:
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Office of the Trustees OHA 150
Administration Group OHA 160
Program Systems Group OHA 170
Hawaiian Rights Division OHA 180
The Judiciary |
COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
Thursday, January 29, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Directs the public utilities commission to prepare a study on the creation of renewable energy zones and report its findings to the legislature.
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CPC, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires the public utilities commission to treat switched access phone service as fully competitive.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires the public utilities commission to consider other telecommunications services when determining competition in the switched access telephone service market.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Amends the "handyman" exemption to contractor licensing law to include contracts that are no more than $1,600 for labor, exclusive of materials, taxes, and other items.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Prohibits 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. Amends penalties.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Repeals the statute that limits insurance coverage for punitive damages to contracts that specifically provide such coverage.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Limits assigned claims coverage to those who do not have any motor vehicle insurance at all.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY LICENSING ACT. Allows motor vehicle dealers of used vehicles to have in their possession reasonable indicia of ownership or right of possession, as an alternative to a legal ownership certificate, when selling the used vehicle.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires a business to provide commercial motor vehicle insurance coverage for delivery persons who use their own motor vehicles to make deliveries for the business.
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CPC, EBM |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES. Bars credit reporting agencies from charging consumers who are at least 65 years old a fee for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze on their credit reports. Provides an expedited manner for temporarily lifting a security freeze.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PAYDAY LENDING. Requires check cashing (deferred deposit) businesses to register with DCCA, post and provide consumers with rate, fee, and other information, keep records, and report to DCCA; regulates payment plans; exempts check casher fees and interest from general excise tax; regulates retailers who occasionally cash checks.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PRUDENT MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS ACT. Enacts Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act to replace and update existing Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act. Provides guidance and authority to charitable organizations concerning the management and investment of funds held by those organizations. Provides additional protections for charities and also protects the interests of donors. Modernizes rules governing expenditures from endowment funds. Gives institutions ability to cope more easily with fluctuations in the value of the endowment. Updates provisions governing the release and modification of restrictions on charitable funds to permit more efficient management of these funds.
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CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Thursday, January 29, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Bases University of Hawaii general funding on a student-weighted formula.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Makes an appropriation for the planning, design, and construction for a second access road for leeward community college.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to issue additional revenue bonds in the principal amount of $150,000,000 for the purpose of financing the costs of construction or maintenance of capital improvement projects constituting university projects. Appropriates the proceeds of the initial $100,000,000 of the revenue bonds (as authorized by Act 161, SLH 2007), in the current fiscal year and any of the fiscal years thereafter, to and including fiscal year 2012-2013. Appropriates the proceeds of the additional $150,000,000 in the current fiscal year and any of the fiscal years thereafter, to and including fiscal year 2014-2015.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Quentin Burdick rural health interdisciplinary training program.
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HED, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS. Provides an annual maximum deduction of $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly for contributions made to a section 529 qualified tuition program in 2009 and thereafter.
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HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Friday, January 30, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO MOBILE MEDICAL CARE. Authorizes the use of federal Homeland Security Grant Program funds to provide the people of the southern portion of the island of Hawaii with increased access to suitable emergency and clinical medical care.
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HLT, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TRAINING. Appropriates funds to: (1) develop a statewide rural primary health care training program; and (2) support the family medicine residency program of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine's department of family medicine and community health. Effective 7/1/09.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN SHORTAGES. Establishes the Hawaii Rural Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program to provide student loan repayments to physicians who practice in federally designated health professional shortage areas of the state.
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HLT, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Makes vehicles owned and operated by nursing facilities eligible for disabled parking license plates, placards, and identification cards.
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HLT, TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Transfers Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home from department of health, Hawaii health systems corporation, to department of defense, office of veterans' services.
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HLT, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires insurers that offer health care coverage to the regular employees of any group or association to offer the same coverage to part-time employees working at least 15 hours per week. Requires the insurance commissioner to report to the legislature on cost-benefit.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a tax credit for costs related to conducting medical technology research.
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HLT, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION. Excludes from the general excise tax, amounts received by a managed care support contractor of the TRICARE program for the actual cost or advancement to third party health care providers pursuant to a contract with the United States.
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HLT, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Assesses a surcharge on all soft drinks sold in the State.
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HLT, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the State to reject all Title V federal funding for mandated abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY HEALTH EDUCATION. Requires any recipient of state funding to provide medically accurate sexuality education.
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HLT, EDN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Friday, January 30, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Establishes eligibility for unemployment insurance.
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LAB, HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Establishes job security requirements upon the divestiture of a covered establishment.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Amends Act 5, First Special Session Laws 2007.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Creates a blue ribbon task force in the department of budget and finance to explore the feasibility of having the employees' retirement system purchase Ala Moana Center and the Ward Centers.
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LAB, EBM, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW THE JUDICIARY TO REDUCE PENSION BENEFITS OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION WHO IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY RELATED TO THE EMPLOYEE'S EMPLOYMENT. Proposes a constitutional amendment to article XVI, section 2 of the state constitution to authorize the legislature to allow the judiciary to reduce the pension benefits of any member of the employees' retirement system who is convicted of a felony related to the member's employment with the State or any political subdivision.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WHISTLEBLOWERS' PROTECTION. Provides additional protection to public employees who report violations of the law, and other improper activities such as waste, gross misconduct, incompetence, or inefficiency. Expands the state ombudsman's responsibilities regarding whistleblowers.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE SALARIES. Establishes a two year statute of limitations for recovering indebtedness to State through withholding of state salary.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL MOVEMENTS. Allows for the exchange or movement of civil service employees between the State and any county, between counties, between the federal government and the State, or between the federal government and any county; provided certain conditions are met.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR COMMISSION EMPLOYEES. Repeals section 281-22, HRS, which allows liquor commission employees to support, advocate, or aid in the election or defeat of any candidate for public office.
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LAB, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Friday, January 30, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO WILDLIFE. Prohibits and establishes as a misdemeanor: (1) The possessing or using of a snare to hunt or take wildlife; (2) The using of bait to hunt or take wildlife; and (3) The taking of wildlife for the purpose of keeping as a pet.
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WLO, JUD |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PLAN, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCT A TEST WELL IN UPCOUNTRY MAUI TO SERVE AS THE FIRST PHASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GROUND WATER WELL TO SUPPLEMENT THE UPCOUNTRY MAUI SURFACE WATER SYSTEM. Appropriates funds to plan, design, and construct a test well in upcountry Maui, either in Makawao or Pukalani, to serve as the first phase in the construction of a ground water well to supplement the upcountry surface water system.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE KANEOHE BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL. Sunsets the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council but retains their plans, programs, and policies.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO BEACH ACCESS. Requires the department of land and natural resources to identify, publicize, and enforce access by public to beaches.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER. Requires all potable water systems constructed after 7/1/10 to use polyvinyl chloride pipe.
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WLO, CPC |
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RELATING TO KAENA POINT. Removes any restriction on camping in Kaena point state park.
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WLO, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Friday, January 30, 2009
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for the expansion of value-added agricultural operations at the Del Monte and Maui community college facilities.
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AGR, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Directs UH college of tropical a and human resources to undertake study of the feasibility of developing an animal feed industry in the State.
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AGR, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Creates a task force in the UH, CTAHR, to assess the overall structure of agricultural industry in the State.
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AGR, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an agricultural products transportation program to provide grants to qualified agricultural producers to alleviate ocean and air intrastate transportation costs.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO MACADAMIA NUTS. Appropriates funds to fund a marketing study for Hawaii's macadamia nut industry, including the best structure for the establishment of a Hawaii Macadamia Nut Commission. |
AGR, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, CULTURE, & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND SENATE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM
Friday, January 30, 2009
10:15 a.m.
Conference Room 225; State Capitol
AGENDA:
The purpose of this informational briefing is to provide the Legislature with an update on the audit of the HTA. Invited participants include:
Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA)
Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB)
Hawaii Convention Center (HCC)/ SMG Hawaii