COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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REQUESTING A SUNRISE REVIEW OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS.
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HED/EDN, LMG |
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REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TO UNDERTAKE EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND GLOBAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK INTO ITS CURRICULUM.
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HED, TCI |
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REQUESTING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS LIFT THE CEILINGS ON NONRESIDENT ENROLLMENT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, CREATE SEPARATE NONRESIDENT ENROLLMENT CEILINGS FOR MAINLAND AND FOREIGN STUDENTS.
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HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:15 p.m. AGENDA:
HED/EDN only:
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for science-, technology-, engineering-, and math-related programs and K-12 creative media education programs. (SD2)
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HED/EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS. Requires athletic trainers to register with the department of commerce and consumer affairs. (SD1)
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HED/EDN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO REPORTS ON THE HAWAII CANCER RESEARCH SPECIAL FUND. Beginning 01/01/2010, requires the University of Hawaii to report semi-annually on the moneys in the Hawaii cancer research special fund, including deposits, expenditures, and other transactions.
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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. (SD1)
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HED, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the University of Hawaii board of regents to issue revenue bonds to finance the costs of construction or maintenance of capital improvement projects; appropriates moneys from the revenue bond proceeds for fiscal year 2008-09 and fiscal year 2009-10, with unexpended and unencumbered balances to lapse to the general fund on June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2015, respectively. (SD2)
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Exempts UH from permitting or application requirements when carrying out repair and maintenance relating to the Hawaii marine laboratory refuge. (SD1)
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HED, WLO |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT. Enacts Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act and in so doing, replaces and updates similar law codified as chapter 658C, HRS. Updates former law by, among other things, allocating burden of proof with respect to application of law, setting out procedure for obtaining recognition of foreign country money judgments, expanding grounds for denying recognition and allocating burden of proof to do so. Establishes statute of limitations.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT. Adopts the Uniform Mediation Act. Provides certain rules for mediations. Establishes a privilege that assures confidentiality of mediations in legal proceedings. Protects integrity and knowing consent through provisions that provide exceptions to the privilege, limit disclosures by the mediator to judges and others who may rule on the case, requires mediators to disclose conflicts of interest, and assures that parties may bring a lawyer or other support person to the mediation session. (SD1)
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIMITING CIVIL LIABILITY. Limits the civil liability of property owners for damages to persons injured or killed on premises while committing certain felony offenses. (SD1)
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JUD |
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RELATING TO USE OF FORCE. Permits the use of deadly force by the resident of a dwelling against a person not lawfully in the dwelling who uses force against the resident. Expands the exemption from the duty to retreat from the home and workplace to any place where the actor may lawfully be present. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF PET ANIMALS. Clarifies animal cruelty law. Prohibits the confinement of a pet animal in a kennel or cage in cruel or inhumane manner or for an unreasonable period of time. Prohibits the tethering of a dog to a stationary object with a chain, or choke, pinch, chain, or prong collar. Amends the law on animal hoarding. (SD1).
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JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a farm to school policy in chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (education law). Establishes a farm to school program in the department of education. (SD2)
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AGR, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAII MADE PRODUCTS. Directs the department of agriculture to convene a working group composed of stakeholders to resolve issues relating to the "Made in Hawaii" label and to report to the legislature. (SD1)
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AGR, CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include both state languages. Effective 01/01/2050. (SD2)
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Prohibits the development, testing, propagation, release, importation, planting, or growing of genetically engineered taro in the State of Hawaii. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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HAW, AGR |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Resolves claims and disputes relating to the portion of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust for use by the office of Hawaiian affairs between 11/7/1978 and 7/1/2009; conveys certain parcels of real property in fee simple to the office of Hawaiian affairs. (SD2)
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CEDED LANDS. Prohibits the sale or transfer of ceded lands until the unrelinquished claims of the native Hawaiian people are resolved, reconciliation between the State and the native Hawaiian people is no longer supported, or until December 31, 2014, whichever occurs first; establishes a process for the sale or transfer of ceded lands, to be implemented only when one of the foregoing conditions occurs. Effective 7/1/50. (SD2)
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Extends the sunset date for the Aha Kiole Advisory Council to 2011.
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HAW, WLO, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
9:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Requires counties to accept or reject a public infrastructure dedication, under specified conditions, as part of an affordable housing project, or the infrastructure is deemed dedicated. (SD2)
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HSG/WLO, TRN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for various homeless and housing programs and projects. (SD2)
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HSG/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Increases incentives for the development of affordable housing in Hawaii. (SD2)
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HSG/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Increases the reserved housing requirement for a planned development on a lot of at least 80,000 square feet in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area. (SD2)
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WLO/HSG |
Decision making to follow.
9:30 a.m. AGENDA:
HSG only:
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Directs the legislative reference bureau to review the state and county laws related to affordable housing, to identify strategies to strengthen Hawaii's housing laws. Requires report to the 2010 legislature. (SD1)
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HSG, LMG |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Enables the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to more easily collect the value of shared appreciation equity and other restrictions when an affordable housing property is publicly sold through a foreclosure. Requires written notification of intent to foreclose on properties encumbered by such priority liens. (SD2)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Makes necessary housekeeping amendments to chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes; authorizes the imposition of service fees to recoup program administrative expenses. (SD2)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Transfers homeless programs and services within the Department of Human Services by relocating the state homeless programs from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to the Benefit, Employment, and Support Services Division. (SD1)
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HSG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING. Shortens the period over which low-income housing tax credits can be taken from 10 years to 5 years. (SD2)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Authorizes the Hawaii public housing authority to assess all the units in a state public housing project for common area expenses. (SD2)
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Amends criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities; excludes an invited guest. (SD1)
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HSG, JUD |
Decision making to follow.