THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015
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Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair |
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Senator Ronald D. Kouchi, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
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9:00 AM |
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Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measures were previously heard in their respective standing committees:
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RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Establishes the protective order card pilot program within the Honolulu family justice center to issue protective order cards upon request of individuals holding a long term protective order issued by a court of the first circuit of the State, with specified relevant information about the protective orders and all covered parties. Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to the Honolulu family justice center. Sunsets on 12/31/2018. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the office of elections to implement elections by mail in a county with a population of less than 100,000, beginning with the 2016 primary election; and in each county with a population of less than 500,000, beginning with the 2018 primary election. Beginning in 2020, requires all federal, state, and county primary, special primary, general, special general, and special elections to be conducted by mail. Provides places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots and ensures a limited number of voter service centers in each county to remain open on the day of election to allow voters with special needs to vote and receive personal delivery of absentee, permanent absentee, and mail-in ballots. Makes conforming amendments. Requires annual reports on implementation. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Takes effect 01/07/2059. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Provides for the payment of bus fare to jurors and prospective jurors as an alternative to the mileage fee.
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE CIVIL PROCESS. Increases service of civil process fees. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS ON PUBLIC WORKS. Allows overtime compensation on public works projects to exceed time and one-half and specifies that if the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations determines that a prevailing wage is defined by collective bargaining, overtime will be at rates set by the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Specifies that overtime compensation and other premium pay rates are those rates specified in an applicable collective bargaining agreement when the basic hourly rate is established by a collective bargaining agreement. Effective date 07/01/2030. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. Transfers OIP from LG to DAGS on 7/1/2016. Clarifies the independence of OIP as an administratively attached agency. Clarifies the employment status of OIP attorneys and the civil service exemption for OIP personnel. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Requires, for collective bargaining for unit (9), three votes for the governor, two votes for the HHSC board, and one vote for the chief justice. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO SECTION 237-23, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Corrects the inadvertent repeal of wording from section 237-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes and provides a retroactive effective date. (HB 966 HD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires injured public employees who are eligible to take part in an employer's return to work program do so as a prerequisite to receiving vocational rehabilitation through workers' compensation coverage. Effective January 07, 2059. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. Establishes the Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund to stabilize the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund when there is insufficient money to cover the costs of providing benefits to employee-beneficiaries and dependent-beneficiaries. Caps employer contributions to the other post-employment benefits (OPEB) trust fund when the separate accounts for each public employer within the OPEB trust fund have a combined balance of at least $2,000,000,000. Allows the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to invest moneys in the same manner as the Employees' Retirement System. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Allows those applying for liquor licenses to present a certificate of vendor compliance issued by Hawaii compliance express to establish they do not owe delinquent taxes, penalties, or interest. (HB293 HD1)
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PSM/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO POLICE. Appropriates moneys as a grant-in-aid to the city and county of Honolulu to purchase body cameras for their police officers and to establish a Honolulu Police Department Body Camera Pilot Program, provided that the City and County of Honolulu provide matching funds on a 1:1 basis. (HB365 HD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY. Exempts the Hawaii cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator from civil service. Authorizes the coordinator to hire a secretary to assist the coordinator. Appropriates moneys. (SD1)
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PSM/EDT, WAM |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Requires the department of public safety to construct a multi-story correctional facility at the Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the planning, design, and construction of the multi-story correctional facility. (SD1)
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PSM/HTH, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ENHANCED 911 BOARD. Provides the Enhanced 911 Board with the authority to hire employees. Effective July 1, 2030. (SD1)
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PSM/JDL, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. Appropriates funds to the judiciary and the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu to support the Veterans Treatment Court. (HD1)
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PSM/JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE COMMUTER BENEFITS PROGRAM. Authorizes the counties to adopt an ordinance requiring employers to offer employees specified commuter benefits options. Effective July 1, 2030. (SD1)
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PSM/TRA/JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Exempts qualifying totally and permanently disabled veterans from paying the State motor vehicle registration fee. Requires the office of veterans services to report the number of qualifying veterans to the legislature and department of taxation. Effective July 1, 2020. (SD1)
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PSM/TRA, WAM |
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RELATING TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. Authorizes the counties to establish and charge user fees for stormwater management. (HB1325 HD1)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. Exempts the disposition or grant of rights to place one or more names on a state or county building, in accordance with applicable county sign ordinances, from the sealed bid process and the fifteen year limitation on concession contracts. Takes effect on 07/01/2030. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO STATE FACILITIES. Requires the Auditor to conduct a study of various departmental engineering sections that manage general fund capital improvement projects. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes a procurement task force to identify and propose amendments, if any, to the procurement code that may better promote economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and impartiality in the procurement of public works construction projects, specifically regarding statewide past performance standards and processes. Takes effect on 7/1/2030. (SD1)
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GVO, WAM |
Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6800.
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_____________________________________ Senator Jill N. Tokuda Chair |
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