OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 53

50TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-APRIL 19, 2016

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

VMI -   Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts

WAL - Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB1907, HD2, SD2

RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Requires all law enforcement agencies and departments charged with maintenance, storage, and preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits to conduct an inventory of all kits they store and transmit a report of the number of untested sexual assault evidence kits they possess to the department of the attorney general.  Requires the department of the attorney general to report the number of untested sexual assault evidence kits being stored and various information related to those kits.  Appropriates funds to initiate testing of at least five hundred untested sexual assault evidence collected kits.  Takes effect on 1/7/2059.  (SD2)

 

HUS, JUD, PBS, FIN

HB2501, HD2, SD2

RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS.

Requires that where an application has been made for a lease to continue a previously authorized disposition of water rights, a holdover may be authorized annually until the pending application for the disposition of water rights is finally resolved or for three years, whichever is sooner.  Requires that the holdover is consistent with the public trust doctrine and any applicable law.  Makes an appropriation.  Applies to applications filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  Repeals on June 30, 2019.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JUD, FIN

HB2544, HD2, SD1

RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

Requires the State Procurement Office, in conjunction with the Department of Accounting and General Services, to conduct an analysis and review of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, specifically with regard to the awarding of construction contracts.  Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for the analysis and review.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EDB, JUD, FIN

HB2617, HD1, SD2

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Requires the counties to petition the Land Use Commission to reclassify lands.  Provides flexibility to the Land Use Commission in addressing violations of representations made to the Commission or conditions imposed by the Commission in the Commission's decisions and orders.  Effective 7/1/2076.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JUD, FIN