COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Thursday, March 27, 2003

Conference Room 308; State Capitol

2:00 p.m. AGENDA:

SB 3

SD1

(HSCR1009)

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for North Hawaii Community Hospital, Inc.

HLT, FIN

SB 1241

HD1

(HSCR1074)

RELATING TO CANCER EXAMINATIONS.

Repeals requirement for hospitals to offer a uterine cytologic examination for cancer to every female in-patient twenty years of age of older unless the exam is contraindicated by attending physician or was performed within the previous year.

HLT, FIN

SB 1357

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1075)

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.

Streamlines the registration of births and deaths occurring in the State.

HLT, FIN

SB 870

SD2, HD1

(HSCR995)

RELATING TO HOMELESS SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii for programs and services for the homeless.

HSH, FIN

SB 1661

SD2

(HSCR938)

RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII.

Requires the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to complete the construction of the Villages of Kapolei within five years of effective date of this Act.

HSH, FIN

SB 1352

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1040)

RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.

Extends the community care foster family homes law until June 30, 2005.

HSH, JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

 

2:45 p.m. AGENDA:

SB 945

SD1

(HSCR1115)

RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

Allocates moneys from Tobacco Settlement Special Fund to Office of Youth Services, DOE, and counties to establish dedicated source of funding for nonschool-hour youth programs.

HSH/HLT, EDN, FIN

SB 585

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1022)

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

Increases eligibility to the State Children's Health Insurance Program to 300% of the federal poverty level, or the maximum allowed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Implements outreach program for children in need of insurance.

HSH/HLT, FIN

SB 1381

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1128)

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

Provides funding to open and operate the Kapolei Public Library.

EDN, FIN

SB 1332

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1082)

RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

Establishes an executive salary commission to review and recommend the salaries of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the department heads of the Executive Branch, executive officers, and the deputy department heads. Provides that commission convene in the month of November 2003, and convene every eight years thereafter and that recommendations be made to the legislature.

LAB, FIN

SB 1333

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1083)

RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

Authorizes the judicial salary commission to determine salaries for justices, judges, and appointed administrative judiciary officers effective July 1, 2004, and every eight years thereafter, subject to legislative and gubernatorial approval.

LAB, FIN

SB 830

SD1, HD2

(HSCR1122)

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS.

Implements the recommendations of the criminal history record check working group established pursuant to Act 263, SLH 2001, to address inconsistencies and duplicative statutory language authorizing record checks for employment background checks, certifications, and licensing of individuals.

LAB, JUD, FIN

SB 635

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1093)

RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES.

Establishes a problem solving courts special fund for various treatment programs as directed by the chief justice of the judiciary. Directs $_____ in fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 from uncontested fines, forfeitures, assessments, and penalties for traffic infractions to the judiciary computer system special fund, and deposits the excess uncontested fines, forfeitures, assessments, and penalties for traffic infractions, grants, donations, and other funding sources into the problem solving courts special fund.

JUD, FIN

SB 1279

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1137)

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Synchronizes timing of receipt of settlement moneys from the Tobacco Master Settlement and the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement to match the timing of revenues and expenses utilized. Expands the authorized uses of the funds contained in the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund to include the enforcement of tax stamp requirements. Transfers the moneys held in the Cigarette Tax Stamp Enforcement Special Fund into the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund.

JUD, FIN

SB 1393

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1120)

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

Establishes a new department of corrections, transfers correctional programs from the department of public safety to the department of corrections, and changes the name of the department of public safety to the department of law enforcement to more accurately reflect its mission.

PSM/LAB, JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Thursday, March 27, 2003

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

2:00 p.m. AGENDA:

SB 1267

HD1

(HSCR1002)

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Refines the enforcement responsibilities of the Department of the Attorney General regarding enforcement of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, cigarette tax stamping requirements, the "gray market" enforcement requirements, and tobacco reporting requirements.

CPC, JUD

SB 373

SD1, HD1

(HSCR972)

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Establishes the time at which the purchaser of an apartment at a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure becomes responsible for the owner's share of common assessments and expenses; creates exceptions.

CPC, JUD

SB 42

SD1

(HSCR1029)

RELATING TO WATERCRAFT.

Requires vessels more than one mile off shore to be equipped with a properly functioning Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) or VHF-FM radio. Exempts canoes, thrill craft, surfboards, and paddleboards. Exempts kayaks and training sailboats accompanied by a vessel with an EPIRB or VHF-FM radio.

WLH, JUD

SB 552

SD2, HD1

(HSCR981)

RELATING TO LANDOWNERS' LIABILITY.

Encourages landowners to allow land and water access for invasive species control or eradication by limiting the landowners' liability toward persons entering their property for these control and eradication purposes.

WLH/EEP, JUD

SB 255

SD2

(HSCR1088)

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Prevents private restrictions that are not for protecting environmental and cultural resources from being placed on agricultural lands.

AGR/WLH, JUD

SB 1594

(HSCR1028)

RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Adds a member with substantial experience in traditional Hawaiian water resource management techniques and in traditional riparian usage to the Commission on Water Resource Management.

WLH, JUD

HCR 10 HD1/ HR 10 HD1

(HSCR24) / (HSCR23)

REQUESTING THAT THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS RECOGNIZE AN OFFICIAL POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIGENOUS HAWAIIAN PEOPLE.

WLH, JUD

HCR 29/HR 34

(HSCR868) / (HSCR867)

REQUESTING CONGRESS TO END THE "GLOBAL GAG RULE" IMPOSED ON INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.

INT, JUD

HCR 12

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO RE-EVALUATE THE PLACEMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN.

JUD, FIN

HCR 134/HR 111

REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF THE HAWAII STATE JUDICIARY, DIVISION OF DRIVER EDUCATION.

JUD, FIN

HCR 45/HR 48

REQUESTING THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT TO EVALUATE THE SENTENCING OF CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC LAWS OR ORDINANCES.

JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

2:30 p.m. AGENDA:

SB 474

SD2

(HSCR1008)

RELATING TO THE AUDITOR.

Designates the auditor as authorized representative of the department of education and department of health for purposes of accessing student records.

LMG, JUD

SB 11

(HSCR1114)

RELATING TO TEMPORARY PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.

Exempts temporary public school facilities, such as trailers and portable classrooms, including nonpublic facilities, such as storerooms and offices, from state or county laws if those laws that exceed federal ADA requirements.

EDN, JUD

SB 51

(HSCR969)

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.

Authorizes the director of transportation to grant an intrastate waiver for insulin users to obtain a commercial driver's license.

TRN, JUD

SB 1405

(HSCR1032)

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

Authorizes the issuance of commercial driver licenses to eligible persons domiciled in Hawaii.

TRN, JUD

SB 1407

(HSCR971)

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

Extends reciprocity to persons with a valid commercial driver's license issued by another state or a Canadian province.

TRN, JUD

SB 1406

(HSCR970)

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

Deletes the requirement that commercial driver's licenses include the licensee's social security number on the license.

TRN, JUD

SB 91

SD2

(HSCR1030)

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Authorizes department of transportation to remove obstructions that block or interfere with traffic or endanger public safety on state highways. Limits liability for damage to personal property.

TRN, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Thursday, March 27, 2003

2:15 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 5/HR 8

REQUESTING THAT ALL OPERATING SODA MACHINES IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS DISPENSE ONLY HEALTHY AND NON-CARBONATED BEVERAGES.

EDN/HLT, FIN

HCR 27

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE SCHOOL HEALTH AIDES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH DEPENDABLE SUBSTITUTES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL SCHOOL HEALTH ROOMS ARE STAFFED AT ALL TIMES BY QUALIFIED HEALTH PERSONNEL.

EDN/HLT, FIN

HCR 6/HR 9

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO ESTABLISH A SUN PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR HAWAII'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.

HLT/EDN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Thursday, March 27, 2003

2:20 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

Decision making only (heard on March 20, 2003):

HCR 149/HR 120

STRONGLY URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO REQUIRE ALL STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM TO SHOW PROOF OF FULL IMMUNIZATION AGAINST THE HEPATITIS B VIRUS PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT.

HED/HLT, FIN

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Thursday, March 27, 2003

2:45 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 31/HR 36

REQUESTING STRONG SUPPORT BY CONGRESS FOR TITLE IX, THE PATSY TAKEMOTO MINK EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION ACT.

EDN/HED

HCR 106

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE ON ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT HAWAII'S STUDENTS MEET HIGH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN EDUCATION ABOUT ASIA AND THE PACIFIC AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE STATE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGION.

EDN/HED, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Thursday, March 27, 2003

3:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 118

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO OBTAIN REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE USE OF THE LANDS ON MAUNA KEA BY THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES.

HED, FIN

HCR 194

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY TO EXPAND ITS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON DEPRESSION DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT.

HED, FIN

 

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Thursday, March 27, 2003

3:15 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HCR 8

(HSCR858)

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE ON GRADUATED PARENTING.

HSH/HLT, EDN, FIN

HR 93

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP WAYS TO INCREASE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION ON A SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL BASIS.

EDN

HCR 146/HR 117

REQUESTING MEMBERS OF HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO WORK TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FUNDS NECESSARY TO MEET THE MANDATES OF THE FEDERAL "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001".

EDN

HCR 147/HR 118

URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION TO DECLINE ANY FURTHER PARTICIPATION IN THE "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001" AND TO RETURN ALL TITLE I PROGRAM MONEYS CONDITIONED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACT BY THE STATE OF HAWAII.

EDN, FIN

HCR 38/HR 42

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO REVIEW THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE HAVE MEANINGFUL PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

EDN, LMG

HCR 154

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO RESEARCH OPTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING A DEDICATED FUNDING MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS SPECIFIED IN ACT 77, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1997, RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE.

EDN, FIN

HCR 160/HR 125

DESIGNATING APRIL 2003 AS "FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR YOUTH IN HAWAII MONTH."

EDN

HCR 161/HR 126

REQUESTING THE FORMATION OF A LONG-RANGE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

EDN, FIN

HCR 185/HR 149

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT CAREER PATHWAYS AS A PART OF A SCHOOL REFORM MODEL TO INCLUDE THE REDESIGN OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES.

EDN, FIN

HCR 117/HR 102

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ENTER INTO A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION AGREEMENT FOR A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KAHULUI, MAUI.

EDN, FIN

HCR 186/HR 150

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEODORA MALLICK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PAHOA SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.

EDN, FIN

HCR 208

URGING THE U.S. CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE THE MERITS AND SUCCESSES OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM AND TO REJECT ANY PROPOSAL TO LIMIT THE PROGRAM'S SCOPE OR TO MOVE IT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

EDN

 

For the purpose of receiving testimony and discussion, the Committee will be hearing the following resolution reflecting the deletion of current contents and the insertion of new language in the proposed amended form:

HCR 3/HR 6

 

 

 

PROPOSED HD1

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

RELATING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL/COMMUNITY-BASED MANAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS.

EDN, FIN

Comments should be directed to the proposed House Draft. Copies of the proposed House Draft are available from the Education Chair's Office, State Capitol Room 444.

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Friday, March 28, 2003

9:00 a.m. - completion

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

AGR only:

HCR 46/HR 49

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CONSIDER MODIFYING ADMINISTRATIVE RULES TO RESTRICT THE IMPORTATION OF GREEN COFFEE BEANS INTO THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AGR

HCR 67/HR 70

REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SERVE KONA COFFEE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

AGR, EDB

 

HCR 216/HR 168

SUPPORTING THE MANY BENEFITS OF HAWAI`I GROWN CHOCOLATE TO OUR STATE AND DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE.

AGR

Decision making to follow.

 

AGR/EEP only:

HCR 158/HR 123

URGING A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STOP THE IMPORTATION OF ALIEN AQUATIC ORGANISMS THAT COULD BECOME INVASIVE.

AGR/EEP

HCR 144/HR 116

ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ASSESS THE ETHICAL, HEALTH, AND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CROSSING THE SPECIES BOUNDARY AND CREATING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS IN HAWAII.

EEP/AGR, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

AGR/WLH only:

HCR 157

RESOLUTION TO FORMALIZE THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE WORKING GROUP IN ADDRESSING THE MANDATE OF ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND RELATED AGRICULTURAL AND LAND ISSUES.

AGR/WLH

Decision making to follow.