THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Thursday, April 1, 2004)

HB 2844

HD1, SD1

(SSCR2985)

RELATING TO CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE.

Allocates the one-half-cent increase in the tobacco tax that takes effect on July 1, 2004, and an additional one-half-cent increase in the tobacco tax, to prevention and treatment programs and services for crystal methamphetamine. (SD1)

HTH/HMS, WAM

HB 267

HD2, SD1

(SSCR2969)

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Transfers the Office of Elections, Elections Appointment and Review Panel, and Campaign Spending Commission from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of the Attorney General for administrative purposes. (SD1)

JHW/TMG, WAM

HB 1335

HD3, SD1

(SSCR2970)

RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS.

Provides that University of Hawaii students of Hawaiian ancestry be awarded partial to full tuition waivers, subject to admissions requirements and maintenance of satisfactory grade levels; provides for a legislative reference bureau study to expand its 1991 report to update its findings on tuition waivers for Hawaiian students and address legal concerns surrounding these issues. (SD1)

JHW/EDU, WAM

HB 2295

HD1

(SSCR2910)

RELATING TO COLLECTIONS ON DELINQUENT COURT-ORDERED PAYMENTS.

Authorizes the judiciary to contract with a bonded collection agency or licensed attorney to collect delinquent court-ordered payments; allows collection costs not to exceed fifty per cent to be added to the amount due. (HB2295 HD1)

JHW, WAM

     

 

No testimony will be accepted.

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