THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

 

HB 1645

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1099)

RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT.

Reserves a portion of state fuel tax revenues paid in Honolulu to pay for a fixed guideway mass transit system. Eff. 7/1/2020. (SD1)

TGO/IGA, WAM

HB 160

HD2

(SSCR1249)

RELATING TO THE COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION FUND.

Provides a formula for determining assessments to be paid by each line of insurance regulated under the Insurance Code and caps these assessments at a total of $2,000,000 per fiscal year. Requires the Auditor to perform an annual financial and management audit of the insurance regulation sub-account of the Compliance Resolution Fund. (HB160 HD2)

CPH, WAM

HB 769

HD3, SD1

(SSCR1104)

RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

Exempts electric utility cooperative associations from the unclaimed property law. Requires annual unclaimed property report to the Director of Finance, that the cooperative remain responsible for payment of all future claims on the reported property, and that the unclaimed property be used for charitable purposes or for the benefit of the general membership of the cooperative. (SD1)

CPH, WAM

HB 863

HD2, SD1

(SSCR1103)

RELATING TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.

Requires DBEDT to develop and maintain a petroleum industry information reporting system. Establishes, funds, and appropriates moneys from the Petroleum Industry Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Special Fund. (SD1)

CPH, WAM

HB 115

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1198)

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS.

Appropriates funds for casket liners and to address the soil problems at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. (SD1)

EDM, WAM

HB 138

HD1

(SSCR1239)

RELATING TO BOOKMOBILES.

Appropriates funds for Hawaii State public library bookmobile services. (HB138 HD1)

EDM, WAM

HB 222

SD1

(SSCR1042)

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PRESCHOOLS OPEN DOORS PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the Preschools Open Doors Program. (SD1)

EDM/HMS, WAM

HB 758

HD2, SD1

(SSCR1199)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Requires the Department of Education to adhere to the state minimum wage law when setting wages for meal count assistants, adult supervisors, and classroom cleaners. (SD1)

EDM/LBR, WAM

HB 1278

HD2, SD1

(SSCR1167)

RELATING TO IMPROVING WATER QUALITY.

Appropriates funds for the Center for Conservation and Research Training at UH to, during phase 1, develop best strategies consistent with comprehensive watershed management to improve the water quality of Lake Wilson and to implement phase 2, a pilot demonstration project of constructed wetland designs. (HB1278 HD2)

WLA, WAM

HB 1280

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1226)

RELATING TO FLOOD CONTROL.

Provides for the development and implementation of flood control strategies for the two most severely flood impacted watersheds in the state by the center for conservation research and training of UH; appropriates unspecified EPA funds. (SD1)

WLA/HRE, WAM

HB 1360

HD2, SD1

(SSCR1227)

RELATING TO THE WAIALUA AGRIBUSINESS INCUBATOR.

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds for the planning of an agribusiness incubator in the Waialua District to be developed and managed by the University of Hawaii (UH). Requires UH to negotiate a memorandum of understanding with Dole Food Company, Inc., to provide for the conveyance of up to three acres of agricultural-zoned land and the lease of other lands within the Waialua District for the agribusiness incubator facility. (SD1)

WLA/HRE, WAM

HB 1641

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1171)

RELATING TO NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS.

Establishes the Non-Agricultural Park Land Special Fund to pay for costs incurred in managing, administering, and overseeing non-agricultural park lands that are transferred, or in the process of being transferred, to the Department of Agriculture. (SD1)

WLA, WAM

     

 

 

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NO ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair