THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE


                COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
             Senator Carol Fukunaga, Co-Chair
              Senator Andrew Levin, Co-Chair

                     NOTICE OF HEARING

        DATE:  Tuesday, February 15, 2000

        TIME:  9:00 a.m.

        PLACE: Conference Room 211
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street



                        A G E N D A

S.B. 2131     Relating to Federal Construction                  WAM
              
              Provides a general excise tax exemption and exclusion on
              the gross proceeds arising from federal construction
              contracts awarded and received by state contractors and
              subcontractors licensed under the contractors law.
              (Kawamoto)

S.B. 364      Relating to Taxation                          CPN, WAM
SD1
              Includes within the general excise tax exemption for
              insurance companies' gross proceeds, proceeds received by
              corporate attorney-in-fact in connection with
              admininstrative functions performed on behalf of
              reciprocal insurer.  (Kanno/Taniguchi)

S.B. 2544     Relating to the Legislative Analyst               WAM
  
              Provides that the legislature, by majority vote of each
              house in joint session, shall appoint the legislative
              analyst who shall serve for a period of 6 years.
              (Fukunaga/Levin)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S.B. 2354     Relating to Public Access                         WAM

              Appropriation to the legislative reference bureau to hire
              a 2nd full time staff person for the public access room.
              Appropriation to the legislature for a legislative audio
              streaming pilot project.  Appropriation to the legislature
              for a childcare pilot program. (Ihara, et al.)

SCR 12        Adopting Key Community Outcomes of Well-Being     WAM
              for the People of the State of Hawaii 
              (Mizuguchi B/R)




             DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.


Persons wishing to testify should submit 40 copies of their testimony to
the committee clerk, Room 213, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the
hearing.  Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to
the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free
for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Please be
prepared to summarize your testimony upon request.  When faxing, please
indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the
hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to
participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter,
wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled), please
contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements
can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6800.



____________________________      _______________________________
Senator Carol Fukunaga            Senator Andrew Levin
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair