HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2004
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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE |
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Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair |
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Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu |
Rep. Glenn Wakai |
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Rep. Sol P. Kaho`ohalahala |
Rep. Thomas Waters |
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Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay |
Rep. Kika G. Bukoski |
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Rep. Romy M. Mindo |
Rep. Mark G. Jernigan |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Colleen R. Meyer |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
Rep. Mark S. Moses |
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Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, March 2, 2004 |
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TIME: |
10:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A # 1
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HB 1780 (HSCR22-04) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Limits paid leave for government employees who attend parent-teacher conferences to two (2) hours, and clarifies that government employees are eligible to receive paid leave to attend the parent-teacher conferences of adult children who are attending a public or private school in grades kindergarten through twelve. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1924 (HSCR152-04) |
RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. Requires teachers to receive their normal annual increment or longevity increase, as the case may be, for a year's satisfactory service in any fiscal year that an increase in the appropriate salary schedule is effected, except as provided by law. |
LAB/EDN, FIN |
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HB 1778 HD1 (HSCR148-04) |
RELATING TO WAGES. Authorizes an employer to furnish to an employee an electronic record of an employee's total gross compensation, the amount and purpose of each deduction, total net compensation, date of payment, and pay period covered, in lieu of a printed, typewritten, or handwritten record, upon receipt of written authorization from the employee. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2025 HD2 (HSCR304-04) |
RELATING TO EQUAL PAY. Prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of gender by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee of the opposite sex for equal work, except when the difference in compensation is based on a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, a bona fide occupational qualification, or a differential based on any factor other than sex. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2873 HD1 (HSCR282-04) |
RELATING TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Establishes a mechanism for individuals to open health savings accounts. |
LAB/HLT, FIN |
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HB 2408 HD1 (HSCR383-04) |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows health insurers to treat a bona fide trade association and its members as a single group for the purpose of issuing a health insurance policy, while allowing members of the bona fide trade association to opt out and obtain their own insurance. Prohibits the health insurer from requiring the association to offer only that insurer's plan. Defines bona fide trade association. |
LAB/HLT, CPC, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 35 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) ROOM 306, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.
IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6200.
IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.
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________________________________________ Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine Chair |