HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair

Rep. Mele Carroll	Rep. Clift Tsuji
Rep. Pono Chong	Rep. Glenn Wakai
Rep. Cindy Evans	Rep. Ryan I. Yamane
Rep. Marilyn B. Lee	Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita
Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay	Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer
Rep. Bob Nakasone	Rep. Mark S. Moses
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto	Rep. Kymberly Pine
Rep. Kameo Tanaka	Rep. Anne V. Stevens

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2006
TIME:	11:30 A.M.
PLACE:	Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 2

HB 1809 HD1 (HSCR17-06)	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE. Allows member of U.S. armed forces on active service outside of Hawaii to renew driver's license within 90 days of the member's return to Hawaii or discharge from hospitalization.	PSM/TRN, FIN
HB 1879 (HSCR8-06)	RELATING TO VETERANS. Appropriates money for the Department of Defense to publish the Hawaii Veterans' Newsletter.	PSM, FIN
HB 3121 HD1 (HSCR417-06)	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Directs Director of Civil Defense to establish criteria, rules, and conditions for providing emergency shelters for pet animals and to identify public shelters suitable for sheltering pet animals; and may identify private shelters that are also suitable for sheltering pet animals.	PSM, FIN
HB 1999 (HSCR126-06)	RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENSE. Establishes a new department of civil defense to which all civil service, disaster relief, and emergency preparedness powers and functions currently assumed by the state department of defense shall be transferred.	PSM/LAB, FIN
HB 2443 (HSCR423-06)	RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT. Ratifies the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and allows Hawaii to become a member.	PSM, JUD, FIN
HB 2444 HD1 (HSCR285-06)	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Prohibits the state or counties from expending federal funds under the State Homeland Security Program (Program) unless the state Department of Defense submits a report detailing expenditures under the Program and a plan for homeland security that includes certain priorities.	PSM, FIN
HB 2446 HD1 (HSCR416-06)	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INCREASING POWER GENERATING CAPACITY FOR THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER. Appropriates $1 from the hurricane reserve trust fund for a chapter 42F grant to The Queen's Medical Center to upgrade generator capacity for its trauma center to ensure sufficient capacity in the event of a major disaster.	PSM, FIN

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 45 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IN 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 ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH 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.

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Rep. Dwight Takamine

Chair