HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro, Chair

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee, Vice Chair

Rep. Della Au Belatti	Rep. Faye P. Hanohano	Rep. John Mizuno	Rep. James Kunane Tokioka
Rep. Tom Brower	Rep. Sharon E. Har	Rep. Bob Nakasone	Rep. Karen Leinani Awana
Rep. Mele Carroll	Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay	Rep. Karl Rhoads	Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer
Rep. Pono Chong	Rep. Joey Manahan	Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III	Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D.

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

DATE:

SATURDAY, February 24, 2007

TIME:

9:55 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 0

DECISION MAKING ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS PREVIOUSLY HEARD

HEARD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, AGENDA # 7:

HB 273

(HSCR187)

RELATING TO ANNUITIES.

Establishes standards and procedures to be followed by insurers or insurance producers when making recommendations to consumers who are considering the purchase or exchange of any annuity.

CPC, FIN

HB 90

HD1

(HSCR360)

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Enacts the National Conference of Insurance Legislators market conduct surveillance model law, which establishes a framework for the insurance commissioner to conduct market conduct examinations of domestic and foreign insurers.

CPC, FIN

HB 88

HD1

(HSCR436)

RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD.

Expands the department of commerce and consumer affairs' jurisdiction over insurance fraud to include workers' compensation cases, until July 1, 2010. Appropriates funds for additional personnel and resources within the department to combat insurance fraud.

CPC, FIN

HB 1006

HD1

(HSCR574)

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes the Office of the Director of Disaster Preparedness and a Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a disaster preparedness plan for Hawaii that includes the identification of hazards and hazard impact zones; disaster mitigation policies, requirements, and incentives; and best responses.

CPC/PSM, FIN

HB 989

(HSCR245)

RELATING TO LEAVE SHARING.

Allows employees to donate sick leave credits in addition to vacation credits to assist employees who are on extended leave due to illness.

LAB, FIN

HB 1493

HD1

(HSCR741)

RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

Exempts existing and new employees of the commission for crime victim compensation from civil service law as established in chapter 76.

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 763

HD1

(HSCR644)

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Amends workers' compensation law, including limiting an employer's ability to terminate benefits, authorizing the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by the injured employee, specifying procedures for medical examinations by the employer's physician, establishing fines for violations, requiring the reporting of denials of claims and relevant information, and further restricting the director of labor and industrial relations' rulemaking authority.

LAB, FIN

HB 867

(HSCR502)

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Allows negotiation between employers and public unions over workers' compensation coverage and benefits.

LAB, FIN

HB 855

HD1

(HSCR626)

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Ensures that uninterrupted medical care is provided to an injured employee, even if the injured employee's employer denies further treatment, until the director of labor and industrial relations renders a final decision on the matter.

LAB, FIN

HB 854

HD1

(HSCR645)

RELATING TO CONTINUED TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS TO INJURED EMPLOYEES.

Clarifies that temporary total disability benefits shall be terminated only upon order of the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations or if the employee's treating physician determines that the employee is able to resume work and the employer has made a bona fide offer of work within the employee's medical restrictions. Allows the employer to request that the Director issue a credit for the amount of temporary total disability benefits paid by the employer after the date which the Director had determined should have been the last date of payment.

LAB, FIN

HEARD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, AGENDA # 8:

HB 853

HD1

(HSCR448)

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS.

Clarifies that a single violation refers to each separate project where the department of labor and industrial relations finds a contractor has failed to comply with chapter 104.

LAB, EDB, FIN

HB 859

HD1

(HSCR311)

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Allows a public employer to negotiate procedures and criteria on promotions, transfers, assignments, demotions, layoffs, suspensions, terminations, discharges, or other disciplinary actions; requires negotiation over the impact of transfers, assignments, and layoffs of public employees.

LAB, FIN

HB 861

(HSCR347)

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS.

Requires that, for public works projects that are not directly caused by a governmental contracting agency, the department of labor and industrial relations be the responsible agency for ensuring compliance with the State's prevailing wage law. Requires the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for these projects to be promptly reported to the department of labor and industrial relations.

LAB, EDB, FIN

HB 863

(HSCR314)

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS.

Clarifies that a construction contract between private parties is a public work under certain conditions, that include state or county use of more than half the project. Requires construction project owner to sign a lease agreement that complies with state prevailing wage law. Requires that copies of the lease agreement be filed with the departments of labor and industrial relations and accounting and general services.

LAB, EDB, FIN

HB 1081

(HSCR348)

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS.

Allows a joint labor‑management committee established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 to institute an action for injunctive and other relief against an employer that fails to pay its employees the prevailing wage. Effective upon approval.

LAB, EDB, FIN

HB 391

HD1

(HSCR323)

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES.

Assists the legislature with fact-finding and promotes complete and truthful disclosure by prohibiting the payment of salaries of state employees who coerce, intimidate, or otherwise prevent subordinates from sharing information at legislative hearings or in response to other legislative inquiries.

LAB/LMG, FIN

HB 1561

(HSCR137)

RELATING TO LABOR.

Establishes labor representation procedures in developments in which the State or counties have an ongoing proprietary interest.

LAB, FIN

HB 1082

HD1

(HSCR505)

RELATING TO BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY.

Repeals the provision encouraging experimental modernization projects by county boards of water supply on July 1, 2008.

LAB, FIN

HB 1745

HD2

(HSCR688)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Establishes job security requirements upon the sale, merger or other transfer of a business establishment that employs 100 or more persons. Establishes penalties paid into the Employment and Training Fund and used for training and employment programs. Enables certain employers that acquire a business to also acquire its predecessor's unemployment insurance contribution assessment rate through December 31, 2007.

LAB, EDB, FIN

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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Chair