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 HEARING

DATE:

MONDAY, February 26, 2007

TIME:

1:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 4

HB 758

HD1

(HSCR504)

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES.

Requires employers with fifty or more individuals to allow rest or meal periods for employees that work more than five consecutive hours. Repeals the exclusion of persons whose employment is governed by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act from the definition of "employee" under the State's wage and hour law.

LAB, FIN

HB 1294

(HSCR503)

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Provides an appropriate, cost-neutral adjustment of the base monthly contributions for retiree benefit plans, in the event the EUTF Board of Trustees adopts a revised rate structure for its retiree benefit plans.

LAB, FIN

HB 1290

(HSCR246)

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Eliminates confusion or misinterpretations regarding which "beneficiaries" of an employee killed in the performance of duty or of a deceased retiree are eligible to become EUTF employee-beneficiaries.

LAB, FIN

HB 1746

(HSCR310)

RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS.

Extends the sunset date of Act 245, SLH 2005, to 2013. Requires employee organizations that establish VEBA trusts to report to the legislature after two full years of implementation and annually thereafter.

LAB, FIN

HB 1379

(HSCR624)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

The purpose of this bill is to provide the same type of unemployment insurance (UI) coverage in state law as in federal law for the exclusion of certain alien agricultural workers and to conform coverage of Indian tribe workers under state law to federal law.

LAB, FIN

HB 751

(HSCR162)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Clarifies the time period in which the department of labor and industrial relations may expend funds appropriated under Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006. Clarifies restrictions on the use of funds.

LAB, FIN

HB 1500

HD1

(HSCR506)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Raises the maximum weekly unemployment benefit to 80% of the average weekly wage. Changes employer's contribution rates for the fiscal year 2007-2008 to 65% of amount in effect on 06/30/07, and thereafter to 75% of the amount in effect on 06/30/07.

LAB, FIN

HB 520

HD1

(HSCR568)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a cost benefit analysis of adjusting the formulas used to calculate the "adequate reserve fund" of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

LAB, FIN

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Chair