COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Thursday, February 4, 1999
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 329, State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 1086  RELATING TO EDUCATION.                                              EDN
         Gives the Department more flexibility in regulating courses of study.
HB 1087  RELATING TO EDUCATION.                                          EDN,FIN
         Enables the Department  to  assess  tuition  to  cover the expenses for
         supplemental, discretionary, out-of-school time instructional programs.
         Exempts the  Department  from  transferring  special  funds for out-of-
         school time instructional programs to the general fund to cover central
         service expenses.
HB 1088  RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.                                  EDN,FIN
         Permits the  Board  of  Education  to  determine  the  starting age for
         children entering kindergarten and first grade.
HB 1089  RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR TEACHER
         TRAINEES.                                                   EDN,JHA,FIN
         Authorizes mandatory criminal history checks on teacher trainees.
HB 1093  RELATING TO STUDENT-CENTERED SCHOOLS.                           EDN,FIN
         Increases the accountability  of  local  school  boards for the results
         produced by student-centered schools.   Ensures equitable funding among
         all public schools.
HB 1094  RELATING TO EDUCATION.                                          EDN,FIN
         Establishes  alternative  education   options   for  students  who  are
         expelled, suspended  or  cause  chronic  disruption  to the educational
         process.  Appropriates $90,000 for provider contracts.
HB 1099  RELATING TO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.                                 EDN,FIN
         Requires each school to set  its own performance indicators, including,
         at a minimum, student test  scores, school attendance, student drop-out
         rates and parental involvement, and  to  set its own achievement goals,
         known as  benchmarks,  to  improve  performance  over  its own previous
         levels.  
HB 1168  RELATING TO THE LIBRARY ENHANCED SERVICES PROGRAM.             EDN, FIN
         Continues the Enhanced Services Program through July 1, 2002.
HB 1169  RELATING TO REALLOCATION OF VACANT LIBRARY
         POSITIONS.                                                  EDN,LAB,FIN
         Extends  the  already-existing  authority  of  the  state  librarian to
         administratively reallocate vacant positions and to establish temporary
         positions for three years, until 2002.
HB 1170  RELATING TO COST-RECOVERY FEES FOR DELINQUENT LIBRARY ACCOUNTS. EDN,FIN
         Grants the Board of Education the  authority  to establish a fee of not
         more than $10 to be added  to    delinquent patron accounts at the time
         they are referred to a collection agency.

 
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HB 1171  RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN.                            EDN,LAB,FIN
         To authorize the Board of Education  to appoint the State Librarian and
         to set forth the terms and conditions of employment and salary.        

Decision making to follow.


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Thursday, February 4, 1999
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325, State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 1444  RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF NOTARY RECORDS.                  JHA,FIN
         Requires notary  public  records  to  be  deposited  with  the attorney
         general rather than the courts.
HB 1454  RELATING TO FEES.                                               JHA,FIN
         Removes fee for application for appointment of special administrator by
         court order; informal probate  or  appointment proceeding under chapter
         560; and application under  chapter  560 for formal testacy proceedings
         or for  supervised  administration.    Adds  $100  fee  for domiciliary
         foreign personal representative.
HB 1001  RELATING TO JUDGMENT LIENS IN FAVOR OF THE STATE.               JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that judgment in favor of the State and the liens which arise
         from those judgments are not limited  to the ten-year duration of other
         judgments.
HB 1002  RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.                 JHA,FIN
         Exempts from  the  Procurement  Code  contracts  for  attorneys who are
         employed or retained to perform legal  services for the State or any of
         its agencies outside Hawaii.
HB 986   RELATING TO REMEDIES OF PART VII, CHAPTER 103D,
         HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.                                        JHA,FIN
         Proposes revisions to  the  State  Procurement  Code to clarify protest
         procedures and other remedies available.
HB 1052  RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.                                         JHA,FIN
         Transfers fines and forfeitures from uncontested traffic infractions to
         the counties in fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter.
HB 1111  RELATING TO YEAR 2000 ERRORS BY COMPUTER-BASED
         SYSTEMS                                                         JHA,FIN
         Provides protection for  persons  who  exercise commercially reasonable
         efforts to identify and find  solutions for computer-based systems that
         may be affected by year 2000 errors.
HB 1105  RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BASED ON YEAR 2000
         ERRORS BY COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS.                               JHA,FIN
         Amends the Y2K immunity provisions established.  Extends the time frame
         covered by the immunity for government computer systems beyond June 30,
         1999.

 
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HB 988   MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR STATE GOVERNMENT
         TO IMPLEMENT YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE EFFORTS.                      JHA,FIN
         Provides funding for  continued  testing,  modification, and support of
         the State's computer systems for Year 2000 compliance.
HB 1193  RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.                              JHA,FIN
         Clarifies and update provisions relating to controlled substances. 

Decision making to follow.


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Thursday, February 4, 1999
3:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325, State Capitol

AGENDA:

Decision making only:
HB 55    RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST.                                  JHA,FIN
         Extends the income and proceeds from the pro rata portion of the public
         land trust for an additional 2 years.
HB 165   RELATING TO ELECTIONS.                                              JHA
         Amends the definition of  contribution  to include gifts to committees.
         Provides  that  political  parties   shall   be  subject  to  the  same
         contribution limits applicable to persons  and other entities.  Reduces
         the amount of contributions that  may  be  made to a political party in
         any two year election period from $50,000 to $6,000.


COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

Thursday, February 4, 1999
6:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325, State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 350   RELATING TO THE  GENERAL  EXCISE  TAXATION  OF  RECIPROCAL INSURERS AND
         THEIR ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT.                                       CPC, FIN
         Includes a reciprocal insurer's  attorney-in-fact  in the definition of
         insurance company for the purposes of exemption from the general excise
         tax.
HB 352   RELATING TO INSURANCE.                                         CPC, FIN
         Requires mutual benefit  societies  selling  long-term care policies to
         pay premium taxes and guaranty association assessments.
HB 1067  RELATING TO INSURANCE.                                         CPC, FIN
         Mandates   continuing   education   for   general   agents,  subagents,
         solicitors, designated representatives,  and  nonresident agents in the
         State of Hawaii.

 
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HB 1069  RELATING TO INSURANCE.                                         CPC, FIN
         Amends  the  provisions  governing  the  assessment  for  the Insurance
         Examiners Revolving Fund, and to  repeal  the sunset provisions for the
         fund and statutes enacted for accreditation.
HB 63    RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.                                    CPC, FIN
         Establishes recovery agencies to seize  the license plates of uninsured
         motor vehicles.    Also  establishes  an  on-line  computer network and
         database for purposes of verifying whether  a vehicle has a current no-
         fault insurance policy prior to  the registration, renewal, or transfer
         of registration of a motor vehicle.
HB 1064  RELATING TO HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND BONDS.                CPC, FIN
         Extends  the  authorization   period   to  issue  reimbursable  general
         obligation bonds for the purposes  of  the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund
         (HHRF).
HB 460   RELATING TO CHECK CASHING.                                     CPC, FIN
         Requires the registration of check-cashing businesses.
HB 1062  RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.                CPC, FIN
         Removes the restrictions on  establishment or acquisition of interstate
         branches in Hawaii by out-of-state banks.
HB 936   RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PAPER.                                  CPC, JHA
         Provides assessments and other penalties for dishonored checks.
HB 1082  RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.                            CPC, FIN
         Provides a source of  funds  from  the  franchise  tax revenues for the
         financial institution examiners' revolving fund.
HB 1083  RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.   CPC, FIN
         Corrects  the  statutory  reference  to   the  Director  as  being  the
         Commissioner of Securities, and  allows  the  department to be fiscally
         self-sufficient by creating a Commerce and Consumer Affairs Fund.
HB 1717  RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS.                             CPC, FIN
         Repeals exemption from licensing  and regulatory provisions, applicable
         to motor vehicle repair dealers  and motor vehicle mechanics, for state
         employees in carrying out government functions.
HB 791   RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS.              CPC, FIN
         Amends provisions relating to  the  continuing education of real estate
         brokers and salespersons.   Changes  requirement  to  5 hours each year
         instead of 10 hours every  2  years.  Authorizes real estate commission
         to develop own courses.
HB 1522  RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY APPRAISALS.                          CPC, FIN
         Exempts county real property appraisers from law regulating real estate
         appraisers.

Decision making to follow.



 
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COMMITTEES ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING/HEALTH

Friday, February 5, 1999
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Noon
Conference Room 329, State Capitol

AGENDA:

HSH/HLT only:
HB 174   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE
         PROGRAM CARE BENEFITS PLAN.                                 HSH/HLT,FIN
         Appropriates money for the Children's Health Insurance Program.        
HB 1337  RELATING TO TAXES.                                     HSH/HLT,CPC, FIN
         Removes  the  deduction  of  long-term  care  services,  insurance  and
         premiums from Section 213, Internal Revenue Code. 

Decision making to follow.


HSH only:
HB 170   RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE TAX BENEFITS.                   HSH/HLT, FIN
         Creates an income tax deduction for  an individual for payment of long-
         term care insurance premiums.
HB 663   RELATING TO INSURANCE.                                         HSH, CPC
         Requires non-profit hospitals  and  medical  service organizations that
         offer long-term care  insurance  to  pay  assessments  to  the life and
         disability insurance guaranty association and to pay premium taxes.
HB 542   RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE TAX BENEFITS.                       HSH, FIN
         Creates an income tax deduction for  an individual for payment of long-
         term care insurance premiums.
HB 545   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR
         LONG-TERM CARE.                                                 HSH,FIN
         Appropriates funds to establish a long-term care managed care waiver.
HB 549   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A LONG-TERM CARE
         VOLUNTEER OMBUDSMAN.                                           HSH, FIN
         Appropriates funds to establish a long-term care  volunteer ombudsman.  
HB 1679  RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES LONG-TERM.                   HSH, LAB, FIN
         Makes  participation  in  long-term   care  benefits  plan  for  public
         employees mandatory and funded entirely  by contributions by the Health
         Fund.
HB 1370  RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.                                     HSH
         Increases conveyance tax from $.10  to  $.20 per $100 and redistributes
         revenues to include 10%  to  homeless  shelters,  and  20% to bureau of
         conveyances for two years.
HB 1371  RELATING TO HOMELESS SHELTERS.                            HSH, TRN, FIN
         Appropriates  $100,000  in  FY  199-2000  to  the  DHS  to  establish a
         temporary  homeless  shelter  demonstration  project  at  the  Honolulu
         International Airport, including hiring a project manager.

 
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HB 1680  MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PROGRAMS AND
         SERVICES FOR HAWAII'S LOW-INCOME POPULATION.              HSH, LAB, FIN
         Appropriates funds for a facility  to  provide programs and services to
         low-income individuals and families.
HB 1121  RELATING TO THE SUNSET CLAUSE IN ACT 129, SESSION LAWS
         OF HAWAII.                                                HSH, JHA, FIN
         Allows the  state  to  continue  to  "opt  out"  from  federal benefits
         prohibitions to ensure the continued availability of treatment program. 
HB 1125  RELATING TO RECOVERY OF MEDICAL PAYMENTS.                 HSH, JHA, FIN
         Clarifies and standardizes  the  provisions regarding the reimbursement
         rights of the  Department  of  Human  Services in third-party liability
         situations.

Decision making to follow.


COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Friday, February 5, 1999
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309, State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 1071  RELATING TO THE INSURANCE CODE.                                LAB, CPC
         To amend  the  provisions  governing  the  employees  of  the Insurance
         Division.
HB 1582  RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.                                       LAB, FIN
         Authorizes a procurement  officer  to  use  project labor agreements to
         advance the State's procurement  interest in cost, efficiency, quality,
         labor-stability,  and  compliance  with  applicable  laws,  rules,  and
         regulations.  Repealed 6/30/04.
HB 1281  RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.                                       LAB, FIN
         Authorizes a procurement  officer  to  use  project labor agreements to
         advance the State's procurement  interest in cost, efficiency, quality,
         labor-stability,  and  compliance  with  applicable  laws,  rules,  and
         regulations.  Repealed 6/30/04.
HB 848   RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING.                           LAB, FIN
         Provides for the use of  substance abuse on-site screening tests (i.e.,
         portable substance  abuse  tests)  that  meet  the  requirements of the
         United States Food and Drug Administration for commercial distribution.
HB 486   RELATING TO BREASTFEEDING.                                     LAB, JHA
         Promotes the practice  of  breastfeeding  in  public accommodations and
         places of work.
HB 958   RELATING PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.                                    LAB, FIN
         Provides that severely handicapped  persons, certified for positions in
         public service, can transfer from  one position to another provided the
         new  position  requires  functions  that   the  person  is  capable  of
         performing.

 
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HB 145   RELATING TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS.                               LAB, FIN
         Eliminates overtime  compensation  from  the  calculation of retirement
         benefits for all employees after  6/30/99.  Clarifies that for purposes
         of determining the amount  of  a  member's  contribution to the annuity
         savings fund, a  member's  compensation  does  not include payments for
         overtime. 
HB 517   RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE.                                 LAB, FIN
         Provides that no person who is  required to register with the Selective
         Service System shall be eligible for state or county employment without
         appropriate written documentation.
HB 518   RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.                             LAB, HED, FIN
         Mandates those required to  register  with the selective service system
         to do  so  in  order  to  be  eligible  for  admission  into any public
         institution of higher education.
HB 522   RELATING TO THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK PROGRAM.                   LAB, EDN, FIN
         Transfers the  administration  and  supervision  of  the school-to-work
         opportunities   pilot   project    from   the   Hawaii   school-to-work
         opportunities executive council to the  DOE.   Makes the Hawaii school-
         to-work opportunities executive council an advisory body to the BOE.
HB 934   RELATING TO STATE CONTRACTS.                                   LAB, FIN
         Provides that first preference  will  be  given to unionized contractor
         bids  when  using  in-state  contractors  for  printing,  binding,  and
         stationery work.
HB 134   RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.                              LAB,JHA
         Disallows compensation for physical  or  mental injury resulting from a
         disciplinary or other  personnel  action  taken  in  good  faith by the
         employer.
HB 96    RELATING TO PENALTIES.                                         LAB, FIN
         Clarifies  existing  penalty  provisions  applied  to  contractors  who
         violate Chapter 104,  HRS,  which  deals  with  the  wages and hours of
         employees on public works.
HB 105   RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE.                               LAB, JHA, FIN
         Prohibits   Fire   Protection   Services   from   accepting  employment
         applications from persons older than 32 years of age.
HB 1159  RELATING TO THE HAWAII WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
         COUNCIL.                                                       LAB, FIN
         Adds the federal requirements for  a  workforce investment board to the
         Workforce Development Council's statutory provisions.

Decision making to follow.


Decision making only:
HB 104   RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.
HB 762   RELATING TO HEALTH FUND.
HB 1043  RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH FUND.
HB 564   RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HB 94    RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HB 97    RELATING TO PENSION AND RETIREMENT.
HB 146   RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

 
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HB 147   RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HB 671   RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HB 763   RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HB 1035  RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HB 1050  RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM.


COMMITTEE ON TOURISM

Friday, February 5, 1999
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312, State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 873   RELATING TO AMUSEMENT AND THEME PARKS.                      TSM,EDB,FIN
         Provides for  the  development  of  amusement  and  theme  parks by the
         department of business, economic development and tourism.  
HB 1013  MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII TOURISM
         AUTHORITY.                                                     TSM, FIN
         Proposes  an  emergency  appropriation  ($31,000,000)  for  the tourism
         special fund.
HB 221   RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.                       TSM,FIN
         Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to submit a long-term policy plan
         to the legislature twenty days before  the regular session of 2000, and
         that all future courses of  action implement the long-range policy plan
         recommendations.  
HB 872   RELATING TO SPORTS TOURISM.                                     TSM,FIN
         Provides for the development of  a sports complex to provide facilities
         for one or more  professional  foreign  or mainland baseball, football,
         soccer, or other  sports  leagues  or  teams,  and  for  the use of the
         complex by state residents when  the  facilities  are not in use by the
         teams.  Creates an excise tax exemption.  
HB 950   MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR  SPORTS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION, AND
         MARKETING.                                                      TSM,FIN
         Appropriates state funds for  the development, marketing, and promotion
         of sports tourism in Hawaii.
HB 1585  MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VISITOR ALOHA SOCIETY
         OF HAWAII.                                                      TSM,FIN
         Funding to support the efforts of the Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii. 

Decision making to follow.



 
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COMMITTEES ON WATER AND LAND USE/AGRICULTURE/ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Friday, February 5, 1999
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325, State Capitol

AGENDA:

Decision making only:
HB 367   RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION.                                 WLU,FIN
         Establishes a credit  against  income  tax  liability for taxpayers who
         install water conservation equipment that results in a 10% reduction in
         water use.
HB 204   RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND.                                    WLU,JHA,FIN
         Declares that the government is  not  liable for accidents and injuries
         occurring on unimproved public  property;  requires the state or county
         operating a public beach park develop  and implement a plan for warning
         of dangerous natural conditions; repeals Act 190, SLH 1996.
HB 706   RELATING TO HOMESTEAD LEASES.                               WLU,JHA,FIN
         Changes homestead  lease  amounts  to  $1.    Eliminates  cash freehold
         agreements.
HB 179   RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.                             WLU/AGR,FIN
         Create a temporary State of  Hawaii land evaluation and site assessment
         (LESA)  commission  comprised  of   thirteen   members  to  update  and
         reevaluate the 1986 LESA report and other related issues.
HB 126   RELATING TO LAND USE.                                       WLU/AGR,FIN
         Establishes a land evaluation and site assessment system.  Requires the
         land use commission, the  department  of agriculture, and the counties,
         to establish  district  boundaries  for  the  conservation of important
         agricultural lands, and other  lands  districts.   Abolishes the urban,
         rural, and agricultural districts.  Requires the DLNR, the DOA, and the
         counties to delineate  permitted  uses  and infrastructure standards in
         the conservation, important agricultural, and other lands districts.
HB 178   RELATING TO LAND USE.                                       WLU/EEP,FIN
         Creates an 11-member land use planning task force.
HB 800   RELATING TO THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.                 WLU/EEP,FIN
         Amends definition of  "potential  natural  area  reserve" in the forest
         stewardship program of DLNR.
HB 577   RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
         LAW.                                                    WLU/EEP,JHA,FIN
         Amends  the  environmental   impact   statement   law  to  require  the
         environmental  council  to  adopt  rules  establishing  methodology and
         content protocol for  projects  that  may significantly affect cultural
         resources, biological resources, sea walls, and well-water drilling and
         development. 

 
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HB 1410  RELATING TO HUNTER EDUCATION.                                   WLU,JHA
         Amends exemptions to hunter education requirements.
HB 1409  RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION.                            WLU,FIN
         Allows land use commission to charge fees for court reporters and other
         types of fees to be determined by the commission.
HB 1593  RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.                 WLU,FIN
         Designates the respective  manager  and  chief  engineer  of the county
         boards of water supply as the chief procurement officers for the county
         departments of water supply.
HB 755   RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.                                       WLU,FIN
         Specifies that lessees of public  lands own the improvements upon lease
         termination.

Decision making to follow.

 
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