SPEAKER'S OFFICE
                      TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

                          COMMITTEE REFERRALS


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              NO. 3  4TH LEGISLATIVE DAY  JANUARY 25, 1999
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Committee Abbreviations:

AGR - Agriculture                     HLT - Health
CAR - Culture & the Arts              HSH - Human Services and Housing
CPC - Consumer Protection &           JHA - Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
      Commerce                        LAB - Labor & Public Employment
EDB - Economic Development &          LMG - Legislative Management
      Business Concerns               OMR - Ocean Recreation & Marine
EDN - Education                             Resources
EEP - Energy & Environmental          PSM - Public Safety and
      Protection                            Military Affairs
FIN - Finance                         TRN - Transportation
HED - Higher Education                TSM - Tourism
                                      WLU - Water and Land Use

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                             HOUSE BILLS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.B. NO.                        Subject                      REFERRAL

 182     RELATING TO HUNTING                                 WLU,FIN
         Requires (instead of allows) DLNR to establish,
         maintain, manage, and operate game management
         areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public hunting
         areas.

 183     RELATING TO HUNTING                                 WLU,JHA,FIN
         Postpones for two years the sunset date for
         allowing licensed hunters to hunt with pistols
         and revolvers.

 184     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Requires a vice-principal at each public school.

 185     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Establishes maximum class sizes for the
         elementary grades.

 186     RELATING TO DEATH BENEFITS OF SURVIVING CHILDREN
         OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES                                 LAB,FIN
         Where there is no surviving spouse of employee
         who qualified for but had not yet retired, allows

 
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         surviving dependent children to receive ERS death
         benefits after age 18 while a full-time student
         or age 23, whichever occurs first.

 187     RELATING TO TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT                 TRN,JHA
         Repeals law decriminalizing traffic violations
         and reenacts preexisting law.

 188     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Exempts from general excise tax: (1) goods and
         services exported out of state; and (2)amounts
         prohibited from state taxation by the
         Constitution of the United States or federal law.

 189     RELATING TO MARIJUANA                               HLT,PSM/JHA
         Permits a state agency to dispose of marijuana by
         sale in a state where such a sale is legal for
         medicinal purposes.

 190     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX                  EDB,FIN
         Reduces the general excise tax rate on businesses
         not covered under other provisions of section
         237-13(10), HRS, from four per cent to three per
         cent.

 191     RELATING TO MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULES                   LAB,CPC,FIN
         Changes current medical fee schedule for workers'
         compensation reimbursement from 110% of Medicare
         to the annually adjusted federal workers'
         compensation medical fee schedule for use in
         Hawaii.

 192     RELATING TO LABOR LAWS                              LAB
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 193     RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS                       LAB
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 194     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT                              LAB
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 195     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT                              LAB
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 196     RELATING TO HOSPITALS                               HLT,FIN
         Establishes a hospital facility in Lahaina, Maui.

 197     RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS                        HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires referrals of all deaths to an organ
         procurement organization.

 198     RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND        CPC,FIN
         Amends membership of the HHRF advisory committee.

 199     RELATING TO THE OLD KAIMUKI PUBLIC LIBRARY          FIN

 
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         Converts the old Kaimuki public library to a
         senior center.

 200     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT   FIN
         Appropriates funds relating to the capital
         improvement projects for the benefit of the
         nineteenth representative district.

 201     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BLUE WATER MARINE
         LABORATORY                                          OMR/HED,FIN
         Making an appropriation for the Blue Water Marine
         Laboratory

 202     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND        LAB,FIN
         Requires employee-beneficiaries who retire after
         June 30, 1999, if eligible, to enroll in the
         federal Medicare plan for voluntary medical
         insurance coverage.  Provides that failure to
         enroll in the Medicare voluntary medical
         insurance plan will make the employee-beneficiary
         or dependent-beneficiary ineligible to
         participate in any benefit plan or receive any
         contribution offered by the fund.

 203     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEVELOP A NEUROSCIENCE
         INDUSTRY IN THE STATE                               HLT,EDB,FIN
         Appropriates funds to develop a neuroscience
         industry in the State.

 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.

 205     RELATING TO THE TASK FORCE ON BEACH AND SAFETY      JHA
         Makes permanent the task force on beach and water
         safety in the DLNR and requires it to continue to
         submit annual reports to the legislature.

 206     RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX LAW                          CPC,FIN
         Redefines cooler beverage to mean any liquor
         containing less than 7 per cent of alcohol by
         volume and blending material.

 207     RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS         EEP/WLU,FIN
         Requires the preparation of an environmental
         assessment for actions which propose any use of
         land when the use is subject to discretionary
         approval by a state or county agency.


 
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 208     RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
         CONTROL                                             EEP,WLU,FIN
         Requires publication of environmentally related
         permit applications in the OEQC bulletin.

 209     RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX LAW              EDB,FIN
         Defines sales of certain condiments and certain
         packaging to retail merchants as a sale for
         wholesale.

 210     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 4
         AND 5, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ESTABLISH
         LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS                             JHA
         Limits state senators to 3 4-year terms and state
         representatives to 5 2-year terms beginning after
         1/1/02. (ConAm)

 211     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EXPANDED SERVICES AT
         LEAHI HOSPITAL                                      HLT,FIN
         Appropriates funds to expand services at Leahi
         Hospital.

 212     RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
         INTOXICATING LIQUOR                                 TRN,JHA
         Imposes a mandatory minimum consecutive jail
         sentence of 48 hours and not more than 30-days
         and a mandatory fine of $500 upon any person
         convicted for DUI who operated or assumed actual
         physical control of a vehicle with a passenger,
         in or on the vehicle, who was less than 18 years
         of age.

 213     RELATING TO GENERAL CASUALTY INSURANCE              TRN,CPC
         Permits certain contracts of warranty or guaranty
         to include coverage for towing and substitute
         transportation.

 214     RELATING TO TOURISM                                 TSM
         Short Form Bill for tourism.

 215     RELATING TO TOURISM                                 TSM
         Short form bill relating to tourism.

 216     RELATING TO TOURISM                                 TSM
         Short form bill relating to tourism.

 217     RELATING TO TOURISM                                 TSM
         Short form bill.

 218     RELATING TO TOURISM                                 TSM
         Short form bill relating to tourism.

 219     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONTROL OF
         ANTHURIUM NEMATODES                                 AGR,FIN
         Provides funds to control anthurium nematodes.

 
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 220     RELATING TO USE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS BY BLIND
         VENDORS                                             TSM,FIN
         Exempts convention center facility from use of
         public buildings by blind vendors law.

 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.

 222     RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER                   TSM,FIN
         Makes the convention center authority law
         permanent.

 223     RELATING TO HUNTING                                 WLU,FIN
         Requires DLNR to manage and preserve wildlife
         sanctuaries for public hunting.

 224     RELATING TO PROSTITUTION                            JHA
         Provides a civil cause of action for damages to
         persons injured as a result of being coerced into
         prostitution.

 225     RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION                 FIN
         Establishes a one time amnesty period for
         delinquent general excise taxpayers, beginning
         1/1/00 and ending 3/31/00.

 226     RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX            TSM,FIN
         Requires the counties to use all transient
         accommodations tax disbursed for projects
         impacting tourist areas.

 227     RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL TOURISM      TSM,HED,FIN
         Establishes a center for environmental and
         cultural tourism management.  Appropriates
         $173,000 per year.

 228     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH
         LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS                             JHA
         Limits state senators to 3 consecutive 4-year
         terms and state representatives to 6 consecutive
         2-year terms beginning with terms commencing on
         the day of the general election of 2000; provided
         that a person becomes eligible to serve in the
         same position again, if the person has been out
         of that office for 4 years. (ConAm)

 229     PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION
         TO ESTABLISH 2000 AND EVERY TENTH YEAR THEREAFTER
         AS REAPPORTIONMENT YEARS AND TO REQUIRE THAT

 
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         STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS BE REAPPORTIONED INTO
         MULTI-MEMBER DISTRICTS                              JHA
         Amends the state constitution to establish the
         year 2000 and every 10th year thereafter as
         reapportionment years and to require the
         representatives' districts to be reapportioned
         into 24 2-member districts, and 1 3-member
         district. (ConAm)

 230     RELATING TO BRIBES                                  LAB,JHA
         Requires reporting of bribe offers by public
         officials or by persons seeking a contract with a
         public agency or the vote of a public official.
         Imposes penalties.

 231     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Reduces the tax burden on corporations, regulated
         investment companies, real estate investment
         companies, and franchises.

 232     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Establishes a general excise tax structure for
         services similar to that of goods.  The new
         structure retains the four per cent tax on the
         final service provided and lowers the tax on
         intermediary services to half a per cent, the
         same as applied to the sale of wholesale goods.

 233     RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
         INTOXICATING LIQUOR                                 TRN,JHA
         Requires the forfeiture of any motor vehicle
         being driven at the time of 3rd DUI offense for
         which the driver is subsequently convicted,
         subject to the requirements of the criminal
         forfeiture law.

 234     RELATING TO TAXATION                                CPC,FIN
         Levies a surtax on the gain from the sale or
         exchange of affected property in the State within
         two years of purchase.

 235     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION           JHA,FIN
         Authorizes the election of the members of the
         Hawaiian homes commission by Hawaiian voters and
         provides a salary for the members.  Authorizes
         the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to employ
         or retain an attorney.

 236     RELATING TO FIREARMS                                JHA,FIN
         Broadens category of persons eligible to carry
         concealed firearms.  Authorizes lieutenant
         governor to issue licenses.  Establishes
         revolving fund.  Authorizes person to carry stun
         gun or other electric gun for defensive,
         nonlethal purposes.

 
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 237     RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS                      JHA
         Exempts state and county approved tournaments and
         sporting events, including rodeos and sport
         fishing tournaments, from the law prohibiting
         cruelty to animals.

 238     RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                    EDB
         Short form bill for economic development.

 239     RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                    EDB
         Short form bill.

 240     RELATING TO BUSINESS                                EDB
         Short form bill relating to business.

 241     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB
         Short form bill.

 242     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB
         Short form bill relating to telecommunications.

 243     RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY           EDB/TSM,FIN
         Authorizes the natural energy laboratory to
         include retail and commercial activities within a
         research and technology park.

 244     RELATING TO UNEMPLOYED PERSONS                      LAB,FIN
         Creates 4-year employer subsidy program for the
         unemployed in which the department of labor and
         industrial relations and private employers pay
         differing proportions of the wages and employee
         benefits of an employee who was previously
         unemployed.

 245     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB/CPC,FIN
         Allows competitors of incumbent local exchange
         carriers to enter into agreements for the
         exclusive control and use of portions of
         telecommunications infrastructure owned by
         incumbent carriers in rural or other underserved
         areas.

 246     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS
         FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MANUFACTURING EXTENSION
         PROGRAMS                                            EDB,FIN
         Appropriates funds to match federal funds for
         establishing manufacturing extension programs in
         Hawaii.

 247     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB/CPC,FIN
         Requires the PUC to replace an existing
         telecommunications provider with an alternative
         provider when it determines that an area of the
         State has less than adequate service and the
         existing provider fails to satisfy its burden in

 
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         response to an order to show cause why the
         commission should not authorize an alternative
         provider for that area.  Allows the alternative
         provider to acquire the former provider's
         property by eminent domain as may be necessary
         for the provision of basic local exchange service
         in that area.

 248     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED,FIN
         Clarifies that the attorney general may provide
         legal representation to the University of Hawaii.

 249     RELATING TO THE GENERAL POWERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
         OF HAWAII                                           HED/LAB,FIN
         Allows UH to enter into funding arrangements with
         private organizations to pay the salary and
         fringe benefits of university officers or
         employees.

 250     RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCING
         AGREEMENTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII             HED,FIN
         Allows the University of Hawaii to enter into
         financing agreements without the approval of the
         director of finance and the attorney general if
         the principal does not exceed $3,000,000.

 251     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED/EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to the UH College of Education
         to expand and improve teacher training.

 252     RELATING TO DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTIONS            HED,CPC,FIN
         Prohibits unaccredited institutions from issuing
         degrees unless they comply with certain
         standards.

 253     RELATING TO TEACHER TRAINING                        HED/EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to
         increase the number of neighbor island teachers,
         K-12 special education teachers, 7-12
         mathematics, science, and vocational education
         teachers, and K-12 Hawaiian language immersion
         teachers, and to support the continuing
         professional development of teachers.

 254     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED
         Short form bill.

 255     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED
         University of Hawaii

 256     RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION                        HED
         Short form bill.

 257     RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION                        HED
         Short form bill.

 
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 258     RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION                        HED
         Short form bill.

 259     RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSESSMENTS             HSH/HLT,EDN,FIN
         Requires parents or guardians to bring three year
         old children to the nearest public elementary
         school to assess whether their psychological and
         physiological development to date has been
         satisfactory.  Provides for follow-up by the
         Department of Health and for Early Periodic
         Screening Diagnosis and Treatment by the
         Department of Human Services, if requested by the
         school doing the assessment.

 260     RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD                         HSH/HLT,FIN
         Improves the affordability, accessibility, and
         quality of early childhood services.

 261     RELATING TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES                   HLT,HED/EDN,FIN
         Requires the University of Hawaii to develop
         standards to measure child development outcomes;
         makes appropriation to UH for purchase of health
         and human services contracts.

 262     RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY                          EDN,JHA,FIN
         Limits county liability for personal injury
         occurring at a county-owned or controlled
         facility for hazardous recreational activities to
         when the county acts with gross negligence,
         recklessness, or wilful, wanton, or deliberate
         behavior, or if county knew of a hazardous
         condition but failed to warn.  Repeals
         recreational purposes requirement for assumption
         of risk to apply on school property; repeals
         invitee or licensee requirement for exception to
         assumption of risk; provides that assumption of
         risk does not apply if the use is a school-
         sponsored event or activity.

 263     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII NATIONAL
         GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM                       PSM,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the Hawaii National Guard
         Youth Challenge Program for the fiscal biennium.

 264     RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE FOR
         ADOLESCENTS                                         HLT,EDN,FIN
         Requires the director of health, with the
         assistance of the superintendent of education, to
         establish and operate as a demonstration project,
         not less than one school-based health clinic in
         each of the seven department school districts.
         Provides different types of health services for a
         flat fee based on a student's ability to pay for
         these services.  Requires that a student produce
         a signed parental consent form to be eligible to

 
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         receive most services.  Prohibits the performance
         of abortions at a clinic and the referral of
         students to abortion services.  Holds a student
         financially responsible for services provided by
         a clinic without parental consent.

 265     RELATING TO PREGNANT WOMEN AND INFANTS              HLT,FIN
         Creates a commemorative birth certificate whereby
         funds to purchase the commemorative birth
         certificate would go toward a newly established
         Perinatal Care and Support Services Special Fund.

 266     RELATING TO NEW MOTHERS BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION
         AND PROTECTION ACT                                  LAB,JHA
         Enacts the new mothers breastfeeding promotion
         and protection act.

 267     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
         INSURANCE PROGRAM                                   HSH,FIN
         Appropriation for the children's health insurance
         program (CHIP).

 268     RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE                            HLT,LAB,FIN
         Requires employers to grant employees leave to
         attend conferences for individualized education
         programs.

 269     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
         STATEWIDE COMMUNITY-BASED GATEKEEPER TRAINING FOR
         TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION            HLT/EDN,FIN
         Appropriates $50,000 to provide additional
         statewide community-based gatekeeper training in
         five high schools for 35 participants each.

 270     RELATING TO YOUTH SERVICES                          HLT/HSH,EDN,PSM,
                                                             FIN
         Abolishes the youth services centers created,
         developed, and operated by the Office of Youth
         Services (OYS).  Requires OYS to provide for the
         creation, coordination, and oversight of
         school/community-based youth service centers
         throughout the State.  Requires OYS to contract
         with public or private providers, or both, to
         create these centers.  Specifies the objectives
         of these centers, the population that is eligible
         for these centers, and the responsibilities and
         duties of these centers.  Requires each center to
         establish a board of directors in accordance with
         requirements specified by OYS.  Requires the
         Departments of Health, Education, and Human
         Services and OYS to establish interdepartmental
         decategorized service accounts for the creation,
         coordination, and oversight of these centers.

 271     RELATING TO CHILDREN                                HSH/HLT,EDN,FIN

 
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         Establishes a Children's Cabinet to address all
         issues relating to children's need and services.

 272     RELATING TO CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES           HSH/HLT,EDN,FIN
         Creates the Department of Children, Youth, and
         Families

 273     RELATING TO CHILDREN                                HSH,JHA
         Toughens Hawaii's criminal laws for perpetrators
         of child abuse.

 274     RELATING TO FAMILIES                                HSH,JHA,FIN
         Protects children and youth from abuse and
         neglect.

 275     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING          JHA,FIN
         Amends the motor vehicle driver licensing law by
         raising the minimum age for eligibility to obtain
         an instruction permit from 15 to 16 years old,
         changing the instruction permit duration to 5
         years, and adding conditions to the driver's
         privileges; creates an intermediate license with
         restrictive driving conditions.

 276     RELATING TO HELMETS                                 TRN,FIN
         Requires minors to wear approved safety helmets
         when riding bicycles or using in-line skates or
         skateboards on streets, bikeways, or any other
         public bicycle path or trail.

 277     RELATING TO BUTTERFLY KNIVES                        JHA
         Makes knowingly selling a butterfly knife to any
         minor a class C felony.

 278     RELATING TO THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL
         FACILITY AND PROGRAM                                HSH,PSM,FIN
         Provides for an appropriation to the Office of
         Youth Services.  Redesignates the Hawaii Youth
         Correctional Facility as part of a larger entity
         known as the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility
         and Program.  Provides for the allocation of up
         to $24,000 per year per child for alternative
         programs to avoid incarceration at the facility.
         Appropriates $720,000.

 279     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF
         MEMBERS OF YOUTH GANGS                              HSH,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the rehabilitation of
         youth gang members.

 280     RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT               HSH,JHA,FIN
         Requires interest collected by the Child Support
         Enforcement Agency on child support payments to
         be used to pay penalties to custodial parents for

 
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         late payments and to make a certain percentage of
         the funds available to improve client services.

 281     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WATER SAFETY AND
         LEARN-TO-SWIM INSTRUCTION PROGRAM                   EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to develop a learn-to-swim
         program in the 4th grade, to drownproof
         nonswimmers.  Requires a swim test of all public
         school students as part of the program, and
         allows fees to be collected by the department of
         education.

 282     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,PSM,FIN
         Enacts student initiatives in the areas of
         teacher evaluation; school facilities; a
         departmental safety office; college/career
         counselors; school improvement plans; school
         security attendants; athletic equipment;
         computers, educational materials, and furniture;
         curriculum, and co-curricular concerns.

 283     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Proposes to make the student member of the Board
         of Education a voting member. (ConAm)

 284     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Establishes the Hawaii state student council,
         with student representatives from each
         departmental school district; requires the
         council to conduct an annual conference of
         secondary students; and requires the council to
         determine whether to select the student member of
         the BOE or to run an election to select the
         individual.

 285     RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES                            TRN,FIN
         Requires public and private elementary school
         children to wear seat belts on school buses.
         Requires all state contracted school buses to be
         fitted with seat belts after 1/1/ 99.
         Appropriates funds.

 286     RELATING TO SPEEDING                                TRN,JHA,FIN
         Requires tripling of fines for speeding in a
         school zone or construction area.

 287     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PEER EDUCATION
         PROGRAM                                             HLT,EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to maintain and expand the
         services provided by the department of health's
         peer education program.

 288     RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL
         VIOLENCE                                            EDN,JHA,FIN

 
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         Establishes a 3-year, school-based violence
         prevention integration pilot project to implement
         integrated school-based violence prevention
         programs in 5 selected public school complexes.

 289     RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS                            LAB,JHA
         Establishes a civil cause of action and enhanced
         criminal penalties for hate crimes against
         persons because of race, color, religion,
         ancestry, national origin, gender, transgender,
         sexual orientation, age or disability.  The bill
         also provides for a reporting mechanism to
         compile, track, and analyze hate crimes data.

 290     RELATING TO AMMUNITION                              JHA,FIN
         Makes it a misdemeanor for any person to sell
         ammunition for any firearm to any person except
         upon proof that the purchaser is the registered
         owner of the firearm for which the ammunition is
         being purchased or, in the case of ammunition for
         a rifle or shotgun acquired prior to 7/1/94,
         dated sales receipt for firearm, other written
         valuable indicia of ownership, or a certificate
         of ownership issued by county police chief.
         Requires recordkeeping.

 291     RELATING TO STORAGE OF FIREARMS                     JHA
         Requires storage of firearms in commercially
         manufactured firearm safe, or locked in
         commercially manufactured gun rack, that cannot
         readily be removed from the premises.

 292     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT,FIN
         Creates a special fund from tobacco litigation
         settlements and awards to fund healthy living
         programs under the department of health.

 293     RELATING TO TOBACCO TAX                             HLT,FIN
         Provides that the excise tax on cigarettes shall
         be imposed and collected through the use of
         stamps purchased by wholesalers and dealers, and
         affixed to cigarette packages. Includes
         provisions for civil and criminal penalties, and
         for forfeitures of cigarettes, to be enforced by
         the police departments, liquor commissions,
         attorney general, and prosecuting attorneys.
         Mandates repeal of the law in 2005 upon a finding
         by the state auditor that the law has not reduced
         the loss of tax revenue due to the illegal sale
         of untaxed cigarettes.

 294     RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE TOBACCO
         PRODUCTS AND TOBACCO PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS          HLT,JHA,FIN
         Prohibits the distribution of sample tobacco
         products on or in any public street, sidewalk, or

 
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         park, or within 1000 feet of any school attended
         by minors.  Also prohibits the distribution of
         tobacco promotional materials within 1,000 feet
         of any school attended by minors.

 295     RELATING TO CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS         HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires wholesale and retail tobacco dealers to
         obtain licenses for selling tobacco from the
         liquor commission.  Prohibits minors from
         purchasing cigarettes or tobacco from retail
         tobacco dealers.

 296     RELATING TO MINORS                                  HLT,JHA
         Prohibits possession of any amount of tobacco by
         a minor.  Requires the court to revoke the
         minor's driving privileges for violation.

 297     RELATING TO SMOKING IN THE WORKPLACE                HLT,LAB,JHA
         Requires employers with 5 or more employees to
         adopt a smoking policy to accommodate both
         smoking and nonsmoking employees.  This
         requirement does not apply to the dining areas of
         restaurants, bars, and hotel guest rooms.  In
         addition, prohibits smoking in state workplaces.

 298     RELATING TO INCENTIVE PROGRAMS                      LAB,FIN
         Creates additional incentives within state
         government to encourage innovation and savings by
         the various executive departments.

 299     RELATING TO INCENTIVE PROGRAMS                      LAB,FIN
         Provides cash awards to state employees equal to
         10% of the cost savings for the first year with
         the department retaining the remainder.

 300     RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE                          JHA
         Creates class C felony offense of assault against
         police officer in the 1st degree.  Amends the
         present misdemeanor offense of assault against
         police officer to make it an offense in the 2nd
         degree.

 301     RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC
         EMPLOYMENT                                          LAB,FIN
         Excludes public employees in bargaining units
         (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), (10), and (13) from
         mandatory binding arbitration.  Allows these
         public employees to participate in a strike on
         the issue of the amounts of contributions by the
         State and counties to the Hawaii public employees
         health fund.

 302     RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES                           LAB,FIN
         Amends the current minimum wage law applicable to
         tipped employees by deeming the wage to be

 
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         increased, if the employee is paid not less than
         the cash wage required to be paid the employee on
         the effective date of this Act.

 303     RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION                          JHA,FIN
         Requires any replica or false identification
         document produced or sold in Hawaii to clearly
         state that document is not authentic.  Prohibits
         persons age 18 to 21 from using false
         identification to buy alcohol, enter an adult
         establishment, or obtain employment to sell
         alcohol on licensed premises; $500 fine.

 304     RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PUBLIC
         SCHOOLS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
         DEFENSE                                             EDN,PSM,FIN
         Requires the board of education, not later than
         6/30/2000, to transfer control of all public
         educational institutions on United States
         Department of Defense (USDOD) facilities and all
         other public educational institutions attended
         predominately by students residing on USDOD
         facilities, to the USDOD.

 305     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED,FIN
         Restructures board of regents of the University
         of Hawaii.  Establishes an advisory committee for
         board appointments.

 306     RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE                   JHA,FIN
         Establishes the offense of ticket scalping as a
         misdemeanor.

 307     RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION                        HED,FIN
         Creates a college savings program.

 308     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPECIAL FEES AND
         CHARGES                                             EDN,FIN
         Allows the department of education to assess and
         collect special fees and charges from pupils for
         laboratory classes, including, but not limited to
         science, home economics, photography, and band
         classes.

 309     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Establishes the textbook deposit revolving fund
         into which shall be deposited a flat fee of not
         more than $         per student per school per
         student per school year to guarantee the timely
         return of any assigned textbooks, and to
         compensate the DOE for the negligent loss,
         destruction, breakage, or damage of any assigned
         textbooks.


 
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 310     RELATING TO PLANNING AND BUDGETING FOR NEW
         SCHOOLS                                             EDN,FIN
         Requires funding for coaches' salaries, athletic
         health care trainers, athletic equipment and
         supplies, and the transportation of athletic
         teams to be considered standard workload increase
         items when planning and budgeting for new public
         schools.

 311     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Requires that, beginning 7/1/99, at least
         $5,000,000 be appropriated and expended from the
         state educational facilities improvement special
         fund each fiscal year until all public schools
         are provided with the necessary technology
         infrastructure.  Defines "technology
         infrastructure" to include computer products and
         facilities needed to utilize modern data, voice,
         and video technology. Additionally, earmarks
         interest income from the fund to be used solely
         to purchase technology infrastructure.

 312     RELATING TO ATHLETIC CONTEST OFFICIALS              LAB,JHA
         Includes injuring athletic contest officials as
         assault in the 2nd degree.  Provides exception to
         civil liability for athletic contest officials.
         Exempts athletic contest officiating from
         "employment" under unemployment compensation law.

 313     RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS                    CAR,FIN
         Establishes a culture and the arts revolving
         fund.

 314     RELATING TO THE STATE AQUARIUM                      CAR/HED,FIN
         Allows current management arrangements at the
         state aquarium to continue indefinitely.

 315     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ARTS EDUCATION          EDN/CAR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for additional arts education
         positions, professional development
         opportunities, and supplies for each public
         school district.

 316     RELATING TO ARTS EDUCATION                          EDN/CAR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for art education in the
         public schools out of the works of art special
         fund, for department of education to determine
         feasibility of an integrated high school learning
         center for the pacific arts, and if necessary to
         develop a master plan.

 317     RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS                    CAR,FIN
         Improves the operation of the Honolulu Symphony
         endowment fund.


 
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 318     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL
         CLERICAL POSITIONS                                  EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to the department of education
         for 292.00 FTE, temporary, school clerical
         positions to partially implement the
         recommendations of the 1990 school and district
         office clerical staffing study.  Requires the
         department to allocate these temporary positions
         according to pupil enrollment.

 319     RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES                  HLT,EDN,FIN
         Initiates a pilot project to expand the workday
         of school health aides from six and one-half
         hours per day to eight hours at twelve large
         secondary public schools statewide.

 320     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE                        HLT,CPC
         Makes health insurance coverage for mental
         illness no less extensive than that for other
         medical illnesses.

 321     RELATING TO MANAGED HEALTH CARE                     LAB/HLT,CPC
         Requires managed health care plans that include
         dermatological coverage to reimburse the plan
         participant or pay the provider regardless of
         whether a referral or authorization has been
         obtained prior to the delivery of services.

 322     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RESPITE CARE SERVICES
         FOR FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS      HLT,FIN
         Makes appropriation to the department of health
         for respite care services to families providing
         home care to a family member who has special
         needs.

 323     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,JHA
         Requires the DOE to adopt rules to define what it
         means for a student to "attend either a public or
         private school", with respect to students who
         attend private sectarian and nonsectarian
         schools, for the purposes of determining the
         student's compliance with the compulsory
         attendance law.

 324     RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS                       HLT,CPC
         Establishes the educational requirements for the
         administration of local anesthesia by dental
         hygienists.  Establishes documentation required
         for dental board certification of a hygienist to
         administer anesthesia.

 325     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT,CPC
         Requires that medical directors of managed health
         care plans be licensed to practice medicine in
         Hawaii.

 
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 326     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE                        HLT/HSH,CPC,FIN
         Requires health insurance coverage for medical
         foods and low- protein modified food products for
         the treatment of inherited metabolic diseases.

 327     RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH                           HLT,CPC,FIN
         Adds marriage and family therapists for purposes
         of mental health and alcohol and drug abuse
         treatment insurance benefits.

 328     RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE                         HLT,CPC
         Repeals requirement that physicians be certified
         to treat alcohol and drug abuse for purposes of
         mental health insurance benefits for treatment of
         drug and alcohol abuse.

 329     RELATING TO A PILOT, TWO-YEAR HEALTH CARE
         PROVIDER HOTLINE                                    HLT,FIN
         Appropriates $30,000 in FY 1999-2000 and $30,000
         in FY 2000-2001 to fund a 2-year pilot health
         care report hotline for health care providers to
         confidentially report dangerous patient
         situations to the DOH.

 330     RELATING TO PATIENT SAFETY AND THE RIGHT TO
         NURSING CARE                                        HLT,CPC,FIN
         Establishes commission to assist insurance
         commissioner to adopt rules to ensure patients'
         rights to nursing care.

 331     RELATING TO SOCIAL WORKERS                          HLT,CPC
         Changes scope of social worker licensing to
         include "bachelor's social worker."

 332     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF
         MEMBERS OF YOUTH GANGS                              HSH,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the rehabilitation of
         youth gang members.

 333     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURE             AGR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for agriculture for fiscal
         year 1999-2000 and fiscal year 2000-2001.

 334     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
         AND DEVELOPMENT                                     AGR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for agricultural research and
         development to be performed by the Hawaii
         Agriculture Research Center.

 335     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE RESEARCH      AGR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for pineapple research.

 336     RELATING TO PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL
         QUARANTINE                                          AGR

 
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         Requires the department of agriculture (DOA) to
         maintain lists of approved, restricted, and
         prohibited microorganisms.  Provides a procedure
         for allowing the importation of microorganisms
         not on any list on a case-by-case basis.  Allows
         DOA to publish interim rules in a newspaper of
         general circulation and increases the number of
         days currently required for publishing from the
         date of issuance.

 337     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COFFEE INSPECTION
         REVOLVING FUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSPECTORS     AGR,FIN
         Appropriates unspecified amount to the coffee
         inspection revolving fund for inspectors.

 338     RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF HAWAII PRODUCTS        AGR,CPC
         Establishes standards for Made in Hawaii
         agricultural and food products.  Appropriates
         funds for enforcement.  Appropriates $100,000 to
         DBEDT to rent warehouse space in Hawaii and
         California to promote Hawaii agricultural
         products.

 339     RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED
         PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES                          HLT,CPC
         Grants advanced practice registered nurses the
         authority to prescribe controlled substances,
         schedule II - V.  Eliminates the formulary
         requirement from which advanced practice
         registered nurses prescribe.

 340     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT                              FIN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 341     RELATING TO TAXATION                                FIN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 342     RELATING TO THE ECONOMY                             FIN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 343     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES                        FIN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 344     RELATING TO STATE FUNDS                             FIN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 345     RELATING TO TAXATION                                FIN
         Allows a deduction and tax credit for the capital
         loss sustained by an individual incurred upon the
         sale or exchange of the individual's principal
         residence.

 346     RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND        EDB,CPC,FIN
         Repeals the Hawaii hurricane relief fund
         effective 1/1/2002.

 
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 347     RELATING TO DEATH WITH COMPASSION                   HLT,JHA/CPC
         Allows physicians to prescribe terminal sedation
         to adults suffering from a terminal carcinomatous
         condition.

 348     RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN REAL PROPERTY         HSH,CPC/JHA
         Gives the right to impose reasonable occupancy
         limits in a sleeping area.

 349     RELATING TO FORECLOSURES                            CPC,JHA
         Makes general housekeeping amendments to the
         alternate power of sale foreclosure process,
         including deleting the requirement of an open
         house, clarifying that public notices be mailed
         and delivered rather than sent, and deleting the
         public information requirement for lenders using
         the new process.

 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.

 351     RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION      HLT,CPC,JHA
         Protects privacy of health care information by
         stipulating conditions under which information
         can be disclosed.  Provides penalties.

 352     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC,FIN
         Requires mutual benefit societies selling long-
         term care policies to pay premium taxes and
         guaranty association assessments.

 353     RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS    CPC,FIN
         Simplifies registration of real estate brokers
         and salespersons.  Provides prelicensing
         examination options.  Authorizes licensing of
         limited liability companies.

 354     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A REVIEW OF THE
         CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES LAW                    CPC,FIN
         Appropriates funds to conduct a comprehensive
         review of condominium property regimes law.

 355     RELATING TO BUSINESS                                CPC
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 356     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               CPC
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 357     RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS                  CPC
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).


 
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 358     RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY                           CPC
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 359     RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH
         FUND                                                LAB,FIN
         Provides that the total employer contribution
         shall not exceed the actual cost of a health
         benefits plan, including any overpayment refunds.
         Ensures that a public employer pays the same
         percentage of the health benefits plan of an
         employee, whether the employee participates in a
         health fund or union-sponsored health benefits
         plan.  Clarifies that the board of trustees of
         the health fund owes a fiduciary duty to the
         State to ensure that the government contributors
         to the fund are receiving a fair return for their
         contributions.

 360     RELATING TO TORTS                                   JHA
         Effectuates the purpose of the title (short
         form).

 361     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT                              JHA
         Effectuates the purpose of the title (short
         form).

 362     RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                        JHA
         Effectuates the purpose of the title (short
         form).

 363     RELATING TO CRIME                                   JHA
         Effectuates the purpose of the title (short
         form).

 364     RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY                           JHA
         Effectuates the purpose of the title (short
         form).

 365     RELATING TO HOME SCHOOLING                          EDN,FIN
         Allows a home schooled child to purchase any
         textbook formerly used, in use, or to be used by
         the school that the child would otherwise be
         required to attend, contingent on the
         availability of textbooks for students who attend
         or will attend the school.

 366     RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX                      EDN,FIN
         Exempts from the general excise tax law amounts
         received by nonprofit associations organized to
         benefit and assist public schools within the
         State.

 367     RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION                      WLU,FIN
         Establishes a credit against income tax liability
         for taxpayers who install water conservation

 
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         equipment that results in a 10% reduction in
         water use.

 368     RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE                    AGR,WLU
         Provides the Board of Agriculture, under the
         State Water Code, with comparable authority over
         irrigation water as the county water agencies
         exercise over water for municipal purposes.

 369     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS                            AGR/WLU,FIN
         Transfers management of public lands suitable for
         lease for agricultural, livestock, or pastoral
         uses to the board of agriculture.  Transfers
         necessary powers to the board of agriculture to
         issue, manage, administer, and control leases.

 370     RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS                  EEP,WLU
         Exempts landowners in conservation districts from
         having to obtain a permit to construct or operate
         hydroelectric facilities on their property.

 371     RELATING TO IMPACT FEES                             FIN
         Repeals the law authorizing the counties to enact
         ordinances to assess, impose, and collect impact
         fees.

 372     RELATING TO VEHICLE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION FEE      TRN,FIN
         Increases from $1 to $2, the highway
         beautification fee collected from each motor
         vehicle registration.

 373     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VIII, SECTION
         3, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TAXING
         POWER TO THE COUNTIES (ConAm)                       TSM,FIN
         Proposes an amendment to Article VIII, section 3
         of the state Constitution reserving the taxing
         power to the state and the counties concurrently.

 374     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                             AGR,FIN
         Appropriates moneys to DOA to research and set up
         distribution facilities in 3 mainland states for
         Hawaii agricultural products.

 375     RELATING TO TAXATION                                EDB,FIN
         Exempts gross income and value derived from
         professional services resold, consumed, or used
         wholly outside the State.

 376     RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES                        EDB,CPC,FIN
         Creates 2 panels within the public utilities
         commission.  Designates to one panel all
         telecommunications issues, and to the other
         jurisdiction over the remainder of public utility
         matters.


 
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 377     RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                    TSM/EDB,HED,FIN
         Mandates integration of tourism marketing plans
         with existing and potential information and
         communication technology networks and services.
         Creates a technology training or job creation tax
         credit.  Establishes Hawaii Internet Exchange
         (HIE) in OTTED and includes the development of an
         internet exchange in state economic priority
         guidelines.  Includes in state planning priority
         guidelines for education, an increase in the
         availability of telecommunication equipment for
         the exchange of information and internet access.
         Establishes an accelerated information technology
         education and training program within the UH.
         Authorizes GO bonds to establish fiber optic
         connection to internet for UH and DOE.

 378     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII MAIN STREET
         PROGRAM                                             EDB,FIN
         Appropriates funds to DLNR to maintain, promote,
         and support the Hawaii Main Street program.

 379     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT,EDB,FIN
         Creates office of wellness industries to
         coordinate, promote, and market wellness, health,
         and retirement industry activities within the
         State.

 380     RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES                        EDB,CPC,FIN
         Requires that 46 kilovolt or greater transmission
         lines in residential areas, areas viewed by
         visitors, or areas important to the film industry
         be buried underground.

 381     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB,WLU,CPC,FIN
         Requires public notice and hearing regarding the
         construction or attachment of telecommunication
         antennae and towers/structures.

 382     RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION                          TRN,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of general obligation
         bonds for the repair, upgrading, and
         reconstruction of Saddle Road, Hawaii.

 383     RELATING TO COUNTIES                                WLU,JHA
         Permits zoning to be accomplished in a county by
         initiative or referendum as established pursuant
         to the county's charter.

 384     RELATING TO PRISONS                                 PSM,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of general obligation
         bonds and appropriates funds for capital
         improvements to construct correctional
         facilities.  Appropriates funds for operational
         purposes.

 
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 385     RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS                            JHA,FIN
         Establishes a civil cause of action, provides for
         enhanced criminal penalties and probation
         requirements, and provides for a reporting
         mechanism to compile, track, and analyze hate
         crimes data.

 386     RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                        JHA,FIN
         Protects traditional and customary rights to
         gather plants, harvest trees, and take game in
         public forest reserves.

 387     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               HED/EDN,FIN
         Creates a task force to advise the governor and
         the legislature on strategies to develop an
         education industry in Hawaii.

 388     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the purchase of computers,
         wiring and teacher training to support increased
         education technology.

 389     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to extend the funding of the
         Learn and Serve Hawaii program.

 390     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Making an appropriation for the expansion of
         adult education.

 391     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CENTER FOR LABOR
         EDUCATION AND RESEARCH                              LAB,FIN
         Appropriates $     to support the center for
         labor education and research (CLEAR) and the
         continuation of CLEAR's production of rice &
         roses on public TV.

 392     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT                         EEP,TRN,FIN
         Requires state agencies responsible for roadside
         vegetation maintenance and groundskeeping of
         public facilities to develop and implement an
         integrated vegetation management strategy to
         minimize the risks of pesticides, herbicide, and
         fungicide use.

 393     RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES                       WLU/EEP,FIN
         Allows for the improvement and restoration of
         resource value lands acquired by the State.

 394     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS                            WLU,FIN
         Authorizes county creation of community lands and
         open space acquisition fund and establishment of
         county conveyance tax surcharge to fund it.
         Authorizes director of taxation to administer

 
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         surcharge and to return revenues to the county in
         which tax was levied.

 395     RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY                           WLU,JHA,FIN
         Amends Landowner Liability Law as to recreational
         use to clarify purpose and include state and
         county governments, include duty of care
         provisions, relieve landowner from duty to
         investigate risks, and hold user liable for
         attorneys fees and court costs if landowner
         prevails pursuant to chapter 520.

 396     RELATING TO ENERGY                                  EEP,FIN
         Broadens scope of energy task force to explore
         the most cost-effective means for supporting
         increased energy efficiency and sustainability.

 397     RELATING TO YOUTH                                   HSH,FIN
         Appropriates funds to DHS to implement cost-
         effective programs for youths that teach
         character, responsibility, positive social
         values, and non-violence in partnership with
         private sector and nonprofit organizations.

 398     RELATING TO HOUSING                                 HSH/HLT,FIN
         Appropriation for housing for persons with
         serious and persistent mental illness.

 399     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT/HSH,FIN
         Makes appropriation for DHS and DOH to support
         primary care for medically underserved
         population.

 400     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR
         VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE                        HSH,FIN
         Appropriates funds for domestic violence victims
         support services.

 401     RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS                            HSH,FIN
         Makes an appropriation for homeless shelters.

 402     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 403     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 404     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 405     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 406     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 
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 407     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Requires the department of education to consult
         with parents of students and allow for a
         complaints process before the opening or closing
         of any school, including the opening of any new
         middle school.  Deems final department decisions
         on school openings and closings to be appealable
         under the Administrative Procedure Act.

 408     RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES                            HLT,EDN,FIN
         Provides school bus drivers with the appropriate
         supplies for blood-borne pathogen
         countermeasures.

 409     RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN                     EDN,FIN
         Allows the BOE to appoint the state librarian
         without regard to residency for a term of up to 4
         years.

 410     RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE                       EDN,FIN
         Authorizes BOE to adjust the age at which a child
         may attend public kindergarten.

 411     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES                          CPC
         Allows a consumer to cancel a contract to
         purchase or lease a new vehicle within three
         calendar days after execution of the contract.

 412     RELATING TO TENANT TRUST ACCOUNTS                   CPC,FIN
         Establishes tenant trust accounts into which all
         security deposits deposited by or for a tenant
         with a landlord pursuant to section 521-44,
         Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be deposited.
         Also directs that all interest or dividends
         earned upon sums deposited into tenant trust
         accounts shall be returned to the tenant.

 413     RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION                  EDN,JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that the student board of education
         member exempted from civil service requirements
         is a voting member rather than a nonvoting
         member.  Effective on approval of a
         constitutional amendment making the student
         member a voting member.

 414     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ALLOW THE STUDENT
         MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO VOTE            EDN,JHA,FIN
         Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution
         to allow the student member of the board of
         education to vote. (ConAm)

 415     RELATING TO CHILDREN                                EDN,FIN
         Requires parents of three year old children to
         have them assessed.

 
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 416     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the adequate maintenance
         of lavatories in the public schools.

 417     RELATING TO HOSPITALS                               HLT,CPC,FIN
         Establishes an independent commission to oversee
         and regulate hospital rates and charges to ensure
         affordable emergency and in-patient health care
         to the general public.

 418     RELATING TO DEATH WITH COMPASSION                   HLT,JHA
         Allows physicians to prescribe terminal sedation
         to adults suffering from a terminal carcinomatous
         condition.

 419     RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET                        FIN
         Requires the six-year program and financial plan
         and the executive budget to include total
         expenditure figures for each program, expending
         agency, and method of funding; further provides
         for publication of budget totals in a newspaper
         of general circulation.

 420     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Repeals the preemption clause of the fireworks
         regulation statute and restores the power to
         regulate fireworks to the counties.

 421     RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET                        FIN
         Requires the state budget bill presented to the
         legislature by the governor to include total
         expenditure figures for each program, expending
         agency, and method of funding; further provides
         for publication of budget totals in a newspaper
         of general circulation.

 422     RELATING TO FISHING                                 OMR,JHA
         Adds Nawiliwili harbor, Port Allen harbor, and
         Kahului harbor as prohibited net fishing sites.

 423     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS
         FOR THE HAWAII FORESTRY AND COMMUNITIES
         INITIATIVE                                          WLU,FIN
         Appropriates $250,000 for Hawaii forestry and
         communities initiative.

 424     RELATING TO FOREST RESERVES                         WLU,FIN
         Provides forest stewardship fund  for
         reforestation and maintenance of harvested
         plantation areas; enhancement of public forest
         reserves; and development of environmental
         education and training programs for the public.

 425     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
         PERTAINING TO HIGHER EDUCATION                      HED,FIN

 
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         CIP for higher education.

 426     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                LAB/HED,FIN
         Creates bargaining units (14) and (15) for UH
         blue and white collar supervisory and
         nonsupervisory workers, respectively.

 427     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION        HED,FIN
         Appropriates funds for higher education outreach
         programs on the neighbor islands, the West Hawaii
         University Center, and master's degree programs
         at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

 428     RELATING TO TEACHER RECRUITMENT                     HED,FIN
         Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to
         encourage prospective teachers into the teaching
         profession by developing and disseminating public
         service announcements that promote teaching as a
         fulfilling career.

 429     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
         ENDOWMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII               HED,FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of one billion dollars
         for the general endowment of the UH through its
         Foundation.

 430     RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT                    HED/EDB,FIN
         Gives University of Hawaii faculty and management
         greater flexibility in pursuing consultative,
         entrepreneurial, or economic development
         activities.

 431     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO PROVIDE THE
         UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WITH AUTONOMY IN ALL MATTERS
         RELATED TO THE UNIVERSITY (Con Am)                  HED,JHA,FIN
         Constitutional amendment to give UH autonomy in
         all matters related to the university.

 432     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED,JHA,FIN
         Provides complete autonomy to the University of
         Hawaii, by making its status comparable to that
         of the judiciary.  Makes all employees subject to
         the university's personnel system.  Eliminates
         director of finance and governor from the
         university budgetary process.

 433     PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE X, SECTIONS 2 AND
         6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO
         EDUCATION (ConAm)                                   EDN/HED,JHA,FIN
         Proposes constitutional amendments to make the
         President of the University of Hawaii an ex
         officio nonvoting member of the Board of
         Education, and the Superintendent of Education an

 
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         ex officio nonvoting member of the Board of
         Regents.

 434     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN/HED,JHA,FIN
         Statutory amendments needed to make the president
         of the University of Hawaii an ex officio
         nonvoting member of the board of education, and
         the superintendent of education an ex officio
         nonvoting member of the board of regents.

 435     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT                       FIN
         Appropriates funds for various capital
         improvement projects for the 10th Representative
         District.

 436     RELATING TO SOFTWARE COMPANIES INCORPORATED IN
         HAWAII                                              EDB,FIN
         Exempts sales and service income of software
         companies that are domestic corporations from
         state corporate income tax.

 437     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                             AGR,CPC
         Provides for the registration of persons wanting
         to become organic certifiers, provided they can
         certify that their product is organic.

 438     RELATING TO WATERSHED MANAGEMENT                    WLU,FIN
         Creates a watershed protection trust fund.

 439     RELATING TO MORTGAGES                               CPC,FIN
         Provides for a 6-year statute of limitations for
         mortgages.

 440     RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES                   PSM,CPC,FIN
         Allows the Narcotics Enforcement Division to
         share prescription information with physicians.

 441     RELATING TO TORTS                                   CPC,JHA
         Limits liability for police while pursuing
         suspects.

 442     RELATING TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE MILITARY
         SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT                               LAB,FIN
         Provides that no person who is required to
         register with the Selective Service System shall
         be eligible for state or county employment or for
         admission to any public institution of higher
         education without appropriate written
         documentation.

 443     RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES                         LAB,JHA,FIN
         Creates a drug-free workplace program for state
         employees.


 
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 444     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY                   LAB,FIN
         Establishes an omnibus approach to improving
         government efficiency by requiring zero based
         budgeting, amending the State Plan to adopt
         competition in government as a State policy, and
         requiring the Hawaii Revised Statutes to be
         published using competitive contracting.

 445     RELATING TO SUMMARY POSSESSION                      CPC,JHA
         Provides that venue for residential landlord-
         tenant summary possession actions shall be in
         small claims court unless all parties agree to
         move it to district court.

 446     MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR DETECTION OF ALIEN PEST
         SPECIES AT THE STATE'S PORTS OF ENTRY               EEP/TRN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to hire additional inspectors
         and to purchase additional inspection-aiding
         technology for use at the State's ports of entry.

 447     RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS                         JHA,FIN
         Allows open meeting requirements and provisions
         regarding the enforcement, penalties, and
         sanctions applicable to county councils to be
         governed by the internal rules and procedures of
         the county councils.

 448     RELATING TO UNINSURED MOTORIST INSURANCE COVERAGE   CPC,FIN
         Creates a pay-at-the-pump system for uninsured
         motorist insurance coverage.  Allows only insured
         motorists to receive uninsured motorist coverage.

 449     RELATING TO STATUTE REVISION AND PUBLICATION        JHA,FIN
         Following the regular session of 2000, requires
         the revisor of statutes to publish the
         replacement volumes of the statutes in a binder
         format.  For any subsequent amendments made to
         the statutes after the regular session of 2000,
         requires the revisor of statutes to prepare the
         supplements in such a way that replacement pages
         may be inserted into or removed from the
         replacement volumes of the statutes.

 450     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Bans all aerial common fireworks use and the
         importation thereof.

 451     RELATING TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
         ORGANIZATION                                        TRN,FIN
         Changes the frequency of the election of the
         chairperson of the metropolitan planning
         organization from annually to every 2 years.

 452     RELATING TO PARENTAL CONSENT FOR ABORTIONS          HLT,JHA

 
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         Requires minors to obtain written consent of at
         least one parent before having an abortion.
         Minors defined as anyone under age of 17 for
         purposes of this section.

 453     RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE                    LAB,JHA,FIN
         Amends section 103D-304, HRS, to require that
         professional services be procured by a purchasing
         agency at the lowest possible bid price.

 454     RELATING TO ELECTIONS                               JHA
         Requires chief election officer to inform voters
         of the consequences of a blank ballot on
         questions to the electorate.

 455     RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS                            JHA
         Lowers limit on pain and suffering damages from
         $375,000 to $275,000.

 456     RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX     EDB,FIN
         Repeals the Capital Gains Tax on profits arising
         out of investments made or conducted in the State
         of Hawaii.  Requires that the investment be held
         by the taxpayer for a minimum of 5 years.

 457     RELATING TO BOARD OF EDUCATION                      EDN,FIN
         Gives elected local school boards of education
         control of schools at the district level,
         including budgetary and personnel authority;
         provides for incremental dismantaling of central
         DOE with personnel returned to district offices
         and classrooms.

 458     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTIONS 2
         AND 3, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE
         BOARD OF EDUCATION  (ConAm)                         EDN,JHA,FIN
         Proposes a constitutional amendment that provides
         for the elimination of the statewide board of
         education, replacing it with four local boards
         elected by the people.

 459     RELATING TO WORKER'S COMPENSATION                   LAB,FIN
         Prohibits compensation for voluntary involvement
         in after-hours company activities.  Changes
         compensation for permanent partial disability
         from the maximum weekly benefit rate allowed to
         66 2/3% of average weekly wages subject to
         limitations.

 460     RELATING TO CHECK CASHING                           CPC,FIN
         Requires the registration of check-cashing
         businesses.

 461     RELATING TO MEDICAL DECISIONS                       HLT,TRN,FIN

 
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         Provides for the display of advance health care
         directives on drivers' licenses and on state
         (civil) identification cards.

 462     RELATING TO A STUDY OF LATEX PRODUCTS IN HAWAII
         BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH                         HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires DOH to conduct study regarding nature
         and extent of the dangers associated with the use
         of latex products, the benefits of eliminating
         their use or requiring the use of low-protein
         latex products, and the potential costs of
         restricting the use of latex products.  Report to
         legislature by 11/30/99.

 463     RELATING TO GENETIC INFORMATION                     HSH,CPC,FIN
         Prohibits long-term care insurers from requesting
         or requiring genetic testing.  Prohibits the
         underwriting of a long-term insurance policy
         based on genetic information unless a certified
         genetics professional confirms the risks to the
         individual.

 464     RELATING TO CUSTODY AND VISITATION                  JHA,FIN
         Requires the family court, if awarding custody or
         visitation to a parent with a history of domestic
         violence or habitually using drugs or alcohol, to
         state the reason for doing so on the record, and
         to stipulate the time, day, place, and manner of
         transfer of the child.

 465     RELATING TO JOB REFERENCES                          LAB,JHA
         Immunizes an employer from civil liability for
         disclosure of information or opinion about a
         current or former employee to a prospective
         employer of that employee.

 466     RELATING TO A STUDY OF THREE TAX PROPOSALS          EDB,FIN
         Requires the department of business, economic
         development, and tourism to compare and contrast
         three alternative tax proposals.  Appropriates
         funds for study.

 467     RELATING TO ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE                    EEP,TRN,FIN
         Requires state and county agencies responsible
         for roadside vegetation maintenance to adopt an
         integrated vegetation management program that
         includes the use of nonchemical, nonmechanical,
         and nonmanual methods whenever feasible.

 468     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION                   LAB,CPC,FIN
         Allows an injured employee, at the employer's
         expense, to obtain an evaluation from a duly
         qualified provider if the treating provider fails
         to make the reports required under the chapter.


 
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 469     RELATING TO PESTICIDES                              EEP,TRN,FIN
         Establishes integrated pest management policies
         to prohibit usage of toxicity category I
         pesticides.

 470     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW                 LAB,FIN
         Requires the department of labor and industrial
         relations to pay interest on disputed amounts
         held when it does not prevail.

 471     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY                     LAB,FIN
         Establishes a safe harbor declaration for
         individuals and business entities with no
         employees to appeal any determinations by DLIR
         without prior deposit of disputed amounts.

 472     RELATING TO HERBICIDE USE                           EEP,FIN
         Requires all state agencies to use nonchemical
         methods to control vegetation growth in public
         parks.  Requires the department of land and
         natural resources to:  (1) Encourage and assist
         the counties to join and comply with the
         scheduled ban of herbicide use in public parks;
         (2) Develop and implement a plan for the phased
         reduction of herbicide use in the maintenance of
         public parks; and (3) Submit a report to the
         legislature prior to the 2000 regular session on
         the progress of the plan.

 473     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND        LAB,FIN
         Enables the Employer-Union Trust Concept
         Committee to continue its work to proceed with
         conversion to an employer-union trust concept for
         administering public employee and retiree health
         benefits.

 474     RELATING TO ALLOWANCES FOR LEGISLATORS              LMG,FIN
         Makes allowance for incidental expenditures
         payable during the legislator's term.

 475     RELATING TO A BICYCLE PATROL FOR THE CAPITOL
         DISTRICT                                            PSM,FIN
         Appropriates funds to the department of public
         safety to establish a bicycle patrol for the
         capitol district.

 476     RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY                           PSM
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 477     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE
         DISTRICT                                            FIN
         Appropriates funds for various capital
         improvement projects for the Thirty-Seventh
         Representative District.

 
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 478     RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES                   HLT,CPC,FIN
         Transfers the state advisory commission on drug
         abuse and controlled substances from the DOH to
         the lieutenant governor, and makes the commission
         temporary.  Transfers the duties of the DOH with
         respect to substance abuse policymaking to the
         commission.  Changes the membership of the
         commission.

 479     RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY             PSM,JHA,FIN
         Transfers administration and supervision of
         parole field services to the Department of Public
         Safety.  Requires the Hawaii paroling authority
         to require program alternatives to incarceration
         as conditions to parole for selected parolees.

 480     RELATING TO ELECTIONS                               JHA,FIN
         Requires proof of U.S. citizenship at the time a
         voter registers to vote and files an affidavit.

 481     RELATING TO HIGHWAYS                                TRN,FIN
         Directs the director of transportation to plant
         all medial strips of highways in the state with
         shrubs and trees by December 31, 2005.

 482     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT                              LAB,FIN
         Changes standard for determination of independent
         contractor status to that followed in IRS
         regulations for purposes of several state labor
         laws.

 483     RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFORMATION                     TRN,FIN
         Requires the department of transportation to
         provide up to the minute information concerning
         traffic and road conditions through out the
         State.  Appropriates fund

 484     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED,FIN
         Creates office of applied community research at
         the University of Hawaii.

 485     RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII                HED,FIN
         Requires board of regents at the University of
         Hawaii to establish timelines for family studies
         center.

 486     RELATING TO BREASTFEEDING                           LAB,JHA,FIN
         Promotes the practice of breastfeeding in public
         accommodations and places of work.

 487     RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS         HSH,FIN
         Establishes an Individual Development Account to
         promote entrepreneurship, education, and self-
         sufficiency for welfare recipients and low-income
         individuals.

 
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 488     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE                        CPC,FIN
         Requires all health insurers, mutual benefit
         societies, and health maintenance organizations
         to cease excluding contraceptive services and
         supplies from coverage by repealing the provision
         of such coverage as an employer option.

 489     RELATING TO BUSINESS                                LAB,JHA,FIN
         Prohibits businesses from charging different
         prices to males and females for services that are
         the same or similar in nature.

 490     RELATING TO CIVIL PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL USE OF
         FIREWORKS                                           JHA,FIN
         Amends section 132D-14 to provide for civil
         penalties in addition to existing criminal
         penalties.

 491     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS               TRN,FIN
         Amends section 286-26 to provide for motor
         vehicle inspections every 24 months.

 492     RELATING TO THE HAWAII RULES OF EVIDENCE            JHA,FIN
         Amends Rule 609 of the Hawaii Rules of Evidence
         to allow evidence of a prior conviction if its
         probative value outweighs its prejudicial effect
         and the conviction involves dishonesty or false
         statement.

 493     RELATING TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE HAWAII REVISED
         STATUTES                                            LAB,FIN
         Requires that the state competitively contract
         out the publication of the Hawaii Revised
         Statutes and the Hawaii Session Laws.

 494     RELATING TO COERCION OF STATE EMPLOYEES             LAB,JHA,FIN
         Makes it a crime to politically coerce a state
         employee.  Prohibited activities include
         compelling a person to perform some non job-
         related activity, or threatening negative
         consequences for the continuation of any lawful
         activity such as political alignment or
         contribution.

 495     RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS                           EDB,FIN
         Reduces income tax on capital gains to .0001 per
         cent.

 496     RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY                           PSM,FIN
         Adds a section to chapter 353, HRS, permitting
         the department of public safety to charge
         prisoners a co-payment of at least 10% of the
         cost of any medical procedure administered or
         provided by the department; provides for
         extensive agency rule making and discretion.

 
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 497     RELATING TO OUTDOOR RECREATION                      AGR/WLU,FIN
         Allows campsites on certain lots within the
         agricultural district.

 498     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HANALEI HERITAGE
         RIVER OFFICE                                        WLU/OMR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the Hanalei Heritage River
         Office.

 499     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB,FIN
         Provides conservation and resource enforcement
         officers with the same retirement benefits as
         police officers and firefighters.

 500     RELATING TO FIREARMS                                WLU,JHA,FIN
         Repeals prohibition for non-resident aliens to
         bring firearms into the State under certain
         conditions.

 501     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ALOHA RACING
         ENTRY IN AMERICA'S CUP 2000                         TSM,FIN
         Appropriates funds to assist the Aloha Racing
         Foundation and the department of business,
         economic development, and tourism to bring the
         America's Cup Yacht Race to Hawaii.

 502     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB,FIN
         Upon application to the ERS board, allows a class
         A member to withdraw for one time only, the
         member's contributions (or a portion thereof) for
         financial hardship.  Defines financial hardship.
         Requires board to set implementing rules.

 503     RELATING TO COURTS                                  JHA,FIN
         Exempts from jury service persons who live great
         distances from the court for which jury service
         is require

 504     RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS                      AGR,WLU,FIN
         Allows transient accommodations of agricultural
         lands under certain restrictions.

 505     RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                    EDB,WLU,FIN
         Authorizes the governor to designate up to 8
         renaissance zones in the State.  Establishes the
         renaissance review board.  Exempts persons
         located and operating within renaissance zones
         from up to 100% of the person's income and
         general excise taxes.  Requires DBEDT to submit
         annual report on the economic effects.

 506     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      EDB,CPC,FIN
         Requires local incumbent exchange carriers to
         remove their infrastructure from the public right
         of way when other telecommunications carriers are

 
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         provided the right to serve rural or other
         underserved areas. Authorizes incumbents to
         negotiate a sale of infrastructure to the state
         or to the other carriers.

 507     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE                 TRN,CPC,FIN
         Precludes uninsured motorists and DUI drivers
         from recovering noneconomic losses in a motor
         vehicle accident.

 508     RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMMUNITY
         BENCHMARKING PILOT PROJECT AND APPROPRIATING
         FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT                        HSH,FIN
         Appropriates $350,000 for the Waianae coast
         community benchmarking pilot project and $50,000
         to the Hawaii Community Services Council for
         technical support for FY 1999-2000.  Extends
         repeal of project 3 years to 6/30/2003.

 509     RELATING TO FEES COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
         HEALTH                                              JHA,FIN
         Exempts native Hawaiians who are required by law
         to produce verification of native Hawaiian
         ancestry, from paying a fee for certified copies
         of birth, death, marriage, or divorce
         certificates, to be eligible for services and
         benefits.

 510     RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION                  EDN,FIN
         Allows the BOE to employ its own attorneys
         without the approval of the AG.

 511     RELATING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION         EDN,JHA,FIN
         Changes authority to set salary of superintendent
         of education from legislature to the BOE.

 512     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Repeals the sunset of the Hawaii Teacher
         Standards Board.

 513     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Requires new and renovated public elementary
         schools to have two classrooms for early
         childhood education.  Also requires DOE to report
         on plans to develop an early childhood education
         program.

 514     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Establishes the office of early childhood
         education within the Department of Education.
         Appropriates funds to operate the office of early
         childhood education.

 515     RELATING TO STUDENT-CENTERED SCHOOLS                EDN,FIN

 
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         Subjects student-centered schools to the same
         administrative controls and accountability system
         applicable to all other schools.  Requires these
         schools to utilize satisfactory indicators to
         determine whether their students meet or exceed
         school-based educational goals and student
         performance goals.

 516     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
         ANNOUNCEMENTS                                       TRN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for television and radio
         public service announcements to educate the
         public about traffic-related concerns and the
         state traffic laws.

 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.

 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.

 519     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD      EDN,FIN
         Provides for staggering the terms of the members
         of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board.

 520     RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES                            TRN,EDN,FIN
         Allows school buses to use HOV and zipper lanes.

 521     RELATING TO LIBRARIES                               EDN,FIN
         Establishes a community library assistance
         program through which the state library system
         supports community efforts to create and sustain
         libraries operated largely through volunteers.
         Provides that the assistance offered to the
         community by the library assistance program is
         discretionary rather than mandatory.

 522     RELATING TO THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES
         PILOT PROJECT                                       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.

 523     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for textbooks, other learning
         materials, and for furniture.

 
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 524     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for college/career counselors.

 525     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for computers.

 526     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII INSTITUTE
         FOR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS                        EDN/HED,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the Hawaii institute for
         educational partnerships, which encourages
         collaboration between the department of education
         and the UH college of education.

 527     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HALE KOKUA
         PROGRAM                                             HSH,FIN
         Provides funds for the Hale Kokua program.

 528     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BIG ISLAND PAPAYA
         INDUSTRY                                            AGR,FIN
         Makes appropriation to develop the big island
         papaya industry.

 529     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE
         DISTRICT                                            FIN
         Appropriates funds for various capital
         improvement projects for the Forty-Seventh
         Representative District.

 530     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION               LAB,JHA
         Makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for
         an employer to condition employment or hiring
         upon the employee's relinquishment of the right
         to initiate or participate in an investigation or
         proceeding under chapter 368, HRS, or any other
         right under chapters 368 or 378, HRS.

 531     RELATING TO CORRECTIONS                             PSM,FIN
         Makes an appropriation for the expansion of the
         KASHBOX drug rehabilitation program to ensure
         equal access for both male and female prisoners.

 532     RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY IN SPORTS                 EDN,JHA,FIN
         Prohibits persons, on the basis of their sex,
         from being discriminated against in any
         interscholastic, club, or intramural athletics
         offered by a public school. Prohibits public
         schools from providing athletics separately on
         the basis of sex.

 533     RELATING TO THE HAWAII RULES OF EVIDENCE            JHA
         Amends the Hawaii Rules of Evidence to conform to
         the federal rule with respect to sex offense
         cases and the relevance of the victim's past
         behavior.  Adopts a Rule of Evidence conforming

 
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         to the federal rule with respect to the
         admissibility of evidence of similar acts in
         civil cases concerning sexual assault or child
         molestation.

 534     RELATING TO PURCHASES OF SERVICE                    FIN
         Requires the governor to convene a task force to
         establish criteria with which to evaluate and
         rank all purchases of service.  Requires all
         state departments and their attached agencies to
         evaluate and rank purchases of service according
         to the established criteria.  Requires report to
         the legislature.

 535     RELATING TO YOUTH SERVICES                          HSH,LMG,FIN
         Establishes, within the office of the governor
         for administrative purposes, a temporary task
         force to develop a master plan for the office of
         youth services (OYS).  Requires the auditor to
         conduct a management and program audit of all
         operations of the OYS.  Sunsets the task force on
         6/30/2001.

 536     RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES                          HSH
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 537     RELATING TO HOUSING                                 HSH
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 538     RELATING TO HOUSING                                 HSH
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 539     RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES                          HSH
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 540     RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES                          HSH
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form)

 541     RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES                     HSH
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 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.

 543     RELATING TO FOSTER CARE                             HSH,FIN
         Extends foster board allowances to persons aged
         21 for meals and shelter only.

 544     RELATING TO SAFETY NET HEALTH PLANS                 HSH,FIN
         Establishes a safety net health plan program
         under the department of human services to
         distribute QUEST funds to safety net health
         plans.


 
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 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.

 546     RELATING TO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES                    HSH,CPC,FIN
         Makes referral to an unlicensed home health
         agency a petty misdemeanor.  If the person knows
         the agency is unlicensed, makes the referral a
         misdemeanor.  Makes operating a home health
         agency without a license a class C felony.

 547     RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS                        HLT,CPC/JHA,FIN
         Amends Hawaii's Uniform Anatomical Gift Act to:
         (1) Require all acute care hospitals in Hawaii at
         or near the time of every individual death, to
         report to the organ procurement organization
         (OPO) by telephone to determine suitability for
         organ donation of the individual in question.
         (2) Require the OPO and hospital representatives
         to cooperatively develop protocols for presenting
         the option to donate.  (3) Prohibits family
         members from overriding the donor's wishes when
         evidenced by a document of gift.  (4) Limits
         liability of any person who relies in good faith
         on the document of gift, except for gross
         negligence, recklessness, or intentional
         misconduct.  (5) Require the OPO and hospital
         representatives to conduct an annual death record
         review.  (6) Authorize the assessment of a fine
         for noncompliance.  (7) Establish a state organ
         donation advisory committee.  (8) Authorize the
         Lt. Governor to actively promote organ, tissue,
         and other anatomical gift efforts.

 548     RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS
         AND PROFESSIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELORS          HLT,CPC,FIN
         Enacts licensing laws for professional mental
         health counselors and professional rehabilitation
         counselors.

 549     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A LONG-TERM
         CARE VOLUNTEER OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM                    HSH,FIN
         Appropriates funds to establish a long term care
         volunteer ombudsman program.

 550     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE RENTAL
         HOUSING TRUST FUND                                  HSH,FIN
         Authorizes $20 million in G.O. Bonds and
         appropriates it to the Rental Housing Trust Fund.
         Permits uses of funds for, planning, design,
         costs of options, agreements of sale, and other
         housing development services or activities.


 
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 551     RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES            HSH/HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires inspections of adult residential care
         homes to be made at specified times with prior
         notice for purposes of confirming correction of
         deficiencies and for investigation of complaints.
         Requires prior notice of annual inspections.

 552     RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES            HSH,CPC,FIN
         Encourages the continued operation of adult
         residential care homes (ARCHs) by requiring the
         State to provide liability insurance to operators
         during the term of their license.

 553     RELATING TO REVERSE MORTGAGES                       CPC,FIN
         Adds a new Chapter to the Hawaii Revised Statutes
         regarding "reverse" mortgages, loans against home
         equity providing cash advances to elderly
         homeowners and requiring no repayment until a
         future time, usually until the borrower dies,
         sells the home, or permanently moves.

 554     RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL                    LAB/EDN,FIN
         Requires the attorney general's office to
         represent an educational worker in any action
         brought against that educational worker for acts
         done in the performance of the educational
         worker's duty.

 555     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds to pay for utilities for
         schools.

 556     RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES              HLT,FIN
         Integrates emergency aeromedical services as a
         component of the State Comprehensive Emergency
         Medical Services System.

 557     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TROPICAL FLOWER
         RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS                               AGR,FIN
         Appropriates funds for tropical flower research
         and programs.

 558     RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS                            WLU/AGR,FIN
         Authorizes the board of land and natural
         resources to offer a successional generation a
         lease option without having to comply with the
         public auction process, on property taken over by
         an adult child.

 559     RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,
         1920, AS AMENDED                                    JHA,FIN
         Defines "native Hawaiian" as a descendant of a
         person who, prior to 1921, had no less than fifty
         per cent Hawaiian blood. Provides that those on
         the current wait list receive priority until all

 
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         have at least one award, or the year 2021,
         whichever comes first.

 560     RELATING TO HILO COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR ADULTS        EDN,FIN
         Authorizes DOE to convert to permanent status two
         temporary positions at Hilo community school for
         adults.

 561     RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW                        JHA
         Amends the sunshine law to exempt the county
         councils.

 562     RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS                   AGR,CPC
         Provides additional labeling requirements for
         macadamia nuts.

 563     RELATING TO THE HEAD START PROGRAM                  HSH/EDN,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the head start program.

 564     RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM        LAB,FIN
         Allows qualifying ERS members, whether
         noncontributory or contributory, to acquire
         military service credit at no cost.  Allows
         qualifying ERS members to purchase additional
         service credits.  Provides for refund to members
         who have already bought back military service
         time.

 565     RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE                       LAB,FIN
         Allows the president of the Hawaii Government
         Employees Association to take a two-year leave of
         absence.

 566     RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS                          TRN,CPC,FIN
         Deregulates all state-regulated aspects of motor
         carriers, except the regulation of motor carrier
         safety.

 567     RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS    CPC,FIN
         Requires real estate brokers and salespersons and
         registered condominium hotel operators to
         maintain liability insurance coverage against
         errors or omissions occurring in the conduct of
         business.

 568     RELATING TO ENERGY                                  EEP
         Effectuate purpose of title (short form).

 569     RELATING TO ENERGY                                  EEP
         Effectuate purpose of title (short form).

 570     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT                         EEP
         Effectuate purpose of title (short form).

 571     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT                         EEP

 
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         Effectuate purpose of title (short form).

 572     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT                         EEP
         Effectuate purpose of title (short form).

 573     RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT                 EEP/OMR,TSM,FIN
         Amends Hawaii's coastal zone management law to
         expedite and streamline the process of issuing
         special management area use and minor permits and
         of obtaining all other concurrently required
         permits or approvals from other state and city
         and county agencies for proposed developments in
         Waikiki.

 574     RELATING TO PERMIT COORDINATION                     WLU,TSM,FIN
         Establishes a 5-year permit coordination pilot
         program for proposed developments in Waikiki.
         Provides for master applications, joint hearings,
         and consolidated processing of permits that must
         be obtained from state and local agencies before
         constructing or operating a project in Waikiki.

 575     RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
         LAW                                                 EEP,TSM,FIN
         Amends the "Waikiki trigger" in the environmental
         impact statement law to require environmental
         assessments for only "major uses" in Waikiki for
         which the city and county requires a major
         permit.  Provides for concurrent processing,
         joint public hearings, and reduced duplication to
         streamline processing.

 576     RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT                          JHA
         Includes under offenses of sexual assault 1st and
         3rd degrees, situations where the victim is less
         than 16 years of age and the actor is not less
         than 3 years older than the victim.

 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.

 578     RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES                        EDB,HLT,FIN
         Expand enterprise zones to include health care
         facilities and health care providers.

 579     RELATING TO ELECTION CAMPAIGNS                      JHA
         Prohibits certain elected officials from
         receiving any contributions during the period in
         which the legislature is in a regular session.

 
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         Also prohibits certain elected officials from
         holding any fundraisers or engaging in any
         fundraising activities during the period in which
         the legislature is in a regular session.

 580     RELATING TO VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS                    CPC,FIN
         Establishes requirements for the regulation of
         viatical settlements.

 581     RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING                      JHA
         Limits the amount of campaign contributions made
         by a political party.

 582     RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY                     WLU,JHA
         Grants property owners immunity from civil
         liability incurred when a person is injured on
         the owner's land while engaging in a
         "recreational purpose".

 583     RELATING TO PROCUREMENT                             LAB,FIN
         Exempts all capital improvement project contracts
         valued at $200,000 or less from the public
         procurement code for a 2-year period.  Provides
         for review by the auditor.

 584     RELATING TO PROPERTY                                CPC
         Ensures that condominium property regimes are
         subject to county zoning and county subdivision
         and development ordinances and rules.

 585     PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE XVII OF THE
         CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO
         THE COUNTING OF VOTES                               JHA,FIN
         Proposes constitutional amendments to prohibit
         the counting of blank, spoiled, or invalid
         ballots for purposes of determining:  (1) whether
         a constitutional convention should be held; or
         (2) whether a proposed constitutional amendment
         has been ratified. (ConAm)

 586     RELATING TO VOTE COUNT                              JHA,FIN
         Clarifies that blank and spoiled ballots are not
         to be counted in determining whether to convene a
         constitutional convention pursuant to article
         XVII, section 2 of the Hawaii constitution.

 587     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SECURITY PERSONNEL IN
         THE COURTS OF THE STATE                             JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds for additional security
         personnel in the State Court System.

 588     RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE                       HSH,JHA
         Amends definition of family or household member
         to include persons with a dating history.


 
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 589     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
         SERVICES                                            HSH,JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds to family court to establish a
         dedicated domestic violence court and to provide
         related domestic violence services.

 590     RELATING TO VIOLENCE                                JHA,FIN
         Establishes a protocol for the development and
         implementation of death review teams to review
         any adult domestic violence and sexual assault-
         related deaths.

 591     RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE                      JHA
         Prohibits deferred acceptance of guilty and nolo
         contendere pleas for assault 3rd convictions
         involving family or household members.

 592     RELATING TO FIREARMS                                JHA
         Modifies firearm prohibition exemptions for
         police officers by excluding from the exemption
         officers convicted of an offense involving abuse
         of a family or household member.

 593     RELATING TO THE HAWAII RULES OF EVIDENCE            JHA
         Provides for admission of similar acts against
         same person in certain criminal cases.

 594     RELATING TO FIREARMS                                JHA
         Repeals good cause exemption for possession of
         firearms by a person who is the subject of a
         restraining order.

 595     RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS                  EEP,WLU,FIN
         Highlights the importance of preserving scenic
         resources in the conservation district.
         Establishes guidelines for the board of land and
         natural resources to use in considering
         applications for the construction of high voltage
         electric power transmission lines in the
         conservation district and in the approval of
         high-voltage electric power transmission lines
         greater than forty-six kilovolts in the
         conservation district.  Amends the procedure for
         the approval of applications for high-voltage
         electric power transmission lines in the
         conservation district.

 596     RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION         CPC,FIN
         Establishes a citizen review commission within
         the DCCA to review the public utilities
         commission and advise the consumer advocate to
         ensure public participation in decisions.


 
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 597     PROPOSING TO REPEAL ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF
         THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE
         DISPOSITION OF EXCESS REVENUES                      JHA,FIN
         Proposes to repeal section 6, article VII, of the
         Hawaii Constitution pertaining to the disposition
         of excess revenues. (ConAm)

 598     RELATING TO PUBLIC FUNDS                            FIN
         Establishes the emergency and budget
         stabilization fund for emergency or unanticipated
         shortfalls.

 599     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT                       LAB,FIN
         Reforms the civil service and public employment
         collective bargaining laws by repealing the
         preemptory language of chapter 89, eliminating
         the requirement of uniformity among the counties
         and requiring coordination instead, permitting a
         smaller number of ranges or steps in salary
         ranges, allowing lateral entry appointments for
         certain bargaining units, excluding managers and
         supervisors from chapter 89, limiting the scope
         of negotiable issues, allowing personnel actions
         during grievance processes, and allowing year-end
         savings for bonuses.

 600     RELATING TO ELECTIONS                               JHA,FIN
         Amends campaign spending laws relating to the
         reporting of contributions, political party
         contributions, and direct public funding for
         election campaigns of candidates. Appropriates
         funds.  Establishes a "clean money" fund.
         Repeals clean elections pilot program.

 601     PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND
         XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
         TO RESERVE TO THE PEOPLE THE POWERS OF
         INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL OF ELECTED
         PUBLIC OFFICERS OF THE STATE                        JHA,FIN
         Proposes amendments to the Hawaii Constitution to
         reserve to the people the right of initiative,
         referendum, and recall of elected public officers
         of the State. (ConAm)

 602     RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF A TRAILER               TRN,FIN
         Extends the time from 20 to 30 days to record the
         transfer of ownership of a trailer, and increases
         the penalty from $5 to $50 for delinquent
         recording of transfer of ownership.

 603     RELATING TO CUSTODY AND VISITATION                  JHA
         Prohibits courts from ordering visitation rights
         for a parent who has murdered the other parent of
         the child.


 
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 604     RELATING TO RESTRAINING AND PROTECTIVE ORDERS       JHA
         Consolidates laws on restraining and protective
         orders and provides procedures on issuance of
         orders, form of petition, temporary restraining
         orders, duration of restraining orders,
         protective orders, service of order, enforcement
         and penalties.

 605     RELATING TO HARASSMENT                              JHA
         Creates a new petty misdemeanor offense of
         harassment of family or household member.

 606     RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE                          JHA
         Creates a new offense of the commission of
         domestic abuse in the presence of a child.

 607     RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE                         LMG,JHA
         Limits bill introduction for the state
         legislature.  Provides for exceptions.

 608     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2,
         OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO REQUIRE THE
         LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO BE ELECTED SEPARATELY FROM
         THE GOVERNOR                                        JHA,FIN
         Proposes amendment to state constitution to
         require the lieutenant governor to be elected
         separately from the governor. (ConAm)

 609     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Grants counties concurrent lawmaking power as
         well as enforcement power with regard to
         fireworks.  Modifies permissible hours on the
         Fourth of July and prohibits use without a permit
         near high density, multi-unit housing.

 610     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM GOVERNANCE                  CPC
         Limits the terms of condominium officers to 6
         years.

 611     RELATING TO AN ELECTION VOTERS GUIDE                JHA,FIN
         Requires chief election officer to produce a
         voters guide for each general election.

 612     RELATING TO BUDGETING                               FIN
         Requires reductions in allotments due to revenue
         shortfalls to be equal in percentages.

 613     RELATING TO INCOME TAX                              EDB,FIN
         Excludes from gross income amounts received from
         the commercial exploitation of federally-
         protected intellectual property developed within
         the State by its owners.

 614     RELATING TO RECIPIENTS OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO
         NEEDY FAMILIES                                      HSH,FIN

 
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         Allows recipients of TANF to have 1 trust account
         up to $15,000 for tuition, books, down payment on
         a primary residence, or for business
         capitalization to be disregarded in calculation
         of determination of assistance.  Also disregards
         a maximum of $200 monthly income deposited in the
         trust account.

 615     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL     EDN,FIN
         Appropriates $11,000 to the department of
         education for fiscal year 1999-2000 to purchase a
         replacement wrestling mat for Radford high
         school.

 616     RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY                           JHA,FIN
         Requires, in a custody or visitation proceeding,
         that advance written notice be given to the
         ocurt, the other party, or both, by an party
         seeking to relocate the permanent residence of
         the child.

 617     RELATING TO INCOME TAX                              FIN
         Establishes a deduction from gross income equal
         to 5% of the taxpayers earned income for each of
         2 dependents under the age of 5 and a dependent
         spouse up to 15% but not to exceed $10,000.

 618     RELATING TO A PROGRAM OF REGIMENTAL DISCIPLINE      PSM,FIN
         Enhances the Program of Regimental Discipline to
         include 17-year-old youths.

 619     RELATING TO ASBESTOS REMOVAL                        EDN,FIN
         Sets out criteria for determining whether to
         remove asbestos in public buildings.

 620     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Provides for the alternate licensing and
         credentialing of distance learning instructors by
         the Hawaii teacher standards board.

 621     RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE
         BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE
         DISTRICT                                            FIN
         Capital improvement projects for the benefit of
         the 32nd representative district.

 622     RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE                        HLT,CPC,FIN
         Changes coverage for biennial mammograms for
         women aged 40 to 49 to annual mammograms for all
         women aged 40 and older.

 623     RELATING TO SENTENCING                              JHA,FIN
         Requires courts, in certain domestic violence
         cases witnessed by minors, to consider the fact
         that the crime was witnessed by a minor as an

 
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         aggravating factor of the crime in imposing a
         sentence.  Recommends the revision of family
         court sentencing guidelines to consider two
         additional aggravating factors.

 624     RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES                    LAB,FIN
         Prohibits wage discrimination due to sex, race,
         and national origin.  Establishes exemptions.
         Defines terms.  Establishes employer
         recordkeeping requirements.  Grants rulemaking
         authority to the director of labor and industrial
         relations.

 625     RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES                           LAB,FIN
         Makes adjustments in the minimum hourly wage
         based on national average hourly wages.

 626     RELATING TO EDUCATION                               EDN,FIN
         Lowers the compulsory education age from 6 years
         to 5 years, making attendance in kindergarten
         mandatory.  Requires the BOE to organize and
         conduct a program of public pre-kindergarten
         education to the extent that federal funds are,
         or from time to time may become, available.
         Appropriates funds.

 627     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
         INSURANCE PROGRAM                                   HSH/HLT,CPC,FIN
         Appropriates funds for the Children's Health
         Insurance Program.

 628     RELATING TO WELFARE REFORM                          HSH,LMG,FIN
         Requires DHS to keep rollover funds from general
         assistance; requires DHS to place disabled
         children under TAONF program into SSI program;
         makes appropriation for GA program; makes three
         appropriations for DHS to purchase services from
         nonprofit entities to aid welfare recipients;
         bases TANF benefits on current federal poverty
         level; requires LRB to study the general
         assistance program.

 629     RELATING TO WELFARE-TO-WORK TRANSITION ASSISTANCE   HSH/LAB,FIN
         Establishes a transitional welfare-to-work
         benefits program for public assistance
         recipients.

 630     RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND                        HSH,FIN
         Requires the department of budget and finance to
         dedicate specified percentages of the amount in
         the general fund each year for ten years to
         programs relating to preconceptual, perinatal,
         early intervention, and family support services
         to age 5.


 
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 631     RELATING TO CHILDREN                                HSH,JHA
         Toughens Hawaii's laws for perpetrators of child
         abuse.

 632     RELATING TO DISABILITIES                            HLT,FIN
         Appropriations for developmentally disabled (DD),
         mentally retarded (MR); sets up special fund for
         developmentally disabled; allows services for
         DD/MR living independently outside of licensed
         facilities; requires audit of case management
         services provided by DOH for DD/MR.

 633     RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
         SYSTEM INCOME TAX CREDIT                            EEP,FIN
         Provides an income tax credit of $450 on the
         purchase and installation of an individual
         wastewater treatment system.

 634     ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE ONE-
         HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE
         PUERTO RICANS TO HAWAII                             CAR,FIN
         Establishes a commission to celebrate the 100th
         anniversary of the arrival of Puerto Ricans to
         Hawaii.

 635     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT
         Short form bill relating to health.

 636     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT
         Short form bill relating to health.

 637     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT
         Short form bill relating to health.

 638     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT
         Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to effectuate
         the title of this Act.

 639     RELATING TO HEALTH                                  HLT
         Short form bill.

 640     RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE EMPLOYEES            LAB,JHA,FIN
         Prevents personal suits for medical malpractice
         from being brought against licensed professionals
         employed by the State while acting within the
         scope of their employment.

 641     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL
         BACK-TO-WORK PILOT PROGRAM                          AGR/LAB,FIN
         Provides funding for the agricultural back-to-
         work pilot program.

 642     RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY       TRN,CPC
         Amends motor vehicle rental industry law to allow
         motor vehicle lessors to receive commissions on

 
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         an indirect basis for selling collision damage
         waivers.

 643     RELATING TO THE RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD REVOLVING
         ACCOUNT                                             HSH,FIN
         Authorizes the State Committee of Blind Vendors
         to spend up to $30,000 for the purposes of
         Section 347-12.5.

 644     RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES            HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires DOH to stop licensing new Type I adult
         residential care homes (ARCH) on an island until
         the percentage of Type I ARCHs having 3 or fewer
         residents falls below 10% on that island but
         allows licensing on a case-by-case basis on
         neighbor islands that demonstrate a need for
         ARCHs.  Requires DHS to strongly encourage
         public-pay clients to use underutilized ARCHs.
         Effective upon approval.

 645     RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS            PSM,FIN
         Requires the comptroller, at the request of a
         deceased Filipino veteran's survivor or an
         interested party, to make payment directly to a
         mortuary or crematory for providing funeral and
         burial services; and for transporting the
         veteran's remains to the Philippines, upon
         submission of an unpaid invoice to the OVS.

 646     RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES            HLT,CPC,FIN
         Requires DHS to convene ad hoc complaint
         committee to hear presentations from Type I ARCH
         operators to determine sufficiency of
         presentations to sustain a complaint of
         misconduct, including abuse or neglect, against a
         resident.  In complaints not involving abuse or
         neglect, prohibits DHS from withdrawing its
         client from the care home during review.
         Effective upon approval.

 647     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES            CPC
         Authorizes the association of apartment owners to
         withhold common privileges to owner-occupied
         units that are delinquent in paying their share
         of common expenses.

 648     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM MAINTENANCE FEES            CPC
         Allows condominium associations to collect
         delinquent maintenance fees from the tenant of an
         owner.  Allows tenant to deduct amount from
         payment made to landlord apartment owner.  Makes
         this requirement prevail in event of conflict
         with Landlord-Tenant Code.

 649     RELATING TO MARINE RESOURCES                        OMR

 
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         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 650     RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION                        OMR
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 651     RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION                        OMR
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 652     RELATING TO AQUACULTURE                             OMR
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 653     RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES                       OMR
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 654     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM
         COMMISSION                                          LAB,FIN
         Establishes a permanent Workers' Compensation
         Commission to oversee the workers' compensation
         system.

 655     RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND
         EMPLOYEES                                           LAB,FIN
         Provides pay ranges for certain public officers
         and employees.

 656     RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION                     CPC
         Effectuates purpose of title (short form).

 657     RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS                      CPC,FIN
         Provides disclosure statement requirements for
         time share plans in which all accommodations are
         out-of-state.  Allows director to issue 6 month
         preliminary permit to allow developer to begin
         public offerings, subject to conditions.
         Requires director to accept the plan for
         registration if developer meets criteria.

 658     RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS                            CPC
         Requires that a time share plan subject to
         condominium and time share registration
         requirements conform to both unless
         contradictory.  Specifies that time share
         requirement concerning disclosure statements
         prevail in event of conflict.

 659     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING          TRN,JHA,FIN
         Establishes a graduated licensing procedure for
         persons under 17.

 660     RELATING TO THE INSURANCE PRIVILEGE                 CPC,JHA
         Recognizes an insurance compliance self-
         evaluative privilege to protect the
         confidentiality of communication relating to
         voluntary internal compliance audits.


 
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 661     RELATING TO ENHANCED WIRELESS EMERGENCY 911
         SERVICE                                             HLT/CPC,FIN
         Establishes enhanced 911 service for mobile
         phones.

 662     RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LICENSING      HLT,CPC
         Requires certain health care providers to submit
         academic and professional information to their
         licensing boards as matters of public record.

 663     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               HSH,CPC
         Requires nonprofit 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.

 664     RELATING TO REQUIRED RESERVES FOR A DEPOSITORY
         FINANCIAL SERVICES LOAN COMPANY                     CPC
         Permits securities listed on the National Market
         System of the Nasdaq Stock Market as acceptable
         reserves for a depository financial services loan
         company.

 665     RELATING TO INSURANCE                               EDB,CPC,FIN
         Repeals the Hawaii hurricane relief fund.
         Establishes the hurricane relief loan fund to
         provide loans to strengthen homes at risk for
         hurricane damage.  Establishes the hurricane loss
         projection methodology commission to improve the
         reliability of hurricane loss projections.

 666     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A
         BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER                                EDB,FIN
         Appropriates an unspecified sum for the
         development of a biotechnology center.

 667     RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
         PARTNERSHIPS                                        EDB,FIN
         Creates a public-private infrastructure program
         to transfer projects to improve infrastructure
         systems and facilities from the State and local
         governments to the private sector or to expedite
         and allow the creation of infrastructure systems
         and facilities.

 668     RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS                   LAB/EDN,FIN
         Provides that substitute teachers may collect
         unemployment insurance benefits during summer
         recess.

 669     RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION                   LAB,FIN
         Excludes permanent and complete loss of hearing
         from the 5-year statute of limitations for

 
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         asserting a claim under the workers' compensation
         law.  Requires the awarding of permanent partial
         disability benefits for hearing loss to be made
         without regard to the age of an injured worker.

 670     RELATING TO FIREWORKS                               JHA,FIN
         Prohibits the sale and use of aerial common
         fireworks.  Makes it a class C felony to sell
         aerial common fireworks.  Prohibits the use of
         non-aerial common fireworks under all
         circumstances and at any time except for
         religious or cultural purposes.

 671     RELATING TO PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS          LAB,FIN
         Requires the employee's retirement system to
         recognize a division of property pursuant to a
         court order or divorce decree affecting the
         rights of the persons named in the order or
         decree to pension, retirement, or other benefits
         under chapter 88.

 672     RELATING TO TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT                 TRN,JHA,FIN
         Repeals law decriminalizing traffic violations
         and reenacts preexisting law.

 673     RELATING TO ELECTIONS                               JHA,FIN
         Requires chief election officer to establish an
         elections advisory committee.

 674     RELATING TO ELECTION RECOUNTS                       JHA
         Allows a complaint to be filed in a circuit court
         for a recount when the difference in the votes
         cast for winning and losing candidates for an
         office meets specified trigger results.

 675     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WELLNESS
         CENTER AT 3860 OLD PALI ROAD                        HLT,EDB,FIN
         Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue
         general obligation bonds for the planning of a
         wellness center on State land known as the Marks
         Estate.

 676     RELATING TO TAX PENALTIES AND INTEREST              JHA,FIN
         Provides for probation for attempted tax evasion,
         willful failure to file a tax return, and aiding
         and abetting preparation of a false tax return.

 677     RELATING TO AN OCEAN FLOATING, ALL-NATURAL CLEAN
         ENERGY POWER STATION                                EEP/HED,FIN
         Appropriates funds to study the feasibility of
         constructing and operating an ocean floating,
         all-natural clean energy power station.  Requires
         the University of Hawaii to submit a report of

 
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         its findings and recommendations to the
         legislature prior to the 2001 regular session.

 678     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER                        HSH,FIN
         Funds the renovation of the OR&L building to
         convert it to a homeless shelter.

 679     RELATING TO TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT                 TRN,JHA,FIN
         Repeals law decriminalizing traffic violations
         and reenacts preexisting law.

 680     RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND                             WLU,JHA
         Declares that the government is not liable for
         accidents and injuries occurring on unimproved
         public land.  Repeals Act 190, SLH 1996.

 681     RELATING TO CITATIONS                               JHA,FIN
         Imposes an administrative fee of $25 on a person
         to whom a citation has been issued, to be
         distributed to the respective county in which the
         citation was issued.

 682     RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS                CPC,FIN
         Provides that 20% of each cable operator's fee be
         evenly divided between all counties for
         communications media programs.

 683     RELATING TO VOTE-BY-MAIL ELECTIONS                  JHA,FIN
         Amends section 16-1, HRS, to allow counties to
         hold vote-by-mail elections for any special
         election called to fill a vacancy in any county
         office.

 684     RELATING TO TAX CREDITS FOR WATER CONSERVATION      WLU,FIN
         Creates a water conservation tax credit for
         investment in water conservation facilities or
         devices.

 685     RELATING TO A COMMUNITY LANDS AND OPEN SPACE
         ACQUISITION FUND.                                   WLU,FIN
         Allows counties to establish a conveyance tax
         surcharge to fund purchase of community lands and
         open space acquisition.

 686     RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE                          LMG,JHA
         Deletes references to repealed chapter 85, HRS.
         Amends section 78-9, HRS, to delete a phrase that
         has been interpreted as limiting legislative
         bodies' subpoena power.

 687     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COUNTY
         OF KAUAI CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS               FIN

 
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         Appropriates moneys for various projects in Kauai
         county.

 688     RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE                           LAB,FIN
         Adds new exemptions from county civil service.

 689     AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
         BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY OF
         KAUAI CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS                  FIN
         Authorizes the issuance of general obligation
         bonds for capital improvement projects for Kauai
         county.

 690     RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS            JHA,FIN
         Allows state agencies to enter into agreement to
         indemnify and defend counties in joint state and
         county projects.

 691     RELATING TO AGRICULTURE                             AGR/EDB,JHA
         Provides general liability immunity for owners of
         agricultural lands in state enterprise zones.

 692     RELATING TO ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES                TRN,CPC,FIN
         Increases disposal fee and exempts rental and U-
         drive motor vehicles from fee.  Transfers
         certificate of ownership fees from the state
         general fund to the county general fund.

 693     RELATING TO ABANDONED PROPERTY                      WLU,JHA
         Requires OHA to be made a party to all actions to
         quiet title to lands where escheat is an issue.

 694     RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL
         RESOURCES                                           WLU,JHA
         Specifies that one of the 2 at-large members of
         the BLNR be a representative of OHA.

 695     RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION                 WLU,JHA
         Specifies that one of the non-county members of
         the LUC be a representative of OHA.

 696     RELATING TO PUBLIC TRUST LANDS                      WLU/AGR,JHA,FIN
         Adds definition of ceded lands and Hawaiian lands
         to laws relating to agriculture, agribusiness
         development corp., and public lands.  Requires
         OHA to be a signatory to all transfers,
         dispositions, sales, and conveyances of Hawaiian
         lands.

 697     RELATING TO HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS                      WLU,JHA,FIN
         Expands the authority of the chair of the office
         of Hawaiian affairs to lease government-owned
         Hawaiian fishponds.

 698     RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN   EDN/JHA,FIN

 
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         Permits the DOE to provide transportation for
         students in the Hawaiian immersion program.

 699     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF
         MAUNALAHA SUBDIVISION                               WLU,JHA,FIN
         Appropriates funds for infrastructure
         improvements for Maunalaha lessees.

 700     RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS BUDGET   FIN
         Appropriates funds for office of Hawaiian affairs
         for FY 1999-2000 and FY 2000-2001.

 701     RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY            TSM,JHA
         Requires that one of the members at large of the
         Hawaii Tourism Authority be a representative of
         the office of Hawaiian affairs.

 702     RELATING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF
         HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                    LAB/JHA,FIN
         Gives OHA trustee option to elect to become a
         member of the ERS.

 703     RELATING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF
         HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS                                    LAB,JHA,FIN
         Allows OHA trustees to participate in and receive
         same benefits from ERS as other elected officers.

 704     RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS                         HED,JHA,FIN
         Waives tuition for 500 additional Hawaiian
         students in the University of Hawaii system.
         Gives priority to those Hawaiian students who are
         enrolled in Hawaiian language courses, education,
         are financially needy, or participating in
         student recruitment programs.

 705     RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL IMPACT
         STATEMENTS                                          WLU,JHA,FIN
         Amends the environmental impact statement law to
         require the preparation of native Hawaiian
         cultural impact statements.

 706     RELATING TO HOMESTEAD LEASES                        WLU,JHA,FIN
         Changes homestead lease amounts to $1.
         Eliminates cash freehold agreements.

 707     RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS                        HLT/JHA,FIN
         Exempts native Hawaiians from fees for vital
         statistics certificates if certificates are
         required by law to verify ancestry.

 708     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO COMPLETE THE
         INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATERLINES INTO THE KIKALA-
         KEOKEA SUBDIVISION                                  JHA,FIN

 
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         Appropriates $2,400,000 to complete
         infrastructure for waterlines into the Kikala-
         Keokea subdivision.

 709     RELATING TO LABELING                                OMR,CPC
         Requires proper labeling of aquatic food grown,
         manufactured, significantly processed, or landed
         in Hawaii.

 710     RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE
         MANAGEMENT                                          WLU,JHA
         Reduces the number of members of the commission
         on water resource management appointed by the
         governor subject to confirmation by the senate
         from 4 to 3.  Requires one member of the
         commission to be a representative from the office
         of Hawaiian affairs.  Reduces the membership of
         the nominating committee from 4 to 3 members.

                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.C.R. NO.                      Subject                      REFERRAL

  18     URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONSIDER
         REQUIRING MANDATORY FAMILY AND PARENTING CLASSES
         FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS                            EDN,FIN
         

  19     REQUESTING THE EAST-WEST CENTER TO ESTABLISH AN
         "ASIA PACIFIC CENTER" TO SERVE AS A CLEARINGHOUSE
         FOR DOING BUSINESS IN ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES    HED,EDB
         

  20     REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INITIATIVES TO
         FACILITATE THE GROWTH OF HAWAII'S BIOTECHNOLOGY
         INDUSTRY                                            HED,EDB
         

  21     REQUESTING THE INCORPORATION OF ASSISTIVE
         TECHNOLOGY CONSIDERATIONS IN ALL APPROPRIATE
         ADMINISTRATION MEASURES                             HSH,EDB,FIN
         

  22     REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO
         SUBMIT LEGISLATION TO PROMOTE COMPETITION FOR
         PROVIDING ELECTRICITY IN THE STATE                  EEP,CPC
         

  23     REQUESTING A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF
         ESTABLISHING HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTERS USING
         NATURAL RESOURCES ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII           HLT,EDB/TSM
         


 
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  24     REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO
         STRENGTHEN ITS ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH PRISON
         OVERCROWDING                                        PSM/JHA,FIN
         

  25     URGING A MORATORIUM ON LEGISLATION TO LEGALIZE
         ANY FORM OF GAMBLING IN HAWAII UNTIL THE NATIONAL
         GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION SUBMITS ITS
         FINAL REPORT                                        JHA,FIN
         

  26     RELATING TO SELF-DETERMINATION FOR NATIVE
         HAWAIIANS                                           JHA
         

  27     ENCOURAGING GREATER AVAILABILITY OF CABLE ACCESS
         AND ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE IN
         REMOTE RURAL AREAS                                  EDB,CPC
         

  28     REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND
         THE ARTS TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT EXHIBITION SPACE
         FOR THE STATE ART COLLECTION                        CAR,FIN
         

  29     URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
         FEDERAL MILLION SOLAR ROOFS INITIATIVE              EEP,CPC
         

  30     SUPPORTING CONTINUING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP HILO'S
         BAYFRONT                                            CAR,WLU
         

  31     URGING INCREASED AID FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
         VICTIMS                                             HSH,JHA
         

  32     URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO EXPAND AND
         MAKE PERMANENT THE TEMPORARY VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
         ESTABLISHED UNDER THE IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND
         REFORM ACT OF 1986                                  TSM,EDB
         

  33     REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEFINITION OF
         "HAWAII RESIDENT" TO CLARIFY AND FACILITATE THE
         ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC LAW 99-190, RELATING TO
         HIRING RESIDENTS ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS IN HAWAII     LAB,CPC,FIN
         

  34     REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND
         FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO
         OFFER COVERAGE FOR BONE MASS MEASUREMENT AND
         HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN CONNECTION WITH
         OSTEOPOROSIS, ANNUAL MAMMOGRAMS FOR WOMEN AGED
         FORTY AND OLDER, CERVICAL CYTOLOGY SCREENING, AND

 
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         TWICE YEARLY DIRECT ACCESS TO OBSTETRIC AND
         GYNECOLOGICAL SERVICES                              HLT,CPC/LMG,FIN
         

  35     URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO EXPLORE
         AND FUND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION FOR
         NONVIOLENT FEMALE OFFENDERS.                        PSM/JHA,FIN
         

                          HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

Referrals                                                    Committee
H.R. NO.                        Subject                      REFERRAL

  22     URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO EXPLORE
         AND FUND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION FOR
         NONVIOLENT FEMALE OFFENDERS                         PSM/JHA,FIN
         

                             HOUSE BILLS

Re-referrals                                                 Committee
H.B. NO.                        Subject                      RE-REFERRAL


  48     RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS                      OMR,FIN
         


 
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