relating to legal services for the indigent.

Repeals sunset date of June 30, 2002 in legal service for the indigent act; adds "pro bono" to "civil legal services" definition; repeals requirement that unexpended funds revert to general fund.

JDC, WAM

relating to elections.

Requires a vote recount for only that race in which the difference between the winner and the next highest vote-getter is less than one percentage point of the total number of votes cast for that office.

JDC, WAM

SB 120

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Requires the department of public safety to develop and implement gender responsive community-based programs for women offenders to achieve gender equity in correctional programming. (SD1)

JDC, WAM

relating to elections.

Transfers all duties of the office of elections back to the lieutenant governor's office.

JDC, WAM

SB 453

relating to the rights of victims.

Amends the bill of rights for crime victims by amending the definition of "major developments" to include unfitness to stand trial, transfer to the state hospital or other psychiatric facility, or regaining fitness to proceed. Gives victims the choice to receive notification or not. (SD1)

JDC, WAM

RELATING TO FEES OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

Increases amounts for service of process by sheriffs and police.

JDC, WAM

relating to crime victim compensation.

Repeals sunset date of July 1, 2001, of deposits into crime victim compensation special fund.

JDC, WAM

SB 1126

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY.

Continues the authorization granted to the DOH to obtain criminal history record information of persons who are seeking employment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division, its providers or subcontractors in positions that place them in direct contact with clients. (SD1)

JDC, WAM

SB 1296

relating to attorney's fees for appointed counsel.

Increases compensation for court appointed counsel. (SD1)

JDC, WAM

relating to the intermediate appellate court.

Increases the number of judges on the intermediate appellate court from 3 to 5.

JDC, WAM

relating to drug demand reduction assessments.

Makes the drug demand reduction assessments special fund permanent.

JDC, WAM

RELATING TO ACT 278, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999.

Prevents inadvertent repeal of crime victim compensation fund by adding reenactment language to law that was amended by law amending the crime victim compensation special fund, and scheduled to "drop dead".

JDC, WAM

RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES.

Authorizes compensation for victims and witnesses of crimes.

JDC, WAM

SB 72

RELATING TO THE KAHO`OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION.

Enables the Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission to accept grants and donations and to conduct fundraising activities. (SD1)

relating to the public land trust.

Facilitates the establishment of a comprehensive information system for inventorying and maintaining information about the lands of the public land trust. Appropriates funds.

HAW / JDC / WLE, WAM

making an appropriation for the nanakuli homestead cemetery.

Appropriates funds for the upkeep of the Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery.

HAW, WAM

MAKING APPROPRIATIONs FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for the HGEA bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 13. Includes appropriation for employees excluded from collective bargaining.

making appropriations for collective bargaining cost items.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the state and the bargaining unit representative for FB 2001-2003

SB 1034

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts. (SD1)

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 10 and their excluded counterparts.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit 11, Firefighters, and its excluded counterpart.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Provides fund authorizatons and appropriations for State officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.

relating to collective bargaining cost items.

Appropriates funds to pay for public school teacher raises.

Relating to State Officers and Employees Excluded From Collective Bargaining and Making Appropriations and Other Adjustments.

Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.

RELATING TO MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULES.

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.

SB 23

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.

Authorizes paid leave for state and county employees responding to disasters for the American Red Cross. (SD1)

SB 24

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Enables public agencies to conduct experimental modernization projects this year instead of waiting for the Civil Service Reform Act (Act 253, SLH 2000) to take effect. Amends the experimental modernization project section of the Civil Service Reform Act to ensure flexibility in the application of personnel policies. (SD1)

relating to public employment.

Provides for wage and salary adjustments for public sector managers excluded from collective bargaining that are on par with their civil service counterparts.

SB 446

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

Clarifies exclusion for student workers. Extends unemployment insurance benefits of dislocated Amfac Kauai Sugar employees for an additional six months. (SD1)

SB 499

relating to leave sharing.

Enables the legislature to establish a leave-sharing program. (SD1)

relating to appointed public officials.

Includes deputy superintendent in the group of DOE officials whose salary shall be set by the board and removes the deputy superintendent from the statutorily set salary provision.

SB 588

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

Exempts amounts paid to a professional employment organization on behalf of employees hired by a client company. (SD1)

SB 733

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Amends the formula that determines the amount to be assessed against employers for deposit in the Employment and Training Fund by making the .05% assessment rate permanent effective January 1, 2002. (SD1)

SB 849

relating to collective bargaining.

Restricts an arbitration panel's ability to factor in certain sources of revenue when determining salary and wage adjustments in collective bargaining agreements. (SD1)

relating to collective bargaining.

Repeals mandatory arbitration for all collective bargaining units except firefighters and police officers. Restores right to strike for those units.

SB 857

relating to the hawaii living wage law.

Requires private firms contracted by state government to pay covered workers a Hawaii living wage of $9.43 an hour, to begin on 7/1/01 and adjusted thereafter. Requires DLIR to implement living wage. Establishes temporary living wage advisory committee to evaluate law. Repealed 7/1/2005. (SD1)

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Clarifies forfeiture provisions for retirees who return to work after receiving the special retirement incentive benefit under workforce reduction

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Clarifies that there are four different options in the Noncontributory Plan.

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH FUND PREMIUMS.

Appropriates additional emergency funds in fiscal year 2000-2001 to pay for the State's employer portion of health fund premiums.

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.

Deletes the requirement that financial audit costs be paid from trust funds of the Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund.

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.

Allows the Health Fund to return the employees' share of insurance carrier refunds to beneficiaries based on their years of benefit plan participation

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Changes the salary growth assumption rate to ___ per cent effective _______.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Provides fund authorizatons and appropriations for State officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining.

SB 1115

RELATING TO HUMAN RESOURCES.

Requests an appropriation of $600,000 out of the Human Resources Development Special Fund for fiscal year 2001-2002 so the Department can carry out the purposes of the fund. (SD1)

SB 1144

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Increases the minimum wage; deletes reference to tip credit; ties future increases to CPI. (SD1)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Conforms state statutory provision with applicable federal statutes for the administration of the state's unemployment insurance program.

RELATING TO THE HOISTING MACHINE OPERATORS ADVISORY BOARD.

Places the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board within the department and authorize the hiring of an executive director exempt from civil service.

SB 1377

relating to civil service.

Grants civil service status to the employees of the support services office, the program development staff, and the nursing home without walls program under the department of human services' social services division. (SD1)

relating to the employees' retirement system.

Directs Senate and House to work with DAGS to ensure that full-time legislative employees who work during the legislative session are covered by the ERS as provided by law. Applies retroactively to unspecified date.

SB 638

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

Appropriates $600,000 for pumping of water for the Molokai irrigation system until the reservoir water level reaches forty-foot level, or until the funds are expended. (SD1)

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE IRRIGATION PROGRAM.

Requests emergency funding (Article VII, Section 9 Constitution) to cover the decline in revenues from the State's irrigation systems.

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for repairs, maintenance, and improvements to the Molokai Irrigation System.

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS.

Increases the ceiling on classes A and C state farm loans.

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Senator Brian Taniguchi