AGR - Agriculture

HSH - Human Services and Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce

JHA - Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs

EDB - Economic Development and

LAB - Labor and Public Employment

Business Concerns

LMG - Legislative Management

EDN - Education

PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs

EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection

TAC - Tourism and Culture

FIN - Finance

TRN - Transportation

HED - Higher Education

WLU - Water and Land Use

HLT - Health

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Committee

S.C.R. NO.

19

Requesting the Natural Energy laboratory of hawaii authority to revive its proposal for the REACTIVATION of the Noi`i o puna research center.

EEP

20

requesting the department of transportation to study the feasibility of establishing an inter-island ferry system between all of the islands.

TRN

25

urging the Department of Land and Natural Resources to identify alternatives, including hunting, to the use of snares, poisons, and unattended traps for the control of game animal populations.

WLU

28

requesting the formation of a joint legislative technology task force to develop clear goals and an implementation plan to improve hawaii's technology industry.

EDB/LMG

43

REQUESTING AN ASSESSMENT OF AND IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

WLU/AGR

45

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON ALIEN SPECIES PROGRAMS.

AGR

46

requesting the auditor to conduct an audit of the administrative services branch of the department of education.

EDN/LMG

93

SUPPORTING ACCELERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KAPALAMA CONTAINER terminal facility.

TRN

94

supporting increasing the depth of barbers point harbor.

TRN

111

REQUESTING federal recognition of hawaiians as an autonomous group.

JHA

113

requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to study the funding and regulation of new century charter schools.

EDN/LMG

129

REQUESTING A PRELIMINARY Assessment Of ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY IN HAWAI`I.

EEP

130

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION TO ADJUST HAWAII'S AEROMEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES BY PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE PHASE-IN OF THE PROPOSED MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE.

HLT/HSH

132

requesting the food industry and other interested parties, with the cooperation of the department of health and the counties, to contract with an expert consultant to conduct a comprehensive analysis of hawaii's solid waste and litter situation.

EEP

136

requesting the establishment of an experimental sword fishery to adopt alternative turtle mitigation measures and AVOID ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

WLU

147

requesting a management audit of the department of labor and industrial relations' disability compensation division and a study of whether an injured employee's access to medical care is being curtailed due to the practice of tying reimbursement rates to the medical fee schedule.

LAB/LMG

159

REQUESTING THE employees' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF HAWAII TO STUDY CURRENT PENSION BENEFITS OFFERED TO PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MODIFY SUCH BENEFITS INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF AN ALTERNATIVE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLAN.

LAB