HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE |
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Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair |
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Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Pono Chong |
Rep. Glenn Wakai |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane |
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Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. Galen Fox |
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Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Mark S. Moses |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
Rep. Kymberly N. Pine |
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Rep. Kameo Tanaka |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
THURSDAY, February 24, 2005 |
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TIME: |
2:00 P.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A # 1
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HB 1547 (HSCR492) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Reconstitutes the board of trustees of the Employees' Retirement System. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 631 (HSCR76) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Clarifies and corrects existing language, conforms statutes to current practices and includes language previously omitted from prior legislation. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 632 (HSCR457) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to include the post retirement allowance as an actuarial assumption in determining the actuarial equivalency of benefit options to the maximum allowance. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 180 (HSCR106) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided under collective bargaining agreements for counterparts within the employer's jurisdiction. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 266 HD1 (HSCR559) |
RELATING TO LABOR. Allows a public employer to negotiate over permissive, as distinct from mandatory subjects of collective bargaining. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1758 HD1 (HSCR341) |
RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Provides that weekly unemployment benefit payments shall not be reduced as a result of the receipt of pension payments under the Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. Simplifies the method for the reduction of unemployment benefits paid to an individual who is receiving a pension or other type of retirement income pursuant to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 325 (HSCR77) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Allows an employee to use for family leave purposes, Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) sick leave benefits in excess of minimum statutory TDI benefit requirements. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 338 HD1 (HSCR78) |
RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS. Requires the provision of rest or meal break periods of at least thirty consecutive minutes for employees who work five or more continuous hours, unless a collective bargaining agreement provides an express provision for meal breaks or an employee waives the requirement for a rest or meal period. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 761 (HSCR567) |
RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Allows an employee to use family leave during any calendar year upon the military deployment of the employee's child, spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, or parent. |
LAB/PSM, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Dwight Takamine Chair |