REQUESTING A SUNRISE ANALYSIS OF THE PROFESSION OF ARCHAEOLOGY.

URGING CONGRESS TO CONSIDER THE REGULATION OF NEUROMARKETING.

HB 1207

HD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER RETROFITTING.

Provides for general obligation bonds for emergency shelter retrofitting. (HB1207 HD1)

(Please note: The Committee on CPH will hold its decision making on the above measure(s) on Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 9:00 am in conference room 016.)

HB 10

HD2

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Exempts members of the national guard and reserves who are called to active duty by the president and serving in Iraq or Afghanistan from county vehicular taxes and fees for noncommercial motor vehicles. (HB10 HD2)

(Please note: The Committee on EDM held its decision making on the above measure(s) on March 18, 2005.)

HB 516

HD2

RELATING TO EMERGENCY HEALTH POWERS.

Authorizes the Department of Health to maintain an emergency response stockpile to prepare for or respond to a CBRNE event. (HB516 HD2)

(Please note: The Committee on HTH held its decision making on the above measure(s) on March 16, 2005.)

HB 994

HD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes an investment tax credit for qualified investments in the motor sports recreation, public safety training, educational, and medical facility to be developed at Kalaeloa, parcel 9; provides certain limitations. (HB994 HD2)

(Please note: The Committee on BED held its decision making on the above measure(s) on March 18, 2005.)

HB 1214

HD2

RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES.

Provides for the manner in which the prevailing wages for laborers and mechanics on public work projects are to be established. Allows individuals to bring suit against violators for noncompliance and the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations for failure to perform nondiscretionary duties. Expands the definition of public works to include certain private construction contracts. (HB1214 HD2)

(Please note: The Committee on LBR held its decision making on the above measure(s) on March 18, 2005.)

HB 1528

HD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Adjusts the salaries of certain department head positions, including: the auditor, legislative reference bureau, Hawaii labor relations board, ombudsman, state procurement office, the stadium authority, civil defense, commission on water resource management, the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii, the public utilities commission, the Hawaii paroling authority, the labor and industrial relations appeals board, commissioner of financial institutions and the office of the state public defender, the office of solid waste management, the executive office on aging, the office of veterans' services, and the office of community services. (HB1528 HD2)

(Please note: The Committee on LBR will hold its decision making on the above measure(s) on March 21, 2005, at 2:15 pm in conference room 229.)

HB 857

HD1

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Requires the director of transportation to include decibel tests as part of the official motor vehicle safety inspection rules. (HB857 HD1)

HB 862

HD2

RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES.

Establishes the offense of excessive speeding, which is defined as 30 or miles per hour over the speed limit or 90 miles per hour or more irrespective of the speed limit. (HB862 HD2)

HB 919

HD1

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS.

Permits the forfeiture of a vehicle for conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant within 5 years of 2 prior convictions or conviction of habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. (HB919 HD1)

HB 502

HD1

RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES REQUIRING IMPOSITION OF INCREASED PENALTIES FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.

Limits the time in which a prior conviction may be the basis for enhanced penalties for subsequent offenses as follows: Three years for offenses involving child restraints; one year for offenses involving violations relating to motor vehicle lights; and five years for offenses for motor vehicle alarms violations. (HB502 HD1)

HB 438

HD1

RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES.

Repeals the penalties provided in section 291C-13, HRS, for violation of that section because penalties are already provided under section 291C-161, HRS. (HB438 HD1)

HB 437

RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT.

Clarifies that the term of imprisonment for violation of section 291E-61(b)(4), HRS, shall not exceed the maximum term provided in subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3), respectively.

HB 81

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.

Changes marking requirements for motor carrier vehicles to help ensure conformance with federal standards.