THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Monday, April 4, 2005

TIME:

10:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

 

HB 244

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1258)

RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

Requires the Department of Human Services to recognize individuals who have not received a decision on their application for public assistance within the time specified in the administrative rules to be presumptively eligible until an eligibility decision is made. Provides exceptions. (SD1)

HMS, WAM

HB 429

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1139)

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EXPENSES OF THE 2005 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION IN HONOLULU.

Appropriates funds for the expenses of hosting the 2005 National Association of Counties Annual Conference and Exposition at the Hawaii convention center. (SD1)

IGA, WAM

HB 447

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1213)

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Authorizes the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to make all necessary and appropriate disbursements of its moneys by issuing checks in its own name and by other means. (SD1)

JHW, WAM

HB 460

HD2

(SSCR1221)

RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Clarifies that the Chief Election Officer and Executive Director of the Campaign Spending Commission may staff positions with civil service employees subject to collective bargaining. (HB460 HD2)

JHW/LBR, WAM

HB 488

SD1

(SSCR1228)

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Appropriates funds to expand community service workline programs for female inmates. (SD1)

JHW, WAM

HB 631

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1116)

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Clarifies and corrects existing language, conforms statutes to current practices and includes language previously omitted from prior legislation. (SD1)

LBR, WAM

HB 632

(SSCR1115)

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 optioins to the maximum allowance.

 

LBR, WAM

HB 704

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1120)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Appropriates $20,000,000 for FY 2005-06 and 06-07 in Reed Act funds for services of the unemployment insurance and workforce development divisions. Provides additional funding to the local workforce investment boards for employer outreach and services, labor force pool expansion and capacity building. (SD1)

LBR, WAM

HB 1614

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1235)

RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL.

Provides civil service benefits in the executive branch civil service system for those employees who are members of the DOE civil service system. (SD1)

LBR/EDM, WAM

ONLY WRITTEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED,

NO ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Persons wishing to submit written comments should submit 35 copies of their comments to the committee clerk, Room 210, State Capitol during regular business hours, or outside the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Office, Room 015, State Capitol for all other times, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Comments may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate that the comments are to be submitted for this particular decision making and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6800.

 

 

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair