AGR - Agriculture

HSG Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce

HUS - Human Services

EDB - Economic Development and

INT - International Affairs

Business Concerns

JUD - Judiciary

EDN - Education

LAB - Labor and Public Employment

EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection

LMG - Legislative Management

FIN - Finance

PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs

HAW Hawaiian Affairs

TAC - Tourism and Culture

HED - Higher Education

TRN - Transportation

HLT - Health

WLO - Water, Land & Ocean Resources

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.C.R. NO.

70

REQUESTING THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF ADOPTING AN OPEN RATING INSURANCE RATE REGULATION SYSTEM.

CPC

71

SUPPORTING THE ABILITY OF NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS AND MILITARY RESERVISTS WITH TWENTY YEARS OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE TO RECEIVE MILITARY RETENTION PAY IMMEDIATELY UPON RETIREMENT, REGARDLESS OF AGE.

PSM, FIN

SENATE BILLS

Committee

S.B. NO.

127, SD1

RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

Provides that the plans of care for developmentally disabled persons provide for "support," and not training, of persons in the licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes. (SD1)

HLT/HUS, FIN

145

RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING, REENACTING, OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.

Amends, reenacts, or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.

JUD

612, SD1

RELATING TO BAIL.

Establishes offense of bail jumping in the 3rd degree if the person fails to appear in court if ordered or directed by a law enforcement official; clarifies that bail jumping in the 2nd degree is a petty misdemeanor and applies to individuals who fail to appear in court when ordered by a law enforcement official. (SD1)

JUD

615, SD1

RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT.

Clarifies that the district court having jurisdiction over a civil action involving summary possession has concurrent jurisdiction with the small claims court over security deposit disputes between a landlord and tenant. (SD1)

JUD

616

RELATING TO COURT INTERPRETERS.

Exempts court interpreters whose appearance is retained by the court from prosecution, penalty, or fine for any parking meter violation incurred in connection with their appearance in court.

JUD, FIN

619

RELATING TO PETTY MISDEMEANORS.

Eliminates current statutory inconsistency between a statute defining a "petty misdemeanor" and statute setting forth the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for a "petty misdemeanor".

JUD

620, SD1

RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR THE SUPERVISION OF ADULT OFFENDERS.

Lists state compact administrator's responsibilities, including the appointment of deputy compact administrators from DPS and the judiciary; mandates that all members of the council are subject to a 4-year term, except the DPS member; requires certain members of the council be appointed. (SD1)

PSM, JUD, FIN

621

RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.

Eliminates inconsistencies in adjudication of traffic offenses; clarifies application of section 291D-3(b) (applicability of administrative adjudication law) by providing that infractions not resulting in a criminal charge do not require court adjudication. Extends the time for answering a notice of traffic infraction from 15 to 21 days.

JUD

680, SD1

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE CONTROL.

Clarifies applicability of solid waste disposal prohibitions, separates criminal and civil enforcement of solid waste violations into separate sections, and specifies that each day of a criminal or civil violation constitutes a separate offense. (SD1)

EEP, JUD

698

RELATING TO THE HAWAII CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER.

Requires the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to take a full frontal photograph of an applicant's face for a Hawaii state identification card.

JUD, FIN

929

RELATING TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION.

Grants the civil rights commission the power to decide petitions for declaratory relief filed by its executive director on legal issues arising in the course of the investigation of complaints of discrimination.

JUD

HOUSE BILLS

Committee

H.B. NO.

15

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods, services, and construction not subject to the procurement code.

LMG, HED

109, HD1

RELATING TO LAND USE COMMISSION.

Establishes a presumption that a dwelling is not a permitted farm dwelling in an agricultural district if certain nonagricultural features in a subdivision or development are determined to be present; prohibits and restricts uses and activities; and grandfathers in existing lawful uses and buildings. (HB109 HD1)

WLO/AGR

671

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED.

Allows a homestead lessee who is at least 1/4 Hawaiian to designate a brother or sister to succeed to the leasehold interest in the tract.

HAW/HSG

815

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WAIANAE COST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER.

Appropriates funds for emergency services at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.

FIN

938, HD1

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

Requires that the child protective review panel review proceedings taken prior to the issuance of a court order upon the request by the child's family and makes decision available to court in any subsequent proceedings. Adds persons who represent family interests to those who may be appointed to review panel. (HB938 HD1)

HUS

1331

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR JACOBY DEVELOPMENT INC.

Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs for the planning, design, construction, and equipping of, and the acquisition of lands for, a plasma municipal solid waste processing system to convert solid wastes into electricity, and chemically and biologically inert slag, on the island of Oahu.

EEP, FIN

1705

RELATING TO GASOLINE.

Makes the provisions of gasoline price regulations contained in section 486H-13, HRS, subject to the governor's determination whether they should be made operative or subsequently suspended.

CPC

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Committee

H.C.R. NO.

26

REQUESTING A SUNRISE ANALYSIS OF THE PROFESSION OF ARCHAEOLOGY.

WLO, CPC, FIN