HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair

Rep. Mele Carroll	Rep. Clift Tsuji
Rep. Pono Chong	Rep. Glenn Wakai
Rep. Cindy Evans	Rep. Ryan I. Yamane
Rep. Marilyn B. Lee	Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita
Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay	Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer
Rep. Bob Nakasone	Rep. Mark S. Moses
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto	Rep. Kymberly Pine
Rep. Kameo Tanaka	Rep. Anne V. Stevens

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

DATE:	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006
TIME:	5:01 P.M.
PLACE:	Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A #6

DECISION MAKING ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS PREVIOUSLY HEARD

HEARD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, AGENDA # 3:

HB 2181

HD1

(HSCR627-06)

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes the Hawaii Innovations Partnership Corporation to provide research and development grants and to invest in enterprises in advanced technology, life sciences, and renewable energy fields.

EDB, FIN

HEARD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, AGENDA # 4:

HB 2183

(HSCR32-06)

RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund retrofit of public school buildings to enable them to be used as emergency shelters.

EDN/PSM, FIN

HB 2743

HD1

(HSCR354-06)

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Creates the Facilities Alignment Commission to revitalize school facilities, including establishing criteria for the selection and recommendation of areas for new schools, schools for expansion, and schools for consolidation or closure. Allows the Legislature to disapprove these recommendations only in its entirety, and requires the Board of Education to proceed with these recommendations.

EDN, FIN

HB 1866

(HSCR576-06)

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Repeals the sunset date of Act 321, Session Laws of Hawaii 1986, which gives the department of education and the University of Hawaii permanent autonomous authority for matters relating to purchase of goods and services, payments, and accounting.

EDN/HED, EDB, FIN

HEARD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, AGENDA # 6:

HB 2551

HD1

(HSCR282-06)

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Confers the same rights and benefits of civil service employees in the department of education to civil service employees of conversion charter schools.

EDN/LAB, FIN

HEARD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, AGENDA # 7:

HB 2440

HD1

(HSCR621-06)

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT.

Enacts the Uniform Athlete Agents Act to protect student-athletes and educational institutions. Provides for registration of athlete agents, the required form of contract, the right of the student athlete to cancel an agency contract, disclosure requirements relating to record maintenance, reporting, renewal, notice, warning, security, and rule-making. Provides for reciprocity among the States. Exempts the Act from a sunrise review.

HED/EDN, JUD, FIN

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Rep. Dwight Takamine

Chair