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 HEARING

DATE:

FRIDAY, March 31, 2006

TIME:

6:30 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 5
     

SB 2214

SD2, HD2

(HSCR1243-06)

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Prepares for Disasters by: establishing Civil Defense Disaster Preparedness Special Fund and makes appropriation to the fund; establishing Prepared Emergency Response Plan Commission; requiring counties to designate and maintain emergency shelter for homeless, hospitals and nursing homes to develop disaster preparedness plans; Department of Health to study structural integrity of hospitals and nursing homes, Department of Defense to develop disaster preparedness emergency shelter plan and report to Legislature; establishes the Residential Disaster Special Assistance Fund; increases expenditure cap of Major Disaster Fund to $2,000,000; authorizes Governor to expend funds from the emergency and budget reserve fund to provide emergency assistance to residents and businesses of the State after natural disaster; limits the percentage of National Guard that can be activated by Governor for purposes other than disaster relief; establishes class C felony and misdemeanor offenses for price gouging and profiteering after natural disaster.

PSM, CPC/JUD, FIN

SB 2879

SD1

(HSCR1254-06)

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL.

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol.

PSM, FIN

SB 2926

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1069-06)

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds to the department of public safety for the expansion of work furlough programs and facilities and the planning of minimum-security housing at Kalaeloa.

PSM, FIN

SB 2949

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1245-06)

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Gives the Office of the Ombudsman authority to investigate acts of private, out-of-state, or federal correctional facilities with which the Department of Public Safety has contracted to house persons committed to the custody of the Director of Public Safety.

PSM/LMG, JUD, FIN

SB 3037

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1185-06)

RELATING TO RELIEF OF MANOA FLOOD VICTIMS.

Provides a one-time refundable tax credit to victims of the Manoa flood of October 2004.

WLO, FIN

SB 2984

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1220-06)

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE KIKALA-KEOKEA HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.

Appropriates funds to the Kikala-Keokea housing revolving fund.

HSG, FIN
     

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 45 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IN ROOM 306, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE STAFF AT 586-6200.

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Rep. Dwight Takamine

Chair