HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2008
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS |
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Rep. Cindy Evans, Chair |
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Rep. Sharon E. Har, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine |
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Roy M. Takumi |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
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Rep. Alex M. Sonson |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
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8:30 a.m. |
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Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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HB 1062 RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE PSM, HED, FIN
. Broadens the scope of the law that provides tuition assistance
to Hawaii national guard members attending the
University of Hawaii and appropriates funds for that purpose.
HB 2588 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. PSM, HED, FIN
Grants resident status to veterans for tuition purposes at the
University of Hawaii system.
HB 741 RELATING TO SUBPOENAS. PSM, JUD, FIN
Entitles a police officer to overtime compensation when the officer
testifies or is compelled to be available as a state witness under a
subpoena when off-duty. Requires the State to reimburse the counties
for 50% of overtime compensation paid.
HB 2212 RELATING TO FIREWORKS PSM, JUD
Prohibits a county from enacting any ordinances or adopting
any rules regulating Fireworks or articles pyrotechnic that are
less restrictive than the regulations established by state law.
HB 2376 RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. PSM, FIN
Requires the State Fire Council to develop a statewide
brushfire mitigation plan and appropriates funds.
HB 2464 RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. PSM, WLH, FIN
Requires a forestry and wildlife manager to declare hazardous
fire areas during fire danger periods and impose restrictions
on the use of certain land that the department of land and
natural resources has direct fire responsibility. Establishes
a task force to develop a statewide hazardous fire area program.
HB 2465 RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE CODE PSM, JUD
Makes state fire code, and any updates adopted as rules by
the state fire council, immediately effective upon transmission
by the state fire council to the county councils without
the need for counties to enact ordinances.
HB 2466 RELATING TO WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT PSM, JUD
Proposed HD1 Allows counties to enact ordinance granting county's
(Copies available in Fire Chief the authority to declare a fireworks prohibited
Rm. 313) zone for a designated period of time. (HD1)
HB 2467 RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. PSM, WLH
Amends the state fire code to include road and sign standards,
minimum private water supply reserves, fuel breaks, and green belts
to improve fire protection.
HB 2485 RELATING TO FIRES. PSM, WLH, FIN
Establishes the firewise Hawaii program in the department of land
and natural resources to address the growing fire danger in
wildland-urban interface areas. Creates the firewise Hawaii special
fund. Makes an appropriation.
HB 2463 RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. PSM, FIN
Authorizes the director of disaster relief to utilize inmate
labor to assist with disaster relief efforts. Establishes the
inmate disaster relief labor program within the department
of public safety.
HB 2007 RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. PSM, LMG, FIN
Requires the auditor to conduct a financial and management audit
of each commissary located in a Hawaii correctional facility, as
well as commissaries located at out-of-state contracted correctional
facilities where Hawaii inmates are confined.
HB 2147 RELATING TO PAROLE. PSM, JUD, FIN
Establishes an earned-time program that provides incentives for
inmate rehabilitation by allowing inmates to become eligible
for parole when they make consistent progress in completing
programs while incarcerated. Appropriates funds.
HB 3186 RELATING TO PRISON LITIGATION. PSM, JUD, FIN
Requires inmates to pay for the civil lawsuit they file
in State court and requires inmates who have three lawsuits deemed
\ "frivolous" to pay the filing fees prior to filing another lawsuit.
HB 2148 RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. PSM, LMG, FIN
Requires the auditor to conduct performance audits of private
prisons on the mainland that house Hawaii prisoners.
Makes appropriation.
HB 2608 RELATING TO PRISONS PSM, HLT, FIN
Creates separate forensic treatment facilities within all community
correctional centers. Ends practice of housing mentally ill
prisoners in solitary confinement and with general prison population.
HB 2609 RELATING TO CONSERVATION PSM, WLH, FIN
Establishes an inmate conservation corps program within the
Department of Land and Natural Resources. Authorizes the
Department to enter into agreements with other state or federal
Agencies to implement the program. Appropriates funds.
HB 2024 RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. PSM, JUD, FIN
Requires electronic monitoring of probationers and parolees
convicted of offenses related to criminal street gangs.
HB 2824 RELATING TO SENTENCING PSM, JUD, FIN
Authorizes the court to sentence certain persons convicted
of sexual assault in the first degree to wear a global positioning
system transmitter for up to 10 years after the person's release
from prison.
HB 2968 RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE PSM, JUD, FIN
Allows court to order that defendants on pretrial release be
subject to electronic and monitoring at the defendant's
own expense.
HB 3367 RELATING TO WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 PSM, CPC/JUD, FIN
Suspends $0.66 per month surcharge on wireless telephone
accounts for deployment of system to locate wireless 911 callers.
Requires wireless enhanced 911 board to present a 2-year plan to
the 2009 legislature including expenditures for fiscal years 2010
and 2011, the level of surcharge necessary to support those
expenditures, and return of surcharge funds in excess of those
needed for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee the comments are directed to;
· The date and time of the hearing;
· Measure number;
· The number of copies the Committee is requesting.
While every effort will be made to copy, organize, and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed to the incorrect office, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.
Submit testimony in one of the following ways:
PAPER: 5 copies (including an original) to Room 313 in the State Capitol; or
EMAIL: For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to PSMtestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov.
FAX: For comments fax to Vice Chairs office at 586-8504.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6400 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements. Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.
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________________________________________ Rep. Cindy Evans Chair |
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