COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

1:30 p.m. to completion

Conference Room 308; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

Department of Human Services

 

        Commission on the Status of Women                                                HMS 888

 

        Office of Youth Services

              In-Community Youth Programs                                                   HMS 501

              Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility                                               HMS 503

 

        MedQuest Division

              Health Care Payments                                                                HMS 401

              General Support for Health Care Payments                                   HMS 902

 

        Benefits, Employment, and Support Services Division

              Case Management for Self-Sufficiency                                          HMS 236

              General Support for  Child Care                                                  HMS 302

              General Support for Self-Sufficiency Services                                HMS 903

              Aged, Blind, and Disabled Payments                                    HMS 202

              Federal Assistance Payments                                                      HMS 206

              Cash Support for Families - Self Sufficiency                                  HMS 211

              Cash Support for Aged, Blind and Disabled Individuals                  HMS 212

              Employment and Training                                                          HMS 237

              Cash Support for Child Care                                                       HMS 305

 

        Social Services Division

              Child Protective Services                                                            HMS 301

              Adult and Community Care Services                                            HMS 601

              General Support for Social Services                                             HMS 901

              Child Protective Services Payments                                             HMS 303

              Community-Based Residential Support                                         HMS 605

 

        Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Division

              Disability Determination                                                             HMS 238

              Vocational Rehabilitation                                                           HMS 802

 

        Hawaii Public Housing Authority

              Rental Housing Services                                                             HMS 220

              Homeless Services                                                                     HMS 224

              HPHA Administration                                                                 HMS 229

              Rental Assistance Services                                                          HMS 222

 

        Human Services

              General Administration (DHS)                                                     HMS 904

 

 

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BUSINESS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2112

Status

RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACCOMMODATION.

Regulates the profession of exchange accommodation.

 

CPC/JUD, FIN

HB 2132

Status

RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES.

Requires foreclosing lenders to notify their mortgagors about mortgage counseling.  Makes foreclosure void if notice not provided.

 

CPC/JUD

HB 1856

Status

RELATING TO USED MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.

Requires dealers to disclose material facts, as well as material mechanical defects, to consumers of used motor vehicles.  Requires dealers to use good faith and due care in preparing disclosure notice to consumers of used motor vehicles.

 

CPC/JUD

HB 1887

Status

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.

Excludes ground transportation of passengers and freight from regulation by the public utilities commission. Repeals the motor carrier law.

 

CPC/TRN, FIN

HB 1889

Status

RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY.

Establishes a construction authority to be attached to the department of accounting and general services to oversee statewide procurement for construction, the facilitation of permit processing, and professional and vocational licensing of contractors, electricians, plumbers, elevator mechanics, professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects.  Creates a special fund funded by professional licensing fees and the general excise tax upon contractors.

 

CPC/EBM, FIN

Decision making to follow.


COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2190

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.

Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to delegate certain duties to the executive director or other designee.  Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to conduct its meetings in accordance with chapters 91 and 92.

 

EDN/LAB, JUD

HB 2070

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Changes the terms of service for principals and vice principals from 12 months to 10 months.  Returns principals and vice principals to 12-month terms of service if performance contracts for principals are established by the 2011-2012 school year.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 2074

Status

RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS.

Requires the department of education to determine alternative routes to certification for school principals and vice-principals.  Repeals the department of education's authority to waive certain teacher certification and school-level experience requirements for vice-principal candidates on a case-by-case basis.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 2203

Status

RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE.

Ensures that the civil service benefits of department of education civil service employees are the same as those provided to civil service employees of other executive branch agencies.

 

EDN/LAB, FIN

HB 2076

Status

RELATING TO RESEARCH.

Requires the department of education, the University of Hawaii, and the department of labor and industrial relations to share data to support research that will improve educational and workforce outcomes and meet the longitudinal data requirements of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

 

EDN/HED/LAB, FIN

HB 1849

Status

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WARRANT VOUCHERS.

Allows the department of education, department of accounting and general services, and the University of Hawaii to accept electronically mailed warrant vouchers for bills of materials, supplies, and incidentals as original documentation, the receipt of which authorizes payment to be made to each individual to whom the State is indebted.

 

EDN/HED, FIN

HB 1850

Status

RELATING TO PREAUDITS FOR PROPOSED PAYMENTS.

Clarifies that the department of education is required to preaudit proposed payments of $10,000 or more.  Allows the University of Hawaii and the department of education to preaudit sample populations for proposed payments of less than $10,000 to determine the propriety of expenditures and compliance with applicable laws, executive orders, and rules, as their respective chief financial officers determine to be appropriate.  Extends the date until which the University of Hawaii and the department of education shall have autonomous authority over their accounting systems and other purchasing responsibilities and duties.

 

EDN/HED, FIN

HB 1851

Status

RELATING TO INDEMNIFICATION OF COUNTY AGENCIES.

Facilitates the process by which the department of education obtains approval for the State to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a county agency, its officers, agents, and employees for public school purposes and functions on county facilities.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB 1852

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Repeals the school-level minor repair and maintenance account.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 1853

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Disallows the sale of ice cream and candy by public schools in conformance to the State of Hawaii wellness guidelines.

 

EDN

HB 1854

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Removes unnecessary restrictions on the use of food distribution program revolving funds.  Allows the use of food distribution program revolving funds to support the administration and operation of the food distribution program pursuant to 7 Code of Federal Regulations section 250.15.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 2073

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Authorizes the department of education to make rules governing traffic and parking conditions on roadways and other areas under the jurisdiction of the department, including rules for the assessment of parking fees.  Establishes the department of education parking revolving fund.  Provides that parking fees collected by the school principal or designee shall be deposited to the credit of the school's nonappropriated local school fund account.

 

EDN, FIN

HB 2075

Status

RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING COUNCIL.

Allows the early learning council to conduct meetings by teleconference.  Sets out quorum requirements and public notice and participation requirements for teleconference meetings.

 

EDN, JUD

HB 2077

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Adds age limits for public school students entering grades eleven and twelve.

 

EDN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BUSINESS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

2:30 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 1926

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Establishes the department of business, economic development, and tourism operation special fund.  Imposes a surcharge on the fees charged by certain departments for certain business- and commerce-related authorizations and services.  Requires the deposit of the surcharge revenues, as well as $2 million from the financial institutions tax, into the special fund.  Requires moneys in the special fund to be used for the operation of the department of business, economic development, and tourism.  Takes effect on 7/1/10 and sunsets on 6/30/15.

 

EBM/CPC, FIN

HB 2065

Status

RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD.

Transfers the administrative assignment of the small business regulatory review board from the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

 

EBM/CPC, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BUSINESS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010

8:30 a.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

         

AGENDA:

 

The purpose of this informational briefing will be to discuss the recommendations of the Construction Industry Task Force, made in response to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 132, S.D. 1 (2009).

 

                                      Presenters

                                      Warren Haruki, Task Force Chair

                                      Ray Kamikawa – Tax

                                      Micah Kane – Government

                                      Harry Saunders or Mike Jones – Workforce Housing

                                      Bruce Robinson or Joel Matsunaga – Renewable Energy

 

 

EBM only:

 

9:30 a.m. AGENDA:

 

HB 2351

Status

RELATING TO VETERANS.

Requires an applicant for a veteran's license plate to include a copy of the applicant's most recent discharge paper or separation document that indicates an honorable discharge or general (under honorable conditions) discharge from active duty.

 

EBM, TRN

HB 2344

Status

RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE.

Repeals the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel.

 

EBM, FIN

HB 2381

Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a temporary tax credit for residential construction and remodeling projects.

 

EBM, FIN

HB 2383

Status

RELATING TO FLAGS.

Recognizes and requires the prisoner of war/missing in action flag to be flown with the U.S. and Hawaiian flags.

 

EBM, JUD

HB 2447

Status

RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES.

Beginning July 1, 2010, requires the auditor to conduct at least every two years a management and financial audit of the department of business, economic development, and tourism out-of-state offices; requires reports to the legislature; repeals exemption from audit and accounting requirements for out-of-state offices.

 

EBM, LMG, FIN

HB 2289

Status

RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES.

Extends the minimum expiration period for gift certificates from two to five years and requires issuers to honor gift certificates during this period.  Defines "service fee".

 

EBM, CPC

HB 2334

Status

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Repeals the prohibition on providing a premium or free goods of intoxicating liquor or other merchandise in connection with the sale of intoxicating liquor.

 

EBM, CPC

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

 

8:30 a.m. AGENDA:

 

HB 2250

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT.

Establishes comprehensive child abduction prevention law.  Lists factors to determine risk of abduction, and establishes measures courts may include in order to prevent abduction both before and after issuance of child custody decrees.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB 2255

Status

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS.

Reduces the number of required annual fingerprint-based criminal history record checks from two to one.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB 2261

Status

RELATING TO INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE CENTERS.

Allows the Department of Human Services to adopt rules to implement a standardized set of procedures accommodating complaints and grievances against infant and toddler child care centers.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB 2355

Status

RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

Imposes a maximum child care subsidy of $500 per month per child and authorizes the department of human services to amend its guidelines for determining eligibility for child care subsidies.

 

HUS, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

9:00 a.m. AGENDA:

 

Decision making only (heard on 01/25/10):

HB 1914

Status

RELATING TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY POVERTY REDUCTION TASK FORCE.

Establishes a joint legislative economic opportunity poverty reduction task force to advance economic opportunity to reduce by at least 50% by 2020, the number of Hawaii residents, including children and families, living in poverty.

 

HUS, EBM, FIN

HB 1884

Status

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Establishes the domestic violence task force to facilitate discussions concerning policies to address domestic violence in Hawaii and then report to the legislature.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB 1885

Status

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING.

Extends the sunset date of the electronic monitoring program to July 1, 2011.  Requires the Judiciary to submit a report to the 2011 Legislature on concerns and recommendations to improve the global positioning satellite tracking system.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB 1936

Status

RELATING TO FAMILY COURT.

Establishes a program in the family court for the registration of child custody evaluators.  Allows board of family court judges to adopt certification of child custody evaluators.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB 1913

Status

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

Makes fear of domestic or sexual violence a good cause for not accepting otherwise suitable, available work.

 

HUS, LAB, FIN

HB 1957

Status

RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

Authorizes holding public events that celebrate Children and Youth Day to be held on state capitol grounds.

 

HUS, TCI, FIN

HUS/HLT only:

 

9:30 a.m. AGENDA:

 

HB 2091

Status

RELATING TO MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY.

Requires the department of human services to provide medicaid presumptive eligibility to patients who have been waitlisted for long-term care; and conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system; requires reports to the legislature.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB 2144

Status

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES.

Establishes a joint legislative keiki caucus and a joint legislative kupuna caucus.

 

HUS/HLT, LMG, FIN

HB 1886

Status

RELATING TO CASE MANAGERS.

Requires certification by the Commission for Case Manager Certification for a case manager to practice as a certified case manager in the State.

 

HUS/HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 2154

Status

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE CASE MANAGEMENT.

Convenes a temporary Health Care Case Management Task Force to research the quality of care provided by case managers and case management agencies and to ensure that standards of practice are consistently followed.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2287

Status

RELATING TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.

Repeals the petroleum industry information reporting requirements, the petroleum industry monitoring, analysis, and reporting program, and the PIMAR special fund.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB 2451

Status

RELATING TO NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDING PERMITTING.

Requires priority state and county permitting for buildings that consume zero net energy and have no carbon emissions.

 

EEP, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 


EEP/WLO only:

 

9:05 a.m. AGENDA:

 

HB 2365

Status

RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE.

Establishes the emergency environmental workforce.

 

EEP/WLO, HED, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010

9:45 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HB 2274

Status

RELATING TO THE WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 FUND.

Requires an independent audit of the wireless enhanced 911 fund annually.  Specifies that the audit shall include information on the status of projects undertaken or planned by public safety answering points.  Specifies that the results of the audit shall be included in the board's annual report to the legislature.

 

PBS, CPC, FIN

HB 1987

Status

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes a cause of action to abate the illegal purchasing, selling, possession, setting off, igniting or discharging of fireworks.  Allows the court to order the closure of any place used in violation of the fireworks law.  Allows for the forfeiture of property used in violation of the fireworks law.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB 1912

Status

RELATING TO SHERIFFS.

Transfers the office of sheriff from the department of public safety to the department of the attorney general.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB 2150

Status

RELATING TO CRIME.

Provides that patrons of prostitutes who are convicted of a first offense shall be required to pay a $500 surcharge and complete an 8-hour educational and counseling program.  Establishes a special fund to fund and administer the program.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB 1981

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the Hawaii paroling authority to establish a medical release program for no-risk inmates who are permanently and totally disabled, terminally ill, or geriatric.  Requires department of public safety to assess and refer inmates to the Hawaii paroling authority.  Sets conditions for medical release.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB 2275

Status

RELATING TO SENTENCING.

Permits certain non-violent repeat offenders convicted of drug possession to be sentenced to alternative programs instead of to prison.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB 2276

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires bills to amend or create new offenses, or to change parole or probation procedures, to be accompanied by a correctional impact statement. Requires assistance of the corrections population management commission to prepare corrections population impact.

 

PBS, LMG, FIN

Decision making to follow.