COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE AND COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Thursday, February 4, 2010
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO LABELING OF MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS. Requires truthful labeling of meat and fish that have been gas‑treated. (SB1265 HD1)
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HLT, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO DISTRESSED PROPERTY. Requires distressed property consultants and distressed property purchasers to register with the department of commerce and consumer affairs prior to doing business in the State. Clarifies that attorneys licensed in the State are not distressed property consultants.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RESTORATION OF CERTAIN FORFEITED PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES. Establishes times limits to restore forfeited chiropractic examiner licenses and individual real estate broker and salesperson licenses.
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CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Modernizes Insurance Code.
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CPC/JUD |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on 01/27/10):
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Requires foreclosing lenders to notify their mortgagors about mortgage counseling. Makes foreclosure void if notice not provided.
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CPC/JUD |
2:15 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes a gaming commission to oversee casino gaming. Allows the gaming commission to issue one 5-year license to a casino gaming operation in a county with a population of more than 500,000. Limits casino gaming to persons over 21 who are either nonresidents or have round-trip tickets with a final destination outside of Hawaii. Creates a wagering tax on casino gaming.
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JUD/CPC, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
2:20 p.m. AGENDA:
JUD only:
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RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Places a moratorium on or after 8/1/09, on construction of any new solid waste landfills and the expansion of any existing private solid waste landfills in the: (1) Ewa district; (2) Waianae district; (3) Waialua district; (4) Koolauloa district; and (5) Koolaupoko district. Provides exemption from prohibition for Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill. (HD1)
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EEP/WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO COURT REPORTERS. Authorizes certified shorthand reporters to administer oaths or affirmations and to perform the duties of a deposition officer.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO COASTAL AREAS. Requires maintenance of public beach accesses by adjacent landowners and imposes penalties for noncompliance. Establishes shoreline access as an policy of the Coastal Zone Management Program. (HB1808 HD1)
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS. Expands scope of offenses of terroristic threatening in the first degree and robbery in the first degree to include the use of a replica firearm.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. Permits tethering of an unattended dog if the tether meets certain specifications and the dog is at least 6 months old. Establishes mandatory fines.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Amends the definition of necessary sustenance to include a primary pet enclosure that provides shelter; safe construction to prevent injury; room to stand, sit, or lie down; and safe interactions with other animals.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Moves the date of the primary election to the second Saturday of August. Requires nomination papers to be filed not later than 4:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday in June.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING 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 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.
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JUD |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.
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JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Friday, February 5, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Sets penalty for failure to pay or remit freight inspection service fee; establishes private cause of action to enforce chapter.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes fines for failing to pay, collect, or remit the inspection, quarantine, and eradication fee. Exempts liquid, cement, coal, and aggregate bulk freight from the fee.
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AGR, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES
Friday, February 5, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACK. Prohibits inclusion of accreted lands in determining shoreline setback line in counties with population over 500,000.
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WLO |
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RELATING TO DESECRATION. Amends the state of mind for the offense of desecration of a burial site from intentional to negligent.
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO PARKS. Allows the governor to transfer the Mauna Kea and Hapuna Beach state recreational areas from the State to the county of Hawaii.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Changes system of selection for the recreation-residence use leases in state parks and forest reserves in counties with a population of less than 100,000 from an action to a lottery.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO COUNTY BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY. Allow officials other than a county auditor to issue warrants to disburse funds for a board of water supply. Allows a board of water supply to prescribe powers and duties for a manager and chief engineer regarding the disbursement of funds.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO VESSELS AT ALA WAI AND KEEHI BOAT HARBORS. Authorizes moorage for commercial vessels and commercial vessel activities in the Ala Wai and Keehi Boat Harbors and adjusts fees for permittees of vessels that are used for a place of principal habitation in state small boat harbors.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. Requires registrar to provide adjoining landowner, upon request, any information of record relating to the management, control, and title of any public highway, waterway, or water course.
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WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE PARK SYSTEM. Prohibits the use of ATV's within the state park system without the use of a safety helmet. Prohibits minors from operating ATV's within the state park system.
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WLO, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on 02/01/10)
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RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Restores the law with regard to non-ceded lands controlled by the State, to what it was prior to the passage of Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009.
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WLO, FIN |
11:00 a.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Increases lease terms for aquaculture ventures from 35 to 45 years and also allows for a maximum term of 65 years for ventures with favorable track records. Provides aquaculture lessees in good standing the right of first refusal. Allows for supportive aquaculture activities.
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AGR/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS. Exempts from the county building permit requirement construction of nonresidential agricultural and aquacultural structures on state lands and large privately-owned land parcels leased for agricultural or aquacultural operations.
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AGR/WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEMS. Exempts conveyances of agricultural water systems to Board of Agriculture from subdivision requirements; requires notice of conveyance to applicable county.
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WLO/AGR, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Friday, February 5, 2010
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Increases the annual vehicle registration fee by $1, which will be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund to cover the costs of administering parking for persons with disabilities. Repeals the deposit of application fees for the credentialing of interpreters into the Special Fund, and the use of Special Fund monies to cover the costs of administering the program for their credentialing. (HB1859 HD1)
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TRN, HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL PROCEDURES. Requires that patients be informed of the amount of radiation exposure to the patient prior to obtaining consent to an x-ray or computed tomography scan.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DENTAL LICENSURE EXAMINATION. Provides the Board of Dental Examiners with the ability to determine which national examination to accept by no longer requiring that the American Board of Dental Examiners (“ADEX”) examination be the national examination that can be accepted for licensure.
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HLT, CPC |
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS. Provides emergency supplemental budget funding to ensure continuous delivery of critical health care services and for the payment of operational costs for HHSC; to fund the establishment of the Big Island Rural Interdisciplinary Program in the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation East Hawaii region.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Changes the name of the environmental health education fund to the sanitation and environmental health fund and allows the fund to be used for sanitation program activities. Increases threshold for deposit of excess fund into general fund.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS. Requires organ procurement organizations and transplant hospitals to procure and transplant medically suitable organs. Imposes administrative fines and loss of accreditation for failure to comply.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATION REPORTS. Requires courts to maintain mental health examination reports as confidential documents, subject to certain specific exceptions for limited distribution of the reports.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRAUMA. Provide statutory protection from discovery for the Department of Health trauma care multiagency and multidisciplinary peer review and quality assurance committees.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO IMMUNIZATION. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish and maintain a single repository of immunization records to be designated as the "Hawaii Immunization Registry" in order to aid, coordinate, and help promote efficient and cost-effective screening, prevention, and control of vaccine preventable diseases, including pandemic influenza.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. Removes the authority of the board of naturopathic medicine to establish examination standards for minor office procedures and a naturopathic formulary.
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HLT, CPC |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Friday, February 5, 2010
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. Converts the department of human resources development to a division in the department of labor and industrial relations. Transfers the commission on salaries and the deferred compensation plan board of trustees to the department of accounting and general services. |
LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE DEPARTMENTS. Converts the department of human resources development to a division in the department of labor and industrial relations. Transfers the commission on salaries and the deferred compensation plan board of trustees to the department of accounting and general services.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Expands duties of the rehabilitation unit and providers of rehabilitation services. Allows employer to terminate temporary total disability benefits when the employee is able to return to work and is enrolled in a non-approved plan.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM RETIRANTS. Establishes the conditions under which state and county retirees may be reemployed while still receiving employees' retirement system benefits; and requires reimbursement of retirement allowances and payment of contributions for retirees reemployed in violation of the conditions for reemployment.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BENEFITS. Provides for the payment of state retirement system benefits on a monthly basis by direct deposit to a financial institution account.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Amends the appropriations allocated to the workforce investment boards on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii; amends the appropriation to be used by the workforce development council; repeals the appropriation allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative expenses.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WAGES, HOURS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS PERFORMING SERVICES. Requires that services to be rendered shall be performed by employees paid at wages or salaries not less than the wages paid to public officers and employees for similar work in the State of Hawaii.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Requires the board of trustees of the employees' retirement system to study and recommend a plan to fully amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the system over a 30-year period.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Includes benefits in collective bargaining.
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LAB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.