THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 25, 2013

TIME:

9:05 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective standing committee(s):

 

HB 775, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR962)

      Status & Testimony

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.

Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.  (SD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 919

      (SSCR959)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYMENT.

Clarifies exemptions from civil service for federally funded work experience programs and temporary public service employment; allows persons with criminal conviction of a controlled-substance-related offense to participate in such programs provided reasonable safeguards are in place.

 

JDL, WAM

HB 921

      (SSCR961)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD.

Affirms the authority of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board to issue orders or take other appropriate action to enforce its rules and orders and allows parties to electronically file appeals to the appellate court.

 

JDL, WAM

HB 924, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR963)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Requires the Hawaii labor relations board to provide written notice of a hearing to all parties by first class mail at least fifteen days before the scheduled hearing.  Makes housekeeping amendments to the law relating to the scope of negotiations between the public employer and the exclusive representative to conform to existing law.  Effective 07/01/50.  (SD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 925

      (SSCR960)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY APPEALS REFEREE'S OFFICE.

Modifies the notice period for unemployment appeal hearings from fifteen days to twelve days and authorizes notices and correspondence to be sent electronically in lieu of notice by mail.

 

JDL, WAM

HB 927

      (SSCR954)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUND.

Strengthens the use of the Employment and Training Fund to assist local small businesses through training programs identified in the State's economic development strategy as identified by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and local Workforce Investment Boards.

 

JDL, WAM

HB 1412, SD1

      (SSCR945)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Requires DLNR to accommodate mooring of native Hawaiian canoes owned by nonprofit entities and used for educational purposes in small boat harbors.  (SD1)

 

WTL/THA, WAM

 

Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

Persons wishing to offer comments may do so 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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This hearing will be on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/HI_Senate_WAM

 

 

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair