THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2020

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

DATE:	Tuesday, February 25, 2020
TIME:	12:45 P.M.
PLACE:	Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

The Committee will meet to reconsider its previous decisions on these measures:

SB 2488, SD1 (SSCR2669) Status & Testimony	RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. Appropriates $25,000,000 on a non-recurring basis to fund teacher compensation as negotiated and executed between the Superintendent of education and Hawaii State Teachers Association Bargaining Unit 5 for an experimental modernization project pursuant to section 78-3.5, or special education, hard-to-staff geographic locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs, or some combination thereof.  (SD1)	EDU, WAM [Measure deleted on 02-20-20]
SB 2074, SD1 (SSCR2684) Status & Testimony	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH A SURCHARGE ON REAL PROPERTY TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NEAR RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS. Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to authorize the State legislature to establish a surcharge on taxation of real property near rapid transit stations for the purpose of funding infrastructure improvements in those areas.  (SD1)	JDC, WAM

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

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.

If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. ASL or foreign language interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6800.

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair