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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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SECOND SPECIAL SESSION |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
amending the rules of the senate of the twenty-Fourth legislature of the state of hawaii.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Second Special Session of 2007, that the following Senate Rules of the Senate of the State of Hawaii, the Twenty-fourth Legislature, be amended as follows:
1. That Rule 6, paragraph (12), be amended to read:
"(12) To supervise the Senate's Print
Shop[,] and Journal [and Sergeant-at-Arms]."
2. That Rule 9 be amended to read:
"Rule 9. Sergeant-at-Arms
It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to
attend the Senate on every day of meeting; to maintain order among those
present as spectators; to give notice to the Presiding Officer of the
attendance of any person with communications or otherwise; to supervise the
distribution of incidentals which require distribution among the members; to
supervise, subject to the control of the [Chief Clerk,] President,
the Senate Messengers; to attend upon committees if so requested; to serve all
orders or process as directed by the [Chief Clerk] President or
Senate; to make all required arrests of members or other persons, and to retain
the same in custody; to have the charge and responsibility for the postal
requirements of the Senate; and generally to execute all of the requirements of
the [Chief Clerk] President of the Senate."
3. That Rule 10 be amended to read:
"Rule 10. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms
The Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms shall assist the
Sergeant-at-Arms in the performance of all duties and attend to such duties as
may be required when so directed by the [Chief Clerk.] President.
In the absence of the Sergeant-at-Arms, the Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms shall
perform all duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms."
4. That Rule 17 be amended to read:
"Rule 17. Standing Committees
Standing Committees shall be appointed for major subject matter areas at the opening of the session, or as soon thereafter as possible. The Standing Committees and their areas of jurisdiction shall be as follows:
(1) Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs. The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to agriculture and aquaculture, including mariculture; burial councils; and Hawaiian affairs, including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, sovereignty, and Hawaiian home lands.
[(1)] (2) Committee on Commerce,
Consumer Protection and Affordable Housing. The purview of this committee
includes those programs relating to business regulation, professional and
vocational licensing, consumer protection, financial institutions, insurance
regulation; public utility regulation; and telecommunications regulation; sustainability;
housing development including affordable housing, the landlord tenant code,
condominium property regimes, and leaseholds.
[(2)] (3) Committee on Economic
Development and Taxation. The purview of this committee includes those
programs relating to economic development, and other emerging industries
development; financial and technical assistance to business; film and digital
media production; astronomy, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology and other
scientific research and development activities; culture and arts; historic
preservation; use of information storage, transmissions, processing and
telecommunications; recreation including commercial ocean recreation
activities, sports and athletics, Aloha Stadium; and taxation.
[(3)] (4) Committee on
Education. The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to
early education, public schools, continuing education, the public libraries,
the University of Hawaii, community college system, private higher education
bond financing, and other education matters relevant to higher education.
[(4)] (5) Committee on Energy
and Environment. The purview of this committee includes those programs
relating to energy resources including the development of alternative energy resources;
population; and environmental quality control and protection, including litter
control, recycling, wastewater treatment, endangered species, and hazardous
waste.
[(5)] (6) Committee on Health. The
purview of this committee includes those programs relating to general health,
maternal and child health, communicable diseases, dental health, medical and
hospital services, mental health, developmental disabilities, and hospitals.
[(6)] (7) Committee on Human
Services and Public Housing. The purview of this committee includes those
programs relating to public assistance, Medquest, youth services, early childhood
education and care programs under the Department of Human Services, and vocational
rehabilitation; long term care; programs relating to the promotion of the
general wellbeing of Hawaii's youth, families, and elderly population; homeless
and public housing.
[(7)] (8) Committee on
Intergovernmental and Military Affairs. The purview of this committee includes
those programs relating to county and federal relations, matters of concern to the
counties; civil defense, disaster readiness, and military and veterans'
affairs.
[(8)] (9) Committee on Judiciary
and Labor. The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to
the courts; crime prevention and control, including juvenile justice matters; criminal
code revision; statutory revision; campaign spending and elections; ethics; constitutional
matters; the Attorney General, Public Defender and Judiciary; government
records and information practices; individual rights and civil liberties;
public officers and employees, labor, employment opportunities and training,
labor-management relations, collective bargaining; the public employees
retirement system and the Hawaii public employees health fund.
[(9)] (10) Committee on Public
Safety. The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to
public safety, corrections, the narcotics division, and the sheriffs division.
[(10)] (11) Committee on Tourism
and Government Operations. The purview of this committee includes those
programs relating to tourism, including the Hawaii Convention Center, Hawaii
Visitors and Convention Bureau, and the Hawaii Tourism Authority; state
facilities not specifically identified herein; and state government operations
policy, including procurement and government efficiency.
[(11)] (12) Committee on
Transportation and International Affairs. The purview of this committee
includes those programs relating to air, water, and surface transportation; and
international affairs, international relations, foreign policy issues, and
foreign relations.
[(12)] (13) Committee on Water[,]
and Land[, Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs]. The purview of
this committee includes those programs relating to [sustainability,]
state planning, urban renewal, community development, and land and water use;
coastal zone management, land reclamation, naturally occurring fisheries, and
ocean resources; state parks and beaches, management areas including ocean
recreation management areas; and small boat harbors[; agriculture and
aquaculture, including mariculture; burial councils; and Hawaiian affairs,
including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, sovereignty, and Hawaiian homestead
lands].
[(13)] (14) Committee on Ways
and Means. The purview of this committee includes those programs relating to
overall state financing policies, including revenue enhancement, other revenues,
cash and debt management, and statewide implementation of planning,
programming, budgeting and evaluation; and government structure and finance.";
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken and new Senate Rule material is underscored; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amendments made to the Senate Rules by this Resolution take effect upon the adoption of this Resolution.
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Senate Rule Amendments; Standing Committees; Sergeant-at-Arms