COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Friday, January 31, 2003

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 416

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Proposes an amendment to article X, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to require the governor to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint the members of the board of education.

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB 417

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND GIVE THE GOVERNOR THE POWER TO APPOINT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Proposes amendments to the state constitution to abolish the board of education and give the governor the power, as provided by law, to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint the superintendent of education as the chief executive officer of the public school system.

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB 333

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires the board of education to be composed of 17 voting members elected in a nonpartisan manner by the qualified voters of the respective school board districts, as provided by law. Requires each school board district to be composed of 3 representative districts.

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB 1082

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTIONS 2 AND 3 OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO CREATE ELECTED DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS.

Proposes an amendment to Article X, sections 2 and 3 of the State Constitution to replace the current single district school system with locally elected school boards.

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB 451

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Purposes constitutional amendments making the department of education a political subdivision headed by the board of education and authorizing the board to impose an education excise tax.

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB 714

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes an educational restructuring and transition committee to review the structure of the DOE and make recommendations to the BOE and the legislature on the implementation and transition of the DOE to a political subdivision.

EDN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

Decision making only:

HB 289

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes the Superintendent of Education to create complex areas and advisory boards for each complex area.

EDN, FIN

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Friday, January 31, 2003

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 308; State Capitol

AGENDA:

Financial Plan and Budget Overview

Ms. Georgina Kawamura, Director

Department of Budget and Finance

The Constitution of the State of Hawaii and the Hawaii Revised Statutes requires the Governor of the State of Hawaii to submit to the Legislature a balanced six-year financial plan and budget at least 30 days prior (December 15, 2002) to the convening of the Regular Session. In transmitting the six-year program and financial plan, the current Governor indicated that significant modifications would be made.

The new administration also indicated that additional time would be necessary to meet its constitutional and statutory obligations. Therefore, the Legislature delayed its normal timeline for budget briefings. On January 14, 2003, the Director of Finance presented a financial plan with "targeted" cost savings and budget cuts. Specific information regarding the magnitude of the budget cuts for each state department was unavailable because the Administration was still gathering information.

As of January 28, 2003, the Committee on Finance received information regarding specific budget cuts for 6 of the 19 State departments and agencies. Ms. Kawamura, Director of Finance, has been invited and will present an update of the Administration's modified Financial Plan and Biennium Budget to the House Committee on Finance.

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Friday, January 31, 2003

2:30 p.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 386

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Extends workers' compensation insurance exemption to employers owning 50% or more of a limited liability company or a limited liability partnership.

LAB, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB 1069

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Provides and limits optional exemptions from the unemployment insurance law for business owners holding at least a 50% interest in their company; repeals the disqualification for unemployment benefits of an owner-employee of a corporation who voluntarily leaves employment.

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB 1249

RELATING TO THE HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Allows the Board of Trustees for the Health Benefits Trust Fund to hire independent legal counsel.

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 969

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Maintains the process of arbitration mutually agreed upon by public employers and employees.

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 1013

RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.

Requires employer-requested medical examinations for workers' compensation cases involving the determination of permanent impairment to be performed by a physician selected by mutual agreement of the parties, or if no agreement, by a physician appointed by the director of the department of labor and industrial relations.

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB 474

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE.

Appropriates funds to continue the emergency environmental workforce program.

LAB, EEP, FIN

HB 554

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Authorizes a board of water supply serving a population of 500,000 or more persons, to implement an experimental civil service modernization project without the approval from the Mayor.

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 606

RELATING TO COMMUNITY SERVICES.

Transfers the office of community services from the department of labor and industrial relations to the department of human services.

LAB, HSH, FIN

HB 1196

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Gives the city and county of Honolulu, the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, the University of Hawaii, and the Hawaii health systems corporation the right to negotiate their own collective bargaining agreements for their own employees, separate and apart from the State. Authorizes the UH and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to establish their own personnel system, separate and apart from the State.

LAB, JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

 

JOINT SENATE-HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE STATE’S COMPLIANCE WITH THE FELIX CONSENT DECREE

Saturday, February 1, 2003

10:00 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

AGENDA:

The Committee will receive an update from State Auditor Marion Higa and Attorney General-designate Mark J. Bennett in executive session and may authorize the issuance of subpoenas.

 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON WAR PREPAREDNESS

Saturday, February 1, 2003

1:30 p.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

The purpose of this Informational Briefing is to discuss the impact a potential war would have on the economy of the State of Hawaii.

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS

Monday, February 3, 2003

8:00 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 530

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates $1,225,000 to fund various items at the Small Business Development Center.

EDB, HED, FIN

     

HB 615

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.

Allows the services of business owners who hold at least a 50 percent interest in their company to be excluded from the unemployment insurance law.

EDB, LAB, FIN

HB 683

RELATING TO FILM.

Gives students enrolled in University of Hawaii film courses reasonable access to the Diamond Head film studio.

EDB, HED, FIN

HB 863

RELATING TO LAND USE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS.

Requires a developer of residential development (over 20 homes) to submit a land use impact assessment to the appropriate permitting agency prior to the approval of a permit, including an estimate of the impact costs of the proposed development on existing infrastructure, such as schools, sewers, and roads.

EDB, WLH, FIN

HB 871

RELATING TO FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SUBSIDY LIMITS, AND JOB QUALITY STANDARDS.

Increases state fiscal accountability by providing for assessments of the cost effectiveness of development subsidies. Requires an analysis of state expenditures for economic development. Requires a unified economic development budget. Establishes subsidy limits and job quality standards.

EDB, JUD, FIN

HB 875

RELATING TO THE INCOME TAX LAW.

Amends the income tax law to enact the Digital Divide Investment Act. Provides an income tax credit for investment in broadband equipment to encourage the expansion of broadband services in underserved communities.

EDB, CPC, FIN

HB 936

RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Includes services provided by a university medical school constructed in the Kakaako community development district as defined in 206E-32, HRS; includes architect and engineering services in general excise tax exemptions for construction of university medical school project in Kakaako.

EDB, HED, FIN

HB 948

RELATING TO EARNED INCOME DEDUCTION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RENT CALCULATION.

Requires the HCDCH to adopt a written policy to deduct 25 per cent of earned income when calculating a families rent for federal low-income housing.

EDB, HSH, FIN

HB 1128

RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Exempts lands held by the High Tech Development Corp. from the management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

EDB, WLH, FIN

HB 1579

RELATING TO THE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AUTHORITY.

Establishes the Economic Diversification Authority.

EDB, TRN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Monday, February 3, 2003

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 1546

RELATING TO THE KAKAAKO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

Extends the Diamond Head boundary of the Kakaako Community development district to include the area bounded by King Street, Kalakaua Avenue, and Ala Moana Boulevard, inclusive.

WLH, FIN

HB 658

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Replaces two of the four at large members of HCDA with two landowner members.

WLH, FIN

HB 1613

RELATING TO NORTH KOHALA.

Fulfills the mandate provisions of Act 166.

WLH, FIN

HB 1307

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Sets interim revenue for OHA for each fiscal years 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 at $10,000,000.

WLH, FIN

HB 1302

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Makes technical, housekeeping amendments relating to the authority of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to award monetary grants.

WLH, FIN

HB 1300

RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Provides the operating budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

WLH, FIN

HB 1299

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Clarifies the lands comprising, and the revenues derived from the public land trust under the State Constitution.

WLH, FIN

HB 1301

RELATING TO THE REPRESENTATION OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND ADVISORY BODIES.

Installs a trustee or designee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on the board of land and natural resources, the state land use commission, and the public advisory body for coastal zone management.

WLH, FIN

HB 1677

RELATING TO KULEANA LAND.

Prohibits the filing of an action for partition where the property is kuleana land, party that would be filing the action owns less than 51%, and the court may order a sale of the kuleana land.

WLH, JUD

HB 1286

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN HISTORIC SITES.

Requires landowner of potential native Hawaiian historical site on private property to obtain prior approval of DLNR resources before conducting certain activities on the land; specifies procedures; defines "potential native Hawaiian historic site".

WLH, JUD

HB 1561

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Defines cultural monitors and their qualifications.

WLH, FIN

HB 529

RELATING TO CAVE PROTECTION.

Permits entry into caves that are part of state or county parks if entry signs are posted. Expands allowable purposes for entering the caves. Protects the State and counties from liability where open entry to caves is granted when entry and warming signs are posted.

WLH, JUD

HB 1291

RELATING TO WAIAHOLE-WAIKANE VALLEYS.

Reconveys 10 parcels of land in Waiahole-Waikane valleys that was transferred from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Housing Finance and Development Corporation back to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

WLH, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

Decision making only (heard on January 29, 2003):

HB 295 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST. WLH,FIN

Facilitates the establishment of a comprehensive information system for inventorying and maintaining information about the lands of the public land trust; creates the Public Land Trust Inventory Special Fund.

HB 526 RELATING TO HOME OCCUPATIONS WITHIN WLH,JUD

AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS.

Authorizes counties to permit home occupations in agricultural districts without requiring a special permit; defines "home occupation".

 

COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Monday, February 3, 2003

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

The purpose of this Informational Briefing is to discuss the state of Homeland Security in the State of Hawaii. Brig. Gen. Robert G. F. Lee, Adjutant General and Director of Civil Defense will discuss the matter.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING

Monday, February 3, 2003

11:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB1062 RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR PERSONS INT/HSH,JUD,FIN

WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.

Establishes commission on language access. Appropriates

unspecified funds to establish the commission and for DOH

and DHS to develop and implement systems by which limited

English speaking persons can access services, activities and

programs within the department.

HB498 RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL CYBERSEX OFFENSES. INT, JUD

(Short Form)

HB654 RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION. INT, JUD

Allows the "matricula consular" to be accepted as proper

Identification for Mexican nationals in Hawaii.

HB1534 RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. INT, JUD,FIN Establishes September 21 of each year as Peace Day.

Encourages citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings

of peace and endeavor to create on holidays.

HR 22 EXPRESSING STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. POLICY INT

IN CONTAINING AND DISARMING THE ROGUE STATES OF

IRAQ AND NORTH KOREA THROUGH THE UNITED

NATIONS AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF ALLIES AND

FRIENDS.

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Monday, February 3, 2003

11:00 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 201

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.

Establishes the commercial passenger vessel environmental compliance program on the discharge of effluents.

EDB/EEP, TRN/TAC, FIN

HB 222

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes standards for the discharge of treated sewage, graywater, and other wastewater from cruise ships and commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State. Prohibits the discharge of untreated sewage from commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State.

EDB/EEP, TRN/TAC, JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.