HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair

Rep. Mele Carroll

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Glenn Wakai

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Galen Fox

Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Bob Nakasone

Rep. Mark S. Moses

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Kymberly N. Pine

Rep. Kameo Tanaka

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

MONDAY, February 28, 2005

TIME:

5:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 6

HB 704

HD1

(HSCR561)

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Appropriates $2 in Reed Act funds for services of the unemployment insurance and workforce development divisions. Provides additional funding to the local workforce investment boards for employer outreach and services, labor force pool expansion and capacity building.

LAB, FIN

HB 755

(HSCR338)

RELATING TO WAGES.

Authorizes an employer to furnish to an employee an electronic record of an employee's total gross compensation, the amount and purpose of each deduction, total net compensation, date of payment, and pay period covered, in lieu of a printed, typewritten, or handwritten record, upon receipt of written authorization from the employee.

LAB, FIN

HB 1134

HD1

(HSCR562)

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES.

Raises the minimum wage.

LAB, FIN

HB 1214

HD1

(HSCR612)

RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES.

Provides for the manner in which the prevailing wages for laborers and mechanics on public work projects and certain private work projects is to be established. Allows individuals to bring suit against violators for noncompliance and the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations for failure to perform nondiscretionary duties. Expands the definition of public works to include certain private construction contracts.

LAB, FIN

HB 1528

HD1

(HSCR340)

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Adjusts the salaries of certain department head positions, including: the auditor, legislative reference bureau, Hawaii labor relations board, ombudsman, state procurement office, the stadium authority, civil defense, commission on water resource management, the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii, the public utilities commission, the Hawaii paroling authority, the labor and industrial relations appeals board, commissioner of financial institutions and the office of the state public defender, the office of solid waste management, the executive office on aging, the office of veterans' services, and the office of community services.

LAB, FIN

HB 1548

(HSCR493)

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Increases the composition of the board of trustees of the employer-union health benefits trust fund from 10 to 12, 11 of whom shall be selected by the governor and 1 of whom shall be selected by the mayor of the respective counties on a rotating basis. Prohibits the governor from reducing the term of the trustee appointed by a county mayor. Permits county mayor instead of the governor to appoint replacement, in the case of a vacancy in the county trustee position.

LAB, FIN

HB 1606

(HSCR342)

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Establishes annual increment salary increases for teachers and creates a comprehensive evaluation process for teachers.

LAB/EDN, FIN

HB 1614

(HSCR343)

RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL.

Establishes that department of education civil service employees shall have the same benefits and rights of civil service employees employed in executive departments.

LAB/EDN, FIN

HB 1773

(HSCR615)

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Amends workers' compensation law, including but not limited to mandating further requirements for vocational rehabilitation providers, limiting the director's rulemaking authority, and specifying procedures for filing of claims.

LAB, FIN

     

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Dwight Takamine

Chair