HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Rep. Ken Ito, Chair

Rep. Pono Chong, Vice-Chair

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Bob Nakasone

Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Kameo Tanaka

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Mark S. Moses

Rep. Bud Stonebraker

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Thursday, February 3, 2005

TIME:

9:00 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 36

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Exempts operations of inmate commissary or store operation from the Hawaii public procurement code where no public funds are involved.

PSM, FIN

HB 1629

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires the department of public safety to outsource food service programs at correctional facilities statewide by competitive bid meeting certain criteria.

PSM, FIN

HB 1634

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Directs the executive branch to prepare preliminary design and request for proposals for the design, development, and operation of a correctional facility and to consider the undeveloped portion of the existing Halawa correctional facility as one possible site for the facility.

PSM, FIN

HB 114

RELATING TO VETERANS. Appropriates funds for the construction of a Waipahu centennial memorial.

PSM

HB 1204

RELATING TO VETERANS. Gives military veterans that served in Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts priority to housing developed under chapter 201G.

PSM, HSG, FIN

HB 1205

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION FUNDS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligations bonds to fund upgrading and installation of the tsunami siren warning system.

PSM, FIN

HB 1206

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CIVIL DEFENSE. Authorizes the issuance of general obligations bonds to fund review and redrafting of tsunami inundation maps in two-dimensional format.

PSM, FIN

HB 1207

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER RETROFITTING. Appropriates $2,000,000 for FY 2005-2006 and $2,000,000 for FY 2006-2007 for emergency shelter retrofitting.

PSM, FIN

HB 1209

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A TSUNAMI PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. Appropriates funds for a tsunami public awareness campaign.

PSM, FIN

HB 1387

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE CIVIL DEFENSE POSITIONS. Makes an appropriation to assist Civil Defense in reorganizing its operations and reconstituting an around the clock, year round emergency operating center.

PSM, FIN

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT 35 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO (1) THE COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 313, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT. AT ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8 ½" x 11" SHEET.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E. SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8470.

_________________________________________Rep. Ken Ito

Chair