COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

 

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2146, SD2

(SSCR2578)

 

RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING.

Extends the sunset date on the deposit and disbursement of certain nursing fees into the compliance resolution fund for the credit of the center for nursing special fund; establishes a staff nurse position on the advisory board of the center for nursing; requires the center for nursing to submit an interim report to the legislature regarding the five-year longitudinal study and alternative funding for the center. (SB2146 SD2)

 

HED/HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

 

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

2:15 p.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2263, SD2

(SSCR2738)

 

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires the University of Hawaii board of regents to publicly disclose in open meetings:  (1) compensation offered to newly hired employees; (2) changes in compensation offered to existing employees for administrative positions in the UH system filled by excluded employees; and (3) all budgetary expenditures made by the board of regents.  (SD2)

 

HED, JUD

SB 2333, SD2

(SSCR2731)

 

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes a working group to consider the feasibility of creating within the University of Hawaii college of engineering an institute of robotics or a related institute or program with consideration of the appropriate background science and technology fields, and application areas, on which an institute or other program will focus; requires report on its findings and recommendations to the 2010 legislature. (SD2)

 

HED, FIN

SB 2831, SD1

(SSCR2882)

 

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CENTER ON AGING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii center on aging research and education for faculty positions and program expenses.  (SD1)

 

HED, HLT/HSH, FIN

SB 2660, SD3

(SSCR2601)

 

RELATING TO COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAMS.

Provides an annual maximum deduction of $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly against their taxable income for contributions made to a section 529 college savings program in calendar year 2008 and beyond.  Establishes a $75,000 cap on the total tax deduction per college savings account.  (SB2660 SD3)

 

HED, FIN

SB 2668, SD2

(SSCR2756)

 

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires the submission of candidates' names for the regents candidate advisory council within 60 days following the notification of a vacancy.  Clarifies the requirement of the submission of the names of the candidates to the governor.  Makes confidential certain information received or maintained by the regents candidate advisory council; provided that information concerning an applicant that is subsequently appointed by the governor to the board of regents shall be disclosed as provided by law.  Requires candidates to reside in the geographic area which the candidate represents.  Appropriates funds for an administrative position to support regents candidate advisory council operations.  Requires the governor to notify the regents candidate advisory council of vacancies on the board of regents in a timely manner.  (SB2668 SD2)

 

HED, FIN

HR 43

 

REQUESTING A MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL AUDIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA'S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

 

HED, LMG, FIN

HCR 43

 

REQUESTING A MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL AUDIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA'S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

 

HED, LMG, FIN

HR 8

 

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, TO SEEK FUNDING FOR A TWO-YEAR PILOT STUDY AT HINA MAUKA TO RESEARCH THE EFFECTS OF NALTREXONE (VIVITROL) ON CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE (ICE) ADDICTION.

 

HED, HLT

HCR 7

 

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, TO SEEK FUNDING FOR A TWO-YEAR PILOT STUDY AT HINA MAUKA TO RESEARCH THE EFFECTS OF NALTREXONE (VIVITROL) ON CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE (ICE) ADDICTION.

 

HED, HLT

HR 101

 

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO BEGIN REBUILDING THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY 2012.

 

HED, FIN

HCR 119

 

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO BEGIN REBUILDING THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY 2012.

 

HED, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

 

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

2:00 p.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 1802

(HSCR1334)

 

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Provides an exception to the confidentiality of mental health records and allows disclosure if it is made by the person's healthcare provider to another health care provider for the purpose of continued care or treatment.

 

HLT, JUD

SB 1961, SD1

(SSCR883)

 

RELATING TO BAIL.

Creates a licensing requirement for bail bond agents.  Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs to adopt rules for the process and procedure of obtaining a bail bond agent license.  Prohibits certain acts by bail bond agents.  Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violations by bail bond agents.  Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs to adopt rules regulating compensated sureties. (SD1)

 

JUD

SB 2399

(SSCR2300)

 

RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION:  AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.

Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.

 

JUD

SB 2400, SD1

(SSCR2568)

 

RELATING TO DECRIMINALIZATION OF MINOR OFFENSES PURSUANT TO ACT 124, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2005.

Decriminalizes minor offenses outside the Penal Code pursuant to Act 124, SLH 2005.  (SB2400 SD1)

 

JUD

SB 2961, SD2

(SSCR2782)

 

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.

Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.  (SB2961 SD2)

 

JUD, FIN

SB 2201, SD1

(SSCR2665)

 

RELATING TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD MEETINGS.

Prescribes the procedure to be followed at certain neighborhood board meetings, such as the information that may be included in the written public notice, the information that the board may receive on a matter, and the deliberation and decision‑making process.  (SB2201 SD1)

 

JUD

SB 2579, SD2

(SSCR2832)

 

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

Establishes penalties for failing to file and for filing substantially defective or deficient campaign spending reports.  Provides for deposit of collected fines and penalties into the state general fund.  (SB2579 SD2)

 

JUD

SB 2204, SD1

(SSCR2556)

 

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

Clarifies campaign spending law relating to electronic filing of reports; clarifies that "ordinary and customary" expenditures are allowable under campaign spending law; clarifies that the campaign spending commission shall not issue rules through the issuance of an advisory opinion; clarifies that in the case of a corporation or company using funds from its own treasury, there shall be no limit on contributions or expenditures to the corporation or company noncandidate committee; clarifies who is subject to administrative fines for violations relating to campaign contributions and expenditures; doubles the amount a candidate can transfer from campaign or surplus funds to a community or charitable organization.  (SB2004 SD1)

 

JUD

SB 711

(SSCR744)

 

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations on tax collections.  Clarifies that the three-year statute of limitations on tax assessments for the general excise tax, use tax, and other period taxes begins running from the filing of each periodic return.

 

JUD, FIN

SB 2562, SD1

(SSCR2695)

 

RELATING TO VOTING.

Authorizes permanent absentee voting.  Makes appropriation. (SB2562 SD1)

 

JUD, FIN

SB 2785, SD1

(SSCR2555)

 

RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION.

Increases the amount over which the District Court has jurisdiction in civil cases from $20,000 to $30,000.  Effective January 1, 2050.  (SB2785 SD1)

 

JUD, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

 

Wednesday March 12, 2008

8:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2790, SD2

(SSCR2829)

 

RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE.

Appropriates funds for the perinatal clinic within the UH medical school department of obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health to help women with a history of substance abuse. (SB2790 SD2)

 

HLT/HSH, HED, FIN

SB 2830, SD2

(SSCR2790)

 

RELATING TO CAREGIVING.

Extends the joint legislative committee on family caregiving; changes the committee's name to the joint legislative committee on aging in place; expands the committee's mandate to include aging in place issues related to family caregiving; requires the aging and disability resource center to report to the committee; requires the joint legislative committee to develop a model for a cash and counseling project; appropriates funds to the joint legislative committee; allows kupuna care to include overnight, weekend, and emergency respite, as well as provide grants to caregivers and for home modification; appropriates funds to the kupuna care program; establishes a task force to focus on the needs and issues of grandparents raising grandchildren; appropriates funds to the executive office on aging to continue its respite inventory project in collaboration with the University of Hawaii.  (SB2830 SD2)

 

HLT/HSH, LMG, FIN

SB 3255, SD2

(SSCR2831)

 

RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.

Establishes a long-term care commission to research what resources are necessary to meet state long-term care public policy goals and to recommend a program and funding mechanism that can provide these services.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets on 12/01/10.  (SB3255 SD2)

 

HLT/HSH, HED, FIN

SB 2041

(SSCR2628)

 

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to match federal funding for the disproportionate share hospital allowance.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

SB 2047, SD3

(SSCR2809)

 

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a tax credit for modifications to homes to accommodate persons with disabilities and to facilitate aging‑in‑place.  (SB2047 SD3)

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

SB 2151, SD2

(SSCR2765)

 

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN.

Expands the long-term care ombudsman program by adding three additional ombudsman positions, one for each neighboring county.  (SB2151 SD2)

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

SB 2542, SD2

(SSCR2596)

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

Ensures continued community-based primary care for the uninsured, underinsured, or medicaid recipients by helping the community health center system to remain financially viable and stable in the face of the increasing needs of these populations. (SB2542 SD2)

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

SB 3257, SD3

(SSCR2819)

 

RELATING TO MEDICAID PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY.

Requires the department of human services to provide presumptive eligibility to medicaid or QUEST eligible waitlisted patients.  (SB3257 SD3)

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

SB 3258, SD3

(SSCR2761)

 

RELATING TO MEDICAID HOSPITAL AND LONG TERM CARE REIMBURSEMENTS.

Establishes reimbursement guidelines and provides appropriations for medicaid to hospitals and facilities with long term care beds.  (SB3258 SD3)

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

SB 1805, SD1

(SSCR855)

 

RELATING TO GENETIC COUNSELORS.

Establishes a licensure program for genetic counselors.  Effective July 1, 2008.  (SD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

SB 2160, SD2

(SSCR2597)

 

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the department of health to submit an annual report on forensic patients; requires yearly court status hearings for individuals ordered to be conditionally released or hospitalized as an inpatient by the mental health court; reduces the minimum length of hospitalization from ninety to thirty days for individuals who are recommitted after conditional release; makes appropriation for mental health court operations.  (SB2160 SD2)

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

SB 2864, SD2

(SSCR2839)

 

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires the insurance commissioner to conduct a study of the adequacy of health plan reimbursements to providers.  (SB2864 SD2)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

SB 3016, SD1

(SSCR2592)

 

RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.

Maintains competition and consumer choice by deleting requirements that pose obstacles to smaller health plans.  Deletes requirement that health plans must maintain a fund equal to "one half of twenty times the maximum benefits paid in 30 days" and caps the deposit requirement at $20 million. (SD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

SB 3017, SD1

(SSCR2722)

 

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Improves the insurance commissioner's ability to protect consumers from improper transactions between health insurance companies and their affiliates by authorizing the commissioner to monitor the relationships and transactions between these companies and their affiliates.  (SD1)

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

SB 3080, SD1

(SSCR2740)

 

RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION BACKGROUND CHECKS.

Authorize the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to conduct FBI criminal history record checks through the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center on employees, applicants, current or prospective contractors, providers, or volunteers. Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

SB 3228

(SSCR2675)

 

RELATING TO ADJUSTING THE ANNUAL PENSIONS OF RETIRED PATIENT EMPLOYEES AT HANSEN'S DISEASE FACILITIES.

Adjusts pension amounts for retired patient employees of Hansen's disease facilities; provides for annual increase to be paid to deceased retired patient employees' estates.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

SB 2064, SD1

(SSCR2742)

 

RELATING TO JURY SERVICE.

Allows full-time psychologists to claim an exemption from jury service.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HLT, JUD

SB 2104, SD1

(SSCR2827)

 

RELATING TO THE ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY.

Establishes a statewide organ donor registry. (SB2104 SD1)

 

HLT, FIN

SB 3083, SD2

(SSCR2576)

 

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Makes emergency appropriation of general funds for fiscal year 2007-2008 to pay current, essential vendors, reduce accounts payable, and allow operation and provision of current levels of service in Hawaii Health Systems Corporation's facilities.  (SB3083 SD2)

 

HLT, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

10:30 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 3021, SD1

(SSCR2619)

 

RELATING TO VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS.

Protects those with terminal or chronic illnesses from unscrupulous brokers who trade in life insurance policies of the sick, by requiring disclosure of the consequences to the consumer, providing the right to rescind the contract, and prohibiting the transfer of the life insurance benefits to the new owner for five years.  (SD1)

 

HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN

SB 3031, SD1

(SSCR2699)

 

RELATING TO DISPENSING OPTICIANS.

Specifies that a dispensing optician's license is required for the dispensing and fitting, upon written prescription, of non‑corrective contact lenses and for the sale of or offer to sell non-corrective contact lenses.  (SD1)

 

HLT, CPC

SB 2373, SD1

(SSCR2669)

 

RELATING TO PSEUDOEPHEDRINE SALES.

Requires electronic logs of pseudoephedrine sales to be made via an Excel worksheet provided by the department of public safety narcotics enforcement division and maintained for two years in a form searchable by law enforcement.  (SD1)

 

HLT, PSM, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING

 

Wednesday March 12, 2008

11:00 a.m.

Conference Room 329; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

HCR 131/HR 113

 

REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO CONVENE AND FACILITATE A BLUE RIBBON PANEL TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF ALL OF HAWAII'S ACUTE CARE AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NECESSARY EXPANSION OF SUCH FACILITIES FOR THE STATE BETWEEN NOW AND THE YEAR 2020.

 

HLT/HSH, FIN

HCR 132/HR 114

 

REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO FORM A WORK GROUP TO EXPLORE THE NEED TO BAN OR BETTER LABEL PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER ASPARTAME.

 

HLT, EDB/CPC


 

HCR 108/HR 90

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE THE RISKS INVOLVED IN THE USE AND CONSUMPTION OF PHTHALATES, BISPHENOL-A, AND ASPARTAME IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY BY YOUNG CHILDREN.

 

HLT, CPC/HED

Decision making to follow.

 

 

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

9:00 a.m. – completion

State Capitol Auditorium

 

AGENDA:

 

The Senate Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Finance will conduct two joint informational briefings on all grants-in-aid applications to the 2008 Legislature.  On March 8th, the briefing will include applicants on Oahu.  (A separate briefing notice is posted for the March 8th briefing.)  On March 12th, the briefing will include Neighbor Island applicants.  Applicants are not required to attend the joint briefings, and all grant-in-aid applications will be duly considered regardless of whether the applicants attend the briefings.

 

Due to the volume of applications received, and to maximize efficiency, the following rules will be applied during the informational briefings:

 

1.  Only one (1) representative per application will be called to provide information and answer questions; and

 

2.  Each representative will be allowed no more than three (3) minutes to provide any additional information.

 

3.  Applicants will be heard in alphabetical order.

 

Additionally, representatives of the appropriate Executive Branch expending agencies responsible for the release and distribution of appropriated funds are also invited to participate in this process and be available to answer questions from the Committees about their respective analyses of grant-in-aid applicants' requests.

 

 

 

 

The following grant-in-aid applicants on the Neighbor Islands have been invited to the March 12th joint informational briefing:

 

Arc of Hilo, The

Bay Clinic, Inc.

Best Buddies International, Inc.

Central Pacific Youth Athletic Club

Child and Family Service

Christian Works Hawai'i

Community Work Day Program

E kupaku ka 'aina- The Hawai'i Land Restoration Institute

Family Support services of West Hawai'i

Food Basket, Inc., The

Friends of Old Maui High School

Friends of the Maui Drug Court (FMDC)

Garden Island Resource Conservation & Dev't. Inc.

Hawaii Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs Inc.

Hawai'i Children's Complementary Therapy & Research Clinic-Mana Ola O Ka Lani

Hawai'i County Economic Opportunity Council (7 applications)

Hospice of Hilo

Imua Family Services

In Dis Life (2 applications)

Ka Lima O Maui, Ltd.

Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa

Kanu o ka 'Aina Learning 'Ohana

Kaua'i Chamber of Commerce

Kauai Economic Opportunity, Inc. (11 applications)

Kauai Planning & Action Alliance, Inc.

Kauai Veterans Council

Ke Anuenue Area Health Education Center

Kids of Kona

Kipahulu Ohana, Inc.

L&R Farm ENT LLC

La'a Kea Foundation

La'i'opua 2020

Lanai Culture and Heritage Center

Lokelani Ohana

Malama Kauai

Maui Arts and Cultural Center

Maui County Area Health Education Center

Maui Economic Concerns of the Community, Inc.

Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. (MEO) (3 applications)

Maui Family Support Services

Maui Family YMCA

Molokai General Hospital (2 applications)

Molokai Livestock Cooperative (MLC)

National Tropical Botanical Garden

North Hawaii Community Hospital

Paniolo Preservation Society

Puna Kamalii Flowers, Inc.

Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii

South Maui Learning Ohana

Storybook Theatre of Hawaii, The

Supporting the Language of Kauai, Inc

Volcano Health Collaborative

Waikoloa Community Development Corporation

Waikoloa Elementary School

West Hawaii Community Health Center

West Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization

Women Helping Women (2 applications)

 

 

Information on all Grants-in-Aid applications submitted to the 2008 State Legislature may be accessed on the Capitol website at:  http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/info/grant/grant.asp

 

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

9:00 a.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2196, SD2

(SSCR2834)

 

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON OCEAN WATERS.

Adds regulatory function over commercially permitted use of government and private boating facilities and commercial activities in private marinas.  (SB2196 SD2)

 

WLH, JUD, FIN

SB 2464

(SSCR2650)

 

 

RELATING TO THE STATE MAMMAL.

Designates the Hawaiian monk seal as the state mammal.

 

WLH, TAC

SB 2465

(SSCR2651)

 

 

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL DAY.

Designates the third Saturday in April as Hawaiian monk seal day.

 

WLH, TAC

SB 2644, SD1

(SSCR2586)

 

RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER.

Specifies the required qualifications for a state historic preservation officer and adds requirement that notice of the appointment of a state historic preservation officer be given to the legislature.  (SD1)

 

WLH, FIN

SB 3206, SD2

(SSCR2836)

 

RELATING TO KAWAI NUI MARSH.

Establishes the Kawai Nui marsh advisory council; appropriates moneys to DLNR for the work of the council.  (SB3206 SD2)

 

WLH, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

9:30 a.m.

Conference Room 312; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2482, SD2

(SSCR2845)

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAI‘I INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY.

Extends the lapse date of the funds provided for the planning, design, and construction of a modern laboratory and office complex on Coconut Island.  (SB2482 SD2)

 

WLH, HED, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

9:30 a.m.

Conference Room 325; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2584, SD2

(SSCR2726)

 

RELATING TO HONEY.

Recognizes honey as an agricultural commodity. (SD2)

 

AGR, CPC

SB 2639, SD1

(SSCR2577)

 

RELATING TO LOANS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND AQUACULTURE PURPOSES.

Increases aquaculture loan limits for Class A and B loans to $800,000.  Makes credit denial requirements identical to the agricultural loan program by eliminating the one loan denial.  Creates a "new aquaculturist program".  Transfers and incorporates aquaculture funds into the agricultural loan reserve fund and increases the expenditure ceiling of the agricultural loan revolving fund up to the combined ceiling total for the agricultural and aquaculture loan revolving funds.  (SB2639 SD1)

 

AGR, FIN

SB 2905, SD2

(SSCR2863)

 

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds to support the economic analysis and fiscal impact portions of the study being conducted by the department of agriculture pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 102, H.D. 1 (2007) regarding Kona coffee issues.  (SB2905 SD2)

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

SB 2956, SD1

(SSCR2688)

 

RELATING TO MILK.

Ensures that the remaining Hawaii dairy producers are paid a price commensurate with the quality of the milk they produce.  Appropriates moneys to establish a strategic plan for the milk industry. (SD1)

 

AGR, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

10:00 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 3119, SD2

(SSCR2602)

 

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

Makes an emergency appropriation of $21,253,032 out of the state highway fund for fiscal year 2007-2008.  (SB3119 SD2)

 

TRN, FIN

Decision making to follow.

 


COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

10:20 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 3240, SD1

(SSCR2302)

 

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE.

Increases a driver's license from six to eight years; authorizes the examiner of drivers to issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition that may impair the ability to drive; allows the expired driver's license of a service member who is on active federal service and whose license expired while deployed outside the U.S. to remain valid for ninety days after return; applies to licenses issued after November 1, 2008.  (SD1)

 

TRN/PSM, JUD

Decision making to follow.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

10:45 a.m.

Conference Room 309; State Capitol

 

AGENDA:

 

SB 2816, SD1

(SSCR2886)

 

RELATING TO INTRA-COUNTY FERRY SERVICE.

Requires department of land and natural resources to assign priority mooring space to intra-county ferries serving a county with 500,000 or less people and at least 3 islands inhabited by permanent residents.  Exempts distributors from fuel tax for fuel sold for ultimate use by the intra-county ferry service.  (SD1)

 

TRN/WLH, FIN

SB 3227, SD2

(SSCR2760)

 

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Expands the authority of the Aloha Tower development corporation to assist in the development of the statewide harbors modernization plan; authorizes the DOT to issue revenue bonds to finance the harbor improvements; transfers Hana harbor, excluding its small boat ramp facility, to DOT.  (SB3227 SD2)

 

TRN/WLH, FIN

Decision making to follow.