THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 25, 2013

TIME:

9:10 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective standing committee(s):

 

HB 487, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR971)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Expands livestock feed subsidy to include feed for goats, sheep, lambs, fish and crustaceans.  Creates a subsidy for qualified feed developers.  Appropriates funds.  Authorizes the DOA to dispose of lands to and negotiate and enter into leases with the ADC.  Exempts non-agricultural park lands disposed of to the ADC from section 166E-8(b)(2) and (5), HRS.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (SD1)

 

AGL, WAM

HB 747, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR973)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Leaves unspecified the agribusiness development corporation's limit on investments in qualified securities of any one enterprise.  Makes an appropriation for the agribusiness development corporation to purchase agricultural land.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (SD1)

 

AGL, WAM

HB 1263, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR933)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

Appropriates funds and authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance improvements to various irrigation systems.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (SD1)

 

AGL/WTL, WAM

HB 144, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR927)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS.

Repeals chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Clarifies professional employer organization responsibilities with respect to meeting the statutory requirements of the repealed chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the nexus between the registration of professional employer organizations and qualification for the state general excise tax exemption.  Requires professional employer organizations to obtain a bond, or a letter of credit equivalent to the required bond amount, on a sliding scale that is based on total payroll amount.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

CPN, WAM

HB 841, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR894)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Updates the Insurance Code by streamlining and improving the operations of the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and ensuring that the Insurance Division retains its accreditation with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.  (SD1)

 

CPN, WAM

HB 865, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR928)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT.

Establishes a three-year pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public school lands for public purposes.  Establishes the school facilities special fund within chapter 302A, HRS.  Repeals the schools facilities special fund in chapter 171C, HRS.  Requires the lieutenant governor to submit a report to the legislature.  Makes an appropriation for the pilot program.  Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

 

EDU, WAM

HB 120, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR900)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the department of health to post on its website reports of all inspections at state-licensed care facilities occurring on or after 1/1/15; provided that any report that includes a violation be removed from the website after three years.  Establishes a working group to develop a new inspection form to be posted online with information that is fair to the care home operators and useful to the public.  Appropriates funds for equipment, website and database development, and staff support.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (SD1)

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

HB 385, HD2

      (SSCR918)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Establishes a refundable state Earned Income Tax Credit.  Requires the Department of Human Services to offer financial education to applicants for and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.  Appropriates funds.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB385 HD2)

 

HMS, WAM

HB 395, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR930)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO YOUTH.

Requires the Office of Youth Services to coordinate a Safe Places for Youth Pilot Program to coordinate a network that youth may access for safety and where they may obtain advice, guidance, programs, and services.  Appropriates funds.  Provides that in awarding custody and visitation of a minor child, the court shall consider the preference that custody be awarded to both parents to ensure maximum continuing physical, emotional, and meaningful contact with both parents.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (SD1)

 

HMS, WAM

HB 1119, HD1

      (SSCR919)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Appropriates unspecified amounts of funds to the HPHA to leverage funds for the redevelopment of the Mayor Wright homes.  Requires dollar-for-dollar matching with private or federal funds before appropriations may be expended.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB1119 HD1)

 

HMS, WAM

HB 1430, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR923)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to establish and operate a comprehensive service center for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (SD1)

 

HMS, WAM

HB 546, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR964)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Establishes the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund task force within the department of budget and finance to examine the unfunded liability of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.  Makes an appropriation for the task force.  (SD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 696, HD1

      (SSCR958)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Authorizes the payment of an allowance for expenses to a lieutenant governor whose legal residence is on an island other than Oahu who is required to remain away from the island of the lieutenant governor's legal residence but within the State overnight or longer while on official business.  (HB696 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 833, HD1

      (SSCR955)

      Status & Testimony

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for all collective bargaining cost items for salary increases and other wage related costs in the arbitrated settlement for Unit (10) and its excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2011-2013.  (HB833 HD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 928, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR968)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Clarifies the classification of certain special funds under the department of labor and industrial relations as trust funds as recommended by the legislative auditor.  (SD1)

 

JDL, WAM

HB 218, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR944)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION MANAGEMENT COMMISSION.

Adds the OHA administrator and a member of the public, who is knowledgeable about issues relating to the criminal justice system and has substantial experience or expertise in traditional Native Hawaiian practices, to the corrections population management commission.  (SD1)

 

PSM/THA, WAM

HB 527, HD1

      (SSCR940)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE.

Repeals the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard.  Effective July 1, 2013.  (HB527 HD1)

 

PSM, WAM

HB 1103, HD1, SD1

      (SSCR942)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.

Requires the assessment and collection of impact fees prior to the issuance of a water meter and requires that impact fees be collected in full before or upon issuance of the water meter.  Effective 07/01/2050.  (SD1)

 

PSM, WAM

HB 1136, HD2

      (SSCR939)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL.

Appropriates unspecified sums to the DOD for the civil air patrol.  Effective 07/01/2050.  (HD2)

 

PSM, WAM

HB 977, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR947)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Conforms state law to the most recent federal regulations to ensure that the Hawaii laws parallel the federal regulations relating to commercial driver licensing.  Effective July 1, 2013.  (SD1)

 

TIA/PSM, WAM

HB 980, HD2, SD1

      (SSCR948)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Prohibits the use of mobile electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle in the State and establishes monetary penalties.  Effective July 1, 2013.  (SD1)

 

TIA/JDL, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

Persons wishing to offer comments may do so 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair