HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                           THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                            REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

                             COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
                        Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair
                      Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair
           Rep. Lei Ahu Isa                  Rep. Iris Ikeda Catalani
           Rep. Kenny Goodenow               Rep. Michael P. Kahikina
           Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho               Rep. Sylvia Luke
           Rep. Bob Nakasone                 Rep. Scott K. Saiki
           Rep. Brian Schatz                 Rep. Nathan Suzuki
           Rep. Brian Y. Yamane              Rep. Galen Fox
           Rep. Barbara Marumoto             Rep. Colleen Meyer
           Rep. Mark Moses

                               NOTICE OF HEARING

                DATE:    TUESDAY, April 6, 1999
                TIME:    3:00 P.M.
                PLACE:   Conference Room 308, State Capitol


                                A G E N D A # 2


SB 568 SD2 HD2     RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. (WLU,JHA,FIN)
HSCR 1328          Defines the term "heiau".  Establishes a burial site program
                within DLNR to assist island burial councils with their mandated
                responsibilities.  Clarifies and strengthens various laws relating
                to the preservation of native Hawaiian burial sites and artifacts.


SB 456 SD2         RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS. (HED,JHA,FIN)
HSCR 1294          Appropriates funds to be expended by the office of Hawaiian
                affairs to reimburse the University of Hawaii system for the cost
                of providing tuition waivers for Hawaiian students.  Funds used
                for this purpose count as credit against the State's liability for
                ceded land revenue.


SB 1635 SD2 HD1    RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST. (JHA,FIN)
HSCR 1326          Provides a process to resolve ceded land revenue issues.


SB 803 SD2 HD1     RELATING TO WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING. (LAB,FIN)
HSCR 1416          Provide for a planned reduction in the size of Hawaii's government
                and a framework for the orderly restructuring of government
                programs.


SB 450 SD1 HD1     RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. (LAB,FIN)
HSCR 1408          Amends Act 230, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, to expand the scope,
                duties, and responsibilities of the managed process committee.


SB 1345 SD2 HD1    RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION IN THE JUDICIARY. (JHA,FIN)
HSCR 1334          Increases judicial salaries.  Eliminates early retirement
                provision for judges, including provision allowing judges to
                retire whenever the allowance reaches 75 per cent of the member's
                average final compensation.  Protects accrued benefits of judges
                and former judges.


SB 1284 SD2 HD1    MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.
HSCR 1185          (LAB,FIN)
                Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items.




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SB 1147 SD2 HD1    RELATING TO THE HAWAII WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. (LAB,FIN)
HSCR 1378          Brings Hawaii into compliance with the Workforce Investment Act of
                1998.


SB 206 HD1         RELATING TO WAGES AND COMPENSATION. (LAB,FIN)
HSCR 1407          Clarifies that the penalty applied to employers for unjustified
                wage withholding will be equal to the amount of unpaid wages and
                interest at a rate of six per cent per year from the date the
                wages were due.


                   DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW IF TIME PERMITS


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                                         Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine
                                         Chair