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 DECISION MAKING

DATE:

Thursday, March 3, 2005

TIME:

10:15 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 2

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS PREVIOUSLY HEARD

 

Heard on Wednesday, 2/23, Agenda # 1:

HB 36

HD1

(HSCR290)

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Exempts operations of inmate commissary or store operation from the Hawaii public procurement code for inmate trust accounts and where no public funds are involved.

PSM, FIN

     

Heard on Wednesday, 2/23, Agenda # 2:

HB 1583

(HSCR498)

RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Exempts from income tax all military pay of active military personnel based in Hawaii but assigned outside the state by military order for the time spent outside the state.

PSM, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heard on Thursday, 2/24, Agenda # 1:

HB 338

HD1

(HSCR78)

RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS.

Requires the provision of rest or meal break periods of at least thirty consecutive minutes for employees who work five or more continuous hours, unless a collective bargaining agreement provides an express provision for meal breaks or an employee waives the requirement for a rest or meal period.

LAB, FIN

HB 761

(HSCR567)

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Allows an employee to use family leave during any calendar year upon the military deployment of the employee's child, spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, or parent.

LAB/PSM, FIN

     

Heard on Thursday, 2/24, Agenda #3:

HB 460

HD1

(HSCR659)

RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Clarifies that the Chief Election Officer may fill Office of Elections staff positions with civil service employees subject to collective bargaining.

JUD/LAB, FIN

HB 1378

HD1

(HSCR543)

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Amends the temporary restraining orders (TRO) and protective orders (PO) process to require the disclosure of a pending family court proceeding. Allows a judge considering a TRO petition to meet in camera with the petitioner to evaluate the petitioner's allegations. Requires the judge to make findings of fact for granting a TRO. Allows supervised visitation after the issuance of a TRO, if the petitioner and respondent have children together that are not named in the TRO petition and supervised visitation is in the children's best interest. Establishes that any findings relating to a TRO or PO petition is not binding on a subsequent family court case in which the court determines the TRO or PO petition was filed to gain an advantage in the family court case.

JUD, FIN

HB 1763

HD1

(HSCR672)

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Establishes a committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code. Requires the committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2006 Regular Session. Appropriates $100,000 for purposes of the penal code review.

JUD, FIN

     

Heard on Thursday, 2/24, Agenda #4:

HB 27

HD1

(HSCR269)

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds for the athletics program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to achieve compliance with Title IX of the federal Education Amendments Act of 1972.

HED, FIN

     

 

 

 

 

Heard on Friday, 2/25, Agenda #1:

HB 784

HD1

(HSCR398)

RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION.

Requires cable franchise fees paid in connection with the provision of cable service in Maui County to be distributed in thirds to Maui Community College and DOE, Maui County, and Maui's PEG access entity. Effective July 1, 2099.

CPC, FIN

HB 1111

HD1

(HSCR243)

RELATING TO THE HAWAII CATASTROPHIC RELIEF FUND.

Establishes a Hawaii catastrophic relief fund (HCRF) to provide reinsurance for the risks of catastrophic events in Hawaii and to mitigate the impact of a catastrophic or emergency condition in Hawaii; repeals the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund (HHRF); transfers monies from HHRF to HCRF. Effective date July 1, 2099.

CPC, FIN

     

Heard on Friday, 2/25, Agenda #2:

HB 1757

(HSCR368)

RELATING TO CONSERVATION LAND.

Provides an unspecified percentage for a conservation land tax credit, based on land (not exceeding an unspecified value), donated to and accepted by the State that is in a conservation land use district or for a land owner who voluntarily reclassifies residentially zoned land to conservation and initiates the rezoning process, or for amounts invested in management of conservation or watershed land.

WLO, FIN

     

Heard on Friday, 2/25, Agenda #5:

HB 1434

HD2

(HSCR603)

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Amends the renewable portfolio standard law to clarify the events considered to be outside a utility's control in meeting the standard, give PUC full discretion over implementation of the law, and provide for a PUC study of green power pricing. Effective July 1, 2099.

EEP, CPC, FIN

     

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Rep. Dwight Takamine

Chair