HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Rep. Ken Ito, Chair

Rep. Pono Chong, Vice Chair

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Kameo Tanaka

Rep. Bob Nakasone

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

Rep. Mark S. Moses

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Bud Stonebraker

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Thursday, February 10, 2005

TIME:

9:45 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

     

HB 488

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Appropriates funds to expand work release programs for women inmates.

PSM, FIN

     

HB 1005

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Establishes a task force to develop programs and support services for children of incarcerated parents, as well as programs to strengthen the family bond. Requires the Department of Public Safety to implement the task force's recommendations.

PSM, HUS, FIN

     

HB 13

RELATING TO DRUG REHABILITATION HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

Repeals provisions in Hawaii Revised Statutes allowing certain drug rehabilitation homes to be located in residential areas.

PSM, JUD

     

HB 1320

RELATING TO EMERGENCY 911.

Requires the chief of police of each county to retain the dispatch tape recordings of all emergency 911 calls for a period of at least 3 years.

PSM, JUD, FIN

     

HB 1075

RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS.

Re-establishes the tuition waiver program at University of Hawaii for veterans of the Vietnam conflict.

PSM, HED, FIN

     
     

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

HB 115

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS.

This is a short form bill for decision-making only. No testimony will be accepted.

PSM

     

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 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 1204

RELATING TO VETERANS.

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

PSM, HSG, FIN

     

HB 1205

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligations bonds to fund upgrading and installation of the tsunami siren warning system

PSM, FIN

     

HOUSE BILL NOS. 115, 36, 1634, 1204 AND 1205 ARE FOR DECISION MAKING ONLY. NO TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THESE BILLS.

DECISION MAKING ON HOUSE BILL NO. 1629 WILL BE DEFERRED UNTIL FOR A LATER DATE.

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED 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 TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH 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 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET WITH TWO HOLES PUNCHED AT THE TOP. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8470.

 

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Rep. Ken Ito

Chair