THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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 committees:

 

SB 2446

      (SSCR2312)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education to name the new public high school in Kihei, Maui, the "Patsy Takemoto Mink High School" in honor of the late United States Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 2518, SD1

      (SSCR2111)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes the state public charter school commission to assess fees for help offset its operating costs.  Clarifies the legal status of an approved charter applicant.  Makes various amendments to the charter school law for clarity and consistency.  (SD1)

 

EDU, WAM

SB 2020, SD1

      (SSCR2081)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes an agricultural foreign-trade zone; specifies boundaries, jurisdiction, and benefits.  (SD1)

 

EGH/TIA/AGL, WAM

SB 2277

      (SSCR2255)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Requires a state agency that is required to report to the legislature to provide written notice to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives in cases where it cannot meet the reporting deadline.  Allows the legislature to reduce a state agency's budget in cases where an appropriation was made to assist it with the report and the state agency fails to submit the report to the legislature by the deadline or fails to provide proper notice that the state agency cannot meet the reporting deadline.  Requires state agencies to provide the legislature with a detailed list of any and all reports due one week prior to the reports' due date.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2397, SD1

      (SSCR2137)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Creates an agricultural technology park under the high technology development corporation.  Designates certain properties to be included in the park.  (SD1)

 

EGH/AGL, WAM

SB 2510

      (SSCR2264)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO URBAN WATER CONSERVATION.

Establishes a four-year pilot program requiring DAGS to implement irrigation water conservation best management practices, as established by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii and report to the Legislature.  Makes an appropriation.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2228, SD1

      (SSCR2127)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AGING.

Part I:  Establishes a fall prevention and early detection coordinator within Department of Health's Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch.  Appropriates funds.  Part II:  Removes hiring requirement by director of health in accordance to chapters 76 and 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the position of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator.  Appropriates funds for the Alzheimer's disease and related dementia services coordinator.  Appropriates funds for various kupuna, aging, disability, and senior center programs.  Part III:  Requires the executive office on aging of the department of health to conduct an education and awareness campaign on long-term care and have the campaign independently evaluated.  Appropriates funds.  Part IV:  Establishes an elder justice coordinator position within the executive office on aging.  Appropriates funds.  Part V:  Establishes a long-term supports and services system and resource development coordinator within the executive office on aging.  Appropriates funds.  (SD1)

 

HMS/HTH/CPN, WAM

SB 2533

      (SSCR2167)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Appropriates funds to improve and increase the existing public housing stock in the State.  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds for deposit into the rental housing trust fund and the dwelling unit revolving fund to finance affordable rental housing development and infrastructure development.  Appropriates funds for the construction of micro apartment housing units.  Appropriates funds to build housing for beneficiaries on homestead land.  Appropriates funds to build affordable housing projects for veterans.

 

HMS/HWN/PSM, 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.

 

If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. ASL or foreign language interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the WAM clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE WAM CLERK AT (808)586-6800.

 

This hearing will be on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/HI_Senate_WAM

 

 

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair