http://www.davidige.org/committees/ Senate Committe on Intergovernmental Affairs en Copyright 2007 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:30:48 -1000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Friday, March 31, 2006 10:00am Conference Room 016 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• SCR 214 / SR 144 - Requesting the Hawaii Public Housing Administration, in consultation with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, te Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the United States Armed Forces in Hawaii, and the Counties to study the use of trailer parks as a possible option for solving Hawaii's affordable housing crisis (CPH/IGA, JHW)
• SCR 195 / SR 130 - Requesting the Honolulu Board of Water Supply of the City and County of Honolulu to work with the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii on the replacement of the Waiahole Valley Water system and for the Board of Water Supply to accept dedication of the upgraded water system (IGA/CPH, WLA)
• SCR 66 / SR 43 - Requesting that the Legislative Reference Bureau study and evaluate the feasibility of establishing an economic redevelopment agency for the urban core of Honolulu (CPH, WLA)
• SCR 120 - Requesting a study on creating contributory affordable housing solutions through mandated state special assessments against real property and improvements that accrue to commercial and industrial lessors through the exercise of full-term expiratory reversion clauses in ground lease contracts entered into after December 31, 1963 (CPH)
• SCR 226 / SR 156 - Requesting that the Legislative Reference Burearu study the constitutionality, legality, and effectiveness of rent control in jurisdictions where rent control has been established (CPH, JHW)
• SCR 221 / SR 151 - Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to study the possibility of the state developing and operating manufactured-housing parks to help alleviate Hawaii's affordable housing crisis (CPH, WLA)

Note: Italicized bills are not IGA-related. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6740.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_cphiga_joint_0331.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_cphiga_joint_0331.html IGA Joint/Multiple Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:01:18 -1000 Friday, March 31, 2006 1:00pm Conference Room 212 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• HB 2796 HD1 (HSCR776-06) - Relating to honey (WLA/HTH)
• HB 2146 HD1 (HSCR840-06) - Relating to land use (WLA/IGA)
• HB 2759 HD1 (HSCR779-06) - Relating to invasive species (WLA/IGA)
• SCR 14 / SR 5 - Requesting Hawaii's congressional delegation to seek federal funding to be used for programs and measures intended to contain and eradicate coqui frogs in Hawaii (WLA/IGA)

Note: Italicized bills are not IGA-related. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6760.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_wlahthiga_joint_0.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_wlahthiga_joint_0.html IGA Joint/Multiple Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:32:04 -1000 Monday, April 3, 2006 2:45pm Conference Room 229 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• SCR 49 / SR 30 - Requesting the Department of Labor and Industrial Relation to Authorize the State Fire Council to employ an administrator and an administrative assistant (LBR/IGA)
• SCR 13 / SR 160 - Requesting the governor to convene a work-family task force to review Hawaii's work-family law and policies, and requesting the Legislative Reference Bureau to study other states' laws and practices that promote good work-family policy (HMS/LBR, WAM)
• SCR 106 / SR 62 - Urging Hawaii's employers to develop and implement standards of conduct and policies for managers and employees to reduce workspace bullying and promote healthful and safe work environments (LBR)

Note: Italicized bills are not IGA-related. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_lbrigahms_joint_0.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_lbrigahms_joint_0.html IGA Joint/Multiple Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:39:02 -1000 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 9:00am Conference Room 229 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• SCR 94 - Establishing a task force to examine the issue of discretionary function exception for the state and counties (JHW/IGA)
• SCR 202 - Requesting the Attorney General to analyze existing law to identify an impediment to the Department of Taxation's implementing the collection of the county surcharge by January 1, 2007 and requesting the Department of Taxation to establish a plan to implement the administration and collection of a county surcharge on the state general excise tax to fund county mass transportation projects on January 1, 2007 (JHW/IGA, WAM)
• SCR 216 / SR 146 - Creating a Legislative Task Force to make recommendations for statutory enactment to enhance transparency in legislative proceedings (JHW)

Note: Italicized bills are not IGA-related. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6916.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_jhwiga_joint_0405.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_jhwiga_joint_0405.html IGA Joint/Multiple Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:44:54 -1000 Thursday, April 6, 2006 1:15pm Conference Room 229 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• HB 2145 HR2 (HSCR684-06) - Relating to agricultural tourism (TSM/WLA/IGA)
• SCR 196 / SR 131 - Calling for the rigorous reexamination of the development expansion at Turtle Bay Resort due to the passage of time and changed conditions of the North Shore and the island of Oahu (WLA/TSM/IGA)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 587-7200.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_tsmwlaiga_joint_0_1.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/03/bill_hearing_tsmwlaiga_joint_0_1.html IGA Joint/Multiple Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:32:34 -1000 First Decking, Second Decking is the time when all the bills sent to the Senate from the House are decked at the Clerk's Office to prep for the Senate Third Reading (and vice versa for the House). Following Second Decking is a One-Day Recess/Third Reading Caucus. This is the first working day after Second Decking where Senate members can discuss the bills which will be heard during Session on April 11, 2006. However, this isn't the end of the process! We still have Conferencing to go!]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/040706_second_decking.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/040706_second_decking.html SessionNotes Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:09:31 -1000 Second Crossover marks the beginning of what we call Conferencing here at the State Legislature. On the 50th day of session, the Senate President and House Speaker create a list of "conferees" who will be appointed to specific bills. A conference committee is comprised of members of both the House and Senate whose sole purpose is to work out differences between the respective bill drafts. To assist the standing committees and Senate conferees, Senate Majority Research (SMA) creates comparison sheets of the Senate bills that set out the differences between the House and Senate drafts in conference. At this point, the Senate and House standing committees (i.e. Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs) are pretty much dissolved. Public testimony is no longer accepted, although letters and calls are still encouraged.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/041306_second_crossoverconfere.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/041306_second_crossoverconfere.html SessionNotes Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:19:52 -1000 Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:30pm Conference Room 016 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• HCR 76 HD 1 (HSCR1514-06) - Requesting the Department of Health to report on the status of its litigation against waste management of Hawaii, Inc. and the City and County of Honolulu and report on how the Department of Health conducts health surveillances related to environmental factors, such as landfills and infectious disease, and how the divisions of the Department of Health work together to share infromation and determine any actions to be taken. (HTH, IGA)
• HCR 290 HD1 (HSCR1413-06) - Requesting the executive office on aging to convene a focus group with other stakeholders to assess yearly service delivery needs and long-term strategic planning for kupuna care. (HTH, HMS)
• HCR 197 (HSCR1426-06) - Requesting Leahi Hospital to develop a master plan and financial feasibility report for its existing campus that take advantage of its unique location and relationships in East Honolulu. (HTH)

Note: Italicized bills are not IGA-related. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6070.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/bill_hearing_hthigahms_joint_0.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/bill_hearing_hthigahms_joint_0.html IGA Joint/Multiple Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:48:30 -1000 Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:45pm Conference Room 212 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• HCR 155 HD1 (HSCR1310-06) - Requesting the County of Maui, with the assistance of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to determin the feasibility of redeveloping the old Nahiku school site and making it available as a community facility (WLA, IGA)
• HCR 12 (HSCR1409-06) - Requesting Hawaii's congressional delegation to seek federal funding to be used for programs and measures intended to contain and eradicate Coqui frogs in Hawaii (WLA, IGA)
• HCR 98 HD1 (HSCR1397-06) - Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to assist in managing the feral pig population in the Tantalus and Manoa area. (WLA)
• HCR 164 (HSCR1388-06) - Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prohibit all commercial vendors at the Nu'uanu Pali Lookout on the Island of Oahu (WLA)
• HCR 249 (HSCR1392-06) - Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to reevaluate the boundries of the Hilo Bay Recreational Thrill Craft Zone (WLA)

Note: Italicized bills are not IGA-related. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6760.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/reso_hearing_wlaiga_joint_0412.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/reso_hearing_wlaiga_joint_0412.html IGA Joint/Multiple Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:59:08 -1000 Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:45pm Conference Room 225 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• HCR 53 (HSCR1080-06) - Requesting the Department of Transportation and the County Fire Chiefs to collaborateand cooperate to reach a mutually agreeable solution over fire inspection responsibilities at the Honolulu International Airport and other state airports (TGO/IGA)
• HCR 204 (HSCR1288-06) - Requesting the State and the Counties to prioritize expenditure of federal homeland security funds on interoperable communications systems (TGO/IGA)
• HCR 86 (HSCR1532-06) - Requesting the City and County of Honolulu to include in its transportation plan for a light-rail transit system an additional spur line to Mililani. (IGA/TGO)
• HCR 262 HD1 (HSCR1551-06) - Requesting the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to install a lighted crosswalk on Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe, Oahu, at the crosswalk between Lilipuna Road and Mehana Street and to establish a marked crosswalk on Keolu Drive near Kaelepulu Elementary School (IGA)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6230.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/reso_hearing_igatgo_joint_0418_1.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/reso_hearing_igatgo_joint_0418_1.html IGA Joint/Multiple Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:13:59 -1000 Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:45pm Conference Room 224 (Click here "" to view the AMENDED notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• HCR 108 HD1 (HSCR1728-06) - Urging the Honolulu Police Department and Department of Public Safety Sheriffs to check vehicle status prior to towing to ensure towing fees of stolen vehicles will not be passed on to the victims (IGA)
• HCR 145 HD1 (HSCR1753-06) - Urging the President of the United States and United States Congress to legalize illegal immigrants and requesting the federal and state Departments of Health to provide medical services to this population in medical emergencies. (IGA)
• HCR 250 (HSCR1726-06) - Requesting the Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing "Receiving Homes" in East and West Hawaii (IGA)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6230.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/iga_only_042006_245pm_testimon.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/iga_only_042006_245pm_testimon.html IGA Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:29:29 -1000 Friday, April 21, 2006 10:00am Conference Room 016 (Click here "" to view the notice in pdf format.) Bills to be heard:

• HCR 202 HD1 (HSCR1715-06) - Requesting the Hawaii Public Housing Administration, in consultation with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, United States Armed Forces in Hawaii and the Counties to study the use of trailer parks as a possible option for solving Hawaii's homeless and affordable housing crisis (CPH/IGA)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6740. ]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/reso_hearing_cphiga_joint_0421.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/reso_hearing_cphiga_joint_0421.html IGA Joint/Multiple Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:39:46 -1000 Chair:

• SB 637 (SD2 HD1) - Making an Appropriation for Development of a Non-Emergency Reporting System, Known as 3-1-1.
• SB 2074 (SD1 HD2) - Making an Appropriation for Development of a Non-Emergency Reporting System, known as 3-1-1.
• SB 2430 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Election.
• SB 2433 (SD2 HD1) - Making Appropriations for Career Criminal Prosecution Units and Victim Witness Assistance Programs.
• SB 2667 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Fireworks.
• SB 2715 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Police Officers.
• SB 2909 (SD1 HD2) - Relating to Permit Approvals.
• SB 3051 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to County Fiscal Administration.

• HB 429 (HD1 SD1) - Making an Appropriation for Expenses for the 2005 National Association of Counties Annual Conference and Exposition in Honolulu.
• HB 2715 (HD1 SD2) - Relating to Police Officers.

Co-Chair:

• SB 486 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Children and Youth.
• SB 1591 (SD2 HD2) - Making an Appropriation for the "Roads in Limbo" Program in Hawaii County.
• SB 2065 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Motor Vehicle Registration.
• SB 2193 (SD1 HD1) - Relating to Planned Community Associations.
• SB 2462 (SD1 HD1) - Relating to the Makena-Keoneoio Government Road.
• SB 2504 (SD2 HD2) - Relating to Parking for Persons with Disabilities.
• SB 2550 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Community Development.
• SB 2901 (HD1) - Relating to Highway Impact Fees.
• SB 2959 (SD3 HD1) - Relating to Labor.
• SB 2986 (SD2 HD2) - Relating to Eminent Domain.
• SB 3000 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Housing.
• SB 3180 (SD1 HD2) - Relating to the Counties.

• (HB 434 (SD1) - Making Appropriations for Career Criminal Prosecution Units and Victim Witness Assistance Programs.
• HB 954 (HD1 SD2) - Making Appropriations for Agricultural Infrastructure.
• HB 1033 (HD1 SD2) - Relating to Income Tax.
• HB 1645 (HD1 SD2) - Relating to Mass Transit.
• HB 1809 (HD2 SD2) - Relating to Motor Vehicle Driver's License.
• HB 1825 (HD1 SD2) - Relating to Traffic Infractions.
• HB 1833 (HD1 SD2) - Relating to Fireworks.
• HB 1955 (HD1 SD1) - Relating to Litter Control.
• HB 2145 (HD2 SD1) - Relating to Agricultural Tourism.
• HB 2146 (HD1 SD1) - Relating to Land Use.
• HB 2399 (HD2 SD1) - Relating to Inter-Island Ferry Service.
• HB 2503 (HD2 SD1) - Relating to Derelict Vehicles.
• HB 2508 (HD2 SD1) - Relating to Waiver of Abandoned Vehicle Public Auction Requirements.
• HB 2708 (HD2 SD2) - Relating to Advertising.
• HB 2737 (HD1 SD1) - Relating to Honopou District of the County of Maui.
• HB 2747 (HD2 SD1) - Relating to Driver Licensing.
• HB 2961 (HD1 SD1) - Relating to Education.
• HB 3037 (HD1 SD1) - Relating to Driver Licensing.
• HB 3056 (HD2 SD2) - Relating to Kawai Nui Marsh.
• HB 3257 (HD1 SD2) - Relating to Use of Intoxicants.

Member:

• SB 60 (SD1 HD1) - Relating to Cemetary and Funeral Trusts.
• SB 575 (SD1 HD1) - Relating to the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission Fund.
• SB 1698 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Technology Growth.
• SB 2227 (SD2 HD2) - Relating to Health Insurance.
• SB 2229 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Teachers' Housing.
• SB 2382 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Taxation.
• SB 2546 (SD2 HD1) - Relating to Economic Development.
• SB 2570 (SD2 HD2) - Relating to Special Purpose Revenue Bonds.
• SB 2753 (SD1 HD2) - Making an Appropriation for the Operation and Maintenance of the East Kauai Irrigation System.

• HB 97 (HD2 SD2) - Relating to Long-Term Care.
• HB 1155 (HD1 SD2) - Relating to Natropathy.
• HB 1590 ( HD2 SD2) - Relating to the Hawaii Film and Digital Media Industry.
• HB 1723 (HD2 SD2) - Relating to Capital Investments.
• HB 1982 (HD2 SD1) - Relating to the State Fish.
• HB 2210 (SD1) - Relating to Pearl Ridge Elementary School.
• HB 2419 (HD1 SD3) - Relating to Taxation.
• HB 2619 (SD1) - Relating to Renewable Energy.
• HB 3235 (HD1 SD1) - Relating to State of Hawaii Endowment Fund.

]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/senator_iges_conference_commit.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/04/senator_iges_conference_commit.html Conference Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:49:53 -1000 Adjournment Sine Die is the 60th and final day of 2006 session. All bills that have passed through the Legislature are now sent to the Governor for approval. The Governor has 45 days (excluding weekends and holidays) to consider bills presented less than 10 days before adjournment. If the Governor does not give the Legislature ten days' notice of plans to return bills with objections on the 45tth day, those bills become law without the Governor's signature. However, this does not mean the Governor's say is final. The Legislature may convene at or before noon on the 45th day in "special session" to amend a returned bill to meet the Governor's objections. Any such bill will require only one reading in each house and must be signed by the Governor within 10 days to become law. The Legislature may override a veto by a two-thirds vote of all members to which each house is entitled. Congratulations! We have survived the 2006 Legislative Session! We will see you again next session! ]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/05/050406_adjournment_sine_die.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/05/050406_adjournment_sine_die.html SessionNotes Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:01 -1000 Potential Veto List for 2006. This was presented on the 35th Day After Adjournment. Any vetoes by the governor must ahere to this list. Any bill not vetoed nor signed by the 45th Day After Adjournment will become law by default. Explanations as to why these bills are on the potential veto list are presented by Laura Figueira from the Governor's Office.]]> http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/06/the_governors_potential_veto_l.html http://www.davidige.org/committees/2006/06/the_governors_potential_veto_l.html SessionNotes Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:30:48 -1000