HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2001
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS |
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Rep. Lei Ahu Isa, Chair |
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Rep. Michael Magaoay, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Felipe Abinsay |
Rep. Roy Takumi |
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Rep. Ed Case |
Rep. Ron Davis |
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Rep. Ben Cabreros |
Rep. Bertha Leong |
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Rep. Jerry Chang |
Rep. Barbara Marumoto |
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Rep. Nathan Suzuki |
Rep. Guy Ontai |
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COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND USE |
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Rep. Ezra Kanoho, Chair |
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Rep. Helene Hale, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Kika Bukoski |
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Rep. Hermina Morita |
Rep. Mindy Jaffe |
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Rep. Blake Oshiro |
Rep. Colleen Meyer |
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Rep. Brian Schatz |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
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COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
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Rep. Hermina Morita, Chair |
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Rep. Brian Schatz, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Helene Hale |
Rep. Kika Bukoski |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Mindy Jaffe |
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Rep. Ezra Kanoho |
Rep. Colleen Meyer |
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Rep. Blake Oshiro |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 8, 2001 |
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TIME: |
8:30 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 955 |
relating to regulatory processes. Amends the automatic approval law by clarifying legislative intent and what permits are covered, adding definitions, allowing for conditional approvals, amending application completeness and maximum time period requirements, adding extensions, and providing for a panel of board alternates. |
EDB/WLU/EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 954 |
relating to regulatory processes. Amends the automatic approval law by amending the definition of "application for a business or development-related permit, license, or approval" and extending the deadline for agency rulemaking. Failure to adopt rules by the new deadline will result in a one-year statutory maximum time period. |
EDB/WLU/EEP, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1338 |
relating to planning. Establishes a special advisor and smart growth advisory council to implement growth and development strategies to reduce the public costs of growth and preserve the character, livability, and economic productivity of established communities and rural areas. |
EDB/WLU, FIN |
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HB 1337 |
relating to fisheries. Permits shark fins to be harvested from sharks processed on the ship if in equivalent processed portions. |
EDB/WLU |
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HB 1309 |
relating to special purpose revenue bonds. Amends Act 208, SLH 2000, to amend the amount and the effective dates. |
EDB/WLU, FIN |
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HB 793 |
authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and making an appropriation for the PURCHASE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE molokai electric power plant site. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to purchase and redevelop the Molokai Electric Power Plant Site. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 1310 |
relating to special purpose revenue bonds for hi-tech hawaii, inc. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hi-Tech Hawaii, Inc. in planning, designing, and constructing a high technology research and development facility in the State. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 719 |
RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Clarifies tax benefits or incentives available to qualified high technology business. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 1662 |
RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Authorizes the issuance of special facility revenue bonds for the high technology development corporation. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 722 |
RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Clarifies and expands tax benefits or incentives available to qualified high technology businesses. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 857 |
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Requires the governor to prepare an organizational and functional plan (plan) for a department of technology. Requires the governor to submit the plan no fewer than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2002. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 551 |
RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Includes the Governor's Special Advisor on Technology Development on the High Techonology Development Corporation, the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, and the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 547 |
RELATING TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Establishes an administrative assistant position to the director of the department of business, economic development and tourism, which would be exempt from the civil service laws. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 548 |
RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Repeals the financial Services Assistance Program which was established to attract a Hawaii-based stock exchange. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 912 |
relating to subsidies. Requires recipients of state or county business subsidies (grants, low interest loans, tax reductions, etc.) to file a public annual report specifying the amount of the subsidy, the public purpose to be served, number and quality of jobs to be generated, etc. Failure to meet goals may result in repayment. |
EDB, FIN |
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HB 1414 |
relating to Labor. Establishes labor representation procedures in developments in which the State or counties have an ongoing proprietary interest. |
EDB, LAB, CPC/JHA |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Ezra Kanoho Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Lei Ahu Isa Chair |
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________________________________________ Rep. Hermina M. Morita Chair |