JDC-TIA-AGT-WLE 02-14-01

THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Senator Brian Kanno, Chair

Senator David Matsuura, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair

Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Senator Jan Yagi Buen, Chair

Senator Jonathan Chun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Lorraine Inouye, Chair

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Wednesday, February 14, 2001
TIME:	9:00 a.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

JDC/TIA
SB 734	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Clarifies and strengthens laws relating to campaign spending contributions. (KANNO)	JDC/TIA, WAM
SB 832	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes a program for publicly-funded elections for state senator and state representative in 2002; requires participating candidates to comply with expenditure limits and raise no private contributions except for seed money and minimum qualifying contributions; moneys to come from the Hawaii election campaign fund, supplemented and augmented by donations, the general fund, and other sources. (IHARA, Ige, Inouye, Fukunaga, Chun Oakland)	JDC/TIA, WAM
AGT/TIA/JDC
SB 894	RELATING TO PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL QUARANTINE. Allows quarantine enforcement section of DOA to enforce laws regulating the importation of. (NAKATA)	AGT/TIA/JDC, WAM
ATG/WLE/JDC
SB 622	RELATING TO PLANTS AND ANIMALS. Consolidates laws on plant and nondomestic animal quarantine and noxious weed control, respectively. Further incorporates provisions of the federal Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000. (BUEN, KOKUBUN, Kawamoto, Chun, Matsuura, Nakata, Hanabusa)	AGT/WLE/JDC, WAM
JDC ONLY
SB 106	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires a vote recount for only that race in which the difference between the winner and the next highest vote-getter is less than one percentage point of the total number of votes cast for that office. (HANABUSA, CHUN, KANNO, Inouye, Buen, Kawamoto, Nakata)	JDC, WAM
SB 208	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires separate ballots, according to party, for the primary election. (KAWAMOTO, Inouye, Fukunaga, Menor, Tam, Buen, Hemmings)	JDC, WAM
SB 440	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Transfers all duties of the office of elections back to the lieutenant governor's office. (HANABUSA, MATSUURA, BUEN, NAKATA, KANNO, Chun, English, Tam, Ige, Kawamoto, Chun Oakland, Taniguchi, Kokubun)	JDC, WAM
SB 834	RELATING TO HAWAII ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND.Increases from $2 to $10 the amount any individual (and $20 for a couple filing jointly) may specify to the Hawaii election campaign fund on the individual's state income tax return. Adds separate checkoff to allow any individual to make a donation directly to the Hawaii election campaign fund. (IHARA, Ige, Inouye, Fukunaga, English, Chun Oakland)	JDC, WAM

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 45 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 202, State Capitol 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

 

 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.

 

________________________________________ Senator Donna Mercado Kim Chair		________________________________________ Senator Brian Kanno Chair
________________________________________ Senator Jan Yagi Buen Chair		________________________________________ Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Chair