COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Conference Room 308; State Capitol
2:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Includes additional native Hawaiian organizations for the DLNR to consult with to determine whether a burial site should be preserved in place or relocated and to develop a list of candidates for the burial councils.
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HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Permits the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands(DHHL)to assign or transfer county affordable housing credits. Requires county approval within 60 days for DHHL to transfer credits.
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HAW/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Resolves claims and disputes relating to the portion of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust for use by the office of Hawaiian affairs between 11/7/1978, and 7/1/2008; conveys certain parcels of real property in fee simple to the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
3:30 p.m. AGENDA:
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RELATING TO THE ARTS. Authorizes use of bond proceeds deposited into State's works of art special fund to support operations of culture and art organizations. Provides financial assistance for Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace for the acquisition and costs associated with works of art. Defines "works of art" to include, among other things, permanent displays of arts and live performances.
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TCI, HAW, FIN |
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RELATING TO STARLIGHT RESERVE. Requires department of business, economic development, and tourism, assisted by a temporary advisory committee, to develop a statewide starlight reserve strategy, including an intelligent statewide lighting law, to preserve the quality of the night sky and its associated cultural, scientific, astronomical, natural, and landscape-related values. Takes effect June 30, 2050.
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EEP/WLO, FIN |
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Copies of the proposed HD1 are available in room 306 and on the Legislature's Web site: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Proposed HD1: Transfers excess balances from various non-general funds; repeals central service and administrative fee exemptions for non-general funds; transfers interest earnings of non-general funds to the general fund; redistributes conveyance tax revenue.
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FIN |
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Decision making to follow.
4:30 p.m. AGENDA:
Decision making only (heard on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 – AGENDA #1):
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Creates temporary exemptions in procurement, rule making, and public employment statutes for programs, services, and benefits using funds allocated to the State by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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Decision making only (heard on Monday, April 6, 2009 – AGENDA #1):
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RELATING TO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. Amends state water quality standards for marine waters to conform to federal standards.
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EEP/WLO, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOSSIL FUELS. Prohibits the construction or operation of any new electricity generating facility using fossil fuel, except under extraordinary circumstances, as determined by the PUC, or when the electric generation unit has rated capacity of less than 2 megawatts and is used primarily to serve a facility's own internal operation.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
Decision making only (heard on Monday, April 6, 2009 – AGENDA #2):
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RELATING TO BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. Transfers fee time share interest from the land court system to the regular system. Establishes a working group to resolve implementation issues. Establishes a pilot program to implement electronic recording of fee time share interests. Allows bureau of conveyances to charge a fee for deregistration of a fee time share interest.
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WLO, JUD, FIN |
Decision making only (heard on Monday, April 6, 2009 – AGENDA #4):
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RELATING TO STATE DEPARTMENTS. Clarifies the role of the department of business, economic development, and tourism with respect to making recommendations to other state departments. Makes the recommendations and actions subject to legislative review. |
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COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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RELATING TO OPIHI. Establishes a five year moratorium on the harvesting of opihi on Oahu. Establishes a ban on taking or harvesting opihi statewide, subject to open and closed seasons and the traditional rights of certain ahupuaa tenants. (SB1 HD1)
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WLO, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES. Allows all motor vehicles, regardless of number of persons on board, to use high occupancy vehicle lanes or zipper lanes when one or more lanes of traffic have been shut down by law enforcement officers or emergency services personnel. Allows the director of transportation to declare an emergency to open use of HOV and zipper lanes. (SB714 HD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION. Extends expiration period on the Hawaii State Identification card from six years to eight years; deletes the provisions for transitioning from expiration dates calculated by issue dates to expiration on the cardholder's birthday.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLICITY RIGHTS. Establishes property rights in the commercial use of a person's name voice, signature, photograph, or likeness. (SB1005 HD1)
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EBM/TCI, JUD |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. Conforms penalty for violating an out-of-service order to federal regulation; provides penalty for operating a commercial motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of an amount of 0.04 percent or more and imposes a penalty for operating a commercial motor vehicle with any amount of alcohol concentration. (SB1056 HD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. Revises standard for a court-issued license to drive for work‑related purposes. (SB979 HD1)
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES. Requires the Hawaii civil rights commission to define in administrative rules certain definitions for purposes of discriminatory employment practices. (SB1183 HD1)
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LAB, JUD |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (heard on Friday, March 27, 2009):
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Prohibits a deed restriction or covenant that requires a transferee of real property to pay a transfer fee to the person imposing the deed restriction or covenant, in connection with a transfer of real property. (SD2)
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CPC, JUD |
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR STATE-OWNED IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF SUCH LANDS FOR CRITICALLY-NEEDED AGRICULTURAL AND DAIRY PRODUCTION.
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WLO, AGR |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
This is an informational briefing to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of State of Hawaii vs. Office of Hawaiian Affairs regarding the issue of the ceded lands.
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Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General Bill Meheula, Attorney at Law |