OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-SIXTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 49

34th LEGISLATIVE DAY-MARCH 19, 2012

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

CUA -  Culture & the Arts

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

ERB -   Economic Revitalization & Business

FIN -    Finance

HAW - Hawaiian Affairs

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -   Housing

HUS -  Human Services

INT -    International Affairs

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

PBM -  Public Safety & Military Affairs

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

SB755, SD2, HD1

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Authorizes events featuring peer-to-peer entertainment, including poker, in which each player receives the player's personal winnings but in which no other person or entity derives any proceeds based on the outcome.  Authorizes issuance of not more than two licenses to operate infrastructure for online peer-to-peer entertainment for a minimum fee of $100,000,000 per year, 20% of total wagers, and free advertising for State.  Prohibits operator of events or licensee from participating, directly or indirectly, in peer-to-peer entertainment and prohibits participation by computer.  Establishes peer-to-peer entertainment commission.  Effective 7/1/2112.  (HD1)

 

WLO/EEP, FIN

SB2790, SD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Extends the repeal date in Act 187, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, to continue the pilot project that enables the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to begin housing and other projects without having the full amount of the cost of the projects on hand at the start of the project.  Requires report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2013 to 2015 on the status of the pilot project.  (SD1)

 

HAW, FIN

SB3016, SD2, HD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires PSD to plan for a model wellness center that employs native Hawaiian cultural practices on state land and to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2013 legislative session.  Creates a work release pilot program to allow certain incarcerated individuals to work on community projects that benefit the local community and the State.  Effective July 1, 2050.  Repeals pilot program on June 30, 2015.  (SB3016 HD1)

 

PBM, HAW, FIN

SB3025, SD2

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREDITS.

Amends section 46-15.1(b), HRS, to clarify that affordable housing credits shall be issued for each single-family residence, multi-family unit, other residential unit, or if allowed under the county's affordable housing programs, vacant lot, developed by the department of Hawaiian home lands under specified conditions and requirements and shall be freely transferrable.  Prohibits county limitations relating to application of the credits.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HSG/HAW, FIN