THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND HOUSING

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Sam Slom, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Brickwood Galuteria, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Thursday, February 14, 2013
TIME:	10:00 a.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 16 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

SB 767 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO SHIPBOARD GAMING. Authorizes shipboard gaming on vessels in state waters.  Establishes the Hawaii gaming board within DBEDT, an admission tax and a wagering tax, and a gaming fund for the deposit of fees, taxes, and fines.	EGH/THA/JDL, WAM [Measure deleted on 02-11-13]
SB 769 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO GAMING. Grants 20-year license for one stand-alone casino in Waikiki not in a hotel.  Establishes Hawaii Gaming Control Commission.  Imposes 15% wagering tax on gross receipts.  Creates State Gaming Fund and Compulsive Gambler Program.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 07/01/2013.	EGH/THA/JDL, WAM [Measure deleted on 02-11-13]

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

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_____________________________________ Senator Brickwood Galuteria Chair	_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair
	_____________________________________ Senator Clayton Hee Chair