THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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9:30am |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard by the Senate Committees on Agriculture; Energy and the Environment; Health and Water and Land:
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RELATING TO FARMERS' MARKETS. Requires all fresh produce sold at farmers' markets to be displayed with a label or sign containing an identity statement declaring the produce's geographic origin. (SD1)
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AGL, CPN |
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RELATING TO FOOD WASTE. Prohibits the disposal of commercial organic material waste at landfills or waste-to-energy facilities in the State. Requires all generators of commercial organic material to use alternative means of disposal, such as donation, compost, biofuel production, anaerobic digestion, thermal combustion of organic materials, or animal feed. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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ENE, CPN |
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RELATING TO FOOD. Expands and creates new categories for homemade food processing for sale to the public. Takes effect on 1/1/2016. (SD1)
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HTH/AGL, CPN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Prohibits any subdivision, including by condominium property regime, of parcels of agricultural lands one hundred acres or greater in size if at least fifty per cent of the parcel has soil classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class A or B. Exempts a landowner applicant who is the department of agriculture, the agribusiness development corporation, or a bona fide commercial farmer from this prohibition. (SD1)
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AGL/WTL, CPN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires separate electricity utility metering of nonresidential and residential condominium units in all condominium projects. (SD1)
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ENE, CPN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Permits the installation of clotheslines in any residential dwelling, apartment, condominium, or townhouse, under certain conditions. Defines a reasonable restriction on the placement and use of clotheslines as any restriction that is necessary to protect public health and safety, buildings from damage, historic or aesthetic values, or shorelines under certain circumstances. (SD1)
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ENE, CPN |
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RELATING TO ETHANOL. Repeals existing requirement that gasoline for motor vehicles be composed of ten per cent ethanol. (SD1)
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ENE, CPN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires the board of directors of an association of apartment owners, condominium association, cooperative housing corporation, or planned community association, upon receipt of a request for the installation of an electric vehicle charging system, to make a decision to approve or deny the request within sixty days. (SD1)
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ENE, CPN |
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Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted. Persons wishing to offer testimony may do so 24 hours prior to the hearing.
Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection. Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at CPNTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov. Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing.
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.
If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. ASL or foreign language interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)586-6070.
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_____________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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