HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, MILITARY, & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, & CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Rep. Ken Ito, Chair

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Romy M. Cachola

Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi

Rep. Isaac W. Choy

Rep. Justin H. Woodson

Rep. Takashi Ohno

Rep. Gene Ward

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Thursday, March 23, 2017

TIME:

9:50 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 429

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HCR 130 / HR 80 /

Status / Status

REQUESTING THE JUDICIARY TO ADOPT GUIDELINES WHEN MAKING A DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY RELATING TO THE DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, TO REFRAIN FROM INDEMNIFYING A VETERAN'S SPOUSE OR FORMER SPOUSE FOR ANY PRE-JUDGMENT OR POST-JUDGMENT WAIVER OR REDUCTION IN MILITARY RETIREMENT OR RETAINER PAY FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY PAY RECEIVED BY THE VETERAN.

 

 

VMI, JUD

HCR 177

Status

REQUESTING THE HAWAII SISTER-STATE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE SISTER-STATE APPLICATION AND, UPON APPROVAL, PROCEED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SISTER-PROVINCE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE PROVINCE OF AKLAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

 

 

VMI, FIN

HCR 179 / HR 104 /

Status / Status

ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PLAN AND COORDINATE THE CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST ARRIVAL OF JAPANESE EMIGRANTS TO HAWAII.

 

 

VMI, FIN

HCR 205 / HR 133 /

Status / Status

URGING THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TO DETECT AND AVOID HARM TO ANIMALS AND MARINE LIFE NEAR THE PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY.

 

 

VMI, OMH

HCR 199 / HR 127 /

Status / Status

ENCOURAGING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO COMMISSION PERMANENT EXHIBITS AND DISPLAY INFORMATION RELATING TO ART, CULTURE, HISTORY, AND THE HUMANITIES AT THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL, WHICH MAY COINCIDE WITH THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL.

 

VMI, FIN

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

·     The date and time of the hearing; and

·     Measure number. 

 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  Fifteen copies (including an original) to Room 322 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-6271 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or

WEB:     For testimony less than 10MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-8470 or email your request for an interpreter to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

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Rep. Ken Ito

Chair