OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 35

37TH LEGISLATIVE DAY - MARCH 24, 2022

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CAI -    Culture, Arts, & International Affairs

CMV -  Corrections, Military, & Veterans

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

ECD -   Economic Development

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

GVR -  Government Reform

HET -   Higher Education & Technology

HHH -  Health, Human Services, & Homelessness

HSG -   Housing

JHA -   Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

LAT -   Labor & Tourism

LMG -  Legislative Management

PDP -   Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness

TRN -   Transportation

WAL -  Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

SB775, SD2

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Provides for a mechanism to adjust the transient accommodations tax rate based on visitor arrivals for a calendar year.  Requires the Hawaii tourism authority and the department of business, economic development, and tourism to determine and the latter to publish visitor arrivals annually.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT/FIN

SB2008, SD1, HD1

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Allows the State and counties to apply flexibility in highway design.  Clarifies that the State and counties shall not be held jointly and severally liable for acts or omissions relating to a condemned road that occurred prior to condemnation.  Effective 7/30/2075.  (HD1)

 

TRN, JHA

SB2667, SD1, HD1

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Indefinitely extends the deadline for the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to renegotiate an existing, or issue a new, ground lease for the Front street apartments affordable housing project before the corporation's requirement to initiate condemnation proceedings is triggered.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

HSG, FIN