THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair |
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Senator Bennette E. Misalucha, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Friday, February 4, 2022 |
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3:00 pm |
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Conference Room 224 & Videoconference |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST DIBSHAWAII LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist DIBSHawaii LLC in the construction of a net zero carbon capture storage utilization platform that will recover vented carbon dioxide emissions and scrub them into food grade liquid carbon dioxide.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Establishes the state film coordinator in the department of business, economic development, and tourism to review, approve, and issue permits to film in the State. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Replaces all instances of "industrial park" with "economic zone" in chapter 206M, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Establishes a definition of "economic zone". Repeals the definition of "industrial park".
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RELATING TO THE ECONOMY. Establishes a public policy framework that addresses state goals in the areas of economic disaster mitigation, economic diversification, import substitution, and community development. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to implement specific projects that address those goals. Identifies additional projects authorized in the executive budget to be implemented by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism in furtherance of those goals. Requires DBEDT to submit annual reports to the Legislature summarizing project outcomes, including an assessment of each project's effectiveness in achieving those goals.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT VACATION UNITS. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action in district court on that person's own behalf against any owner of a dwelling unit if the owner advertises, solicits, offers, or provides the dwelling unit as a transient vacation unit and the owner is not authorized by the applicable county to provide the unit as a transient vacation unit.
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study the potential tax revenues to be generated for the State through the legalization of recreational marijuana if it were taxed at a rate equal to the existing general excise tax rate.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Glenn Wakai Chair |
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