THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Friday, April 1, 2022 |
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TIME: |
10:30 A.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 211 & Videoconference |
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TIMESLOT: |
WAM |
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A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective subject matter committees:
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES. Allows the department of agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is twenty-five acres or less and located in a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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AEN/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Requires and establishes deadlines for state facilities, except smaller facilities, to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures. Directs the Hawaii State Energy Office to collect utility bill and energy usage data for state-owned buildings and to make the data publicly available. Beginning 7/1/2023, requires, where feasible and cost-effective, the design of all new state building construction to maximize energy and water efficiency, maximize energy generation potential, and use building materials that reduce the carbon footprint of the project. Effective 7/1/2100. (SD1)
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EET/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOL CONVERSION. Requires cesspools in the State to be upgraded or converted to a wastewater system approved by the Director of Health before 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a renewable fuels production tax credit. Effective 7/1/2100. (SD1)
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EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO CONCESSIONS. Provides the Department of Transportation with more flexibility and discretion to address substantial hardship situations that impact airport concession contracts. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO FINANCING. Creates a commercial property assessed financing program under the administration of the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority. Allows commercial property owners to finance qualifying improvements through a non-ad valorem special property tax assessment. Effective 7/1/2100. (SD1)
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EET/AEN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT. Creates a new Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Repeals the existing Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE FRANK T. OKIMOTO REEF RUNWAY. Designates as the Frank T. Okimoto Reef Runway the reef runway at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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TRS, WAM |
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RELATING TO OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to pay or prepay the State's Other Post-Employment Benefits liability under certain conditions. Beginning 07/01/2023, requires that the outstanding balance of general obligation bonds issued to pay or prepay the Other Post-Employment Benefits liability to be considered in the calculation of public employers' annual required contribution to the Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Requires that public benefits fee administrator and utility rebates be used where available for state buildings and facilities. Prioritizes building and facility appliances that meet the required standards to qualify for public benefits fee administrator rebates. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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EET/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO EASEMENTS. Allows the granting of easements on undeveloped public lands affecting the transfer of undeveloped public lands between the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, to be exempted from formal subdivision process and approval requirements, including requirements for surveying and formalizing easements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WTL/GVO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND. Amends the definition of "Adequate Reserve Fund" to exclude the benefit cost rate from June 2020 through August 2021, for calendar years 2023 through 2030. Effective 1/1/2060. (SD1)
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LCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires all letterheads of the State and counties to include consistent Hawaiian names, spelling, and punctuation. Effective 7/1/2044. (SD1)
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HWN/HRE, WAM |
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Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
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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 Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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