KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Chris Lee, Chair |
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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 8, 2024 |
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3:10 PM |
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Conference Room 224 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Changes the state registration fee and the state vehicle weight tax amounts.
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO TOWING COMPANIES. Changes the fees that a towing company may charge to tow vehicles left unattended on private and public property. Requires certain towing companies to maintain certificates of good standing issued by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
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TCA, CPN |
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RELATING TO VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation for vegetation management projects to reduce the risks of wildfires across the State. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Beginning 1/1/26, requires that every moped rented in the State be an electric moped.
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TCA, CPN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires DOT to identify an emergency egress route other than Komo Mai drive from Pacific Palisades or, if no other route can be found, determine the feasibility of constructing an alternate emergency egress route.
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires slow-moving vehicles on a two-lane highway, behind which five vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles proceed when passing is unsafe.
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TCA, JDC |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS. Lengthens the time period in which certain vehicles must have a safety inspection.
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS. Appropriates special funds to Department of Transportation programs to pay for anticipated operating shortfalls due to the limited ability to transfer funds between programs.
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TCA, WAM |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL ADVANCEMENT CONTRACTS. Increases the caps for the total contract value for any one capital advancement contract (CAC) and the total aggregate value of CACs in a fiscal year entered into by the Department of Transportation with private parties for harbor improvements and adds reporting requirements for the department.
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TCA, WAM |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.
Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.
Please note the following:
· The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.
· Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 1 minute each.
If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 587-8388.
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_____________________________________ Senator Chris Lee Chair |
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