THE SENATE

KA ‘AHA KENEKOA

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

TIME:

10:01 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211 & 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

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

Appropriates funds to support the State's response to the August 2023 wildfires that affected the County of Maui. Makes an appropriation to the One Ohana Bank Trust Account to compensate victims of the 2023 Maui wildfires. Repeals general obligation bond issuance and appropriation for the Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund. Changes the 2024-2025 general fund appropriation to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to general obligation bond funds. Transfers to the general fund the excess balances of various non-general funds from various state departments and agencies. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2023-2024. (SD2 Proposed)

Copies of the proposed SD 2 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website: www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

HOU, WAM

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.

Establishes a Disaster Relief Match Special Fund to support the local match requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Maui Wildfires Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for projects that implement mitigation measures to prevent and minimize the impacts of natural hazards affecting the State. Appropriates moneys into the Disaster Relief Match Special Fund. Makes appropriations to support the State's continued response to the August 2023 wildfires that affected the counties of Hawaii and Maui. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/2042. (SD2 Proposed)

Copies of the proposed SD 2 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website: www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

PSM, 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, https://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://www.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) 586-6800.

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair