HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2007
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY |
Rep. Tommy Waters, Chair |
Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair |
Rep. Kirk Caldwell |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
Rep. Josh Green, M.D. |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane |
Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
Rep. Alex M. Sonson |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
DATE: |
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 |
TIME: |
1:30pm |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
SB 156 SD2 (SSCR934) |
RELATING TO VOTING. Authorizes an election by mail voting system for federal, state, and county elections. Requires elections to be conducted by mail when chief election officer, in consultation with county clerks, determines an election by mail is economically and administratively feasible. Makes appropriations. (SD2)
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JUD, FIN |
SB 675 (SSCR969) |
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TAX REVIEW COMMISSION TO EVERY TEN YEARS. Proposes constitutional amendment to require tax review commission to meet every ten years instead of five.
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JUD, FIN |
SB 1163 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1234) |
RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN'S TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD. Requires the permanent plan of certain foster children fourteen years-of-age and older to include an appropriate independent living program. (SB1163 HD1)
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
SB 1928 SD2, HD1 (HSCR1247) |
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR. Authorizes the establishment of an investigative unit within the office of the auditor to conduct investigations involving alleged or suspected government waste, fraud, abuse, nonfeasance, or malfeasance at the request of the legislature or upon the auditor's initiative; expands the powers of the office of the auditor; appropriates funds for the investigative unit. Appropriates funds for the development of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. (SB1928 HD1)
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LMG, JUD, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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