HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2003

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu

Rep. Glenn Wakai

Rep. Sol P. Kaho`ohalahala

Rep. Thomas Waters

Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay

Rep. Kika G. Bukoski

Rep. Romy M. Mindo

Rep. Mark G. Jernigan

Rep. Bob Nakasone

Rep. Colleen R. Meyer

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Mark S. Moses

Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Wednesday, April 2, 2003

TIME:

3:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 2

SB 325

PROPOSED HD1

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS.

PROPOSED HD1:

Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs for the planning, design, construction, and equipping of, and the acquisition of lands for, a plasma municipal solid waste processing system to convert solid wastes into electricity, and chemically and biologically inert slag, on the island of Oahu.

HLT, FIN

SB 1675

PROPOSED HD3

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Transfers the Executive Office on Aging from Office of the Governor to the Department of Health

PROPOSED HD3: Adds provisions to require a management audit of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

HLT, JUD, FIN

SB 610

SD2, HD2

PROPOSED HD3

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS RESOLUTION UNDER THE HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TRUST.

PROPOSED HD3:

Replaces the individual claims review panel with a court-appointed special master to expedite the settlement of the remaining Hawaiian Home Lands trust claims; appropriates a blank amount for payments to claimants awarded damages by the Hawaiian home lands trust individual claims review panel and for claims to be adjudicated by the Special Master.

WLH, JUD, FIN

SB 1151

HD1

PROPOSED HD2

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

PROPOSED HD3:

Clarifies the lands comprising and the revenues derived from, the public land trust under the State Constitution; excludes revenues derived from improvements to the land and by undertakings by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, Agribusiness Development Corporation, and High Technology Development Corporation.

WLH, FIN
     

THE PROPOSED HOUSE DRAFTS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM 306 OF THE STATE CAPITOL.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 586-6200.

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 35 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) ROOM 306, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE FIN COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6200.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

 

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Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine

Chair