THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2003

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Monday, February 24, 2003)

SB 354

SD1

(SSCR442)

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Extends heat pump and ice storage systems tax credits to 2008 and replaces credit percentages and amounts with unspecified percentages and amounts. (SD1)

ENE, WAM

SB 745

SD1

(SSCR385)

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Requires DOH to integrate emergency aeromedical services into statewide emergency medical services; appropriates funds for aeromedical services for Maui county. (SD1)

HTH, WAM

SB 94

SD1

(SSCR445)

RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE.

Grants civil service status to certain exempt employees in the department of land and natural resources. (SD1)

LBR, WAM

SB 377

(SSCR2)

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a tax credit for qualified costs at Ko Olina Resort and Marina; maximum tax credit of $7,500,000 in any year; maximum total tax credit of $75,000,000.

TSM, WAM

SB 490

(SSCR85)

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires the installation of renewable energy systems in state facilities and authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds for the financing thereof.

ENE/TMG, WAM

SB 596

SD1

(SSCR96)

RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION TAX CREDIT.

Limits amount of the energy conservation tax credit that can be taken during the first five years to five equal amounts in five successive years. (SD1)

ENE, WAM

 

SB 1593

(SSCR248)

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

Requires government agencies to develop, implement, and report on environmental justice strategies; creates an interagency working group to assist government agencies in discharging their environmental justice responsibilities; creates an advisory committee of nongovernmental groups to advise the working group; requires environmental research, data collection, and analysis; requires agencies to consider environmental justice principles in determining whether an action will have a significant effect.

ENE/JHW, WAM

     

No testimony will be accepted.

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