HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2004
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
Rep. Hermina Morita, Chair |
Rep. Thomas Waters, Vice Chair |
Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Kika G. Bukoski |
Rep. Sol P. Kaho`ohalahala |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho |
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COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND USE & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS |
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Rep. Ezra Kanoho, Chair |
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Rep. Sol P. Kaho`ohalahala, Vice Chair |
Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Kika G. Bukoski |
Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
Rep. Thomas Waters |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
DATE: |
Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
HB 1914 |
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Requires large retailers and wholesalers to backhaul their shipping materials and pallets. |
EEP, FIN |
HB 2182 |
RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. Makes the penalty for illegal dumping a class C felony. Authorizes citizen suits for solid waste pollution offenses. |
EEP, JUD |
HB 2375 |
RELATING TO SOLID WASTE CONTROL. Creates a felony charge for the disposal of solid waste. |
EEP, JUD |
HB 2925 |
RELATING TO REFUSE. Removes the exemption for persons transporting their own property in the furtherance of a primary business purpose or enterprise from the motor carrier law; exempts private persons operating motor vehicles in the transportation of garbage or refuse, including yard clippings and old furniture to a dump or transfer station. Allows citizens to report any illegal dumping activity, and if, as a result of the report, the case ends with a conviction, the citizen receives 50% of the fines collected for that conviction. Requires solid waste haulers to maintain trip records. |
EEP, JUD |
HB 2189 |
RELATING TO CORPORATIONS. Prohibits incorporation and requires dissolution of corporate repeat environmental offenders; prohibits issuance and requires revocation of certificate of authority of foreign corporate repeat environmental offender; requires attorney general and director of commerce and consumer affairs to act. |
EEP, CPC/JUD |
HB 2969 |
RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY DEVICES. Allows for the installation of solar energy devices on any single-family residential dwelling or townhouse owned by an individual. Provides for limited restrictions. |
EEP, CPC |
HB 2966 HD1 (HSCR88-04) |
RELATING TO ELECTRICITY. Allows government agencies to engage in wheeling, a concept in which electricity generated by a non-utility producer is transmitted over electric public utility transmission lines to another location. (HB2966 HD1) |
EDB, EEP, CPC |
HB 2924 |
RELATING TO CLEAN WATER. Increases from $25,000 to $40,000 the fine for violating the water pollution law. Enacts provisions relating to muddy water. Allows citizen suits relating to water pollution. |
EEP/WLH, JUD |
AS THIS IS A DECISION MAKING MEETING ONLY, NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8435.
________________________________________ Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Hermina M. Morita Chair |
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