HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2004
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COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY |
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Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa, Chair |
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Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Kirk Caldwell |
Rep. Alex M. Sonson |
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Rep. Jerry L. Chang |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Robert N. Herkes |
Rep. Lynn Finnegan |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Barbara Marumoto |
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Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho |
Rep. David A. Pendleton |
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Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
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TIME: |
3:00 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 2366 (HSCR162-04) |
RELATING TO TOBACCO. Requires businesses engaged in the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at the retail level to acquire a retail tobacco permit from DOTAX. Provides criminal penalties for the retail sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products without a valid retail tobacco permit, and the seizure and forfeiture of cigarettes and other tobacco products sold, possessed, kept, acquired, distributed, or transported without a valid retail tobacco permit. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2715 |
RELATING TO TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Limits supersedeas bond amount for tobacco master settlement signatories to ensure their ability to continue to make settlement payments. |
JUD, FIN |
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HB 2516 |
RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX WHOLESALE RATE. Corrects a technical drafting error in Act 135, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, which inadvertently repealed the 0.5% general excise tax (GET) rate imposed on wholesale transactions. |
JUD, FIN |
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HB 2383 |
RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Clarifies provisions which limit the liability of government entities to that percentage share of damages attributable to the government entities, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
JUD, FIN |
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HB 2494 (HSCR127-04) |
RELATING TO RECORDATION. Deletes statutory recordation hours. Authorizes the registrar to set office hours for recordation within the Bureau Conveyances. |
WLH, JUD, FIN |
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HB 2520 |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING. Adopts federal requirements relating to commercial motor vehicle safety and licensing (Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999) |
JUD, FIN |
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) THE COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 332, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX 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 IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8480.
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. Eric G. Hamakawa Chair |
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