HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair

Rep. Mele Carroll

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Glenn Wakai

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Galen Fox

Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Bob Nakasone

Rep. Mark S. Moses

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Kymberly N. Pine

Rep. Kameo Tanaka

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

DATE:

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

TIME:

4:30 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 3

DECISION MAKING ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS PREVIOUSLY HEARD

HEARD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 22, AGENDA # 1:

SB 460

(SSCR664)

RELATING TO TAX REFUNDS.

Allows taxpayers to appeal a tax refund claim when the Department of Taxation fails to act on the claim within 180 days after the claim was filed.

FIN

SB 1685

SD2

(SSCR833)

RELATING TO TAX.

Allows the State to share taxpayer information with counties.

FIN

HEARD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, AGENDA # 3:

SB 982

SD2

(HSCR1100)

RELATING TO PUBLIC SHELTERS.

Appropriates $2,000,000 per year in Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund funds for the 2005-2006 biennium to retrofit public buildings to serve as emergency public shelters.

PSM, FIN

SB 1745

SD1

(HSCR1135)

RELATING TO RELIEF FOR MANOA FLOOD VICTIMS.

Provides a one-time non-refundable tax credit to victims of the Manoa flood of October 2004.

PSM, FIN

HEARD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 31, AGENDA # 1:

SB 959

SD2

(HSCR1047)

RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION.

Requires cable operator serving Maui county to pay access operating fees collected from subscribers to Maui community college, DOE, Maui County, and Maui's PEG access entity.

CPC, FIN

HEARD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 31, AGENDA # 2:

SB 1721

SD2, HD1

(HSCR1229)

RELATING TO A STATE CULTURAL PUBLIC MARKET.

Promotes cultural awareness, education, and diversity of the Hawaiian culture and that of other ethnic groups throughout the islands through the establishment of a permanent venue for the vendors and artists to showcase their products and their talents.

EDB, FIN

HEARD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 1, AGENDA # 1:

SB 807

SD1, HD1

(HSCR1184)

RELATING TO SALARIES.

Adjusts the salaries of certain department head positions, including: the auditor, legislative reference bureau, Hawaii labor relations board, ombudsman, state procurement office, the stadium authority, civil defense, commission on water resource management, the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii, the public utilities commission, the Hawaii paroling authority, the labor and industrial relations appeals board, commissioner of financial institutions and the office of the state public defender, the office of solid waste management, the executive office on aging, the office of veterans' services, and the office of community services.

LAB, FIN

 

 

AS THIS IS A DECISION MAKING MEETING ONLY, NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6200.

 

 

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Rep. Dwight Takamine

Chair