THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON MEDIA, ARTS, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator David Y. Ige, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AND AGRICULTURE

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Chair

Senator Gary L. Hooser, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Donna Kim, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

TIME:

1:15pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

MAT ONLY

HB 1590

HD2

(HSCR961)

RELATING TO THE HAWAII FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY.

Temporarily replaces the motion picture and film production tax credit with the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit which provides an income tax credit amounting to % of qualified production costs incurred, in any county of Hawaii with a population over 700,000, and % in any county of Hawaii with a population under 700,000; establishes criteria to qualify for the tax credit; caps credit at $8,000,000 per production. (HB1590 HD2)

MAT, WAM

HB 164

HD1

(HSCR827)

RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED MOTION PICTURE RECORDING.

Prohibits the use of audiovisual recording devices in a movie theater without prior consent of the movie theater operator. (HB164 HD1)

MAT, JHW

HB 1390

HD1

(HSCR914)

RELATING TO CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Appropriates funds to support the Biennium Grants Program of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. (HB1390 HD1)

MAT, WAM

HB 283

HD1

(HSCR913)

ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR SENATOR HIRAM L. FONG.

Establishes a commission to recognize and honor Senator Hiram L. Fong. Provides funding to create the commission. (HB283 HD1)

MAT, WAM

SR 25

COMMEMORATING THE CENTENNIAL OF MAUI COUNTY.

MAT

HB 1657

HD1

(HSCR912)

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HOKU SCIENTIFIC.

Authorizes the issuance of $10,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hoku Scientific with planning, designing, constructing, and equipping facilities for the production of the company's core products. (HB1657 HD1)

MAT, WAM

MAT/WLA

HB 712

HD2

(HSCR839)

RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 6E.

Establishes criminal offenses for knowingly taking, appropriating, excavating, injuring, destroying or altering historic property, aviation artifacts, and burial sites without permission or without obtaining required approval. Establishes a criminal offense for knowingly failing to stop work in the immediate area and reporting the discovery in cases when a burial site is discovered. Clarifies that these actions are also civil and administrative violations under the Historic Preservation Law, for which civil and administrative penalties are in addition to criminal penalties. Also establishes that it is a civil and administrative violation to knowingly fail to re-inter human remains discovered on private lands or lands owned by the State or counties, in a reasonable period of time as determined by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. (HB712 HD2)

 

MAT/WLA, JHW

HB 1476

HD1

(HSCR880)

RELATING TO NORTH KOHALA.

Preserves a cluster of historical sites in North Kohala on the island of Hawaii by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to renew its efforts to acquire by exchange the land adjacent to the Kohala Historical Sites State Monument. (HB1476 HD1)

MAT/WLA, WAM

MAT/TGO

HB 906

HD1

(HSCR737)

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERNET.

Appropriates $1 for legislative media streaming to provide audio and video streaming of legislative proceedings over the internet. (HB906 HD1)

 

MAT/TGO, WAM

MAT/TGO/IGA

HB 515

(HSCR55)

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Allows state and county agencies to create, accept, retain, or store electronic records, and convert its paper and microfilm records to an electronic format

 

TGO/IGA/MAT

     

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 30, 3 hole punched copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 216, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal. Please email testimony, as an attached Microsoft Word document, to fukunaga1@capitol.hawaii.gov. Please do not fax and email your testimony, duplication is not necessary.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-7135.

 

 

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Senator Russell S. Kokubun

Chair

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Senator Carol Fukunaga

Chair

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair