THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Saturday, February 24, 2007

TIME:

10:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

 

SB 1053

SD1

(SSCR274)

RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN.

Prohibits use of power of eminent domain to take and transfer private property to a private entity that had expressed interest in purchasing the same property for development purposes or other private use.  (SD1)

 

 

IGM, JDL

SB 1279

SD1

(SSCR194)

RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN.

Allows plaintiff to seek a judicial review of the taking prior to a condemnation action.  Requires plaintiff to offer to resell property to defendant for current appraised value or condemnation price plus and cost of environmental remediation or cleanup or other improvements if property taken in eminent domain is not used for the purpose for which it was condemned.  (SD1)

 

 

WAH, JDL

SB 1603

SD1

(SSCR420)

RELATING TO LIABILITY.

Extend certain sunset dates of provisions that provide state and county governments liability protection for public use of certain state or county recreational areas.  (SD1)

 

WAH/IGM, JDL

SB 1641

(SSCR276)

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Extends statute of limitation for actions against a county for damage or injury from 6 months to 2 years.  Permits the counties to identify, by charter, the person to whom claimant should give notice of claim for injuries or damage sustained on public property or as a result of the negligence of county official or employee.

 

 

IGM, JDL

SB 1392

SD1

(SSCR345)

RELATING TO ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR SECURITIES VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST ELDERS.

Adds enhanced civil and administrative penalties for securities violations committed against elders.  (SD1)

 

 

CPH, JDL

SB 1422

(SSCR292)

RELATING SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS BY MORTGAGE BROKERS AND SOLICITORS COMMITTED AGAINST ELDERS.

Provides additional sanctions for violations by mortgage brokers and solicitors committed against elders.

 

 

CPH, JDL

SB 1723

(SSCR309)

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Makes a technical amendment to the scope of relief provided to native Hawaiians under Hawaiian home lands individual trust claims law.

 

WAH, JDL

SB 1636

SD1

(SSCR534)

RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

Amends definition of "substance abuse on-site screening test" to include tests used for forensic testing as a workplace testing device.  Requires that substance abuse testing be conducted according to the manufacturer's package insert, as an alternative to the Food and Drug Administration insert if there is no FDA insert.  (SD1)

 

HTH, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit 40 3-hole punched copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 227, 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.  In addition testimony may be emailed to the Public Access room at testimony@capitol.hawaii.gov.  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.

 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6911

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Clayton Hee

Chair