THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Chair

Senator David Y. Ige, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Tuesday, February 5, 2008)

 

SB 2191

Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Requires the public utilities commission to develop and implement a plan for the undergrounding of all overhead utility lines in all counties with over 500,000 residents, beginning with a pilot program for the Nanakuli to Makaha corridor.  Funds pilot conversion plan by apportioning costs equally between affected utilities and the state highway fund.

 

CPH, WAM

SB 2324

Testimony

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Protects consumers and encourages market competition by prohibiting wireless telecommunication service providers from charging unfair service agreement cancellation penalties.

 

CPH

SB 2373

Testimony

RELATING TO PSEUDOEPHEDRINE SALES.

Requires electronic logs of pseudoephedrine sales to be made in real time and maintained for 2 years in a form searchable by law enforcement.

 

CPH, JDL

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6760.