THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAXATION

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D    A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) has been ADDED to the agenda:

 

HB 2781, HD2

 

(HSCR802-08)

Testimony

Status

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS.

Requires an agency to include, in its Small Business Impact Statement, information comparing the costs and benefits of a proposed rule to those of the comparable or related federal, state, or county law, to justify the proposed higher standard.  Requires an agency to periodically identify and justify existing rules that impose those higher standards.  (HB2781 HD2)

 

EDT, JDL

HB 2473, HD2

 

(HSCR801-08)

Testimony

Status

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

Provides funding for the Hawaii Broadband Task Force for fiscal year 2008-2009.  (HB2473 HD2)

 

EDT, WAM

HB 3348, HD2

 

(HSCR805-08)

Testimony

Status

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Appropriates funds for the purpose of funding the Hawaii Preservation Fund endowment.  Prohibits release of funds until the appropriated funds are matched by private contributions. (HB3348 HD2)

 

EDT, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Any testimony received after 6:00 PM the day before the hearing will not be distributed to the Committee or available to the public until after the hearing ends.  As a result, the Committee will not be able to consider written testimony received after 6:00 PM in its decisions.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 216, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may 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 which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to testimony@capitol.hawaii.gov.  Please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

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

 

Please note:  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

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 Carol Fukunaga

Chair