THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 16, 2009

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 381, HD2

        (HSCR868)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII ENDOWMENT FUND.

Amends the $4,000,000 appropriation to the State of Hawaii Endowment Fund authorized under Act 97, SLH 2006, as amended by Act 156, SLH 2007) to stipulate that all portions of pledges not collected by February 28, 2013, will cause any unexpended or unencumbered balance from the appropriation to revert to the general fund.  (HB381 HD2)

 

EDT, WAM

HB 1207, HD1

        (HSCR778)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Updates the services provided by the community-based economic development technical and financial assistance program.  (HB1207 HD1)

 

EDT, WAM

HB 610, HD2

        (HSCR775)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

Establishes a task force to develop the Hawaii state science and technology plan.  Appropriates funds.  Effective July 1, 2020.  (HB610 HD2)

 

EDT, WAM

HB 615, HD1

        (HSCR154)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO HARASSMENT.

Provides that harassment includes all forms of electronic communications. (HB615 HD1)

 

EDT, JGO

HB 622, HD1

        (HSCR155)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO HARASSMENT.

Adds electronic communication as a form of nonconsensual contact in the offense of harassment by stalking. (HB622 HD1)

 

EDT, JGO

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at EDTTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         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.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

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:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  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 testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6934.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Carol Fukunaga

Chair