THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair

Senator Norman Sakamoto, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 5, 2009

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 460

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM.

Requires the board of regents to auction the naming rights to buildings on the UH-West Oahu campus with proceeds to be deposited into the University of Hawaii-West Oahu special fund to be used for electric generation from renewable energy resources.

 

HRE/ENE, WAM

SB 1279

        Testimony

        Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to a task force attached to the University of Hawaii school of ocean and earth science and technology to provide recommendations to prevent, mitigate, and reverse beach erosion at Kailua beach.

 

HRE/ENE, WAM

SB 1280

        Testimony

        Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for a study relating to beach erosion at Kailua beach.

 

HRE/ENE, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 218, 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 Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at HRETestimony@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.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:30 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 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 587-7215.

 

 

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair

 

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Senator Jill Tokuda

Chair