THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
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COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair |
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Senator Dwight Y. Takamine, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
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9:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations on tax collections. Clarifies that the three-year statute of limitations on tax assessments for the general excise tax, use tax, and other period taxes begins running from the filing of each periodic return
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JGO, WAM |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires a tax refund to be deposited in the taxpayer's accounts; prohibits deposit into a paid preparer's accounts; requires a paid preparer to sign a return; establishes penalties.
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JGO, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES. Adopts the new Interstate Compact for Juveniles and establishes the family court's jurisdiction under the compact.
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JGO, WAM |
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RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Reduces the jury duty exemption age from 80 to 75 years old.
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JGO |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII RULES OF EVIDENCE. Provides that if evidence of an alleged victim's character for aggressiveness is offered by an accused and admitted under paragraph (2), evidence of the same trait of character of the accused offered by the prosecution may be admissible.
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JGO |
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RELATING TO GAMBLING. Amends definition of gambling to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value constitutes gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration. Eliminates free play as a defense under certain circumstances.
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JGO |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RETENTION OF ATTORNEYS. Authorizes the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate, separately as well as jointly, to employ or retain attorneys.
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JGO |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Expands ability of a board or commission to facilitate public meetings through available interactive conferencing technology.
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JGO |
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RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION. Extends expiration period on the Hawaii State Identification card from six years to eight years; deletes the provisions for transitioning from expiration dates calculated by issue dates to expiration on the cardholder's birthday.
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JGO |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PROTECTION. Amends section 338-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to redefine data reportable to county clerks in a manner consistent with protecting social security numbers.
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JGO |
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RELATING TO FEES AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS. Removes administrative agencies' authority to establish fees and replaces administratively established fees with statutory fees.
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JGO, WAM |
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RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC. Clarifies the law with respect to the duties of a notary public.
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JGO |
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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 JGOTestimony@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 016, 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 4:30 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 586-6460.
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________________________________________ Senator Brian T. Taniguchi Chair |
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