THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION |
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator David Y. Ige, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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RELATING TO PRIVATE TRANSFER FEES. Prohibits the imposition of fees for a future transfer of real property. Specifies exceptions.
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CPN, JGO |
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RELATING TO UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH. Adopts Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act. Allows owner of real property to designate beneficiaries to receive real property upon death of owner without requirements of probate or formalities of wills.
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CPN, JGO |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Requires identification of licensed individuals performing electrical and plumbing work on a construction job site.
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CPN |
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RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION SITES. Establishes a construction site inspection task force to be led by the department of commerce and consumer affairs to investigate and inspect construction sites for unlicensed contractors, illegal workers, and workplace safety violations.
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CPN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Requires the contractor license board to modify and consolidate the number of classifications or subclassifications into no more than classifications, by not later than January 1, 2011.
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CPN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Raises the threshold under the contractor licensing law's "handyman" exemption from $1,000 to $2,500.
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CPN |
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The time change of this hearing is necessary to assure adequate time for the Senate floor session on this day. We note that the order of the agenda has also been changed. The committee will attempt to hear all the bills on this agenda, however if time does not permit for the completion of the agenda some bills may be deferred to another hearing date.
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 CPNTestimony@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 231, 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 586-6916.
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________________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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