THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HOUSING |
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Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair |
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Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
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1:20 PM |
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Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires new residential developments in school impact districts to be subject to all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules relating to school impact fees and school impact districts.
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RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING. Establishes a program for granting low-income housing tax credit loans in lieu of low-income housing tax credits administered by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to fund loans.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a refundable ohana residential housing income tax credit for qualified taxpayers who purchase a qualified principal residence on or after April 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2012, that is payable to the qualified taxpayer in two equal installments over the immediately following two taxable years.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a temporary tax credit for residential construction and remodeling projects. |
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Allows a general excise tax exemption to qualified persons or firms who receive rental income on newly constructed or moderately or substantially rehabilitated housing projects from households that meet certain residency and annual income criteria.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Granting temporary relief from county housing requirements as recommended by the construction industry task force to stimulate housing construction statewide. |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to conduct periodic reviews of housing projects certified for a general excise tax exemption to determine whether the housing projects have met eligibility criteria required by law and rule.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Adds a residency requirement for households in a newly constructed or moderately or substantially rehabilitated housing project developed by a qualified person or firm in order for that person or firm to be considered to receive a general excise tax exemption.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires that the gross annual income of households in a housing project developed by a qualified person or firm be calculated according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's method of calculation for determining eligibility for the federal housing choice voucher (section 8) program, in order for the person or firm to be considered to receive a general excise tax exemption.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Restructures the department of education into two major divisions – the academic achievement division and the administration division – and establishes two senior deputy superintendent positions to head the divisions.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Creates a blank fill-in amount for the school-level minor repairs and maintenance special fund and the libraries special fund income tax check-off boxes.
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RELATING TO CODE OF ETHICS. Exempts teachers from the code of ethics to allow teachers to provide instruction to current, future, or former students when special circumstances exist.
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EDH, 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 EDHTestimony@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 230, 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 586-8585.
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________________________________________ Senator Norman Sakamoto Chair |
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