HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro, Chair

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Karen Leinani Awana

Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III

Rep. Tom Brower

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka

Rep. Isaac W. Choy

Rep. Jessica Wooley

Rep. Denny Coffman

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Lynn Finnegan

Rep. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran

Rep. Gene Ward

Rep. Chris Lee

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

TIME:

2:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A #  1

 

HB 2523

Status

RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Approves settlement between Aloha Tower Development Corporation and Kenneth H. Hughes, Inc. and increases budget ceiling appropriation from Aloha Tower Fund.

 

FIN

HB 2963

Status

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FROM THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND FOR EDUCATION.

Makes an emergency appropriation of $50,000,000 from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to the General Fund.

 

FIN

HB 1848

Status

RELATING TO CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.

Defines agency-wide technology and computer system projects as capital investments to allow them to be financed with bond funds and depreciated as capital investments.

 

FIN

HB 1922

Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires a nonresident seller of real property located in Hawaii to furnish to the bureau of conveyances a tax clearance certificate issued from the department of taxation that certifies that the seller has paid all general excise, transient accommodations, and income taxes as a condition to recording a change in title on the real property.

 

FIN

HB 1985

Status

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires the Department of Taxation to provide the Legislature with certain annual and biennial reports.

 

FIN

HB 2600

Status

RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.

Amends the due dates for miscellaneous tax types from the last day of the month to the twentieth day of the month to conform with the general excise tax payment deadline.  Amends the due date for filing and payment of quarterly periodic insurance premiums taxes from quarterly to monthly.

 

FIN

HB 2231

Status

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Clarifies cost of reproducing government records from not less than five cents per page to not more than ten cents per page.

 

FIN

HB 2505

Status

RELATING TO THE ACCESS HAWAII COMMITTEE.

Establishes the Access Hawaii Committee Special Fund.

 

FIN

HB 2532

Status

RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

Requires holders of unclaimed property to remit all property with their November 1 report and deletes reference to a specific number of days in which claims must be acted upon; also makes a technical correction by referencing the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund.

 

FIN

HB 2690

Status

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Requires that the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal-aid money accepted for expenditure in the state.

 

FIN

HB 2875

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RESERVE TRUST FUND.

Authorizes the loan of moneys from the Hawaii hurricane reserve trust fund to the general fund.  Prohibits transfers from the trust fund to the loss mitigation grant fund.  Takes effect upon approval and sunsets on 06/30/15.

 

FIN

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee the comments are directed to;

·     The date and time of the hearing;

·     Measure number; and

·     The number of copies the Committee is requesting. 

 

While every effort will be made to copy, organize, and collate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed to the incorrect office, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  2 copies (including an original) to Room 306 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-6001 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (Neighbor Islanders with no e-mail access); or

WEB:     For comments less than 4MB in size, transmit from the Web page at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the Legislative Web site after the hearing adjourns.  This public posting of testimony on the Web site should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6200 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Chair