THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Dwight Y. Takamine, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair

Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

TIME:

9:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure was previously heard by the respective Senate Committee:

 

PLEASE NOTE:  THE COMMITTEES WILL BE DECIDING ON REVERTING BACK TO THE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN H.B. NO. 921, H.D. 1.

 

HB 921, HD1, SD1

        (SSCR1080)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Permits the DHHL to negotiate lease terms beyond sixty-five years, and provides a right of first refusal to previous lessees.  Prohibits the sale or transfer of ceded lands until the unrelinquished claims of the native Hawaiian people are resolved or reconciliation between the State and the native Hawaiian people is no longer supported, whichever occurs first; except in the following circumstances:  disposing of remnants, providing easements to public utilities and government agencies as provided by law, land exchanges as provided by law, dispositions that are a part of the ceded lands negotiations between OHA and the State, dispositions after December 31, 2014, that are approved by a 2/3 vote of both houses of the legislature, or when a compelling state interest for the disposition is established.  (SD1)

 

WTL, JGO/WAM

HB 2631, HD2, SD1

        (SSCR2782)

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY REPORTING.

Repeals the Petroleum Industry Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Program, and its special fund; requires refiners and distributors to report monthly to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, on fuel imported, exported, transferred, used, refined, manufactured, compounded, and distributed.  Effective July 1, 2010.  (SD1)

 

CPN/ENE, JGO/WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no oral  testimony will be accepted.

 

Persons wishing to comment should submit comments in one of the following ways:

 

·         By Email:  Comments 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: Comments may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their Comments to the committee clerk, Room 219, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Comments 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 comments is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6460.

 

 

 

________________________________________

Senator Donna Mercado Kim

Chair

 

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair