THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
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Senator Will Espero, Chair |
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Senator Robert Bunda, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
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TIME: |
1:15 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Requires the director of the office of veterans' services to act on behalf of deceased veterans found to be indigent at the time of death and without surviving immediate family members to ensure the burial of the veteran's remains in a state veterans cemetery.
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RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Establishes within the civil defense agency a statewide communications interoperability coordinator.
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PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE CIVIL DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY ACT. Extends immunity from liability to a person who voluntarily permits the use of the person's property to shelter people during a natural or man-made disaster.
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PSM, JGO |
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RELATING TO PAROLE. Amends the law to make annual parole review hearings discretionary rather than mandatory for (1) those who have been on parole for at least five years, and (2) those who were denied parole at the initial parole hearing. Deletes provisions relating to final discharge of paroled prisoner who receives an honorable discharge from the military.
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PSM, JGO |
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RELATING TO PAROLE. Establishes a parole service fee to be made a condition of parole by the Hawaii paroling authority. Establishes a parole service special fund. Specifies proportional deposits of the parole service fee into the parole services special fund and the crime victim compensation special fund.
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PSM, WAM |
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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 PSMTestimony@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 207, 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 586-6823.
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________________________________________ Senator Will Espero Chair |
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