THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS |
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Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair |
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Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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Thursday February 18, 2010 |
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9:45 am |
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Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard by the Senate standing committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs.
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Provides that each county has the power to establish compassion centers for the dispensing of medical marijuana. Requires that compassion centers shall only provide service to qualified patients and primary caregivers registered with the department of public safety. Makes compassion centers subject to the general excise tax by making inapplicable the exemption for amounts received from sales of prescription drugs or prosthetic devices. Imposes a general excise tax on marijuana sales. Eff 8/7/2012. (SD1)
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TIA/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY. Allows for additional authorized personnel to disburse funds of the board of water supply.
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TIA, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Raises rental motor vehicle customer facility charge from $1/day to $4.50/day. Appropriates funds out of the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund for multiple purposes. (SD1)
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TIA, WAM |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING. Extend the term of a commercial driver's license (CDL) for persons 21 years through 71 years from six years to eight years to prepare for the REAL ID Act, which is a nationwide effort to improve the integrity and security of state-issued driver licenses and identification cards, to help fight terrorism and reduce fraud. Appropriate $8,000 out of the state highway fund. (SD1)
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TIA, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE TAX LIEN AND ENCUMBRANCE RECORD. Enables encumbrance of motor vehicle titles for outstanding judgments payable to the State or a county by allowing recordation in a county director of finance's "tax lien and encumbrance record" with an exemption for state or county agencies from paying the statutory fee. (SD1)
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TIA, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRANSFER OF STATE HIGHWAYS. Creates a pilot project to transfer maintenance functions of state highways in Maui county from the state department of transportation to the Maui department of public works. (SD1)
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TIA, WAM |
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Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.
Persons wishing to comment should submit their comments in one of the following ways:
· By Email: Comments may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at WAMTestimony@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.
· In person: 1 copy of their Comments to the committee clerk, Room 210, 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 586-6800.
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________________________________________ Senator Donna Mercado Kim Chair |
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