THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION |
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
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9:00a.m. |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. Removes long-term care insurance from the definition of "accident and health or sickness insurance" and related terms within the insurance code; removes reference to insurance fraud statute.
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CPN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE RECORDS. Exempts insurance producers from keeping records of insurance transactions for motor vehicle and homeowners' insurance contracts where records are customarily maintained in the offices of the insurer.
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CPN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows an insurer to cancel or refuse to renew a motor vehicle policy where the policy is transferred to a subsidiary or affiliate of the insurer, and the premium rate is reduced by the transfer.
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CPN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Updates the Insurance Code and related provisions to adopt the revisions to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners model laws and regulations for risk-based capital trend test for property and casualty insurers which is required for National Association of Insurance Commissioners accreditation.
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CPN, WAM |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS. Amends the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act to require all mortgage loan originators to work under the sponsorship of a registered entity; specifies standards for processing denied, abandoned, and withdrawn applications; specifies additional prohibited practices and prohibited loan terms; specifies duties and qualifications for supervisory staff of sponsoring entities; restricts fees payable to a licensee; clarifies confidentiality provisions for applications; establishes licensing fees for sponsoring entities; makes conforming amendments. (SD1)
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CPN, WAM
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RELATING TO DOGS. Enacts the large scale dog breeder regulation Act to require a license and to regulate large-scale dog breeding operations.
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CPN, JDL [Measure added on 02-09-11] |
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RELATING TO TOY GUNS. Prohibits the sale of toy guns to minors.
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CPN, JDL
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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 CPNTestimony@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 229, 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6070.
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________________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |
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