THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, March 17, 2011 |
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10:00 a.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 TELEVISION. Requires the auditor to analyze the allocation of cable operator franchise fees. Requires a performance review or audit of Olelo Community Television. Appropriation. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB550 HD1)
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RELATING TO GROUND LEASES. Within the final ten years of a long-term residential ground lease, permits a lessee to request a lease extension from the lessor. Under specified conditions, requires a lessor to offer to sell the fee simple interest in the land to the lessor for the amount fixed by an appraiser's determination of the leased-fee interest in the land. Establishes a process for arbitration when the lessor and lessee are unable to agree on a rental rate. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB845 HD2)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Updates the Insurance Code and related provisions. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1049 HD2)
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RELATING TO CHAPTER 480, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. entities to bring an action for damages notwithstanding their status as indirect purchasers. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1004 HD1)
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. Makes the physician workforce assessment fee permanent. Specifies what excess funds from the workforce assessment fee shall be used for. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB1203 HD2)
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RELATING TO REPACKAGED DRUGS AND COMPOUND MEDICATIONS. Establishes price caps for the Hawaii workers' compensation insurance system for drugs, including repackaged drugs and compound medications. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1243 HD2)
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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 230, 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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