THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair
Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011

DATE:	Thursday, March 17, 2011
TIME:	9:45 AM
PLACE:	Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB663 HD2 (HSCR941) Testimony Status	RELATING TO CONTRACTS. Requires clear and conspicuous language disclosing any automatic renewal clauses and language explaining how to cancel the contract in all consumer contracts and offers where the contract automatically renews.  Requires additional notice to consumers of automatic renewal for consumer contracts of a term of twelve months or more.  Effective July 1, 2020.  (HB663 HD2)	CPN, JDL
HB924 HD2 (HSCR691) Testimony Status	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies the laws relating to the interpretation of commercial general liability insurance policies affecting contractors.  Effective July 1, 2112.  (HB924 HD2)	CPN, JDL
HB798 HD1 (HSCR724) Testimony Status	RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes the general excise tax on the gross income derived from a life settlement contract.  Effective July 1, 2011.  (HB798 HD1)	CPN, WAM
HB840 HD1 (HSCR668) Testimony Status	RELATING TO LIQUOR. Increases liquor tax rates.  Reduces the liquor tax rate on the first sixty thousand barrels produced in a small brewery or brewpub.  Makes it lawful to provide a discount for liquor purchases through coupons or mail-in rebates when made in combination with other merchandise.  Effective July 1, 2011.  (HB840 HD1).	CPN, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

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.

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