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 FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011

DATE:

Friday, March 18, 2011

TIME:

10:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB550 HD1
(HSCR743)

Testimony

Status

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)

CPN, WAM

HB845 HD2
(HSCR933)

Testimony

Status

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)

CPN, JDL

HB1049 HD2
(HSCR824)

Testimony

Status

RELATING TO INSURANCE.
Updates the Insurance Code and related provisions.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB1049 HD2)

CPN, WAM

HB1004 HD1
(HSCR856)

Testimony

Status

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)

CPN, JDL

HB1203 HD2
(HSCR903)

Testimony

Status

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)

CPN, WAM

HB1243 HD2
(HSCR775)

Testimony

Status

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)

CPN, JDL

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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