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 TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011

DATE:

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

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

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

HB1094 HD1
(HSCR653)

Testimony

Status

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.
Amends sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to the Commercial Driver's License licensing process and medical requirements for drivers.  The amendments are designed to put the State in compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.  Effective January 7, 2059.  (HB1094 HD1)

CPN/TIA, JDL
[Measure added on 3/21/2011]

HB1241 HD2
(HSCR814)

Testimony

Status

RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES.
Extends for registered owners with an out-of-state address, the time period during which the owner of an abandoned vehicle may repossess the vehicle before the vehicle is subject to disposal.  Effective January 7, 2059.  (HB1241 HD2)

TIA/CPN, JDL
[Measure added on 3/21/2011]

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6070.