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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
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9:00 A.M. |
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Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Creates notice requirements for meetings of a planned community association or its board of directors. (SD1)
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CPN, JDL |
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RELATING TO PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. Reclassifies pseudoephedrine as a schedule V drug which may only be dispensed with a prescription with certain exceptions; makes conforming amendments. Requires retail sellers of drugs containing pseudoephedrine to remove these drugs from their over-the-counter inventories no later than 7/1/2011. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/CPN, JDL |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Bans the ignition, possession, selling, and use of aerial luminaries. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Amends provisions of the fireworks code, imposing new definitions and permitting, importation, labeling, and inspection requirements. Authorizes the fire chief to revoke or suspend permits for enumerated reasons. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL |
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Prohibits the retail sale or distribution of novelty lighters within the State. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL |
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RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Requires registration of and regulates practices of pharmacy benefit management companies. Requires periodic audits of pharmacies that submit claims to pharmacy benefit management companies. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HTH/CPN, JDL |
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RELATING TO DANGEROUS WEAPONS. Prohibits any person from setting off, igniting, discharging, or otherwise causing to explode any homemade explosive device. Establishes a violation as a class C felony. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Expands definition of "quality assurance committee" to include interdisciplinary quality assurance committees composed of members from various health care organizations.
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HTH, JDL |
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RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS. Adds a definition of "service dog" in provisions relating to dog licensing, among others, to conform with new ADA rules and FHA rules regarding non-discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. (SD1)
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PGM, 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 9:00 a.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at JDLTestimony@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 002, 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.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 9:00 a.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.
Public Folder. A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-7330
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________________________________________ Senator Clayton Hee Chair
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