THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Senator Will Espero, Chair
Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011

DATE:	Thursday, February 17, 2011
TIME:	2:45 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB1426 Testimony Status	RELATING TO PUBLIC FUNDS. Returns $200,000,000 from the funds generated by surcharge on state general excise tax revenues transferred to the city and county of Honolulu to the State general fund.  Authorizes issuance of $300,000,000 GO bonds to offset loss of tax revenues to the city and county of Honolulu in fiscal year 2010-2011.  Extends surcharge for two years.  Requires a memorandum of understanding between the State and city and county of Honolulu to return the $200,000,000.	PGM, WAM
SB1147 Testimony Status	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Restricts the eminent domain powers of the counties to ensure that private property, if acquired by a county through its eminent domain powers, is acquired only for public uses and not for private use.	PGM, JDL
SB779 Testimony Status	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes discretionary request for competitive sealed proposal procedures using the design-build process where not more than five offerors selected on their qualifications submit proposals.  Authorizes the chief procurement officer to pay a conceptual design fee to technically-responsive unsuccessful offerors or to technically-responsive offerors if the procurement is cancelled.	PGM, WAM
SB1221 Testimony Status	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the general and subcontractor for construction procurement under the Hawaii public procurement code to file certification of compliance with the notice of final completion of the contract.  Provides that the general contractor shall not be sanctioned for noncompliance by a subcontractor.	PGM, JDL
SB106 Testimony Status	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE. Beginning 01/01/2012, retroactively requires that multiple terms of imprisonment run concurrently unless the court orders or the law mandates that the terms run consecutively.  Effective immediately, directs department of public safety to recalculate the sentences of inmates who submit written requests and, if warranted by the recalculation, release the inmates.	PGM, JDL [Measure added on 2/15/2011]
SB48 Testimony Status	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Specifies criteria that must be considered in deciding whether to transfer inmates between correctional facilities located in Hawaii and correctional facilities located outside of Hawaii.	PGM [Measure added on 2/15/2011]

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.

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