THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Malama Solomon, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
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TIME: |
1:15 P.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Incorporates the definitions, guiding principles, and goals of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability task force report into the Hawaii state planning act, codified as chapter 226. Effective 7/1/50.
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RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Allows the conveyance of transferable development rights from landowners in Kakaako makai to landowners in Kakaako mauka, subject to approval by the Hawaii community development authority. Requires the Hawaii community development authority to adopt rules to regulate and authorize these conveyances.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, the homeless programs office of the department of human services, and the Hawaii Association of Realtors to identify state-owned, state-managed, and other government and privately-owned or managed vacant housing units that could be used as affordable rental housing. Report annually to the governor and legislature; provided that if any act passed by the 2011 legislature establishes an interagency council on homelessness, the report shall also be submitted annually to that council. (SD1)
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Creates a task force under the University of Hawaii Kapiolani community college to conduct a study of the feasibility of transferring the lands currently under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources to the University of Hawaii Kapiolani community college for a legacy center for the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team. Report to legislature. (SD1)
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DISAPPROVING THE RESET ASIDE OF THE FORMER KULANI CORRECTIONAL FACILITY LANDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AS AN EXTENSION OF PU‘U MAKA‘ALA NATURAL AREA RESERVE AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR A YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY.
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WLH, PGM |
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 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at WLHTestimony@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 202, 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.
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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 586-6090.
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________________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |