HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey, Chair |
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Rep. Isaac W. Choy, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Karen L. Awana |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
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8:30 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Temporarily modifies the Procurement Code for state construction projects. Sunsets December 31, 2015.
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ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Suspends the ability of a contractor to protest the awarding of a contract under the State Procurement Code for five years. Effective July 1, 2012.
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ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Allows businesses with less than 150 employees to enter into cooperative purchasing agreements and exempts these agreements from restraint of trade provisions. Requires parties to agreements to file information with the attorney general and pay a filing fee to support enforcement of the information requirement.
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ERB, JUD |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. To clarify and correct ambiguities and errors in Hawaii's business registration laws.
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ERB, CPC, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 24, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.
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RELATED TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Amends the definition of mixed martial arts to include the regulation of other disciplines that use striking.
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ERB, CPC |
The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 26, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.
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RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Establishes a tax credit for ten per cent of qualified labor costs; extends the tax credit for qualified research activities for five years.
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ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Expresses as state policy an intent to complete or facilitate the completion of a list of 10 projects by 12/31/23.
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ERB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to convene a working group, administratively attached to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, to identify redundant and obsolete state and county laws related to small business. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS. Clarifies the definition of "landscape architect". Replaces the existing definition of "surveyor" or "land surveyor" with definitions for "land surveying" and "professional surveyor", "professional land surveyor", or "land surveyor".
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The following measure(s) has been DELETED from the agenda: HB1842
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· The Committee the comments are directed to;
· The date and time of the hearing;
· Measure number; and
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________________________________________ Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey Chair |
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