THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

TIME:

3:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2457

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Requires a hearing officer to affirm the decision of a procurement officer in protests filed under section 103D-701, HRS, unless the procurement officer's decision is shown by clear and convincing evidence to be arbitrary, capricious, fraudulent, or clearly erroneous.

 

PGM, JDL

SB 2146

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Creates a task force to determine whether chapters 127 and 128, Hawaii Revised Statutes, should be amended, repealed, or supplemented to ensure that preparations of this State are adequate in reducing vulnerability to, and recovering from, emergencies and disasters.  Report to the legislature.

 

PGM, WAM

SB 2696

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE.

Abolishes the State Building Code Council, provides for a transition from the current to the new proposed law, and requires the counties to adopt building codes with their revisions or opt out of adoption.

 

PGM, WAM

SB 2401

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS.

Authorizes the department of labor and industrial relations to use qualified third-party elevator inspectors when necessary.

 

PGM, JDL

SB 2945

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

Authorizes the revocation or suspension of a liquor license for a continuing pattern of noise, disturbance, misconduct, or disorder.

 

PGM, CPN

SB 3031

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

Amends section 281-78(b), HRS, to clarify that a licensee who timely suppresses unlawful activity, including by means of detaining and reporting an offender to the police, from occurring on the licensed premises shall not be in violation of that section.

 

PGM, JDL

SB 2647

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Restricts hunting to areas on public land where hunting is permitted or to areas on private land where the landowner has granted written permission.  Allows transport and possession of firearms and ammunition in areas where hunting is permitted.  Effective July 1, 2012.

 

PGM, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Will Espero

Chair