THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2013
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair |
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Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
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2:45 p.m. |
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Conference Room 225 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 THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS. Establishes environmental courts as divisions within the circuit courts to hear all proceedings, including certain chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, proceedings arising from environmental laws. Requires the Judiciary to report to the Legislature on the total number of environmental-related cases filed in the last five years.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL. Establishes filing fees to help fund operations of the Office of Environmental Quality Control; creates a special fund and authorizes expenditures out of the special fund; and provides for a lag time for collection of fees.
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Amends the definition of "deposit beverage" to make dietary supplements that contain caffeine or carbonated water subject to the deposit beverage container program.
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Removes the exemption for dietary supplements from the deposit beverage container program.
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Establishes a tiered glass advanced disposal fee system based on the capacity of a glass container.
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RELATING TO RECYCLING. Restores the exemption from central services fees assessment for the Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund.
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RELATING TO FOSSIL FUELS. Amends section 243-3.5, HRS, to levy the environmental response, energy, and food security tax on liquid or gaseous fossil fuels. Repeals 6/30/2015.
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Broadens existing gasoline requirement of ten per cent ethanol fuel content to ten per cent biofuel content. Expands the reporting requirements for biofuel distributors.
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RELATING TO ETHANOL. Authorizes the director of business, economic development, and tourism to allow the sale of motor vehicle gasoline that does not contain ethanol unless sufficient quantities of locally produced ethanol or biofuel crops have been produced and are available to meet the requirements under existing law.
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[Measure deleted on 01-30-13] |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING PROJECT. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Kaiuli Energy, LLC, to assist with planning, design, and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling facility and chilled water distribution system.
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A SEAWATER PROJECT. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kona SWAC, LLC, in constructing part of a seawater air conditioning district cooling system.
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RELATING TO LABELING. Prohibits the sale of genetically engineered fish or genetically engineered fish products in the State beginning 1/1/2014 unless appropriately labeled as genetically engineered or produced or partially produced with genetic engineering.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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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 Mike Gabbard Chair |
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