THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
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Rep. Sylvia Luke, Chair |
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Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Kaniela Ing |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Jo Jordan |
Rep. Justin H. Woodson |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Nicole E. Lowen |
Rep. Beth Fukumoto |
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Rep. Dee Morikawa |
Rep. Gene Ward |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Monday, February 25, 2013 |
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TIME: |
1:30 P.M. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Permits a lieutenant governor whose legal residence is on an island other than Oahu who is required to remain away from the island of the lieutenant governor's legal residence but within the State overnight or longer while on official business to receive an allowance to cover personal expenses such as transportation, board, lodging, and incidental expenses, that is to be separate from the lieutenant governor's salary.
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RELATING TO DISCLOSURES. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to submit annual reports detailing all contracts for services entered into.
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OMH/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE. Makes permanent the exemption for the procurement of food or fuel products necessary for the Kahoolawe island reserve commission.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHPONDS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Health, and Office of Planning to streamline the permitting process and facilitate the restoration of Hawaiian fishponds. Requires DLNR to submit a report of findings and recommendations.
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WAL/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Appropriates funds to DLNR to complete planned Phase I and Phase II of the Iolani Palace Grounds Master Plan. Effective July 1, 2013.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Establishes a task force that shall develop a restructured welfare payment system and re-establishes the exit and retention bonus program to encourage welfare recipients to transition back into the workforce.
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HUS, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO APPOINT RETIRED JUDGES TO SERVE AS EMERITUS JUDGES. Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint retired judges and justices as emeritus judges, permitting the appointed judges and justices to serve as temporary judges in courts no higher than the court level that they reached prior to retirement and for terms not to exceed three months per appointment.
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JUD, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires absentee voters to affirm by signature that the ballot was completed in secrecy and without influence from others. Requires absentee ballots to include information regarding election fraud, voter fraud, and related penalties. Prohibits employers, unions, and candidates or their agents from assisting voters with completing absentee ballots. Subjects special elections by mail to the same voter assistance requirements as for absentee ballots. Effective July 1, 2013.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMPLETE STREETS. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to establish complete streets rules that provide for input from a county whose highway lands are affected by a proposal that includes complete streets for community development districts.
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TRN, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows past performance to be factored into future bid selection of a contractor including a review of delays, cost overruns, corrective actions, and responses to notices of deficiencies. Effective January 1, 2020.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM. Requires the legislative broadcast program to make an audio or audiovisual recording of all public hearings and informational briefings held at the State Capitol, and maintain an archive of the recordings to be made available to the public. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2013.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO VITAL RECORDS FEES. Changes the fee amounts associated with vital statistics certified copy and expedited and correction services. Effective July 1, 2050.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKED VEHICLES. Removes the Department of Health's authority to promulgate rules pertaining to people living in parked vehicles.
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HLT/HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO OPEN DATA. Requires executive branch departments to make electronic data sets available to the public. Absolves the State from liability for certain deficiencies or incomplete data. Requires the Chief Information Officer to develop policies and procedures to implement the open data initiative. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2013.
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CPC, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. Establishes a permitting process for geothermal resources development within agricultural, rural, and urban districts. Establishes application requirements for geothermal resources development within conservation districts. Effective 07/01/2020.
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EEP, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO BIOFUELS. Allocates unspecified amounts from every 15 cents of the Barrel Tax deposited into the Energy Security Special Fund and the Agricultural Development and Food Security Special Fund to the Agribusiness Development Corporation as investment capital for zero waste biofuel production.
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EEP/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Education to develop annual assessments in the Hawaiian language in language arts and mathematics for students in grades three through six, and in science for students in grade four in the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program.
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EDN, OMH, FIN |
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Your committee would like to receive testimony on the following Proposed House Draft 3, which was previously heard as House Draft 2 and deferred.
The following measure was previously heard on Thursday, February 21, Agenda # 3.
Copies of the Proposed House Draft 3 are available on the Legislature's website:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. PROPOSED HD3: Establishes an Independent Audit Committee within the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Repeals the president of the university of Hawaii's authority to serve as the chief procurement officer for construction contracts for the University of Hawaii and requires the state administrator of the state procurement office of the department of accounting and general services to serve as the chief procurement officer for such contracts.
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HED, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony should indicate:
· Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
· The date and time of the hearing; and
· Measure number.
While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.
Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:
PAPER: 2 copies to Room 306 in the State Capitol;
FAX: For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through the website); or
WEB: For testimony less than 10MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.
Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website after the hearing adjourns. This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6200 or email your request for an interpreter to HouseInterpreter@Capitol.hawaii.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements. Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.
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________________________________________ Rep. Sylvia Luke Chair |