THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, January 31,  2013

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 32

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT.

Establishes authentication and other requirements for selected legal materials if they are published exclusively in electronic form.  Does not require electronic publication.

 

JDL

SB 33

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CHILD WITNESS TESTIMONY.

Enacts the Uniform Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act, which authorizes courts to allow for children to testify in a place other than an open forum or away from the finder of fact, court, or parties.

 

JDL

SB 878

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ARBITRATION.

Allows an arbitrator to award costs in addition to attorney's fees and other reasonable expenses of arbitration if the award authorized by law in a civil action involves a comparable, rather than same, claim.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 1249

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES.

Clarifies and updates trustee compensation by setting out several categories of fees to which trustees are entitled.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 30

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

Requires affidavits to voluntarily limit campaign expenditures to be filed no later than the time of filing nomination papers.  Limits the base amount a candidate for prosecuting attorney who voluntarily agrees to limit campaign expenditures to be the same amount as for the offices of state senator, state representative, and county council member.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 31

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

Separates noncandidate committee contributions that are required to be disclosed and filed in preliminary, final, and supplemental noncandidate committee reports into contributions received and contributions made.  Amends the January deadline for filing supplemental noncandidate committee reports.

 

JDL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Clayton Hee

Chair