THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 28, 2013

TIME:

9:35 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective standing committees:

 

SB 381, SD1

      (SSCR271)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC FUNDING FOR ELECTIONS.

Changes funding formula for the comprehensive public funding pilot project to average the amount of money used by winning candidates in the last two election cycles for all county district races.  Limits the number of candidates in the pilot program to twenty-five per election cycle.  Effective 07/01/50.  (SD1)

 

JDL, WAM

SB 369

      (SSCR370)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING.

Requires both chambers of the legislature to implement rules to permit residents to present testimony through audiovisual technology.  Appropriates funds to establish audiovisual systems throughout the State.

 

TEC, WAM

SB 403, SD1

      (SSCR431)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO BONDS.

Authorizes the office of Hawaiian affairs to issue revenue bonds to fund loan programs.  (SD1)

 

THA, WAM

SB 457, SD1

      (SSCR381)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HAPUNA BEACH PARK.

Transfers in fee simple Hapuna beach park to the county of Hawaii on 1/1/2014.  (SD1)

 

WTL/PSM, WAM

SB 1166

      (SSCR442)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Increases the Conveyance Tax on certain real estate transactions and directs an additional ten per cent of Conveyance Tax proceeds to the Natural Area Reserve Fund for watershed protection and invasive species control.

 

WTL/ENE, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

Persons wishing to offer comments may do so 24 hours prior to 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.

 

If you require auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e. ASL or foreign language interpreter, or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the WAM clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE WAM CLERK AT (808)586-6800.

 

This hearing will be on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/HI_Senate_WAM

 

 

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair