THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

TIME:

10:30 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 2077

      (SSCR2280)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE MAUI FOOD INNOVATION CENTER.

Appropriates funds for the completion of the Maui food innovation center capital improvement project, for renovation and equipment for a value-added food production and business incubation facility located in the former campus cafeteria kitchen of the University of Hawaii Maui college.

 

HRE, WAM

SB 2274

      (SSCR2351)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE LIVING.

Establishes a permit that excepts sustainable living research and sites from certain county codes, ordinances, and rules.

 

WTL/PSM, WAM

SB 2295, SD1

      (SSCR2171)

      Status & Testimony

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii association of conservation districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs.  (SD1)

 

WTL, WAM

SB 2483

      (SSCR2088)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS.

Clarifies that a condominium association's lien is subordinate to real property taxes, rather than all taxes.  Clarifies that a condominium association may assess unpaid common fees against a purchaser, in addition to a mortgagee, who purchases a delinquent unit in a judicial or nonjudicial power of sale foreclosure.

 

CPN, WAM

SB 2806

      (SSCR2313)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.

Adjusts the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 2809, SD1

      (SSCR2215)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO UTILITIES REGULATION.

Aligns statutory language regarding utility ratemaking with widely accepted utility ratemaking principles and ratemaking practices already applied in Hawaii by allowing utilities in the State the opportunity to earn a fair return on utility property that is "used and useful" for public utility purposes.  (SD1)

 

CPN, WAM

SB 2826

      (SSCR2112)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Establishes the Early Childhood Education Program within the Early Learning System established by section 302L-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 2836

      (SSCR2202)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Makes permanent provisions for affordable housing credits on Hawaiian home lands.

 

HWN/HMS/PSM, WAM

SB 2920, SD1

      (SSCR2057)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Establishes and appropriates funds to the county of Hawaii for a little fire ant pilot project to research solutions for addressing the little fire ant threat in Hawaii.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

ENE/PSM, WAM

SB 2953

      (SSCR2392)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE RESOURCES ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Specifies that twenty per cent of royalties from geothermal resources on DHHL lands shall be paid to the DHHL and twenty per cent shall be paid to the county in which the geothermal resources are located.

 

WTL/HWN/PSM, WAM

SB 2975

      (SSCR2113)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Makes an appropriation for the executive office on early learning to enter into contracts with third party providers for family child interaction learning programs.

 

EDU, WAM

SB 3026, SD1

      (SSCR2174)

      Status & Testimony

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE WAIMEA-PAAUILO WATERSHED PROJECT.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for design, plans, and construction of the Waimea-Paauilo watershed project.  (SD1)

 

WTL, WAM

SB 3041, SD1

      (SSCR2356)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX LAW.

Defines "barrel" and "small brewery or brewpub".  Establishes a tax rate of 47 cents per wine gallon on draft beer and beer other than draft beer that are brewed or produced by a small brewery or brewpub.  Effective 07/01/2050.  (SD1)

 

CPN, WAM

SB 3062

      (SSCR2346)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the department of transportation and the University of Hawaii to complete negotiations and execute an agreement to relocate the University of Hawaii marine center no later than July 1, 2015.  Specifies that current lease at gratis between the DOT and the UH shall be deemed terminated as a matter of law on that date.  Requires progress report to legislature before 2015 regular session.

 

TIA/HRE, WAM

SB 3063, SD1

      (SSCR2175)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF LANDS IN WAIPIO VALLEY.

Establishes a temporary working group to study and make recommendations for the preservation of natural, cultural, and historic resources in Waipio valley.  Makes an appropriation for the purchase of land in Waipio valley.  (SD1)

 

WTL, WAM

SB 3077

      (SSCR2169)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE MAALAEA SMALL BOAT HARBOR.

Appropriates funds for the capital improvement project at Maalaea small boat harbor for the replacement of wooden finger piers along the south mole at the harbor, including the demolition of the existing piers and steel piles, installation of new aluminum framed piers, and new composite plastic fingering.

 

WTL, WAM

SB 3090

      (SSCR2170)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HUNTING.

Makes an appropriation to implement a statewide hunter education program and develop shooting ranges.

 

WTL, WAM

SB 3121

      (SSCR2391)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND.

Amends the legislative approval requirement for any exchange of public land for private land to require a majority vote in both houses.

 

WTL, WAM

 

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

 

Persons wishing to submit written testimony may do so up to 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

Click here to submit written testimony to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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 David Y. Ige

Chair