HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
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Rep. Derek S.K. Kawakami, Chair |
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Rep. Sam Satoru Kong, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Romy M. Cachola |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Isaac W. Choy |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
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Rep. Lynn DeCoite |
Rep. Justin H. Woodson |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Lauren Kealohilani Matsumoto |
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Rep. Takashi Ohno |
Rep. Gene Ward |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 12, 2016 |
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TIME: |
10:30am |
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Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
The following measure(s) has been ADDED to the agenda: HB1588 and HB2160
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KEAHOLE MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Keahole Management Group LLC with planning, designing, constructing, and equipping facilities for the manufacturing and processing of products.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST TRUTAG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for TruTag Technologies, Inc.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires all Chief Procurement Officers to assist and cooperate with any compliance review by the State Procurement Administrator. Clarifies that the Administrator has the authority to perform periodic compliance reviews of all governmental bodies.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPORTS. Establishes the Hawaii Sports Task Force to plan and coordinate efforts to keep the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, and to secure Hawaii as a host site for a National Football League preseason game, world-title soccer tournaments at Aloha Stadium, mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments at Aloha Stadium, and other international sporting events.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX REPORTING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. Requires operators of special events to file reports giving information about the vendors participating in special events. Grants Department of Taxation authority to issue citations for failure to file report.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a Rail Business Interruption Fund to help small businesses struggling with economic loss directly related to rail construction. Appropriates funds for the implementation of the Fund.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS. Expands methods for delivering funding to a community development entity by allowing guarantees and credit enhancements. Increases total maximum funding amounts from $250,000 to $5,000,000.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC LEAKAGE. Requires DBEDT to prepare a report examining the severity of economic leakage in Hawaii's tourism industry. Makes an appropriation. (HB2259 HD1)
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TOU, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY. Establishes a property assessed clean energy program to promote renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. Increases a property's tax assessment to make loan payments. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds and appropriates bond revenues to finance the program. (HB1524 HD1)
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EEP, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION. Establishes a dark night skies protection advisory committee to assist DBEDT in the development of a statewide dark night skies protection strategy to preserve dark night skies and reduce light pollution.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE AEROSPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Reduces the number of members on the Aerospace Advisory Committee from fifteen to thirteen. Allows the members of the Aerospace Advisory Committee to elect their own committee chair from members appointed by the Governor to this body. Effective July 1, 2016.
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Eliminates the ex-officio National Aeronautics and Space Administration representative from the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems Board. Effective July 1, 2016.
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EDB |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
· The date and time of the hearing; and
· Measure number.
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If during the course of the hearing it appears
that there will not be sufficient time to allow every testifier to be heard,
the chairperson reserves the right to limit testifiers to 3 minutes. This
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consideration of all bills.
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________________________________________ Rep. Derek S.K. Kawakami Chair |
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