THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair |
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Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
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9:00 a.m. |
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Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow each gubernatorial nominee to appoint a person from the same political party as a running mate for lieutenant governor in the general election.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes an amendment to article V, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected as a nonpartisan elected official rather than appointed by the governor.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE SELECTION AND RETENTION OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES. Proposes a constitutional amendment to require justices and judges be elected to serve six-year terms and be subject to the consent of the senate for subsequent judicial terms, authorize the governor and chief justice be authorized to make interim appointments for vacancies in the offices of the chief justice, supreme court, intermediate appellate court, and circuit courts, or district courts, respectively, and repeal the judicial selection commission. Ratification upon general election of 2018.
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RELATING TO JUDICIAL ELECTIONS. Makes conforming amendments to implement a constitutional amendment that establishes judicial elections. Requires the judiciary, office of elections, and campaign spending commission to study appropriate methods of implementing a judicial election system in the State and submit a written report, including proposed legislation, to the legislature.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes a constitutional amendment to: (1) require written notice of an appointment to the senate for advice and consent concurrent with the governor, judicial selection commission, or chief justice's making of the appointment; and (2) clarify that the senate's thirty-day period to reject a judicial appointment begins on the senate's receipt of written notice of the governor's, chief justice's, or judicial selection commission's appointment.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AMEND THE TIMEFRAME TO RENEW THE TERM OF OFFICE OF A JUSTICE OR JUDGE AND REQUIRE CONSENT OF THE SENATE FOR A JUSTICE OR JUDGE TO RENEW A TERM OF OFFICE. Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend the timeframe to renew the term of office of a justice or judge and require consent of the senate for a justice or judge to renew a term of office.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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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 Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Chair |
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