Friday, January 28, 2011

Bills of interest for MONDAY, JANUARY 31

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
8:30 A.M.
ROOM 309

HEARING NOTICE

HB917 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION
Exempts from county approval state department of transportation development and construction of highways and airports. (SOUKI)

HB1020 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Abolishes Aloha Tower development corporation. Transfers the ATDC assets to the department of transportation. Transfers the zoning and planning jurisdiction to the Hawaii community development authority. Makes appropriation. Effective on July 1, 2011. (SAY BR)

HB658 RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION
Imposes a surcharge for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. Establishes a special fund to be administered by the motor vehicle safety office. Establishes a driver education program to increase awareness of the dangers of drunk driving and encourage safe driving practices in students and young drivers.

HB929 RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Designates the one-half mile area surrounding each rail transit station of the Honolulu high-capacity transit corridor project as the Honolulu rail transit corridor community development district. (HAR)

HB833 RELATING TO TAXATION
Exempts from GET a project developed to provide affordable rental housing or a community health care facility within a mixed-use transit-oriented joint development project. (RHOADS)

HB48 RELATING TO ELECTIONS
Requires that all applicants for driver's licenses or state identification cards, if determined to be eligible, be automatically registered to vote. (RHOADS)

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
9:00 A.M.
ROOM 329

HEARING NOTICE

HB946 RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Establishes class A, B, and C felony sexual human trafficking offenses and class A, B, and C felony labor trafficking offenses, and provisions related to prosecution of the offenses. Establishes civil action for damages to victims of human trafficking. (AWANA)

HB1067 RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF YOUTH TO AN ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Repeal section 352-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which authorizes the executive director of the office of youth services, with the approval of the family court, to transfer a committed youth from the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility to an adult correctional facility for disciplinary or other reasons. (SAY BR)

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND & OCEAN RESOURCES
9:00 A.M.
ROOM 325

HEARING NOTICE

HB1255 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS
Transfers 1.5 acres adjacent to the approximately 3.993 acres set aside by Executive Order No. 3791, to the University of Hawaii Kapiolani community college, for a proposed Legacy Center for the 100th/442nd RCT. (CHANG)

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM
9:15 A.M.
ROOM 312
HEARING NOTICE

HB394 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO LEGALIZE SLOT MACHINE GAMBLING AND GAMBLING BY VIDEO POKER MACHINES
Proposes a constitutional amendment to legalize slot machine and video poker gambling that are not visible from the street in designated resort areas within Waikiki on the island of Oahu as provided by law. (ConAm) (SOUKI)

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND & OCEAN RESOURCES/COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
10:00 A.M.
ROOM 325
HEARING NOTICE

HB155 RELATING TO BURIAL SITES
Clarifies provisions relating to inadvertently discovered native Hawaiian burial sites by amending sections 6E-43, 6E-43.5, 6E 43.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Conforms the treatment of inadvertently discovered native Hawaiian discovered burial sites with the treatment of previously discovered burial sites by the burial councils under the department of land and natural resources. (MORITA)

HB399 RELATING TO THE PORTION OF INCOME AND PROCEEDS FROM THE LANDS OF THE PBULIC LAND TRUST FOR USE BY THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Requires the transfer of cash or land to OHA as income and proceeds that OHA is to receive from the public trust pursuant to article XII, sections 4 and 6, of the state constitution, for the period from 11/7/1978 to 7/1/2010. (SAY BR)

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION/COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
2:00 P.M.
ROOM 309

HEARING NOTICE

HB338 RELATING TO EDUCATION
Requires the members of the board of education to be nominated and, with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor from lists of qualified candidates presented to the governor by the board of education selection advisory council. (TAKUMI)

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE
2:00 P.M.
ROOM 325

HEARING NOTICE

HB802 RELATING TO TAXATION
Temporarily increases the tax rate for banks and other financial corporations, effective from 07/01/11 until 12/31/15 (SAY)

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