HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2008
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE |
Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro, Chair |
Rep. Marilyn B. Lee, Vice Chair |
Rep. Karen Leinani Awana |
Rep. Sharon E. Har |
Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu |
Rep. Karl Rhoads |
Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D. |
Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay |
Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III |
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Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Joey Manahan |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Faye P. Hanohano |
Rep. John Mizuno |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
DATE: |
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
TIME: |
12:30 P.M. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A # 3
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RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS. Authorizes the director of commerce and consumer affairs to designate an access organization to oversee the development, operation, supervision, management, production, or broadcasting of programs for cable television channels; requires the director to also establish requirements for the designation of access organizations; and requires the cable advisory committee to advise access organizations on matters under chapter 440G, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Eff. 7/1/2050.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Enacts the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. Establishes a sustainability council to coordinate, implement, measure, and evaluate the progress of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan and activities. Appropriates funds to the sustainability council.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires the public utilities commission to study one priority region for each county statewide to develop with input from the utilities a plan for the undergrounding of overhead utility lines for health and safety purposes. Funds for the study shall be appropriated out of the public utilities commission special fund.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows mutual benefit societies to bundle dental and vision insurance with health insurance policies offered to individuals and sole proprietors.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Discontinues the insurance division's insurance existing fraud investigations unit and establishes a new insurance fraud investigations branch to prevent, investigate, and prosecute insurance fraud in all lines of insurance except workers' compensation.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION. Implements recommendations of the 12/2007 report of the Hawaii identity theft task force to protect the security of personal information collected and maintained by state and county government.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. Makes laws governing corporate dissolution and director's rights consistent. Amends the law to more accurately reflect the administrative procedures of administratively cancelling a limited partnership. Makes provisions regarding the expiration of corporations consistent with other entities. Streamlines and conforms limited liability company law filing requests.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Amends the Money Transmitters Act, chapter 489D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to amend the fee structure, enhance consumer protection, make necessary clarifications, and correct errors and omissions, to effectively regulate the industry.
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CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Establishes a revised fee structure to fund mixed martial arts regulation.
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TAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MUSEUM OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE. Extends the interim and final reporting deadlines for the museum of Hawaiian music and dance committee under Act 230, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.
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TAC, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CAPITAL CULTURAL DISTRICT. Establishes the Hawaii Capital Cultural District Task Force to review the current operations of the Hawaii State Art Buseum and its long range plans for operations and growth, with respect to the museum's location in the No. 1 Capitol District Building located in the Hawaii Capital Cultural District; appropriates funds to the SFCA for the work of the task force; requires a report to the 2009 Legislature; sunsets the task force June 30, 2009.
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TAC, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro Chair |