THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Malama Solomon, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 988, HD2

      (HSCR774)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO NATIVE WILDLIFE.

Increases the environmental response, energy, and food security tax and deposits a specified amount into the wildlife recovery and rehabilitation special fund.  Establishes the wildlife recovery and rehabilitation special fund to support a facility to respond to oil and fuel-related disasters affecting native wildlife.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB988 HD2)

 

ENE/WTL, WAM

HB 932, HD1

      (HSCR634)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MINERAL RESOURCES.

Promotes renewable energy in Hawaii by:  (1) providing that all penalties, fees, and costs established and collected by the Department of Land and Natural Resources pursuant to Chapter 182, Hawaii Revised Statutes, be deposited in the Special Land and Development Fund; (2) including geothermal resources within the definition of a renewable energy producer; and (3) clarifying the permitting procedures for regulators and renewable energy developers considering geothermal development.  (HB932 HD1)

 

WTL/ENE, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

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 Malama Solomon

Chair

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair