THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Robert Bunda, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, INTERNATIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Senator J. Kalani English, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 04, 2010

TIME:

1:30 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2213

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Provides that each county has the power to establish medical marijuana dispensaries.  Requires that medical marijuana dispensaries shall only provide service to qualified patients and primary caregivers registered with the department of public safety.  Makes dispensaries subject to the general excise tax by making inapplicable the exemption for amounts received from sales of prescription drugs or prosthetic devices.

 

TIA/PSM, WAM

SB 2504

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO CARGO INSPECTIONS.

Requires the state departments of defense and transportation to develop a plan to increase the random inspection rate of incoming cargo into the State to 10% by 1/1/13 and to 25% by 1/1/15.  Also requires a report to the legislature.

 

TIA/PSM, WAM

SB 2550

        Testimony

        Status

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Clarifies definition of consumer fireworks; adds definition of consumer novelty fireworks; prohibits novelty fireworks; clarifies requirements for permits.

 

PSM/TIA

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

 

·         By Email:  Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at [email protected] .  Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

 

·         By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

 

·         In person:  1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 207, State Capitol.

 

·         By fax:  Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

 

Please note:  If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally.  A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing. 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

Please note:  All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website.  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

Public Folder.  A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6823.

 

 

 

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Senator J. Kalani English

Chair

 

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Senator Will Espero

Chair