THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2001
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COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY |
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Senator Brian Kanno, Chair |
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Senator David Matsuura, Vice Chair |
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COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS |
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Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair |
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Senator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair |
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE |
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Senator Jan Yagi Buen, Chair |
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Senator Jonathan Chun, Vice Chair |
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COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT |
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Senator Lorraine Inouye, Chair |
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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 14, 2001 |
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TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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JDC/TIA |
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SB 734 |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Clarifies and strengthens laws relating to campaign spending contributions. (KANNO) |
JDC/TIA, WAM |
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SB 832 |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes a program for publicly-funded elections for state senator and state representative in 2002; requires participating candidates to comply with expenditure limits and raise no private contributions except for seed money and minimum qualifying contributions; moneys to come from the Hawaii election campaign fund, supplemented and augmented by donations, the general fund, and other sources. (IHARA, Ige, Inouye, Fukunaga, Chun Oakland) |
JDC/TIA, WAM |
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AGT/TIA/JDC |
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SB 894 |
RELATING TO PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL QUARANTINE. Allows quarantine enforcement section of DOA to enforce laws regulating the importation of. (NAKATA) |
AGT/TIA/JDC, WAM
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ATG/WLE/JDC |
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SB 622 |
RELATING TO PLANTS AND ANIMALS. Consolidates laws on plant and nondomestic animal quarantine and noxious weed control, respectively. Further incorporates provisions of the federal Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000. (BUEN, KOKUBUN, Kawamoto, Chun, Matsuura, Nakata, Hanabusa)
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AGT/WLE/JDC, WAM |
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JDC ONLY |
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SB 106 |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires a vote recount for only that race in which the difference between the winner and the next highest vote-getter is less than one percentage point of the total number of votes cast for that office. (HANABUSA, CHUN, KANNO, Inouye, Buen, Kawamoto, Nakata) |
JDC, WAM |
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SB 208 |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires separate ballots, according to party, for the primary election. (KAWAMOTO, Inouye, Fukunaga, Menor, Tam, Buen, Hemmings) |
JDC, WAM |
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SB 440 |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Transfers all duties of the office of elections back to the lieutenant governor's office. (HANABUSA, MATSUURA, BUEN, NAKATA, KANNO, Chun, English, Tam, Ige, Kawamoto, Chun Oakland, Taniguchi, Kokubun) |
JDC, WAM |
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SB 834 |
RELATING TO HAWAII ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND.Increases from $2 to $10 the amount any individual (and $20 for a couple filing jointly) may specify to the Hawaii election campaign fund on the individual's state income tax return. Adds separate checkoff to allow any individual to make a donation directly to the Hawaii election campaign fund. (IHARA, Ige, Inouye, Fukunaga, English, Chun Oakland) |
JDC, WAM |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.
Persons wishing to testify should submit 45 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 202, State Capitol 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also 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 whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.
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________________________________________ Senator Donna Mercado Kim Chair |
________________________________________ Senator Brian Kanno Chair |
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________________________________________ Senator Jan Yagi Buen Chair |
________________________________________ Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Chair |