THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair

Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 11, 2016

TIME:

3:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 3115

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXICABS.

Authorizes the counties to: (1) Conduct background checks for criminal history for applicants for taxicab drivers' certificates; and (2) Require the submission of applicants' for taxicab drivers' certificates fingerprints, which will be submitted to governmental agencies for background checks of the applicant.

 

TRE/PSM, JDL

SB 2416

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LASER DEVICES.

Makes it a criminal offense to intentionally or knowingly direct the beam from a laser device at an occupied aircraft under certain circumstances.

 

TRE/PSM, JDL

SB 2695

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COUNTY SURCHARGE TAX.

Deletes the state tax of ten per cent on county surcharge to realign with more accurate sum as determined by department of taxation audit.

 

TRE/PSM, WAM

SB 2372

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PRIVATE ROADS.

Requires the counties to accept the surrender of a private road in cases where there has been an absence of any act of private ownership over the road for five years.  Exempts the State and counties from performing any maintenance on a surrendered road and from liability arising from use of the road until the State or county performs maintenance work on the road.  Deems a highway, road, alley, street, way, lane, bikeway, bridge, or trail that has been commonly used by residents of a particular area for emergency access purposes or for health and safety reasons to be publicly accessible for those reasons, without regard to actual ownership or responsibility for maintenance.  

 

TRE/PSM, JDL/WAM

SB 2483

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Expands exceptions to the general prohibitions on fireworks.  Imposes requirements upon shippers of fireworks.  Amends certain fireworks labeling requirements.

 

PSM/TRE, CPH

SB 2632

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CARGO INSPECTIONS.

Increases fines for violations of the fireworks control law.  Authorizes the department of public safety, sheriff division, to inspect shipping containers for explosives and illegal fireworks.  Requires DPS, in collaboration with DOD, DOT, and other federal and state agencies, to establish a shipping container inspection program to randomly inspect shipping containers for illegal fireworks and explosives using explosive-sniffing dogs.  Requires DOT to assess a fee of $1 on all shipping containers for FY 2016-2017 and a fee of $2 thereafter to fund the program.  Establishes the shipping container inspection program special fund.  Makes an appropriation.

 

PSM/TRE, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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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 Clarence K. Nishihara

Chair

 

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair