THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Thursday, April 7, 2005

TIME:

10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

 

HB 1303

HD2, SD1

(SSCR1263)

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Prohibits raid of housing special funds. Abolishes rental housing trust fund advisory commission. Allows use of DURF for permanent financing. Authorizes GO bonds to repair and build low-income housing. Establishes committee to consider HCDCH bifurcation. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

CPH, WAM

HB 1331

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1242)

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR JACOBY DEVELOPMENT INC.

Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs for the planning, designing, constructing, and equipping of, and the acquisition of lands for, a plasma municipal solid waste processing system to convert solid wastes into electricity, and chemically and biologically inert slag, on the island of Oahu. (SD1)

EIA, WAM

HB 1378

HD1, SD1

(SSCR1229)

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Amends the temporary restraining orders (TRO) and protective orders (PO) process to require the disclosure of a pending family court proceeding and allows a judge considering a TRO petition to meet in camera with the petitioner to evaluate the petitioner's allegations. Allows supervised visitation after the issuance of a TRO, if the petitioner and respondent have children together that are not named in the TRO petition and supervised visitation is in the children's best interest. Requires a judge to make a concise written statement as part of an order granting a TRO. Establishes that any findings relating to a TRO or PO petition is not binding on a subsequent family court case in which the court determines the TRO or PO petition was filed to gain an advantage in the family court case. (SD1)

JHW, WAM

HB 1590

HD2, SD1

(SSCR1157)

RELATING TO THE HAWAII FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY.

Increases the existing 4% tax credit on Hawaii production expenditures up to 15% for productions on Oahu and 20% for productions on the Neighbor Islands. Expands the definition of qualified productions to include commercials and digital media productions. Prohibits qualification for both the production expenditure tax credit and the investment tax credit. Caps claims at $8,000,000 per production. (SD1)

MAT, WAM

     

ONLY WRITTEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED,

NO ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair