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Rep. Gilbert Keith-Agaran

District 9: P'ia Spreckelsville Puunene Kahului WailukuVol. 3, Issue 2 Hawaii House of Representatives Feb. 2011

In This Issue: Opening Day

Aloha `Aina Earth Day

Bills, bills, bills

Photo Gallery

Meet the Staff

February 2011 Rep. Gilbert Keith -Agaran

Contact Us

Let us be of service to you. Please feel free to contact

us if you have any comments, concerns or ideas.

Address: Hawaii State Capitol

Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran

415 South Beretania St., Room 302

Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone: (808) 586-6210

Fax: (808) 586-6211

E-mail: repkeithagaran@capitol.hawaii.gov

Members of Baldwin High Schools stu-

dent council and Jr. ROTC, Community Work

Day and the Hawaii Lions Club District 50 took

part in volunteering at Mauis first Aloha `Aina

Earth Day on Jan. 15 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Aloha `Aina Earth Day was created to di-minish refuse, advocate recycling, and raise

funds for schools and various community or-

ganizations.

Caitlyn Inamasu, a student leader at

Baldwin High, requested the help when Ham-

merhead Metals Recycling held a grand open-

ing of its Maui facility. Baldwin High received

the proceeds from scrap metal and certain

other items collected.This event was held at Baldwin High

School and was sponsored by U.S. Rep Mazie K.

Hirono, Senate President Shan S. Tsutsui, Rep.

Gil Keith-Agaran, Mayor Alan Arakawa, and

Maui Council members Joe Pontanilla and Mike

Victorino.

During this event, volunteers collected

cardboard, newspapers, HI-5 containers, e-

waste (computers, ink jet and laser printers, faxmachines, etc.).

MAUI HOLDS FIRSTALOHA `AINA EARTH DAY

Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran stands with members of Baldwin

High Schools student council and Jr. ROTC during

Mauis first Aloha `Aina Day on Jan. 15th at Baldwin

A Message from Gil

Aloha Kkou,

Mahalo to those who com-pleted the our January online survey.

There is still time to complete it if you

have not already. Click here to take

our survey.

This Session, I have the privi-

lege of leading the House Judiciary

Committee, and with this honor

comes great responsibility.Because of this transition, my

office address will be slightly differ-

ent. My office number has changed

to room 302. The full address is lo-

cated on the bottom of this newslet-

ter.

The Judiciary Committee will be

focusing on issues covering our state

court system, criminal and civil laws,

as well as campaign and election

laws.

I am also serving on the Con-

sumer Protection & Commerce Com-

mittee which deals with issues such

as taxation, real estate, insurance,

mortgage foreclosures, public utili-ties, professional licenses, and con-

sumer issues.

Although this Session carries

with it a heavy load, I am buoyed by

the opportunity to improve and sup-

port Maui in my new role. Once

again, Im looking forward to workingwith you to strengthen and improve

the quality of life in our community.

Aloha and Mabuhay,

Gilbert Keith-Agaran

OPENING DAY

Meet the Staff

(From left to right) Committee clerk Max

Bauval, office manager Ann Takaki and

legislative aides Nicole Kato and SusanWong.

The staff of Rep.

Keith-Agaran islooking forward

to serving the

District 9 com-

munity this Ses-

sion

PHOTO GALLERY: WORKING AT THE STATE CAPITOL

Beautiful flower arrangements and leis colored

the floor of the State House chamber on the morning

of Jan. 19 during the 26th

Legislatures opening day.

Democrats voted unanimously for Calvin Say as

Speaker of the House

Mr. Kamaki Kanahele, the director of the Native

Hawaiian Traditional Healing Center, provided an ecu-

menical invocation, which described the challenges

facing the state.

The $800M projected budget deficit permeated

the air, and Democratic Rep. Blake Oshiro provided his

insights on how the legislature should approach this

issue: being statesmen.

Rep. Oshiro stated that only the tourism industry

and construction can no longer be relied upon to bring

in income and supply jobs.

He urged that Hawaii needs to ensure its college

graduates get to stay home and make a good life for

themselves here in the islands.

Oshiro went on to say that as Hawaiis represen-

tatives, they need to be just and guided by truth and

reason, and these things will be their constant guide-

posts as they navigate through this coming Session.

In contrast to the start of the last session, enter-

tainment added a celebratory mood.

As Sean Naauao and Friends performed

Mustang Sally as an encore, Gov. Neil Abercrombie

jumped to his feet and pumped his fists during the

chorus to sing: Ride, Sally, ride.

The Moanalua String Ensemble under the direc-

tion of Mr. Elden Seta performed beautiful classical

pieces, as well as newer arrangements such as IDreamed a Dream from the musical Les Miserables

and Somewhere Out There from the Disney movie

An American Tail.

Overall, there was a call for unity as this Session

takes on the projected budget deficit and other priority

issues.

This Session is scheduled to end on Thursday,

May 5th.

Copier cartridges, cellular phones, telephone

books, all kinds of batteries, cooking oil, gently

used clothing and other households items such as

books, used eyeglasses and hearing aids were

also collected.

During the day people could also bring 3 in-

candescent bulbs to trade in for 3 CFL bulbs. Vol-

unteers also shredded personal documents and

collected food for the Maui Food Bank.

The organizers of this event hope to hold

similar events throughout Maui during the year,

and they invite the participation of other schoolsinterested in hosting the event.

(TOP) Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran with former governor Ben

Cayetano and wife, Vicky, after the Opening Day ceremony on

Wednesday, Jan. 19th.

(RIGHT) Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran stands with fellow Represen-

tatives while being sworn into office on Jan. 19th in the House

Chamber.

Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran with Sanda Bembeyeva. Bem-

beyeva is an exchange student from Russia and is cur-

rently attending King Kekaulike High School inMakawao, Maui. She shadowed Rep. Keith-Agaran, on

Jan. 21st during her Future Leaders exchange program.

Sanda Bembeyeva accompanied Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran

during the Finance committee hearing. Bembeyeva wasexcited to shadow Rep. Keith-Agaran to learn more

about the legislative process.

(From left to right) Attorneys and re-

searchers with the Committee on Judici-

ary: Jimmy Nelson, Jim Miura, Roy Ya-nagihara, and Jessie Faige.

We have a new

mailing address!

BILLS, BILLS, BILLS

HB456

HB459

HB461

HB872

HB1613

HB454

Solar Energy & Agricultural Lands

Marine Life & Conservation Districts

Aquarium Aquatic Life & DLNR

Noncandidate Committees, Campaign

Contributions, & ExpenditureReports

Military & Overseas Voters Act

Permanent Absentee Voting & Voter

Registration

Requires an application to register to vote in person or by mail-in

to include a request for permanent absentee ballot. Removes

time limit on requesting an absentee or permanent absentee

ballot, but not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day prior to

the election.

Adds new requirements regarding non-candidate committee

registration and requires non-candidate committees to file

late expenditures reports under certain circumstances. Re-

quires non-candidate committees to make additional disclo-sures within their non-candidate committee reports.

Enacts Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act to ensure

ability of members of the military and other eligible voters

who are overseas to participate in all elections for federal,

state, and local offices. Authorizes ballots and b allotting ma-

terials to be transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail.

Enhances the regulation of aquarium aquatic life collection in

the State by requiring DLNR to develop a list of aquatic species

that may be collected or sold for aquarium purposes.

Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)

to designate not less than 5 percent of the shoreline on each

Hawaiian island as a marine life conservation.

Authorizes the use of solar energy facilities on class C and B ag-

ricultural land and requires those solar energy facilities to pro-

vide for the energy requirements via a renewable energy source

for the agricultural operations on the land it is established on.

For more information on other measures introduced and other various material CLICK HERE

Bills introduced during the 2011 Session

Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran meets with friends from Maui

after Opening Day: (from left to right) "Stevie" Gayle

Stephens, Helen Nielsen, Deirdre Tegarden, JonathanStarr, and Piero Resta.

Maui Economic Opportunity board members and staff

pictured with Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran and his mother(white lei) after Opening Day.

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