July 7, 2010
Governor Lingle vetoes 32 bills
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The civil unions bill may have gotten the most attention, but the governor also vetoed a number of other measures Tuesday.
The bills were vetoed due to various factors including significant negative impacts on the public, legal or constitutional concerns, potential unintended consequences, or technical flaws in the legislation.
"After carefully reviewing each of these bills and weighing the considerable amount of input that we received from the public, I made the decision to not allow these measures to become law," said Governor Lingle. "Although the Legislature passed bills they believe are important, I have the final responsibility to ensure that any new law is constitutional, fiscally responsible and in the best interest of the state."
On June 21, the Governor submitted to the Legislature a list of 39 bills she was considering vetoing.
Of the 39 bills on the Governor's potential veto list, three bills had been vetoed earlier. SB2001 would have retroactively eliminated previously promised high technology investment tax credits. HB1907 would have resulted in tax increases totaling more than $140 million over the next five years and discouraged charitable contributions. HB415 would have required an expensive and unnecessary audit of the Department of Public Safety.
She also signed HB1015 (Act 187), which affirms that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands may initiate housing and other projects prior to having the full funds for the project available and allows the Department to extend existing commercial land leases for up to an additional 20 years.
Seven other bills that had been on the potential veto list were allowed to become law without her signature.
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HB2239 SD2 CD1
Veto Date: July 6, 2010
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.
Increases the cost of dietary supplements and impacts consumers purchasing healthy beverages by repealing the exemption such supplements currently have from the Hawai‘i Deposit Beverage Container Recycling Program.
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