Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1740 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to expand coverage of the enterprise zone law by adding health care providers to the list of clients that are served by call centers in an enterprise zone.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by a representative from Kapolei Property Development and American Healthways. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this bill. The Department of Taxation offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

Your Committee believes that these amendments reflect a more clearly defined and concise description of the services that are to be covered under the enterprise zone law.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1740, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1740, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.