CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.156-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2985

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2985, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to provide a qualified improvement tax credit for the costs of capital improvements made to federally qualified health centers.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the definitions of "construction costs", "equipment", "net income liability", and taxpayer";

 

(2) Inserting a definition of "qualified equipment" to mean costs related to equipment used for medical services or medical record-keeping that has a useful life of more than one year and costs more than $50,000;

(3) Modifying the definition of "qualified facility" to mean a building or structure owned or leased by a federally qualified health center;

(4) Modifying the definition of "qualified improvement costs" to mean costs of capitalized interest expense for construction or alteration of permanent structures, including equipment;

(5) Clarifying that the minimum costs upon which a tax credit may be claimed is $300,000 in a taxable year, and total tax credits shall not exceed $9,000,000 over the 10-year taxable period in which the credit may be claimed;

(6) Clarifying that the amount of the qualified tax credit shall be equal to ten percent of the costs incurred in a taxable year;

(7) Deleting provisions allowing for refunds for tax-exempt entities and allowing alternative calculations and allocations for other than tax-exempt entities and corporations;

(8) Deleting provision allowing claims against net income tax liability or tax liability under Chapter 237, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(9) Deleting provision allowing the Director of Taxation to require tax reporting and alternative methods to determine the tax credit;

(10) Deleting provision allowing the Director of Taxation to adopt rules to implement this tax credit;

(11) Deleting the provision exempting state-funded projects from qualifying for the credit; and

(12) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.

 

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2985, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2985, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair

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DAVID M. MATSUURA, Chair

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Co-Chair

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair