STAND. COM. REP. NO. 706-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2191
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2191 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to remove provisions that prevent certain types of telecommunication service providers from being designated as a qualified business under the Enterprise Zone (EZ) Program by:
(1) Amending the definition of "telecommunication services" to include consumer services;
(2) Specifying that a qualified service does not have to be sold within the EZ but shall originate or be processed within the EZ; and
(3) Clarifying that a qualified service does not have to deliver services in the same EZ they are sold in.
Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc., testified in support of this measure. 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 bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, for the purpose of continued discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2191, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2191, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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