HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS

Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Chair

Rep. Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair

Rep. Felipe P. Abinsay, Jr.	Rep. Clift Tsuji
Rep. Jerry L. Chang	Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita
Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu	Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching
Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay	Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Thursday, February 3, 2005
TIME:	8:30 A.M.
PLACE:	Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D A G E N D A

The following bill is REMOVED from the previously announced agenda.

HB 603	RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Allows farmers who suffer economic losses from force majeure events to drop out of the Enterprise Zone (EZ) program for the period of the loss and gain a month-for -month extension of their overall 84-month eligibility. Clarifies the definition of a "full-time employee" includes leased employees and employees under a joint employer relationship. Specifies that tax credits taken in the EZ program cannot be duplicated in other tax incentive programs.	EDB/AGR, FIN

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		________________________________________ Rep. Robert N. Herkes Chair