THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAXATION

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008

DATE:	Tuesday, March 18, 2008
TIME:	1:15 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Tuesday, March 11, 2008)

HB 2395, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Hawaii Innovation Development Corporation to promote the development and exploitation of innovations and inventions that have direct economic benefits for Hawaii.  (HB2395 HD1)	EDT, WAM
HB 2736, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS BILL OF RIGHTS. Establishes the Small Business Bill of Rights.  Requires the Ombudsman to investigate complaints of violations of the Small Business Bill of Rights.  (HB2736 HD1)	EDT, JDL/CPH
HB 2781, HD2 Testimony	RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Requires an agency to include, in its Small Business Impact Statement, information comparing the costs and benefits of a proposed rule to those of the comparable or related federal, state, or county law, to justify the proposed higher standard.  Requires an agency to periodically identify and justify existing rules that impose those higher standards.  (HB2781 HD2)	EDT, JDL/WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

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