Report Title:

Enterprise Zones; Commercial Aviation Training

Description:

Adds businesses engaged in advanced flight simulator training for pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, or air traffic controllers to the definition of "qualified business" under the state enterprise zone law.  (SB1299 HD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1299
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ADVANCED FLIGHT SIMULATOR TRAINING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 209E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "qualified business" to read as follows:

""Qualified business" means any corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship authorized to do business in the [State] state that is qualified under section 209E-9, subject to the state corporate or individual income tax under chapter 235, and is:

     (1)  Engaged in manufacturing, the wholesale sale of tangible personal property as defined in section 237‑4, or a service business as defined in this chapter;

     (2)  Engaged in producing agricultural products where the business is a producer as defined in section 237-5, or engaged in processing agricultural products, all or some of which were grown within an enterprise zone;

     (3)  Engaged in research, development, sale, or production of all types of genetically-engineered medical, agricultural, or maritime biotechnology products; [or]

     (4)  Engaged in producing electric power from wind energy for sale primarily to a public utility company for resale to the public[.]; or

(5) Engaged in advanced flight simulator training for pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, or air traffic controllers."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2112.