STAND. COM. REP. NO.  459

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 553

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 553, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL ENTERPRISE ZONES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to encourage the establishment of modern medical and research facilities and attract highly skilled medical, research, and health care professionals through various tax incentives by establishing a medical enterprise zone program, including a pilot medical enterprise zone in West Maui. 

     The Department of Health, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 553, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 553, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair