THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010

DATE:	Wednesday, February 10, 2010
TIME:	1:30 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB 2625 Testimony Status	RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES. Beginning July 1, 2010, requires the auditor to conduct at least every two years a management and financial audit of the department of business, economic development, and tourism out-of-state offices; requires reports to the legislature; repeals exemption from audit and accounting requirements for out-of-state offices.	EDT, WAM
SB 2743 Testimony Status	RELATING TO THE HAWAII SPORTS COMMISSION. Enhances Hawaii's economy by establishing a Hawaii Sports Commission and attaching it to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to attract, develop, and promote sports and sporting events.	EDT, WAM [Measure added 02-05-10]
SB 2543 Testimony Status	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Establishes an office of telework promotion and broadband assistance and a broadband advisory council; establishes a work group to develop procedures for streamlined permitting functions applicable to development of broadband services or technology; requires all state agencies to report annually to the legislature on expenditures of federal moneys for broadband facilities, services, equipment, or contracts.	EDT, WAM [Measure added 02-08-10]
SB 2355 Testimony Status	RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA. Establishes digital media enterprise subzones as unspecified geographic areas surrounding University of Hawaii campuses that are also designated as enterprise zones; establishes tax benefits for digital media infrastructure development and operation and local workforce employment; authorizes insurance companies to invest in qualified digital media infrastructure projects in lieu of pay certain state taxes; renames and amends the Hawaii television and film development special fund to the Hawaii film office special fund; sunsets on 6/30/2020.	EDT/HRE, WAM [Measure added 02-08-10

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6890.