HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1625
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

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 "eligible business activity" to read:

""Eligible business activity" means the:

(1) Manufacture of tangible personal property, the wholesale sale of tangible personal property as described in section 237-4, or a service business as defined in this section;

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

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

(4) Production of electric power from wind energy for sale primarily to a public utility company for resale to the public; or

(5) Private practice of medicine;

provided that medical cannabis dispensary activities pursuant to chapter 329D shall not be considered an eligible business activity for the purposes of this chapter."

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Enterprise Zones; Eligible Business Activity; Practice of Medicine

Description:

Expands the scope of state enterprise law by amending the definition of "eligible business activity" to include the private practice of medicine.

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