THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair
Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012

DATE:

Monday, March 19, 2012

TIME:

1:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

HB2338 HD2
(HSCR862-12)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRY.
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to lease public lands for purposes of developing creative media production and post-production facilities by negotiation, without public auction.  Effective July 1, 2020.  (HB2338 HD2)

EDT/WLH, WAM

SCR57
Status and Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.


EDT, WAM

HB2267 HD1
(HSCR895-12)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST CLEARCOM, INC., IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE IN HAWAII.
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Clearcom, Inc., or a partnership headed by Clearcom, Inc., with planning, permitting, designing, constructing, equipping, and operating broadband infrastructure throughout the State.  Effective July 1, 2112.  (HB2267 HD1)

EDT, WAM
[Measure added on 3/16/2012]

HB1868 HD1
(HSCR59-12)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
Limits to retail basic exchange services the services for which a telecommunications carrier must obtain approval from the Public Utilities Commission to charge a rate higher than the filed tariff rate. (HB1868 HD1)

EDT, CPN
[Measure added on 3/16/2012]

HB2869 HD2
(HSCR841-12)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE ECONOMY.
Extends the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit to January 1, 2025 from January 1, 2016.  Raises the qualified production tax credit ceiling to $        from $8,000,000.  Separates the calculation of the credit amount based on wages and salaries from the credit amount based on other qualified production costs.  Provides different credit amounts based on residence within the counties for the wages and salaries paid to all cast, crew, and musicians of the qualified production, plus an additional unspecified per cent credit amount on wages and salaries of cast, crew, and musicians who are state residents.  Effective July 1, 2030.  (HB2869 HD2)

EDT, WAM
[Measure added on 3/16/2012]

HB2295 HD1
(HSCR677-12)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO CYBERBULLYING.
Establishes the offense of harassment by cyberbullying.  Defines "digital nuisance". Amends the offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime to include harassment by cyberbullying. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB2295 HD1)

EDT, JDL
[Measure added on 3/16/2012]

HB1788 HD1
(HSCR676-12)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO COMPUTER CRIME.
Adds new definitions to computer crime.  Creates a third degree of computer fraud, and incorporates the element of phishing and spyware into all computer fraud offenses and unauthorized computer access offenses.  Effective January 7, 2059.  (HB1788 HD1)

EDT, JDL
[Measure added on 3/16/2012]

No testimony will be accepted.

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

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