THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND HOUSING

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Sam Slom, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, February 10, 2014

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 16

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2079

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURES, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Requires film productions to comply with federal, state, and county laws in order to be eligible for the motion pictures, digital media, and film production income tax credit.  Requires the Hawaii film office to work with the appropriate state or county agency if a film production takes place on state or county property.  Prohibits unscripted or reality television programming from qualifying for the tax credit.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2277

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Requires a state agency that is required to report to the legislature to provide written notice to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives in cases where it cannot meet the reporting deadline.  Allows the legislature to reduce a state agency's budget in cases where an appropriation was made to assist it with the report and the state agency fails to submit the report to the legislature by the deadline or fails to provide proper notice that the state agency cannot meet the reporting deadline.  Requires state agencies to provide the legislature with a detailed list of any and all reports due one week prior to the reports' due date.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2322

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TAX CREDIT.

Creates a capital infrastructure tax credit for tenants who are displaced by the Kapalama container terminal project.  Allows banks and other financial corporations the ability to claim the capital infrastructure tax credit.  Allows allocations of the capital infrastructure tax credit to a partner under a partnership agreement even if the allocation has a substantial economic effect.  Renews the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit through 2019.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2510

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO URBAN WATER CONSERVATION.

Establishes a four-year pilot program requiring DAGS to implement irrigation water conservation best management practices, as established by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii and report to the Legislature.  Makes an appropriation.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2558

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Allows state agencies and departments to rent or lease underused property or facilities to private partners and collect rent through in-kind services or cash.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2751

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CONCESSIONS.

Exempts the operation of concessions for wireless and communication services and for advertising from the public concession bidding process.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2776

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Requires the board of directors of the high technology development corporation to create a film and media park.  Designates certain properties to be included in the park. 

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2799

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation Board of Directors to set the salary of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation Executive Director.

 

EGH, WAM

SB 2928

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Requires the HCDA to assign at least 3 members, but less than the number of members that would constitute a quorum, to attend every scheduled public input session.

 

EGH, JDL

SB 3082

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who incur certain expenses for manufacturing products in Hawaii.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2014.  Sunset 01/01/2023.

 

EGH, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing.

 

Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

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.

 

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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair