THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Colleen Hanabusa, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2002

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Wednesday, April 3, 2002

HB 2165

HD1, SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes standards for braille instruction. Requires teachers of blind and visually impaired to be certified under standards established by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Requires materials to be provided in a computer-accessible format capable of braille reproduction.

EDU/LBR, WAM

HB 2570

HD1

(HSCR605-02)

RELATING TO THE CAPITAL GOODS EXCISE TAX CREDIT.

Expands the GET credit for businesses by allowing the credit for canned software to promote the donation of computer equipment by removing the recapture provision; amends the definition of cost to exclude the actual invoice price of the tangible personal property; establishes the tax credit as four percent of the cost of eligible depreciable tangible personal property; deletes references to the county general excise and use tax surcharge.

WAM

 

No testimony will be accepted.

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