HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Rep. Daniel Holt, Chair |
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Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick |
Rep. Sean Quinlan |
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Rep. Sam Satoru Kong |
Rep. Elijah Pierick |
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Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 10, 2023 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 423 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO THE FUEL TAX. Suspends the state fuel tax for the period of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
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ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT. Changes the total amount of motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credits allowed per year from $50,000,000 to an unspecified amount.
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RELATING TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PLANNING ORGANIZATION. Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization. Designates the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization as the district organization for purposes of implementing the United States Economic Development Administration-approved comprehensive economic development strategy. Establishes positions. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO TAXES. Requires productions to provide evidence of reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable requirements to qualify for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Requires taxpayers be given notice and an opportunity to cure requirements for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit.
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RELATING TO BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS. Adds a new chapter to the HRS to establish a system of regulatory controls for shopping carts and similar devices to prevent unauthorized removal from business establishments; provide for prompt retrieval when lost, stolen, or abandoned; require business owners to take certain specified actions to deter, prevent, or mitigate the removal of these devices from their premises and to retrieve any removed devices; and to prevent the continued possession of unlawfully removed shopping carts and similar devices and the accumulation of these devices on publicly or privately owned property.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Increases the cap for awards to assist businesses applying for the Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Program. Adds purchasing of renewable energy systems as an eligible expense and clarifies that training on both new and existing manufacturing equipment is an eligible expense for the Manufacturing Development Grant Program.
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________________________________________ Rep. Daniel Holt Chair |
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