Bill Text: HI SR55 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Joint Legislative Work Group; Film/Creative Media; Defense/Dual-Use Industries

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-30 - (S) Report adopted, referred to WAM. [SR55 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SR55-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2926

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 55

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.R. No. 55 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION CONVENING A JOINT LEGISLATIVE WORK GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCENTIVES TO ASSIST FILM AND CREATIVE MEDIA AND DEFENSE AND DUAL-USE INDUSTRIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to convene a Joint Legislative Work Group during the interim of 2010 to study and develop recommendations for practical incentives to support expansion of the film and creative media and defense and dual-use industries in 2010 and succeeding decades.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; and Local 665, International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE).

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that these industries are critically important to Hawaii's economic recovery, and recent departmental staffing and budget cuts, as well as pending and proposed changes to tax credits that have enabled these industries to grow, will have a severe impact on the health of many Hawaii businesses.  Through the public-private sector collaboration of this Work Group, new incentives and solutions can be developed for the benefit of all concerned.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 55 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

 

		____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair