Film Bill Hearings Thursday & Friday

Are your testimonies ready? I told you the hearings would be coming fast down the pipeline. There's a Senate hearing this Thursday, 2/2, and two House hearings this Friday, 2/3, on the bills below. Note that the bills will be voted on, so make sure to officially log your opinions of them via testimony before their fates are decided.

1. Senate MAT Hearing on:

• SB2384 (20% investment tax credit buy-back program)
• SB2570 (15-20% refundable production tax credit)
• SB2740 (right of publicity for celebrities)

Date: Thursday, Feb 2, 2006
Time: 1:15pm
Place: Conference Room 225, State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania St.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY:
By tomorrow, Wed, 2/1, at 1:15pm, submit your testimony using only one of the following methods:

1. Hand deliver 20 3-hole punched copies to the MAT committee clerk, Room 216, State Capitol

2. Fax (if less than 5 pages) to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands). When faxing, please include the following information:
* Submitting to: Senate MAT committee clerk, Rm 216
* Hearing Date/Time: Thursday, 2/2, 1:15pm
* Required Copies for Submission: 20

See the full hearing notice. For more information, please call the MAT committee clerk at 586-6673.


2. House EDB-TAC Hearing on:

• HB2421 (20% investment tax credit buy-back program)

Date: Friday, Feb 3, 2006
Time: 8:30am
Place: Conference Room 325, State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania St.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY:
By Thursday, 2/3 at 8:30am, submit your testimony using only one of the following methods:

1. Hand deliver 40 copies to the EDB committee vice chair's office in Room 316, State Capitol or to the House Sergeant-at-Arms Testimony Drop-Off Box in the Turnaround Ares of the Capitol Basement Parking Lot.

2. Fax (if less than 5 pages) to the House Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6501 or 1-800-535-3859 (toll free for neighbor islands). When faxing, please include the following information:
* Submitting to: EDB committee clerk, Rm 316
* Hearing Date/Time: Friday, 2/3, 8:30am
* Required Copies for Submission: 40

See the full hearing notice. For more information, please call the EDB committee clerk at 586-8490.

3. House TAC Hearing on:

• HB3080 (15-20% refundable production tax credit)

Date: Friday, Feb 3, 2006
Time: 8:45am
Place: Conference Room 325, State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania St.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY:
By Thursday, 2/3 at 8:45am, submit your testimony using only one of the following methods:

1. Hand deliver 35 copies to the TAC committee vice chair's office in Room 442, State Capitol or to the House Sergeant-at-Arms Testimony Drop-Off Box in the Turnaround Ares of the Capitol Basement Parking Lot.

2. Fax (if less than 5 pages) to the House Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6501 or 1-800-535-3859 (toll free for neighbor islands). When faxing, please include the following information:
* Submitting to: TAC committee clerk, Rm 442
* Hearing Date/Time: Friday, 2/3, 8:45am
* Required Copies for Submission: 35

See the full hearing notice. For more information, please call the TAC committee clerk at 586-6120.