Bill Text: HI SB709 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Agriculture; Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund; Corporation Funds

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB709 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB709-Amended.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

709

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 163D-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

     "(e)  The corporation shall not make investments in qualified securities issued by an enterprise in excess of the following limits:

     (1)  Not more than [$500,000] $         shall be invested in the securities of any one enterprise, except that more than a total of [$500,000] $         may be invested in the securities of any one enterprise, if the corporation finds, after its initial investment, that additional investments in that enterprise are required to protect the initial investment of the corporation, and the other findings set forth in subsections (d) and (e) are made as to the additional investment;

     (2)  The corporation shall not own securities representing more than forty-nine per cent of the voting stock of any one enterprise at the time of purchase by the corporation after giving effect to the conversion of all outstanding convertible securities of the enterprise, except that in the event of severe financial difficulty of the enterprise, threatening the investment of the corporation in the enterprise, a greater percentage of those securities may be owned by the corporation; and

     (3)  Not more than fifty per cent of the assets of the corporation shall be invested in direct investments at any time."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.


 


 

Report Title:

Agriculture; Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund; Corporation Funds

 

Description:

Increases the agribusiness development corporation's limit on investments in qualified securities of any one enterprise.  Effective 07/01/2050.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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