HB1361

Hawaii HB1361 establishes a fee waiver program for new small businesses to encourage entrepreneurship.

Hawaii HB1361 creates a small business fee waiver program to reduce the cost of starting a new business in the state. The program waives initial business registration filing fees, trade name, trademark, and service mark registration fees for eligible applicants. To qualify, applicants must be registering a new business entity in the state for the first time, be classified as a small business, and provide an affidavit attesting they are not currently or have not previously registered as the owner of a small business in the state.