STAND. COM. REP. NO.2552

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2412

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2412 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Small Business Development Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to increase their staffing throughout the State and to meet other expenses.

Your Committee finds that the increased staffing for business consulting is necessary to sustain the survival and growth of small businesses in the State. Your Committee further finds that a significant portion of small business owners in the State believe that their lack of knowledge in operating a business negatively impacts their business. The increased staffing under this measure will thus facilitate knowledge transfer.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriations to blank amounts and by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2412, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2412, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair