STAND. COM. REP. NO.  192

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1868

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1868 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support the Academy for Creative Media (Academy) at the University of Hawaii (UH) in becoming a premiere digital media enterprise that will help build the creative media industry in Hawaii.  Specifically, this bill appropriates funds and creates financial incentives for a permanent facility to house digital equipment and media, classrooms, production laboratories, and related facilities for the Academy.

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Department of Taxation, and UH at Manoa testified in support of the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Stipulating that no funds shall be expended for the            permanent facility if UH's capital improvement project        request for state funding for either a centennial            classroom building or a new UH College of Education              building is approved;

 

     (2)  Further stipulating that UH shall accommodate the              planning, design, and construction of a permanent              facility for the Academy in conjunction with either the        centennial classroom building project or the new UH           College of Education building project; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1868, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1868, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Tourism & Culture.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair