STAND. COM. REP. NO.  103

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 654

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, International Affairs & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 654 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enable Hawaii to collaborate with China toward mutual economic development by establishing a China-Hawaii Economic Council.

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, International Affairs & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 654 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development & Business.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, International Affairs & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair