STAND. COM. REP. 285

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 151

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 151 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED, COMMUNITY-BASED CENTER IN WAIALUA TOWN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make an appropriation to study the feasibility and need for, as well as to develop and implement, a plan for establishing a technology-focused, community-based center in Waialua Town, including the purchase of computers, telecommunications, and network systems necessary for the operation of the center.

This measure also requires the High Technology Development Corporation to:

(1) Establish a task force to study the feasibility of establishing and developing the center;

(2) Work with the task force in addressing the use of existing and planned high technology facilities within Waialua Town and the Waialua District;

(2) Work with the task force in recommending facility and system improvements, enhancements, and new installments; and

(3) Report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature before the convening of the Regular Session of 2004.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., supported this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Replacing the appropriation amount of $100,000 with a blank amount to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 151, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 151, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns,

 

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BRIAN SCHATZ, Chair