STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1229

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1721

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A STATE CULTURAL PUBLIC MARKET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote cultural awareness and stimulate business and commercial activities, particularly for local farmers, businesses, manufacturers, artists, and entertainers by establishing a permanent cultural public market on at least ten acres of state-owned land in the Kakaako Makai area of the Kakaako community development district in the City and County of Honolulu.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this bill. The Department to Business, Economic Development & Tourism and Hawaii Community Development Authority supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,

consistency, and style.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair