HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2243 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to THE HUI ‘IMI ADVISORY COUNCIL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that small business plays an important role in Hawaii's economy. According to the 2017 Hawaii Small Business Profile, in 2014, small businesses created about seven thousand new jobs and employed about fifty-two per cent of the private workforce. Further, the desire for self-reliance; self-determination; a healthy environment; and an increased social, physical, and economic well-being for individuals and families in Hawaii requires the creation of new jobs, most of which will be provided by the small business community.
The legislature also finds that Hawaiian-owned small businesses are underrepresented in both Hawaii and the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau's 2012 survey of business owners, only nine one hundredths of one per cent of all businesses in the United States were by Hawaiians, with more than half of these businesses located in Hawaii. Moreover, the 2012 survey revealed that Hawaiian-owned businesses accounted for only eleven per cent of total businesses in Hawaii.
The legislature further finds that Act 376, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, reauthorized the Hui ‘Imi task force as the Hui ‘Imi advisory council to, among other things, produce a report to the legislature and the governor to examine numerous issues facing the Hawaiian community and provide recommendations. In its report to the twenty-second legislature of Hawaii, the council recommended that the "State should continue to support the creating and expansion of Hawaiian small businesses." The legislature recognizes the importance to both the State and the Hawaiian community for continued state support for the expansion of the Hawaiian small business community. The legislature notes that, unfortunately, the Hui ‘Imi advisory council is no longer active.
Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to reconvene and repurpose the Hui ‘Imi advisory council and require the advisory council to conduct a study on the present state of Hawaiian small business in Hawaii and to annually submit a report of its findings to the legislature.
SECTION 2. Section 10-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§10-18[]] Hui ‘Imi
advisory council. (a) There
is established a Hui ‘Imi advisory council, to be placed within the office of
Hawaiian affairs for administrative purposes only. The advisory council shall consist of
representatives from the following:
(1) Office of Hawaiian affairs;
(2) Department of education;
(3) Department of Hawaiian home lands;
(4) Department of health;
(5) Department of human services;
(6) Department of business, economic development, and tourism;
(7) Department of land and natural resources;
(8) University of Hawaii;
(9) House of representatives standing committee with primary jurisdiction over Hawaiian affairs; and
(10) Senate standing
committee with primary jurisdiction over Hawaiian affairs[;
(11) Alu Like, Inc.;
(12) The Association
of Hawaiian Civic Clubs;
(13) E Ola Mau;
(14) The Kamehameha
Schools;
(15) The Lunalilo
Home;
(16) The Native
Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum;]
(17) The Native
Hawaiian Legal Corporation;
(18) Papa Ola
Lokahi;
(19) The Queen Liliuokalani
Children's Center;
(20) Council for
Native Hawaiian Advancement; and
(21) Any other
agency, organization, or entity that expresses interest to participate in
fulfilling the advisory council's mandate].
(b)
The advisory council shall make a good faith effort to include as
members other public and private agencies, organizations, or entities that
express interest in fulfilling the advisory council's mandate[.],
including but not limited to the following:
(1) Alu Like, Inc.;
(2) The Association
of Hawaiian Civic Clubs;
(3) The Kamehameha
Schools;
(4) The Lunalilo
Home;
(5) The Native
Hawaiian Legal Corporation;
(6) Papa Ola
Lokahi;
(7) The Queen
Liliuokalani Children's Center; and
(8) Council for Native
Hawaiian Advancement.
[(b)] (c) Each member shall be appointed by the
director or other chief executive of the member's organization within
forty-five days [following] after July 1, [2003.] 2018. The advisory council members shall select a
chairperson and establish procedural rules for its internal
administration. The rules shall be
exempt from the public notice and hearing provisions of chapter 91. Administrative expenses of the advisory
council, such as photocopying, postage, stationery, and office supplies
incidental to the performance of members' duties [may] shall be
reimbursed [out of appropriations made to the advisory council,] by
the office, but members of the advisory council shall otherwise serve
without compensation and without reimbursement for travel expenses.
[(c)] (d) The Hui ‘Imi advisory council shall:
(1) Serve as a liaison between public and private entities serving the Hawaiian community in the planning and development of collaborative public and private endeavors;
(2) Investigate [the]
issues [described in the Hui ‘Imi task force report volumes I and II and
such other issues affecting Hawaiians as the advisory council shall designate;
and] affecting the Hawaiian small business community, including the
following:
(A) The
use of Hawaiian small business incubators and accelerators to encourage the
development of new businesses and foster economic development by diversifying
the local economic base, enhancing Hawaii's image as a center of innovation and
entrepreneurship, increasing employment opportunities in the State, and
encouraging greater use of public-private partnerships;
(B) The
use of one-stop permitting and financial assistance centers to help Hawaiian
small business owners and prospective entrepreneurs comply with the various
licenses and permits necessary to operate a business and to provide referrals
to businesses needing information on eligibility for federal, state, and county
financial assistance programs;
(C) The
use of Hawaiian small business incentive programs and Hawaiian small business
development centers to stimulate growth; provide marketing, accounting, and
economic analysis services to Hawaiian-owned small businesses that would
otherwise not be able to afford assistance in these areas; more efficiently
link existing business assistance organizations; and create new types of
services where those services are needed;
(D) Entrepreneurship
education at the post-secondary levels utilizing the expertise of the private
sector to develop appropriate curriculum;
(E) Identification
of the federal and state government policies that specifically relate to
Hawaiian small business, including permit procedures and fees, payroll costs,
and tax and labor issues; and
(F) The
use of grants awarded pursuant to section 10‑17, to benefit the Hawaiian
small business community; and
(3) Submit [a] an
annual report of its findings and recommendations[, which report shall
include an action plan for the implementation of the Hui ‘Imi task force report
volumes I and II, with a view toward incorporating the action plan into the
state general plan. The report shall be
submitted to the governor and the legislature no later than twenty days prior
to the convening of the regular session of 2005.], including any
proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
convening of each regular session.
(e)
In conducting the study, the advisory council shall consult with the
department of business, economic development, and tourism and its attached
agencies, the small business regulatory review board, the office of Hawaiian
affairs, and any other interested parties representing or assisting Hawaiian small
businesses.
(f)
The office of Hawaiian affairs shall provide administrative support to
the advisory council."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY: |
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Report Title:
Small Business; Study; Hui ‘Imi Advisory Council; OHA; Economic Development
Description:
Reconvenes and repurposes the Hui ‘Imi advisory council and requires the advisory council to conduct a study on the state of Hawaiian small business in Hawaii and to submit a report of its findings to the legislature.
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