STAND. COM. REP. NO.  394-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2243

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2243 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HUI ‘IMI ADVISORY COUNCIL,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote small business in Hawaii, particularly Hawaiian-owned small businesses, by reconvening and repurposing the Hui Imi Advisory Council.  The Council, originally established to examine numerous issues facing the Hawaiian community, is required 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.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The State Procurement Office and Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2243, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2243, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

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KANIELA ING, Chair

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair