STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1286

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   H.B. No. 895

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 895, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM STATE BUDGET,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) for its operating budget for each year of fiscal biennium 2019-2021.

 

     The Land Use Commission supported this measure.  The Hawaii Community Development Authority and Office of Planning provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 895, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 895, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair