STAND. COM. REP. NO. 90-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2441
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Business
Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2441 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the growth of
Hawaii's biotechnology industry by:

     (1)  Defining "biological materials";

     (2)  Providing for the recognition of biological materials
          as personal property; and

     (3)  Including biological materials under the Uniform Trades
          Secrets Act.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

     Your Committee recognizes that this bill creates property
rights in biological materials, thereby providing a legal basis
for the appropriate handling of claims to such property.

     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. 2441 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair