STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1523-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 116
                                     H.D. 1




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.C.R. No. 116 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING TOKYU CORPORATION,
     IN MAKING ITS DECISION TO SELL OR CLOSE SHIROKIYA DEPARTMENT
     STORES IN HAWAII, TO CONSIDER THE FORTY-YEAR HISTORY OF
     SHIROKIYA DEPARTMENT STORES IN HAWAII AND THE DEDICATED
     PATRONAGE OF HAWAII'S RESIDENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution, as received by
your Committee, is to request Tokyu Corporation, in making its
decision to sell or close Shirokiya Department stores in Hawaii,
to consider the forty-year history of Shirokiya Department stores
in Hawaii and the dedicated patronage of Hawaii's residents.

     For purposes of public hearing, your Committee circulated a
proposed H.D. 1 version of the concurrent resolution, which
requests the establishment of a task force to study and, where
appropriate, recommend legislation addressing the ownership of
biological materials.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism, Hawaii Technology Trade Association, Glaxo Wellcome
Inc., High Technology Development Corporation, and an individual
testified in support of the proposed H.D. 1 version.  Hawaii
Biotechnology Group, Inc., testified in opposition to the
proposed H.D. 1 version.


 
 
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     Your Committee has amended the concurrent resolution by
deleting its substance and incorporation the H.D. 1 version.
This measure was further amended by:

     (1)  Requesting the Governor's Special Advisor for
          Technology Development to establish an advisory council
          within the Office of the Governor to study legal,
          economic, and other issues relating to encouraging and
          attracting the development of public and private high
          technology bioscience research in the State;

     (2)  Changing its title to read:  "HOUSE CONCURRENT
          RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADVISORY
          COUNCIL TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO ENCOURAGING AND
          ATTRACTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH
          TECHNOLOGY BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH IN THE STATE"; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     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 concurs with the intent
and purpose of H.C.R. No. 116, as amended herein, and recommends
its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 116, H.D.
1.

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



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                                   ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair