Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Economic Development and Science, Arts, and Technology, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 39 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist Hawaii filmmakers in exporting their products out-of-state and to do all things necessary to promote locally made films.

Testimony supporting this measure was received from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT).

Your Committees find that Hawaii has a thriving film industry. Drawing from Hawaii's unique culture, the film industry produces films of a unique character that relate to audiences from all backgrounds. However, Hawaii's films tend to not receive adequate exposure on the mainland and foreign countries due to the lack of funding for national and international promotion and marketing.

Your Committees recognize that the promotional activities of the Film Industry Branch of DBEDT are limited by its budget. Therefore, your Committees have amended this measure by recasting its purpose to entail requesting DBEDT to identify alternative funding sources to advertise, promote, support, and market the local film industry and requesting DBEDT to submit a report pursuant to this measure, as amended, by the 2004 Regular Session.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development and Science, Arts, and Technology that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 39, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 39, S.D. 1.