STAND. COM. REP. NO. 585-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2840

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2840 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENHANCING ECONOMIC DIVERSITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to find alternative ways to diversify Hawaii's economy by appropriating $100,000 to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to further study the feasibility of developing a technical park at Kalaeloa, Oahu.

HCDA testified in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Replacing the appropriation of $100,000 with a blank amount to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2840, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2840, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair