STAND. COM. REP. NO. 261-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2859
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 International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2859 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN FACILITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to establish a working group to study the feasibility of an international equestrian facility in Hawaii.
Dillingham Ranch, Kualoa Ranch, and several private individuals supported this measure. Another individual submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying the composition of the working group and authorizing the Hawaii Tourism Authority to convene the working group;
(2) Deleting the appropriations section of the bill;
(3) Changing the effective date to upon approval; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committee finds that this bill supports the equestrian industry in Hawaii and notes that it would not create a new industry, but rather, it would restore and promote a tradition that once flourished under the Hawaiian monarchy.
Your Committee also notes that an issue raised during the hearing was whether this bill is a gambling initiative. Your Committee wishes to make clear that this bill does not involve gambling, nor is it a gambling proposal.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2859, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2859,
H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on International Affairs,
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____________________________ HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair |
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