Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to promote cultural awareness and stimulate business and commercial activities, particularly for local farmers, businesses, manufacturers, artists, and entertainers, by establishing a permanent state cultural public market on at least ten acres of state-owned land within the Kakaako Makai area of the Kakaako Community Development District.

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation and a concerned individual supported this bill. The ARTS at Marks Garage opposed this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Hawaii Community Development Authority offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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 S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1721, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.