Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 3063 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to develop highly trained, technological workers by appropriating funds to the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, (EDAH) Inc., which focuses on supporting partnership workforce development in science, and technological careers.

EDAH, Inc, TREX Hawaii, LLC, Kauai Economic Development Board, Inc., Molokai Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Science and Technology Council, Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Monsanto Hawaii, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc., and many concerned students and individuals testified in support of this bill. The Workforce Development Council (Council) supported this bill with an amendment.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3063, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3063, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.