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 H.B. No. 912 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support the growth of small businesses through management-force training by appropriating funds to the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network.

The Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Office of Economic Development of the County of Kauai, Office of Economic Development of the County of Maui, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc., Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network, Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative, BB Pumping Services, LLC., Kina'ole Inc. Ululani Pharmacy, Environmental Waste Management Systems, Inc., Good Kine Inc., and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this measure.

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 H.B. No. 912, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 912, H.D. 1.