STAND. COM. REP. NO. 758
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1374
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1374, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to ensure that Hawaii will actively participate in, and benefit from, the emergence of the People's Republic of China as an economic and global leader.
Specifically, this bill requires the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to form an ad hoc China/Hawaii economic strategic plan working group, to be appointed by the Governor no later than July 1, 2005, to develop the China/Hawaii economic strategic plan 2020. The plan is to contain a detailed outline and guide for the State to follow in order to benefit economically from the emergence of the People's Republic of China as an economic and global leader. The Director is to submit:
(1) A written preliminary report by December 15, 2005, for its consideration during the regular session of 2006; and
(2) A written final report by July 31, 2007, for its consideration during the regular session of 2008.
Finally, the bill appropriates $100,000 to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a China/Hawaii economic strategic plan.
Your Committee believes that Hawaii requires a comprehensive strategic plan to ensure that the State will actively participate in and benefit from the emergence of the People's Republic of China as an economic and global leader.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring only one report to the legislature and moving up the date of its submission to not less than twenty days prior to convening of the regular session on 2007;
(2) Clarifying that the ad hoc working group is temporary by inserting language, on p. 9, line 15, to terminate the working group on June 30, 2006;
(3) Moving up the repeal date, consistent with the foregoing changes, to July 31, 2007;
(4) Changing the appropriated amount to an unspecified amount for purposes of stimulating further discussion; and
(5) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1374, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1374, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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