Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Business and Economic Development, to which was referred S.B. No. 162 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this short form measure is to amend the law related to sports.

Your committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with language that establishes the Hawaii Office of Sports Promotion for marketing, promoting, developing, and coordinating sports-related activities and events.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Business and Economic Development that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 162, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 162, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Business and Economic Development, for further consideration.