STAND. COM. REP. NO.  100-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2587

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2587 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH CREATIVITY ACADEMIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the implementation of the creativity academies program for Hawaii's students by appropriating $1,629,474 for fiscal year 2008-2009, including equipment, training, hiring of instructors, and marketing for a creative or production center incubator and for the development of a turnkey digital media program.

     The Department of Education, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, University of Hawaii, Ulua Media, Hawaii Student Television, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure to promote further discussion by changing:

     (1)  The appropriation amount to an unspecified amount;

     (2)  The fiscal year for the appropriation to an unspecified fiscal year; and

     (3)  Its effective date to July 1, 2025.

     Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2587, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2587, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Education and Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair