STAND. COM. REP. NO.  101-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3067

      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. 3067 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A CREATIVE CENTER INCUBATOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist in the establishment of a local creative center incubator by appropriating $500,000 for fiscal year 2008-2009, including the equipping, training, marketing, and hiring of instructors and consultants to assist artists, cultural practitioners, digital media artists, filmmakers, and other creative endeavors in a collaborative environment.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying, in the purpose section, that the creative center incubator shall expand to include neighbor island professionals and visiting industry experts by a certain unspecified date;

     (2)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 3067, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3067, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair