STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1317-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3166

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3166 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is ensure the voices of the small business community in the Kakaako Community Development District (District) are heard by requiring that at least two members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) represent the small business community in the District.  This bill also requires the Governor to designate from among existing HCDA members, two of the eligible members to serve as the small business representatives on the HCDA.

     Numerous Kakaako small business owners and other concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3166 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair