STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1277-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3168

      S.D. 2

      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 Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.B. No. 3168, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the University of Hawaii's (UH) Academy for Creative Media Program (Program) and improve its operations by:

     (1)  Statutorily establishing the Program, including the establishment of certain requirements for the Program; and

     (2)  Amending Act 11, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2007 (Act 11) by:

          (A)  Repealing the provisions relating to the leasing of the existing public broadcasting facility and studio located at UH-Manoa to PBS Hawaii, including the use of the facility and studio by the Program as an interim home; and

          (B)  Specifying that the funds appropriated by Act 11 for the Program shall be expended to expand programs and facilities of the Program at a system-wide, statewide level and that the expansion of programs and facilities be directed to the West Oahu-Kapolei region.

     The Department of Education and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  UH and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the expansion of programs and facilities of the Program shall be directed to the UH – West Oahu campus, instead of the West Oahu – Kapolei region;

     (2)  Changing the appropriation amount contained in Act 11 for the Program to unspecified amounts and changing this measure's effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3168, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3168, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism & Culture and Economic Development & Business Concerns,

____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair