STAND. COM. REP. NO. 514

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 294

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 294 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE DEPARTMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism may make recommendations to the state departments rather than to agencies.

     Specifically, the measure clarifies that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism may submit written recommendations to "state departments," rather than to "agencies."

     Your Committee received comments from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Making the recommendations of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, subject to legislative review; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 294, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 294, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair