STAND. COM. REP. NO.  331-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2446

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2446 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII TELEVISION AND FILM DEVELOPMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to transfer the film industry activities in the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) to the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).

     DBEDT and HTA commented on this measure.

     Your Committees note the concerns of HTA that it will need additional funding and staffing to carry out these additional functions without diluting the funding for HTA's other functions.  In addition, HTA requires a sufficient transition period for the transfer of these additional responsibilities.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2446, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2446, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

____________________________ JOEY MANAHAN, Chair