STAND. COM. REP. NO. 29

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1525

       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. 1525 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this short form bill is to amend the law relating to economic development.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by establishing a statewide Academy for Creative Media Program.

     Specifically, as amended, this measure is aimed at developing a skilled workforce to support digital media production sound stages, post-production services, and related businesses in the West Oahu region and provide for creative career and business opportunities for students in this State by establishing the Academy for Creative Media Program at the University of Hawaii and specifying its management structure and also by amending Act 11, First Special Session of 2007, to delete provisions relating to leasing the Public Broadcasting System Hawaii facility.

     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. 1525, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development and Technology, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1525, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

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

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair