STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1366

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 315

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 315 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF JOINTLY ESTABLISHING A NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESEARCH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY PARK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to assist Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs by requesting the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), with the assistance of Native Hawaiian business organizations, to examine the feasibility of jointly establishing a Native Hawaiian research, science, and technology park to serve as an incubator and resource center for Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs.

     DHHL supported the intent of this measure.  OHA offered comments.

     Your Committee notes the concerns raised by DHHL that the responsibilities allocate to it in this measure are beyond the purview of the department and trust.  While DHHL can support the study by identifying a parcel of land within its inventory to assist with the establishment of a Native Hawaiian technology park, DHHL cannot lead such an initiative.

     Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requesting the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to examine the feasibility of establishing a Native Hawaiian research, science, and technology park, with input from OHA, rather than having OHA and DHHL jointly examine this feasibility;

     (2)  Amending its title to read:  "REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM, WITH INPUT FROM THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS, TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A NATIVE HAWAIIAN RESEARCH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY PARK";

     (3)  Providing that funds to examine the feasibility of establishing the Native Hawaiian technology park should come from the Native Hawaiian Advancement Act; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Economic Revitalization & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 315, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 315, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Economic Revitalization & Business,

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair