STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1752

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.R. No. 112

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.R. No. 112 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF CREATING TWENTY-FOUR HOUR MARKETPLACES ACROSS THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to stimulate new business and development opportunities in Hawaii by establishing a 24-hour Marketplace Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to recommend potential viable locations and implementation strategies for proposed 24-hour marketplaces across the state.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism provided comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 112 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair