STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1537-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 718

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 718, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support long term economic growth in the State by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating funds to the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation to continue the HI Growth Initiative;

 

     (2)  Authorizing and appropriating funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, to perform studies and analysis relating to the establishment of one or more facilities on the Island of Hawaii for quarantine inspection, quarantine treatment, and handling of incoming and outgoing agricultural commodities.  

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation; High Technology Development Corporation; University of Hawaii; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Nalukai Foundation; Dev League; Food Spectrum, LLC; and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 718, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair