STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2121
Honolulu, Hawaii
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Development, Environment, and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 2791 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to promote, regulate, and administer the Made in Hawaii brand program.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Agriculture; High Technology Development Corporation; 3D Innovations; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Hawai‘i Fashion Incubator; KYD, Inc. dba: K. Yamada Distributors; Meadow Gold Dairies; and Hawai‘i Farm Bureau.
Your Committee finds that the Made in Hawaii brand and the products made in the State are well-known and have a positive image. Managing and promoting the Made in Hawaii brand is therefore important to Hawaii's manufacturing industry, consumer awareness of which products are truly made in Hawaii, and the State's image locally and abroad.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development, Environment, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2791 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development, Environment, and Technology,
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________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair |
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