STAND. COM. REP. NO.  802-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 583

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 583, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (Corporation) for its continued operations and administration and for the various programs operated and administered by the Corporation.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Hawaii Food Industry Association; 3D Innovations; Newberry Technologies LLC; Resurgo, LLC; DevLeague; Nalu Scientific, LLC; HI FusionED; GVS Accelerator; Kuehnle AgroSystems Inc.; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Honolulu Options Traders, LLC; Tow Choice; Nest Egg Guru, Inc.; and two individuals supported this measure.  The Corporation provided comments on 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 H.B. No. 583, 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