CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE REP. NO. 185
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2019
RE: S.B. No. 989
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2019
State of Hawaii
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2019
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 989, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Rename the Creative Industries Division as the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii and establish the Office in statute;
(2) Provide that the Hawaii Film Office and the Arts and Culture Development Branch shall be agencies of the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii;
(3) Specify that the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii shall include certain positions to operate the Office;
(4) Transfer Hawaii Film Office employees to the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii without any consequence to their employment benefits or status;
(5) Define "creative industries" and "creative media";
(7) Provide appropriations for positions within the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii;
(8) Provide additional appropriations for activities related to the development of creative film and media industries in Hawaii; and
(9) Establish and appropriate funds for a State of Hawaii Office of the Business Development and Support Division in Guangzhou, China.
Your Committee on Conference finds that there are significant economic and tourism benefits for the State from the Hawaii film and creative industries. Your Committee on Conference also finds that the Creative Industries Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii Film Office, and Arts and Culture Development Branch need to be restructured to better provide growth within the State's creative sectors. Your Committee on Conference further finds that to adequately strengthen Hawaii's creative economy, the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii must be provided with adequate staffing.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the purpose section;
(2) Deleting language that would have renamed the Creative Industries Division as the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii, established the Office in statute, and appropriated funds for various positions within the Office and making conforming amendments;
(3) Deleting language that would have made the Hawaii Film Office and the Arts and Culture Development Branch agencies of the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii;
(4) Changing references throughout this measure from "creative film" and "media" to "creative media" and "film", respectively, and making similar amendments to defined terms;
(5) Renaming the Hawaii television and film development special fund from the "creative film and media development special fund" to the "Hawaii film and creative industries development special fund", and amending the sources and allowable uses of monies in the special fund;
(6) Repealing section 201-112, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which established the Hawaii Television and Film Development Board;
(7) Deleting appropriations for activities related to the development of creative film and media industries in Hawaii;
(8) Deleting language that would have established and appropriated funds for a State of Hawaii Office of the Business Development and Support Division in Guangzhou, China;
(9) Inserting an appropriation of $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2019-2020 for the University of Hawaii creative media program to strengthen the pipeline of students to the creative media industry;
(10) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2019; and
(11) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 989, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 989, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY Co-Chair |
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____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Chair |
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE Co-Chair |
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____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Co-Chair |
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____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Co-Chair |
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