STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1248

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 773

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 773, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Office of Creative Film and Media Industries Hawaii (Office), and provide that the Hawaii Film Office and Arts and Culture Development Branch are agencies of the Office;

(2) Rename the Hawaii Television and Film Development Special Fund as the Creative Film and Media Development Special Fund and expand its:

(A) Funding sources; and

(B) Uses to support creative intellectual property and related programs within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism;

(3) Transfer the employees of the Hawaii Film Office to the Office without any consequence to their employment benefits or status;

(4) Establish and appropriate funds for positions; and

(5) Appropriate funds for operations and programs.

The O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism and University of Hawai‘i System provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing all appropriated amounts to unspecified amounts;

(2) Changing the number of positions to unspecified numbers; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 773, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 773, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair