STAND. COM. REP. NO. 419

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 125

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 125 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate or authorize funds or amend means of financing for various capital improvement projects of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committees find that this measure expresses adjustments to the projects funded, maximum sums appropriated or authorized, or means of financing indicated for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism in the General Appropriations Act of 2017, as amended by the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2018.

Your Committees' intent in recommending this measure for passage is for the adjustments expressed to be incorporated into the General Appropriations Act of 2019 or other appropriate legislative vehicle or to be adopted separately. As such, your Committees request your Committee on Ways and Means to incorporate the adjustments expressed by this measure into the appropriate legislative vehicle or amend this measure to include any provisions necessary to effectuate its purpose and intent.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Technology that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 125 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Technology,

________________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair