STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2822

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3088

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Labor, Culture and the Arts and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism, to which was referred S.B. No. 3088 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 $100,000 to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism so that its International Sister State Relations Program can conduct economic, cultural, and educational events in conjunction with our sister state anniversary recognition celebrations in 2020 and 2021.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and one individual.

Your Committees find that sister state anniversaries with cities and provinces in Japan, Korea, and the Philippines will be recognized within the next two years. Your Committees further find that the addition of business and trade missions, conferences, symposiums, and seminars, or educational and cultural exchanges in conjunction with these significant anniversaries would further enhance the State's trade, travel, and goodwill with our sister states.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting a blank appropriation amount; and

(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2051, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor, Culture and the Arts and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3088, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3088, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor, Culture and the Arts and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair