STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1886

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 989

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 989, 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 and intent of this measure is to address the deteriorating conditions of the office space used by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

More specifically, the measure appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for expenses related to the building renovations of its offices on the fifth floor of the No. 1 Capitol District Building at 250 South Hotel Street on Oahu.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority.

Your Committee finds that certain expenses related to the aforementioned building renovations, including decluttering, moving and storage of items, and replacement of office partitions, are not included in the Department of Accounting and General Services' solicitation of bids for improvements to the building infrastructure; therefore, the appropriation provided by this measure is needed to provide funding for these additional expenses.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 989, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 989, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair