STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1179

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1194

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1194, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PLANNING ORGANIZATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Establish the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization to implement the United States Economic Development Administration-approved comprehensive economic development strategy;

 

     (2)  Establish temporary full-time positions to support the Organization; and

 

     (3)  Appropriate funds for the Organization and hiring of necessary staff.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of 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. 1194, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1194, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair