STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2186

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2299

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 2299 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a creative media task force to develop legislative initiatives that encourage and enable the development of projects and businesses in the motion picture, television, recording, digital media, and related industries.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Island Film Group; and one individual.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments.

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that it is vital to develop initiatives in support of the creative media industry in Hawaii to offset the impact of the current economic downturn.  Creative media enterprises have been among the fastest growing in the global marketplace until recently, and encouraging their continued presence in Hawaii is critical to the State's economic recovery.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by authorizing the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism or the Director's designee to serve as an ex-officio member of the creative media task force.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2299, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2299, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

 

		____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair