HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1271

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

Relating to Business Development.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that it is important to find new business and development opportunities that will keep critical dollars within the State, strengthen the State's communities, and provide a boost to local business, which in turn will help the state and local governments by providing increased revenue streams. 

     The legislature also finds that many residents and visitors expect the freedom and convenience provided by food, retail, and entertainment establishments open twenty-four hours.  Many companies in Hawaii offer products and services for sale around the clock.

     The legislature also finds that one of Hawaii's strongest attractions is its uniquely diverse cultural heritage.  Showcasing these diverse cultures and sharing their food, music, and art with visitors will provide immediate economic stimulus and the prospect of future growth to the State's visitor industry.  The legislature finds that the establishment of twenty-four hour marketplaces across Hawaii will provide visitors with opportunities for truly local experiences unique to the islands and enable them to shop for locally grown and made items from Hawaii's entrepreneurs, artisans, and farmers; taste Hawaii's finest delicacies; gather to enjoy entertainment; and engage with people that make up Hawaii's diverse cultures. Additional dollars for the state economy will be generated by offering visitors and residents places to shop, dine, take in cultural experiences, and be entertained around the clock.

     The purpose of this Act is to create a twenty-four hour marketplace task force within the department of business, economic development, and tourism to plan and coordinate efforts to recommend viable locations throughout the State to establish twenty-four hour marketplaces.

     SECTION 2.  (a)  There shall be established within the department of business, economic development, and tourism the twenty-four hour marketplace task force.  The task force shall:

     (1)  Recommend viable locations throughout the State for twenty-four hour marketplaces; and

     (2)  Develop strategies to encourage visitor and resident spending through the establishment of twenty-four hour open-air cultural marketplaces across the State.

     The task force shall make recommendations to the legislature on addressing any issue the task force determines is feasible to address pursuant to this Act.

     (b)  The twenty-four hour marketplace task force shall meet quarterly at a place and time to be determined by the chair of the task force.  Meeting notices shall be posted by the task force as required under chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and public testimony shall be accepted by the task force.  The task force shall be dissolved on June 30, 2014.

     (c)  The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall provide administrative support, including the recording of minutes, to the twenty-four hour marketplace task force.

     (d)  The director of business, economic development, and tourism, or the director's designee, shall be the chair of the twenty-four hour marketplace task force.  The task force shall include, but not be limited to the following members or their designees:

     (1)  The chair of the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce;

     (2)  The state director of the Hawaii Small Business Development Center;

     (3)  One member of the legislative small business caucus

appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

     (4)  One member of the legislative small business caucus appointed by the senate president; and

     (5)  The chair of the board of land and natural resources.

     The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, and all necessary expenses, including travel expenses, shall be paid by the agency, organization, or department to which the member belongs.  No member shall be made subject to chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that member's participation as a member of the task force.

     (e)  The twenty-four hour marketplace task force, in conjunction with the department of business, economic development, and tourism, shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2014 that recommends:

     (1)  Viable locations throughout the State for twenty-four hour marketplaces; and

     (2)  Strategies to encourage visitor and resident spending through the establishment of twenty-four hour marketplaces across the State.

 

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Twenty-four Hour Marketplace Task Force

 

Description:

Establishes the twenty-four hour marketplace task force to develop strategies to encourage visitor and resident spending through the establishment of twenty-four hour open-air cultural marketplaces across the State and recommend viable locations.

 

 

 

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