THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Senator Gilbert Kahele, Chair
Senator J. Kalani English, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2015

DATE:

Monday, February 09, 2015

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB1155
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRY.
Assigns to the Hawaii tourism authority the responsibilities for film, television, digital, and new media development.  Repeals the film industry activities within the department of business, economic development, and tourism and makes conforming amendments.  Appropriates funds from the special fund to the Hawaii tourism authority for implementation of the film, television, digital, and new media development activities.

EDT/TSI, WAM

SB721
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO INNOVATIVE BUSINESS INTERACTION.
Establishes an innovative business interaction program under DBEDT, with the assistance of the Hawaii tourism authority.  Increases the transient accommodations tax revenues deposited into the tourism special fund by an amount to be used for the program.

TSI/EDT, WAM

SB1288
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO BUSINESS.
Establishes the Hawaii pacific small business consortium to support small business in Hawaii and the Pacific Rim.

TSI/EDT, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

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