STAND. COM. REP. NO.  677-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2668

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2668, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for operational expenses to ensure the continuation of the Small Business Innovation Research Program of the High Technology Development Corporation.

 

     The High Technology Development Corporation; Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponic Association; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Makai Ocean Engineering; 3D Innovations; Hyperspective Inspire Belief; Oceanit Laboratories, Inc.; Sun, Sky Surface Radiation Measurements; Studio Kinection, Inc.; Hawaii Evolutionary Development, LLC; Referentia Systems Incorporated; LiveAction Inc.; In2lytics LLC; Experiad; Hawaii Fish Company, Inc.; Tissue Genesis; Nalu Scientific, LLC; Binary Habitat; Hawaii Biotech Inc.; and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     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. 2668, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair