Bill Text: HI SB263 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Economic Development.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-08 - Act 002, Special Session 2021, 07/06/21. [SB263 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB263-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
263 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 2 |
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C.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§201- "Hawaii
Made" program for manufactured products oversight;
"Hawaii Made" trademark. (a)
The department of business, economic development,
and tourism shall administer and oversee a "Hawaii Made" program for manufactured
products and shall
hold ownership of the "Hawaii
Made" trademark.
(b) For purposes of this section, the department of
business, economic development, and tourism shall:
(1) Promote
consumer demand for "Hawaii Made" products;
(2) Coordinate
manufacturing of "Hawaii Made" products;
(3) Coordinate
and promote distribution channels for "Hawaii Made" products;
(4) Ensure
that appropriate patents and copyrights are acquired for "Hawaii Made"
products; and
(5) Identify new funding opportunities to promote the expansion of "Hawaii Made" products.
(c) No person shall:
(1) Keep, offer,
display or expose for sale, or solicit for the sale of any item, product,
souvenir, or other merchandise that:
(A) Is
labeled "Hawaii Made"; or
(B) By
any other means, represents the origin of the item as being from any place
within the State; or
(2) Use the phrase
"Hawaii Made" as an advertising or media tool,
for
any item that has not been manufactured, assembled, fabricated, or produced
within the State and that has not had at least fifty-one per cent of its
wholesale value added by manufacture, assembly, fabrication, or production
within the State, including Hawaii-sourced goods, services, and intellectual
property."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the funds received by the State of Hawaii from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117-2 (Section 9901), the sum of $150,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2021-2022 to be used for the oversight and administration of the "Hawaii Made" program for manufactured products and for the department of business, economic development, and tourism to promote the "Hawaii Made" brand.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of section 1 of this Act.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Economic Development; Hawaii Made Program; Manufactured Products
Description:
Transfers oversight of the "Hawaii Made" program for manufactured products and the "Hawaii Made" trademark to the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Outlines the department of business, economic development, and tourism's duties and responsibilities for oversight of the "Hawaii Made" program for manufactured products. Appropriates federal funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism. (CD1)
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