Bill Text: HI SB776 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Biotechnology; Task Force; Appropriation
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB776 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB776-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 988
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: S.B. No. 776
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 776, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to establish a task force to assess barriers faced by businesses engaged in biotechnology research or other activities, and develop recommendations and any legislation required to expedite permit processing for the specialized needs of biotechnology businesses.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Attorney General submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 776, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 776, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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