§201-19 Research and statistics for growth industries. (a) The department shall maintain a program for the purpose of:
(b) The department shall submit to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular legislative session, a report that provides an update on the criteria used to measure growth of these emerging growth industries. In updating its reports on growth of emerging industries each year, the department shall develop updated measurements and analyses in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, county economic development boards, and private, nonprofit economic research activities. [L 2007, c 148, §2; am L 2009, c 167, §1]