STAND. COM. REP. NO.  834

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1478

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1478 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to advocate, promote, develop, test, and evaluate unmanned aerial system technologies through the applied research laboratory at the University of Hawaii.

 

     The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Drone Services Hawaii; and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  One individual provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

    

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1478, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1478, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair