STAND. COM. REP. NO.922

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1033

S.D. 3

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1033, S.D. 3, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM, OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of and appropriate $0 in general obligation bonds to support the relocation of Bishop Museum's Science Learning Center (Center) to Kakaako Makai.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Bishop Museum, Eye on Makai, and an individual testified in support of this bill. The Hawaii Community Development Authority supported the intent of the bill.

Your Committee finds that the Bishop Museum project is critical for Hawaii's success in the global community. The relocation of the Center and its designation as the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History will help create a vibrant new core of cultural, educational, and recreational facilities in Kakaako.

 

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Increasing the amount of the bond issuance to $5,000,000 per fiscal year; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, style and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1033, S.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1033, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,

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JERRY CHANG, Chair