STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1578

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 382

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 382, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the membership of the Stadium Authority (Authority) from nine to 11 members and revise the appointment process of the Authority by:

 

     (1)  Requiring three members to be appointed directly by the Governor;

 

     (2)  Requiring three members to be appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees submitted by the President of the Senate; and

 

     (3)  Requiring three members to be appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

 

     The President of the University of Hawaii and Superintendent of Education remain ex officio nonvoting members of the Authority under this measure.

 

     The Aloha Stadium Swap Meet Vendor's Association and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services opposed this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2009.

 

     Your Committee finds value in having a representative of the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet vendors sit on the Authority.  Accordingly, your Committee respectfully requests that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives consider including a representative from this group in each list of nominees submitted to the Governor.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 382, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 382, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair