STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1589

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1256

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1256, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the development and expansion of the aerospace, robotics, and related industries in Hawaii by appropriating $1,200,000 in general revenues for the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES).  This measure also requires PISCES to report to the Legislature.

 

     Enterprise Honolulu, the District Three Councilmember of the Hawaii County Council, the Chairman of the Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee, an astronaut of the Apollo XI Mission, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; University of Hawaii at Hilo; Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; and several concerned individuals offered comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation for PISCES to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to promote 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 S.B. No. 1256, 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. 1256, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair