STAND. COM. REP. NO. 767

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1256

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1256 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) for purposes of supporting operations and purchasing equipment.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; the University of Hawaii at Hilo; a member of the Hawaii County Council; the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska; and nineteen concerned individuals.

 

Your Committee finds that the field of aerospace has the potential to provide significant economic development, high-paying jobs, and economic diversification for the island of Hawaii and the State.  PISCES is a prominent component of the State's aerospace industry development strategy and can help to promote Hawaii's strategically ideal location.  Your Committee further finds that funds allocated to PISCES during the 2012 legislative session will be completely encumbered or expended by the end of the fiscal year and that additional general funding is necessary to maintain PISCES' critical operations and equipment purchases through fiscal year 2014.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified sum;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1256, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1256, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair