STAND. COM. REP. NO.  313

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 960

      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 Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 960 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MULTINATIONAL LUNAR ARCHITECTURE ALLIANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to advance the space program both nationally and in Hawaii by establishing the Multinational Lunar Architecture Alliance to hold an International Lunar Development Summit to, among other things, identify the major goals and challenges associated with prototype lunar architecture.

 

     The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, Aerospace States Association, Multinational Lunar Architecture Alliance, National Space Society, Moon Base Hawaii, Stakeholder Engagement Working Group of the European Space Agency's Moon Village, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2038, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 960, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 960, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business,

 

 

 

 

____________________________

MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair