STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1033

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1033, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Stadium Authority.

 

     More specifically, this measure appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2020-2021 to cover payroll and other current expenses to allow Aloha Stadium to continue to operate and be maintained in a safe condition for the public.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Stadium Authority.

 

     Your Committee finds that all public gathering places, including Aloha Stadium and the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet and Marketplace, were closed to the public beginning in March 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019.  Due to this shutdown, Aloha Stadium was no longer able to generate revenue.  Consequently, your Committee finds that the Stadium Authority projects that it will exhaust its cash reserves before the end of the current fiscal year.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

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

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes 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. 1033, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1033, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair