STAND. COM. REP. NO.  178

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1582

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1582 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM AT PEARL HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the construction of the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor by appropriating funds for phase two of the development plan.

     The Pacific Aviation Museum-Pearl Harbor, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and an individual testified in support of this bill.

     Phase one of the Museum was opened to the public on December 7, 2006, in Hangar 37 on Ford Island.  Phase two will involve restoration of Hangar 79 and is estimated to cost $33,000,000.  Prior State support has included appropriations of $1,000,000 for phase one in 2004, and $500,000 for phase two in 2006.  Continued State support is crucial in attracting out-of-state funding for this undertaking.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1582 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

____________________________

RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair