STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1076
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 567
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2007
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Economic Development and Taxation, to which was referred H.B. No. 567, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR SPORTS FACILITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a study to determine the cost of developing an all-purpose motor sports facility on Oahu, including acquisition of land, construction, and costs of start-up, maintenance, and operation.
Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was received from the Department of Accounting and General Services (Department) and the Waikiki Neighborhood Board No. 9.
Your Committee has heard the Department's concern that a study alone is likely to delay any solution to the increase in street racing incidents since the closure of Oahu's previous racing facility.
Your Committee is in agreement with this, and the Department's recommendation to consider a temporary facility, and has amended this measure accordingly, by:
(1) Authorizing the Department to consider the temporary acquisition of adequate land for a short-term motor sports facility, which may be used until a permanent facility is completed; and
(2) Adding an unspecified appropriation for this purpose.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Taxation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 567, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 567, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Taxation,
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____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair |
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