STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1472

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 567

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 567, H.D. 1, S.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 determine the cost of developing and operating a new motor sports facility on Oahu.

     Specifically, this measure requires 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.  In addition, this measure authorizes the Department to execute the temporary acquisition of adequate land for a short-term motor sports facility, which may be used until a permanent facility is completed.  The measure also appropriates an unspecified amount for the temporary acquisition of adequate land for a short-term motor sports facility.

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, several spokespersons from Save Oahu's Race Tracks, and two individuals.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Inserting language to clarify that the short-term motor sports facility may be used for an unspecified maximum number of years until a permanent facility is completed; and

(2)  Inserting language in section 4 making an appropriation to clarify that the appropriation is not only for the cost of land acquisition, but also for the cost of planning, design, and construction, initial startup, routine maintenance, and routine operations of the short-term motor sports facility.

     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 H.B. No. 567, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 567, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

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

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair