STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1022-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2429

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2429, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECREATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to maximize the use and income of Aloha Stadium by creating the University of Hawaii Stadium Corporation (Stadium Corporation) and transferring the duties of maintenance, operation, management, and improvement of Aloha Stadium from the Stadium Authority to the Stadium Corporation.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office, University of Hawaii System, Stadium Authority, and Aloha Stadium offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Specifying that in addition to appointing other employees, the stadium manager shall contract other persons as may be authorized by the board of directors to administer the Stadium Corporation, and exempting these contract hires from civil service and collective bargaining laws; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2429, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2429, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair