STAND. COM. REP. NO.  357

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 567

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 567 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR SPORTS FACILITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to encourage safe motor sports recreation by requiring the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a study to determine the cost of developing an all-purpose motor sports facility in the state, including acquisition of land; construction; and the costs of startup, maintenance, and operation.

     Save Oahu's Race Tracks and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  Several concerned individuals supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committees recognize that the existing racetrack on Oahu has been closed since April 2006.  The cost study contained in this measure represents an appropriate first step in initiating the process of developing an all-purpose motor sports facility on Oahu.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the study focus on an all-purpose motor sports facility located on Oahu instead of in an unspecified location in the state;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism & Culture and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 567, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 567, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism & Culture and Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair