STAND. COM. REP. NO. 615

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1299

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1299, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCED FLIGHT SIMULATOR TRAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to include businesses engaged in advanced flight simulator training for pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, or air traffic controllers as qualified businesses under the state enterprise zone law.

     Your Committee received two written comments on this measure.  Copies of written comments submitted are available for review on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that designating advanced flight simulator training as a qualified business for the state enterprise zone program will not only attract investment and generate revenues for these start-up businesses, but will also support economically distressed communities, especially during the current economic recession.

     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 S.B. No. 1299, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair