STAND. COM. REP. NO. 550

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 382

       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 Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 382 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to revise the appointment process of members who serve on the Stadium Authority and to increase its membership from nine members to eleven members.

     Specifically, the measure:

     (1)  Increases the membership of the Stadium Authority from nine to eleven members;

     (2)  Clarifies that the University of Hawaii President and the Superintendent of Education are nonvoting members; and

     (3)  Splits the authority to appoint the remaining nine members equally among the Governor, the Senate President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Aloha Stadium Vendors' Corp. and one individual.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Accounting and General Services and Aloha Stadium Authority.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that revising the Stadium Authority's appointment process and increasing its membership to eleven will help the Stadium Authority further achieve its objectives of promoting business events and securing contracts for various engagements at Aloha Stadium.  It is your Committee's understanding that the changes to the Stadium Authority will not be incorporated in a manner that will inhibit the Stadium Authority's working relationship with its tenants or vendors.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion on the issues in this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 382, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 382, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair