STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1070

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 112

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 112, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enhance Hawaii's visitor industry by appropriating funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) to apply for a spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration.

     Hawaii Academy of Science, Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, Enterprise Honolulu, The Aerospace States Association, Hawaii State Aerospace Advisory Committee, Mars Institute, Real World Design Challenge, Onizuka Space Center, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  DBEDT supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring DBEDT to submit a progress report on the status of the spaceport license application to the Legislature prior to the 2012 Regular Session;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 112, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 112, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair