STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1455-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.C.R. No. 140

  H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 140 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT TO COORDINATE COMMENTS AND IDENTIFY A LEAD ENTITY TO PREPARE A PROPOSAL, ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, FOR HAWAII TO BE SELECTED AS ONE OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S SIX UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM TEST SITES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Director of the Office of Aerospace Development, in consultation with the Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee, to coordinate comments from interested parties and identify a lead entity to prepare a proposal, on behalf of the State, to the Federal Aviation Administration for Hawaii to be selected as an unmanned aircraft system test site. 

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; three members of the Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee; and DreamHammer, Inc.

     Your Committee finds that the Federal Aviation Administration is required to establish six unmanned aircraft system test sites.  The selection of Hawaii as a national unmanned aircraft system test site would establish the State as a nationally recognized center of excellence for the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies, create high-paying jobs, and generate extramural revenue streams to the State.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding the Director of Taxation to the list of persons to receive a certified copy of this measure.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 140, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 140, H.D. 1.

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

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair