STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1262

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1419

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1419, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for salaries, expenses, and equipment for the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems.

     This measure also requires the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems to submit a report to the Legislature no later than September 1, 2013.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; the University of Hawaii at Hilo; a member of the Hawaii County Council; and eighteen individuals.  One individual submitted written comments on this measure.

     Your Committee finds that funds for the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems will help to stimulate growth of Hawaii's economy through aerospace research and other technologies that support space exploration.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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 H.B. No. 1419, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1419, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair