STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1484

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 48

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 48 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the Department of Education by lessening the burden of obligations outside of its core mission by:

     (1)  Removing a representative of the Department as a member of the Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee; and

     (2)  Removing the Department from the list of state agencies with the responsibility to implement the Ocean Resources Management Plan for purposes of coastal zone management.

The Department of Education testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee, former Governor George Ariyoshi, and two concerned individuals submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Office of Planning offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting language that removed a representative of the Department of Education as a member of the Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 48, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 48, H.D. 1.

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

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair