STAND. COM. REP. NO. 720

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 697

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 S.B. No. 697 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AEROSPACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the terms of members of the Aerospace Advisory Committee from two years to four years.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

     Your Committee finds that the purpose of the Aerospace Advisory Committee is to advise and assist the Legislature and state agencies in monitoring, assessing, and promoting aerospace development statewide.  Your Committee also finds that this measure will enhance the continuity of discourse among the advisory committee members, as well as reduce the administrative efforts required to maintain appropriate representation on the advisory committee.

     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 S.B. No. 697 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair