STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2951

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2152

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2152, H.D. 1, 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 to the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) to support administrative and general tasks, strategic program initiatives, and the preliminary development of the PISCES' research and development park.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; University of Hawaii Hilo; Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems; National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center; Ferraro Choi; Paragon Space Development Corporation; and twelve individuals.

     Your Committee finds that pursuant to Act 169, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, and Act 273, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, codified in chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, PISCES was established to support the development of a world-class center of excellence in Hawaii and to facilitate the design, testing, and validation of new space technologies, securing a leadership role for the State in the maturation of these pioneering technologies.  Accordingly, this measure will further fund PISCES' operations, planetary sustainability technologies initiatives, and development of a research and development park.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting a total general obligation bond issuance authorization and appropriation amount of $10,000,000;

     (2)  Amending the capital improvement project appropriation elements to planning, design, and construction and inserting amounts of $1,000,000 for planning, $1,000,000 for design, $8,000,000 for construction, and $10,000,000 for total funding; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2152, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2152, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair