STAND. COM. REP. NO.  280

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 471

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 H.B. No. 471 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STARLIGHT RESERVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prolong the activities of the Starlight Reserve Committee by extending the termination date of the advisory committee from June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2015.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Land and Natural Resources; University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy; Starlight Reserve Committee; and an individual testified in support of this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 471 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair