STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1012-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2742

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2742, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PACIFIC-ASIA INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide research and training opportunities for future leaders to address the risks to Hawaii and the Pacific-Asia region from natural and man-made hazards and to develop solutions for sustainable economic growth by establishing the Pacific-Asia Institute for Resilience and Sustainability as a center for studies on environmental sustainability, global leadership, and critical community continuity.

The State Department of Defense, Hawaiian Telcom, ACTT, Referentia Systems Incorporated, Global Partnerships Forum, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General and Office of Planning provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2742, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2742, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair