STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2493

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2825

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2825 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 eliminate the ex officio nonvoting National Aeronautics and Space Administration representative from the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems Board of Directors.

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

     Your Committee finds that the ex officio, nonvoting representative of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on the Board of Directors of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) is counted as a member of the board for purposes of achieving quorum.  Historically, the NASA representative has not participated in PISCES board meetings, which often makes it difficult for the board to establish a quorum to conduct business and adopt decisions.  For this reason, your Committee finds that the ex officio, nonvoting NASA representative should be eliminated from the board, reducing the number of board members from ten to nine.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 S.B. No. 2825, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2825, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair