STAND. COM. REP. NO. 788

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1200

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1200, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for the creation of a master plan and environmental impact statement for the construction of a new Aloha Stadium.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Stadium Authority and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that in January 2017, the Stadium Authority approved a resolution stating its intention to build a new stadium since extensive repairs to the existing stadium would be more costly than constructing a new and more modern facility. However, various obstacles, many of which are financially based, prevent the Stadium Authority from moving forward with its plans to construct a new stadium.  Your Committee believes that appropriating moneys to the Stadium Authority to complete a master plan and environmental impact statement for the construction of a new stadium will alleviate some of the obstacles preventing the Authority from moving forward with development and construction.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to April 2, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     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. 1200, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1200, S.D. 2.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair