HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2557
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the Pacific international space center for exploration systems (PISCES) provides hands-on workforce development opportunities for the State through PISCES' internships, mentorships, and its STEM aerospace research scholars (STARS) program for women.

PISCES' internship, mentorship, and STARS programs have directly resulted in subsequent employment with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, aerospace companies, robotics firms, and software businesses. PISCES' undergraduate and high school student interns have received numerous engineering and computer science scholarships. The legislature finds that PISCES is an important component of the State's emerging aerospace sector and is a growing economic and workforce development driver for the State in promoting twenty-first century skills for twenty-first century jobs.

The purpose of this Act is to:

(1) Appropriate funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism to provide additional support to the PISCES internship and economic development programs; and

(2) Establish a ceiling for the PISCES special fund.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the purpose of supporting the internship and economic development programs of the Pacific international space center for exploration systems.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. Section 201-80.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) All moneys in excess of $1,000,000 remaining in the Pacific international space center for exploration systems special fund at the close of each fiscal year that are deemed, by the director of finance, to be in excess of the moneys necessary to carry out the purposes of this section in the next fiscal year shall lapse to the credit of the state general fund."

SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2112.

Report Title:

DBEDT; PISCES; Appropriation; Workforce Development; PISCES Special Fund Ceiling

Description:

Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support the internship and economic development programs of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems. Inserts a ceiling of $1,000,000 for the pacific international space center for exploration systems special fund. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (SD1)

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