STAND. COM. REP. NO.  213

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1128

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1128 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to develop the stadium area property by expanding the powers and duties of the Stadium Authority and establishing a stadium complex area.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association supported this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1128, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1128, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Housing,

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair