STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2015-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 143

S.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 143, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM AND APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE SAFE, LEGAL, AND BENEFICIAL USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawaii to convene a Hawaii Unmanned Aircraft Systems Working Group to advise and inform the Legislature, legislative committees, public agencies, city and county councils, and the public on developments and risks of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) usage, as well as the direction of national and local efforts to address UAS issues, and to provide information for policy decisions regarding UAS.

The Department of Transportation; Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; and University of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 143, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair