STAND. COM. REP. NO. 771

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1510

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1510 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ASTRONOMY ENGINEERING AND INSTRUMENTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to establish a center for the design, development, and fabrication of ground-based astronomical instruments at the University of Hawaii.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii, Maunakea Observatories, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the center funded by this measure will help support the long-term success of astronomy in Hawaii and will create a robust high-tech workforce pipeline for local talent, including Native Hawaiians, women, and other groups that are underrepresented in astronomy.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriations to unspecified sums;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 1510, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1510, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair