STAND. COM. REP. NO. 648-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2370

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2370 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify quorum requirements for the Stadium Authority to conduct business.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General; Department of Law Enforcement; Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Stadium Authority; and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers.

Your Committee finds that existing law is not specific on the requirements for establishing quorum for the Stadium Authority to conduct business. Your Committee further finds that the Stadium Authority also has issues in meeting the quorum due to board vacancies. This measure will clarify that a majority of the voting members appointed to the Stadium Authority is required to conduct business and to take official action.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2370, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2370, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair