STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1516

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1221

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1221, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the development of aviation and aeronautics in the State by appropriating $350,000 in general revenues for each year of fiscal biennium 2013-2015 for a Program Coordinator and technical support staff member to complete the necessary planning and studies required for an international flight training center and associated proposed aeronautical training programs at Hawaii Community College and the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

 

     The Department of Transportation, Office of the Mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii's Congressional Representative from the Second District, State Adjutant General, District 3 Councilmember of the Hawaii County Council, Hawaii Island Contractors' Association, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  Two concerned individuals opposed this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; University of Hawaii at Hilo; and a concerned individual provided comments.
     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making unspecified the appropriation amount for the Program Coordinator and technical support staff member;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1221, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1221, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair