STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2950

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2150

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2150, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS' PLANETARY SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) to support PISCES' Planetary Sustainability Technologies Initiative and university-based competitions, contingent on a dollar-for-dollar match from the State of California.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; University of Hawaii at Hilo; National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center; Ferraro Choi; Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems; Paragon Space Development Corporation; and twelve individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that PISCES stimulates the economic growth for the State, promoting the establishment and growth of new sustainable and green industries, associated jobs, workforce development, internships, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs.

 

     Your Committee further finds that the State's remote geographic location and unique natural resources provide an ideal location to research, test, and validate basaltic construction modules, three-dimensional laser printing technology, renewable energy systems, and advanced water reclamation.  This measure will fund PISCES' Planetary Sustainability Technologies Initiative, securing a leadership role for the State in the maturation of these pioneering technologies and advancing the future well-being of the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2150, H.D. 1 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair