STAND. COM. REP. NO. 414

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1158

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1158 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a special fund for the operation, maintenance, and management of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems' projects, facilities, services, and publications and for the design and construction of facilities and renovation of or addition to existing facilities.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii County Council, Near Earth LLC, and two individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Budget and Finance; and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems was established to attract and retain aerospace investment in the State and to bridge the gap between the public and private sector in aerospace-related activities.  Your Committee further finds that currently the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems only has the ability to receive and expend funds allocated within the state budget and does not have a mechanism to receive or expend funds from any other source.  Additional sources of funding would allow the organization to initiate and engage in more activities, accelerate the rate of progress on existing initiatives, and better prepare for future project needs by adding appropriate facilities.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1158 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