STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3142

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2295

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2295, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AEROSPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Reduce the number of members on the Aerospace Advisory Committee from fifteen to thirteen by eliminating the membership of a representative from the investment banking sector and an individual with experience, knowledge, and expertise in aerospace related activities and development to serve as the chairperson; and

 

     (2)  Allow the Aerospace Advisory Committee to elect one of its own members as chairperson.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Aerospace Advisory Committee was established to advise and assist the Legislature and state agencies in monitoring, assessing, and promoting aerospace development throughout the State.  It has historically been difficult for the Aerospace Advisory Committee to recruit representatives from the investment banking sector and individuals to serve as chairperson of the committee.  Your Committee further finds that revising the makeup of the Aerospace Advisory Committee to address those concerns, as well as no longer requiring a member with experience, knowledge, and expertise in aerospace related activities, will increase the Committee's efficiency and effectiveness.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2016; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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. 2295, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2295, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair