STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2399

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2824

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 2824 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 of the Aerospace Advisory Committee from fifteen to thirteen; and

 

     (2)  Allow members of the committee to elect their committee chair from among the committee members.

 

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

 

     Your Committee finds that certain membership positions within the Aerospace Advisory Committee are difficult to fill.  This difficulty often results in vacancies on the committee, which makes it a challenge to achieve quorum during meetings.  Additionally, the current procedure for selecting the chairperson of the committee is cumbersome and inefficient.  Your Committee finds that this measure would expedite the ability of the Aerospace Advisory Committee to conduct business.

 

     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. 2824 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your 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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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair