STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1612-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 3092

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3092, S.D. 2, 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 establishment of a state-of-the-art, college-level aviation training program in Hawaii by appropriating funds for a program coordinator and technical support staff member to complete the planning required for an international flight training center and associated aeronautical training programs at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii Community College.

The Department of Transportation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Defense; University of Hawaii at Hilo; the Mayor of the County of Hawaii; County of Hawaii Department of Research and Development; a Hawaii County Councilmember; Hawaii TechWorks; and several individuals supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation to an unspecified fiscal year to facilitate further discussion.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and 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. 3092, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3092, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair