STAND. COM. REP. NO.  316

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1099

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1099 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support the University of Hawaii's Rainbow Wahine soccer team by authorizing the display of outdoor advertising devices at county parks and recreational facilities and at high schools, subject to appropriate approval; provided that the signs face the interior of the school or facility.

Outrigger Enterprises Group provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Outdoor Circle provided testimony in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Adding a preamble that explains the need to expand the statute's exceptions in order for the University of Hawaii's Rainbow Wahine soccer team to remain compliant with National Collegiate Athletic Association requirements;

(2)  Limiting the authorization for an outdoor advertising device to scoreboard structures within the Waipio Soccer Complex, as long as the outdoor advertising device is not visible from any thoroughfare; and

(3)  Removing the exception for any outdoor advertising devices at high schools.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1099, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1099, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair