STAND. COM. REP. NO.  634

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 314

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 314 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the use of:

(1)  Any outdoor advertising device or billboard erected, placed, or maintained upon a county office building, if erected, placed, or maintained by authority of the county agency, department, or officer that uses the majority of the building and the design and location has been approved by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and

(2)  Any outdoor advertising device displayed with the authorization of the Stadium Authority on the exterior of any stadium operated by the Stadium Authority.

The Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu supported this measure.  The Stadium Authority and TimeOut Honolulu opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 H.B. No. 314, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 314, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair