Bill Text: HI HB767 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Stadium Authority; Membership; Appointment Process

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB767 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB767-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  344

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 767

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 767 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to revise the membership and appointment process of the Stadium Authority (Authority) by:

 

     (1)  Increasing the membership of the Authority from nine to 11 members, of whom nine are voting members;

 

     (2)  Specifying that:

 

          (A)  Three members are to be appointed directly by the Governor;

 

          (B)  Three members are to be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the President of the Senate; and

 

          (C)  Three members are to be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

 

          and

 

     (3)  Requiring the next six vacancies to be filled by the Governor from lists provided by the legislative leaders, alternating between the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and requiring the following three vacancies to be filled directly by the Governor.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Authority testified in opposition to this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 767, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 767, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs,

 

 

		____________________________ JOEY MANAHAN, Chair