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HI HCR123

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

4/23/2010

Primary Sponsor

Roy Takumi

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes aerospace as a strategic and timely growth industry for Hawaii that can provide significant scientific, educational, and commercial benefits to the state
  • Requests the state administration take proactive, coordinated, and sustained action to develop and support the aerospace industry
  • Identifies Hawaii's strategic assets including its mid-Pacific location, moon- and Mars-like terrain, aerospace expertise, and ties with Asia-Pacific space-faring nations
  • Notes Hawaii's historical role in developing the nation's space program through astronaut training, observatories on the Big Island, and programs in planetary geosciences, satellite communications, and space-based remote sensing
  • Committee received testimony in support from one state department, two local universities, one military auxiliary organization, sixteen private entities, and four individuals

Legislative Description

Aerospace Industry in Hawaii

Last Action

(H) Resolution adopted in final form.

4/23/2010

Committee Referrals

Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs4/13/2010
Finance3/16/2010

Full Bill Text

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