Bill Text: HI SB661 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Unmanned Aerial Systems Test Site; Chief Operating Officer; Advisory Board; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-06 - Act 208, 07/02/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). [SB661 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB661-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS TEST SITES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to part V to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§201- Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site advisory board; established. (a) There is established a Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site advisory board, as a subcommittee of the Hawaii aerospace advisory committee, to oversee the planning and operation of the Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site.
(b) The board shall be composed of seven members as follows:
(1) The adjutant general, or the adjutant general's designee;
(2) The director of transportation, or the director's designee;
(3) The director of business, economic development, and tourism, or the director's designee;
(4) The president of the University of Hawaii, or the president's designee;
(5) One member representing the Hawaii business community, to be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34; and
(6) Two members representing the aerospace or aviation industries, to be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34.
Each board member shall serve for a term of four years; provided that the initial terms shall be staggered, as determined by the governor.
(c) Members of the board shall not receive compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.
§201‑ Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site chief operating officer. There is established within the department the position of chief operating officer, whose responsibilities include the management of the operations of Hawaii's unmanned aerial systems test site. The chief operating officer shall:
(1) Monitor, oversee, and recommend operations of unmanned aerial systems test site activities;
(2) Facilitate opportunities for public and private use of unmanned aerial systems test site facilities;
(3) Assist unmanned aerial systems test ranges;
(4) Leverage aerospace and related technological capabilities in the State's academic, public, and private sectors to support testing and evaluation at Hawaii's unmanned aerial systems test ranges;
(5) Promote innovative education and workforce development programs to enhance public awareness of the benefits and opportunities that unmanned aerial systems technologies and applications can bring to the State;
(6) Monitor national and global trends in unmanned aerial systems development and testing, and recommend policies and programs to advance unmanned aerial systems testing in Hawaii;
(7) Establish and maintain a public website with updated information on the program and provide information on the Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site initiative;
(8) Contract for services and implement agreements, subject to chapter 103D, as may be necessary to conduct operations at Hawaii's unmanned aerial systems test ranges;
(9) Serve as Hawaii's representative on the Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aerial Systems Test Range Complex management team; and
(10) Submit an annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, which shall include the status of work, expenditures, and trends regarding Hawaii's unmanned aerial systems test site.
The chief operating officer shall be subject to chapter 84 and may employ on a full-time basis one administrative assistant for Hawaii's unmanned aerial systems test site operations and activities."
SECTION 2. Section 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The following persons shall file annually with the state ethics commission a disclosure of financial interests:
(1) The governor, the lieutenant governor, the members of the legislature, and delegates to the constitutional convention; provided that delegates to the constitutional convention shall only be required to file initial disclosures;
(2) The directors and their deputies, the division chiefs, the executive directors and the executive secretaries and their deputies, the purchasing agents and the fiscal officers, regardless of the titles by which the foregoing persons are designated, of every state agency and department;
(3) The permanent employees of the legislature and its service agencies, other than persons employed in clerical, secretarial, or similar positions;
(4) The administrative director of the State, and the assistants in the office of the governor and the lieutenant governor, other than persons employed in clerical, secretarial, or similar positions;
(5) The hearings officers of every state agency and department;
(6) The president, the vice presidents, assistant vice presidents, the chancellors, and the provosts of the University of Hawaii and its community colleges;
(7) The superintendent, the deputy superintendent, the assistant superintendents, the complex area superintendents, the state librarian, and the deputy state librarian of the department of education;
(8) The administrative director and the deputy director of the courts;
(9) The members of every state board or commission whose original terms of office are for periods exceeding one year and whose functions are not solely advisory;
(10) Candidates for
state elective offices, including candidates for election to the constitutional
convention, provided that candidates shall only be required to file initial
disclosures; [and]
(11) The administrator
and assistant administrator of the office of Hawaiian affairs[.]; and
(12) The Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site chief operating officer."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the purpose of staffing and operating Hawaii's unmanned aerial systems test site activities.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Public Safety; Unmanned Aerial Systems; Test Site; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes the Hawaii unmanned aerial systems test site chief operating officer position to, among other things, serve on the Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aerial Systems Test Range Complex management team. Establishes an advisory board to oversee and manage unmanned aerial systems test site operations. Appropriates funds to staff and operate Hawaii's unmanned aerial systems test site activities. (SB661 HD1)
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