Public-Private Partnership Authority Bill Dead

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A conference committee this afternoon effectively killed a bill that would’ve created a Public-Private Partnership Authority to develop public land on a pilot program basis.

Lawmakers representing the finance and economic development committees today deferred House Bill 70, which proposed pilot projects such as a Maui film studio and would’ve also extended the sunset date for the High Technology Innovation Corporation.

The decision not to move forward with HB 70 comes on the heals of a unanimous Senate vote to repeal the beleaguered Public Land Development Corporation. Gov. Neil Abercrombie this week signed the repeal measure, House Bill 1133, into law. 

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