STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1753

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 201
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development and Transportation
and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 201 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTS THE GOVERNOR TO
     PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, AND STIMULATE PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION
     BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY,"

beg leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to request the Governor to
promote, encourage, and stimulate private transportation
businesses engaged in the tourism industry.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Hawaii Activities and Tours Association and
E Noa Corporation.

     Your Committees find that government proposals to operate a
"people mover" or a "circulator" to move visitors either to and
from or within the Waikiki area would have a serious detrimental
effect on the private transportation industry, which currently
provides these services on a competitive basis.  In addition,
your Committees have heard that concerns regarding anticipated
traffic congestion at the Convention Center are generally
unfounded, based on the experiences to date.

     Your Committees believe that private industry should be
encouraged to provide visitor transportation services, and that

 
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government's role should be to support and provide that
encouragement to the private sector.

     Your Committees have amended this measure to:

     (1)  Change the title to read:

          "REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, AND
          STIMULATE PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN
          THE TOURISM INDUSTRY";

     (2)  Add the word "transportation" to clarify the services
          in paragraph (3) of the first BE IT RESOLVED clause;
          and

     (3)  Add a provision to paragraph (4) of the first BE IT
          RESOLVED clause that the actions of Government do not
          conflict with the rules of the Public Utilities
          Commission.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Economic Development and Transportation and
Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 201,
as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as
H.C.R. No. 201, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Economic
                                   Development and Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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