STAND. COM. REP. NO. 25

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1166
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1166 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HONOLULU
     HARBOR, OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to build additional ship
berths in Honolulu Harbor.  

     Written testimony in support of this measure was submitted
by the Department of Transportation and American Hawaii Cruises.
Oral testimony was submitted by Boats/Hawaii Inc.

     Your Committee finds that cruise ship services to the
Hawaiian Islands are undergoing rapid expansion and the capacity
of the newly constructed ships is continuing to grow.  It should
be anticipated that within the next five years, Honolulu Harbor
will regularly see three or more passenger vessels per day as
many as thirty-five to forty times.

     Additionally, foreign flag operators are continuing to
increase their port calls in the Hawaiian Islands, and Honolulu
in particular, over thee next three to four years.  Presently,
their total contribution to the states economy is in excess of
$50,000,000 per year, and by the year 2004, this number could
double or triple.


 
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     Your Committee further finds that dedicated passenger
terminal facilities are available only at the Aloha Tower in
Honolulu Harbor where two cruise ships can berth.                
     
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1166 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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