STAND. COM. REP. NO. 75

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 168
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 168 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AIRPORT LANDING FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to help the airline industry by keeping airport landing fees as
low as possible.

     Your Committee finds that our State's dependence on airline
service necessitates keeping costs to air carriers as low as
possible. Your Committee further finds that the income from
landing fees, together with other airport income, in some fiscal
years may be more than necessary to fund anticipated airport
costs.

     This bill proposes that should the airport fund balance plus
projected future revenues exceed the amount determined to be
necessary to finance the fund's requirements that the Director of
Transportation may grant a rebate of the airport landing fees.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Department of Transportation and from the Airlines Committee of
Hawaii, which indicated that they are working closely together to
accomplish low and stable airport/airline costs.



 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
168 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation,



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair