STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1163

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1214
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Water and Land Use and
Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1214 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII MARITIME
     AUTHORITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prolong the existence of the
Temporary Maritime Authority Commission and extend the deadline
for its legislative report.

     Your Committees on Transportation, Water and Land Use, and
Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources find that the temporary
commission needs more time in determining the roles, functions
and geographic jurisdiction of the proposed Hawaii Maritime
Authority.  The Committees also find that there are some
questions pertaining to the efficiency of the Authority that is
to be created.  Although many important issues and problems have
not been resolved since the creation of the Temporary Hawaii
Maritime Authority Commission, your Committees find that
continuing to consider the establishment of the Hawaii Maritime
Authority is still valuable to the State.

     This bill proposes to delay the dissolution of the Temporary
Hawaii Maritime Authority Commission until the adjournment of the
regular session of 2000 and extend the deadline of its final
report to the Legislature until December 20, 1999.  The submittal

 
 
 
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of the final report will then enable the Legislature to create
the Hawaii Maritime Authority during the regular session of 2000.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Department of Transportation, the Department of Business,
Economic Development, and Tourism, the Hawaii Community
Development Authority, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Young
Brothers, Limited, and the Hawaii Activities and Tours
Association.  BOATS/Hawaii Inc. also supported the intent of the
bill.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Transportation and Water and Land Use and Ocean
Recreation and Marine Resources that are attached to this report,
your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 1214 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Transportation
                                   and Water and Land Use and
                                   Ocean Recreation and Marine
                                   Resources,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair               ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair