STAND. COM. REP. NO. 26

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1214
                                        




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. 1214 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the life of the
temporary Hawaii Maritime Authority Commission and change the
deadline for submittal of its report to the legislature from
December 20, 1998, to December 20, 1999.  

     Written testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by
the Department of Transportation, Department of Business,
Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii Community Development
Authority, Matson Navigation Company, Chamber of Commerce of
Hawaii, and Boats/Hawaii Inc.  Written testimony opposed to this
measure was submitted by EnviroWatch, Inc.  Oral testimony
opposed to this measure was given by one individual.
Informational testimony was submitted by Hawaii's Thousand
Friends.

     Your Committee finds that the Temporary Maritime Authority
Commission was created by Act 183, Session Laws 1998, to create a
temporary port authority to make recommendations to the
Legislature as to the needs of the Authority, the role to be
played by the Authority, and the functions thereof.


 
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     Your Committee further finds that numerous complex issues
still need to be addressed by the temporary Commission,
including, the type of governance structure that would best suit
Hawaii, the amount of autonomy this agency would have, its
relationship with the administration including the Governor and
state departments, the civil service status of its employees and
the financial impact of a port authority.  Therefore, an
extension of time is needed to extend the life of the temporary
Hawaii Maritime Authority Commission.

     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. 1214 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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