STAND. COM. REP. NO. 875-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2299
                                     S.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B.
No. 2299, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to preserve the maritime passenger and cargo facilities of Piers
1 and 2 at Fort Armstrong.

     Your Committee finds Piers 1 and 2 are now included under
the authority of the Kakaako Community Development Authority.
Your Committee further finds that Piers 1 and 2 should be
preserved for maritime cargo facilities, recognizing that these
facilities would be both expensive and difficult to relocate.

     This bill proposes to change the boundaries of the Kakaako
Community Development Authority to exclude Piers 1 and 2, and to
transfer such authority to the Department of Transportation.

     Testimonies in support of this measure were received from
the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, CSX Lines, Hawaii Boaters
Political Action Association, ILWU Local 142, Paradise Cruise,
Ltd., Hawaii Stevedores, Ltd., Young Brothers, Ltd.,
Boats/Hawaii, and Kaneohe Bay Association of Mariners.  

     The Kakaako Community Development Authority (HCDA) testified
in opposition to this measure, and the Department of
Transportation deferred all comments the HCDA.

 
 
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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 S.B. No.
2299, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Water and Land Use.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair