STAND. COM. REP. NO.130

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1274

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1274 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PILOTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to maintain efficient pilotage service by assuring there is an adequate supply of qualified pilots to meet the requirements of commerce.

DCCA submitted testimony in support that described the preferred past practice of DCCA, and concluded that the present licensure process is inefficient and creates uncertainty in the post-licensure training of newly licensed deputy port pilots. The Hawaii Pilots Association and a number of licensed port pilots submitted testimony in support of the bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Clarifying that the Hawaii Pilot Association is the professional association of port pilots in the State;

(2) Emphasizing that the granting of licenses to port pilots and deputy port pilots shall be on the basis of when the need arises; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

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. 1274, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1274, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair