Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1679, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to rename Dillingham airfield, "Kawaihapai airfield."

Testimony in support of the bill was submitted by the Life of the Land, the Liliuokalani Protestant-Church, and three members of the public. The Department of Transportation provided testimony supporting the intent of the bill.

Your Committee finds that the property is currently owned by the U.S. Army, and that negotiations are underway to return the property to the State. Accordingly, your Committee agrees that amending the effective date to July 1, 2020, as proposed by the Committee on Transportation, is an appropriate response to the current situation.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1679, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.