CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1230

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1230, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to provide the Department of Transportation (DOT) with an emergency appropriation to fund heightened security measures throughout the State's airports and harbor systems.

Current funding of security measures at state airports and harbors are insufficient given recent global events and the increased security measures instituted by DOT. Your Committee on Conference finds that funds are also necessary for DOT to complete other capital improvement projects and that passenger facility charges are an untapped revenue source for the State.

Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating funds for capital improvement projects for DOT for fiscal year 2003-2004;

(2) Appropriating funds to reduce debt service payment for Land Transportation Facilities and Support (TRN 595);

(3) Establishing a Passenger Facility Charge Revenue Fund;

(4) Authorizing moneys in the Passenger Facility Charge Revenue Fund to be used for capital improvement projects authorized by the Legislature at state airports;

(5) Exempting the Passenger Facility Charge Revenue Fund from the requirements of reimbursement for central service expenses and the Works of Art Special Fund; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1230, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1230, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair
____________________________ RUSSELL KOKUBUN, Co-Chair		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair