STAND. COM. REP. 839

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1230

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1230 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Provide the Department of Transportation (DOT) with the authority to collect passenger facility charges (PFCs) and use this revenue to finance costs related to capital improvement projects at state airports; and

(2) Establish the Passenger Facility Charge Special Fund.

DOT, Department of Budget and Finance, and the Airlines Committee of Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that legislation is not necessary for the establishment of PFCs since the Executive Branch is already permitted to establish them under federal law. However, should the Governor exercise discretion to establish PFCs, a special fund may be necessary to manage the revenues from the new fees. In moving this measure in its amended form, your Committee is merely creating a fund into which such fees may be deposited. It is not the intent of your Committee to establish PFCs, nor to urge the Governor to do so.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the provision for the establishment of PFCs; and

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

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

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair