CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 96-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 3080
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3080, S.D. 2, H.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 measure is to provide further economic relief to airport concessions that were negatively impacted by the events of September 11, 2001.
Your Committee on Conference finds that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had a profound impact on air travel in the United States. The subsequent events of the Iraq War and severe acute respiratory syndrome further reduced air travel to Hawaii and other major airports in the United States. The intent of this measure is to provide further relief to previously qualified concessionaires who received relief following the events of September 11, 2001, but who have not yet negotiated further relief with the State. While most concessions since the ending of the regular session of 2003 have negotiated relief with the State, some have not been able to complete negotiations, because the State may need added authority to provide necessary relief to those concessions.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting reference to allowing the Governor to lease public lands to the affected concessionaires;
(2) Allowing the Governor to implement the relief by waiving the effect of section 171-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the disposition of public lands, which would allow the lease of public lands to the affected concessionaires who have had their leases or licenses cancelled for failure to satisfy the terms and conditions thereof; and
(3) Repealing the measure on July 1, 2005.
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 S.B. No. 3080, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3080, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |