STAND. COM. REP. NO. 950

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 85

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 85, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HARBORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect Honolulu Harbor for strictly maritime use by:

(1) Excluding Piers 1 and 2 of Honolulu Harbor and the contiguous backup fast lands used for manifested cargo and passenger operations from the Kakaako Community Development District; and

(2) Granting jurisdiction and administrative authority over Piers 1 and 2 and the contiguous backup fast lands used for manifested cargo and passenger operations to the Department of Transportation (DOT).

The ILWU Local 142, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Matson Navigation Company, and Young Brothers, Limited, testified in support of this bill. DOT and the Hawaii Community Development Authority opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 85, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 85, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair