STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 554-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1880

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1880 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) Removing Piers 1 and 2 of Honolulu Harbor from the Kakaako Community Development District; and

(2) Granting jurisdiction and administrative authority over Piers 1 and 2 to the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Matson Navigation Company, Alexander and Baldwin, Inc., Young Brothers Limited, Maritime Consultants of the Pacific, Hawaii Harbor Users Group, Horizon Lines, LLC, Paradise Cruise, Ltd., and ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this bill. DOT, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of the intent of this measure.

Hawaii is dependent upon its harbors for the movement of cargo between islands and the rest of the world. Honolulu Harbor serves as the main lifeline of cargo and commerce for the State of Hawaii. Your Committee finds that cargo shipping space in Honolulu Harbor is at a premium and that the area that encompasses Piers 1 and 2 is nearing its maximum cargo capacity. New harbor space needs to be found and present cargo space needs to be conserved. Hawaii's economic sustainability is dependent upon the effectiveness and efficiency of its harbors system and that by transferring jurisdiction of Piers 1 and 2 from HCDA to DOT, the efficacy of this system can be better managed.

However, Your Committee finds that the current description of the parcels of land to be transferred is vague. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Specifying that the land that DOT will have jurisdiction and administrative authority over includes:

(A) Lot 3 of the Forrest Avenue subdivision and parcels 2, 3-A, A, and B as shown on the map filed with the Bureau of Conveyances of the State of Hawaii, as file plan 2335; and

(B) Lots A-1 and A-2, as shown on map 2, filed in the Office of the Assistant Registrar of the Land Court of the State of Hawaii with land court application 1328;

(2) Clarifying that the above-mentioned parcels shall be deleted from the Kakaako Community Development District and conveyed to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to be set aside for DOT and the Foreign Trade Zone Division of DBEDT to ensure continued maritime and foreign commerce use of the specified lands; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1880, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1880, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair