STAND. COM. REP. NO. 735-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2637
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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2637 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to assist airport vendors while enhancing the ambiance of Hawaii's airports by granting the Department of Transportation (DOT):
(1) The flexibility to allow airport concessions to make improvements to their facilities; and
(2) The authority to:
(A) Grant short-term extensions to concession leases or concession permits within specified parameters in exchange for improvements; and
(B) Modify and alter older leases and permits by changing relief terms to similar terms found in newer concession leases that provide emergency economic relief to concessions in case of disruptive economic events.
DOT, HMSHost, and the Legislative Committee for the Airports Concessionaires Committee supported this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, 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. 2637, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2637, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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