STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 951

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 89

H.D. 1

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. 89 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SECURITY FOR THE PORT OF HONOLULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase security for the Port of Honolulu by appropriating funds for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to customize a harbor security system for Honolulu Harbor.

A member of the Honolulu City Council, American College Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. DOT and the Department of Defense supported the intent of this measure. An individual opposed this measure, and ILWU Local 142 and Ali`i Layered Security Corporation offered comments.

According to DOT, the acquisition of any security system financed with State funding should be subject to evaluation by the Harbors Division to ensure that:

(1) The functions and improvements provided by the system meet the security responsibilities and requirements of the State in its role of providing harbor security;

(2) The system is non-proprietary and does not prevent the State from obtaining security services from other security providers;

(3) The system will be owned by the State to assure long term benefits; and

(4) The acquisition of any system complies with the State's procurement procedures.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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

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

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. 89, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 89, H.D. 1.

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

		____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair