STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1058-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.C.R. No. 305

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 305 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING THE USE OF AIRPORT REVENUES TO PAY FOR THE OPERATIONAL COSTS OF STATE AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS OF INCOMING AIR CARGO AT STATE AIRPORTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge Hawaii's congressional delegation to seek clarification from the United States Secretary of Transportation regarding the use of airport revenues to pay for the operational costs of state agricultural inspections of incoming air cargo at state airports.

     Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation and Kauai County Farm Bureau testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 305 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Transportation,

____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair