STAND. COM. REP. NO. 400-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2613
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2613 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to assist the Harbors Division of the Department of Transportation in more efficiently implementing needed maritime projects by exempting submerged lands within the State commercial harbors system from the permit and site plan approval requirements as they relate to submerged lands contained within a conservation district.
As an island state, and one of the most isolated land masses in the world, Hawaii relies on its harbors to serve as a lifeline for the transportation of goods between our State and the rest of the world with approximately 98 percent of goods imported into Hawaii passing through the State's commercial harbors annually. Unlike most areas in the continental United States, long-distance, land-based transportation of goods is not an option in Hawaii. As such, significant impacts to facility operations and delivery of goods can occur if necessary capital projects are not completed or harbor facilities are not maintained or rehabilitated in a timely manner due to permit delays.
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. 2613 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair |
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