STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1625

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 204

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 204 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY, CONSIDER, AND RECOMMEND WAYS TO REDUCE THE TRANSPORT TIME AND COST OF SHIPPING GOODS TO OAHU FROM MOLOKAI, LANAI, AND HANA, MAUI,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to examine ways to reduce costs and improve the timely shipping of goods to Oahu from Molokai, Lanai, and Hana, Maui by requesting the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a working group to study such matters and make recommendations.

Three members of the Maui County Council supported this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Taxation; Young Brothers, Limited; and a concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1)  Including in the working group:

(A)  The Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission; and

(B)  A representative from the shipping industry; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Economic Development & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 204, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 204, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Economic Development & Business,

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair