STAND. COM. REP. NO.  377-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2407

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2407, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND DISPOSITIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate the efficient use of public lands by allowing the Department of Transportation to negotiate the disposition of lands under its jurisdiction and control without the approval of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, when such disposition encourages competition within the aeronautical, airport-related, maritime, and maritime-related operations.

The Department of Transportation, Airlines Committee of Hawaii, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Hawaiian Airlines, and Young Brothers provided testimony in support of this measure.  Conservation Council for Hawaii, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Ka Lahui Hawaii Political Action Committee and a few individuals provided testimony in opposition.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the sunset date to July 1, 2021.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2407, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2407, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair