STAND. COM. REP. NO.  445

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1152

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1152 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AIRPORTS DIVISION, PROJECT ADJUSTMENT FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to add a budget proviso to the General Appropriations Act of 2015 to enable the Department of Transportation to use the Airports Division, Project Adjustment Fund to supplement any currently authorized capital investment cost elements for Airports Division capital improvement projects.  

 

     The Department of Transportation supported this measure.  

 

     Your Committee finds that the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016, Act 124, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, item C-38.02, project adjustment fund, statewide, establishes a contingency fund for Airports Division project adjustment purposes, subject to the provisions of Act 124.  However, Act 124, which amends Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, does not contain a budget proviso that permits the utilization of the Department of Transportation Airports Division Project Adjustment Fund.  This measure authorizes the Governor to make supplemental allotments from the Project Adjustment Fund to supplement any currently authorized capital investment cost elements for Airports Division capital improvement projects.


     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. 1152 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair