STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1100

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 733

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Energy and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 733, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide exemptions from vehicle registration, safety inspection, and driver licensure requirements for marine terminal equipment when operating on Sand Island Parkway and Sand Island Access Road to allow the operation of marine terminal equipment between terminal locations under specific conditions.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Maritime Group, LLC; Matson; and one individual.

     Your Committees find that this measure promotes operational efficiencies at the harbors by streamlining the existing process to allow marine equipment to be moved between terminals and by affording harbor users to re-allocate resources as needed.  The marine equipment that is usually moved between terminals is limited to tractor trucks, forklifts, and top picks, and this flexibility is most needed for terminals at Sand Island.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the exemptions apply to tractor trucks, forklifts, and top picks used as marine terminal equipment that are temporarily moving in or between terminals; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Energy and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 733, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 733, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Energy and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair