STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1007

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 997

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 997, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONCESSIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the Department of Transportation (DOT) with the permanent authority, flexibility, and discretion to pursue and enter into airport concession contracts and other arrangements by negotiation.

The DOT and Airport Concessionaires Committee supported this measure. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the provisions that provided the DOT with the authority to grant contracts for concession or concession space for no more than fifteen years for the initial term, and if amended, up to the remaining term plus any agreed upon extension;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 997, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 997, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair