STAND. COM. REP. NO.  683

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1443

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1443, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN AIRPORT CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the effectiveness of management and administration of scarce and increasingly valuable airport resources by establishing an independent airport corporation to be known as the Hawaii Airport Corporation.

The State Procurement Office, Department of Transportation, Enterprise Holdings, Maui Hotel & Lodging Association, The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association, Airlines Committee of Hawaii, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, General Aviation Council of Hawaii, and Hawaiian Airlines testified in support.  Office of Hawaiian Affairs and an individual testified in opposition.  The Department of the Attorney General, Department of Budget and Finance, and Hawaii Tourism Authority provided comments.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1443, 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. 1443, H.D. 2.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair