STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1260-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2619

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2619, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to replace criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in Chapter 261, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto, with a civil penalty not to exceed $200.

The Department of Transportation, General Aviation Council of Hawaii, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and a few concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the maximum penalty to $500.

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 S.B. No. 2619, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2619, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair