STAND. COM. REP. NO. 273

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1093

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1093 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Director of Transportation to transfer funding between program identification numbers within the Harbors Division; provided that the aggregate amount of funds transferred in a year does not exceed an unspecified amount.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Young Brothers, LLC; and Matson Navigation Company, Inc.

Your Committee finds that as an island state, Hawaii is highly dependent on commercial harbors to ensure the continued and unimpeded flow of cargo in and out of the State. It is estimated that over 90 percent of imported goods pass through commercial harbors. This measure would allow the Harbors Division of the Department of Transportation flexibility with its funds to ensure that the State's harbors are properly maintained and allow the Harbors Division to continue to provide necessary goods to the people of Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 1093, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1093, H.D. 1, 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