STAND. COM. REP. NO. 755

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 112

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 112, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make it a misdemeanor to engage or facilitate flying without a valid pilot license.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that flying without a license is a threat to public safety. This measure makes flying without a license a misdemeanor. Your Committee notes that it did not receive any testimony on this measure from the Department of Transportation, representatives of the airlines or airports, or experts in aviation, which limited the ability of your Committee to make amendments or receive answers to questions. It is the desire of your Committee that, should this measure advance, the various stakeholders and experts take the opportunity to testify and ensure that some of the questions that have been raised may be answered.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding the definition of "pilot license";

(2) Including an exemption to ensure that student pilots who are in training but are not yet licensed will not be penalized for flying; provided they have a student certificate; and

(3) Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

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. 112, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 112, S.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair