STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2796

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2627

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2627, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Transportation to replace the perimeter fence around Kahului airport in the County of Maui.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Maui Chamber of Commerce.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the airport fence funded by this measure is needed to prevent axis deer from entering the runway area and threatening the safety of airport passengers and operators.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2627, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2627, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair