STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1848

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 375

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 375, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of repairing or renovating the Kalaeloa Airport air traffic control tower.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Palehua Townhouse Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board No. 34.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting language that would have required the Department of Transportation to:

(A) Collaborate with the Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of repairing or renovating the Kalaeloa Airport air traffic control tower; and

(B) Submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 375, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 375, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair