STAND. COM. REP. NO. 877

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 375

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 Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 375, 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 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 written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Makakilo Kapolei Neighborhood Board Transportation Committee, and Palehua Townhouse Association.

Your Committee finds that the study required by this measure will provide stakeholders and the public with valuable information about the current status of the Kalaeloa Airport air traffic control tower.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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. 375, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 375, 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