STAND. COM. REP. NO. 117

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 927

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 927 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to transportation.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with a measure that:

(1) Requires the Air Carrier Commission to enter into a contract with a qualified charter air service provider to secure emergency air transportation services in cases of emergency when no other air service is available;

(2) Establishes the Air Noise and Safety Task Force and requires the Task Force to submit annual reports to the Legislature;

(3) Establishes the Airports Advisory Council;

(4) Authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt administrative rules to designate an airport security area within an airport property;

(5) Establishes positions within the Airports Division of the Department of Transportation; and

(6) Appropriates funds.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 927, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 927, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair