STAND. COM. REP. NO.  587

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 250

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 250 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to better update and improve harbor infrastructure and facilities by authorizing Aloha Tower Development Corporation (ATDC) to assist the Department of Transportation (DOT) in this endeavor.

 

     DOT, ATDC, Maritime Consultants of the Pacific, LLC, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Ship Agents Association, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and Matson Navigation Company testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Harbor Users Group supported the intent of this measure. 

    

     Your Committees find that ATDC is empowered to develop, construct, improve, or repair projects and has the expertise to develop harbor infrastructure and facilities.  DOT is responsible for caring for and controlling all commercial harbors in the state, but does not have the necessary resources to keep up with the continuing demands for further improvement and development of additional desperately needed harbor facilities.  The partnership of these two agencies will allow the State to leverage its resources for the benefit of harbor users.


     To ensure ATDC has the necessary funding to carry out its harbor infrastructure improvement projects within the state, your Committees have amended this bill by requiring, instead of authorizing, ATDC to apply any revenues derived from commercial development projects in the area seaward of Nimitz Highway between pier 4 and the Honolulu International Airport, subject to existing contractual and statutory commitments to DOT.  In addition, technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 250, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 250, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs and Transportation,

 

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair

 

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KEN ITO, Chair