STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1445

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 971

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 971, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the composition of the Board of Directors (Board) of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation.

 

     Specifically, the measure:

 

     (1)  Increases Board membership from three to five voting members;

 

     (2)  Adds to the Board the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, one member to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one member to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

 

     (3)  Removes from the Board the Director of Transportation;

 

     (4)  Designates the Deputy Director of Transportation, Harbors Division, as the Chairperson of the Board; and

 

     (5)  Repeals the position of Chief Executive Officer.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that the current composition of the Board of Directors of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation presents challenges in conducting Corporation business.  Your Committee believes that the change in Board composition and the addition of members to the Board, as proposed under this measure, will improve the Board's ability to conduct business and ensure that more perspectives are represented.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity 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 H.B. No. 971, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 971, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair