STAND. COM. REP. NO. 958

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     S.B. No. 1400

        S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1400, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL ADVANCEMENT CONTRACTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the total aggregate value of capital advancement contracts that the Department of Transportation may execute per fiscal year to improve harbors.

 

     More specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Increases from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 the contract value of capital advancement contracts to improve harbors that the Department of Transportation may execute without legislative approval;

 

     (2)  Repeals the requirement that, for capital advancement contracts having a contract value of more than $2,000,000, the Department of Transportation obtain legislative approval in the form of the adoption of a concurrent resolution; and

 

     (3)  Increases the total aggregate value of capital advancement contracts that the Department of Transportation may execute to improve harbors from $5,000,000 in any calendar year to $20,000,000 in any fiscal year.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Hawaii Harbor Users Group; and Matson Navigation Company, Inc.

 

     Your Committee finds that capital advancement contracts have proven to be an effective tool in expediting project completion.  Your Committee believes that increasing the current capital advancement contract limits for harbor improvements will allow the Department of Transportation to improve the State's harbors system more efficiently and effectively.

 

     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. 1400, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair