STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1291

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1404

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Transportation Airports Division to:

 

     (1)  Demand and collect reimbursement from any airport contractor, tenant, or user for the entire amount of fines and penalties levied for the violation of federal, state, or county laws related to environmental protection or the United States Department of Homeland Security; and

 

     (2)  Enter into a capital advancement contract with a private party for public improvement or construction projects at State airports under certain circumstances.

 

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

 

     Your Committee finds that over the last three years, the Department of Transportation Airports Division was fined approximately $150,000 for Transportation Security Administration violations caused by tenants and contractors at Hawaii airports.  Your Committee further finds that this measure will help maximize the utilization of the Department of Transportation Airports Division funds for the betterment of the airport by authorizing the reimbursement of fines caused by airport tenants and contractors.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS TODD, Chair