Bill Text: HI HB2380 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Working Group; Shipping; Molokai; Lanai; Hana; Oahu; Goods; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-04-26 - (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 1:30PM in conference room 225. [HB2380 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2380-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  762-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2380

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2380, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SHIPPING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist the residents and businesses of Molokai and Lanai by establishing a working group to study and consider ways to reduce the time and cost of shipping goods from Molokai and Lanai to Oahu, including amending existing laws, exploring the feasibility of alternative modes of transportation, reducing taxes, and creating tax incentives.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Molokai Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, a member of the Maui County Council, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Young Brothers, Limited provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2380, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair