Bill Text: HI HB692 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Harbors; Capital Improvement Projects; Revenue Bond; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB692 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB692-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HARBORS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 200, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, authorized the department of transportation to issue harbor revenue bonds for certain specified capital improvement projects authorized by Act 200. The capital improvements were part of the commercial harbors modernization plan. Act 200 also placed into statute the harbors modernization plan which was later repealed by Act 152, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011.
Act 200 also transferred jurisdiction over Hana harbor to the department of transportation, excluding the small boat ramp facility which remained under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources (section 266-1.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes).
The legislature finds that the appropriations for capital improvement projects in Act 200 were not released and the funding has since lapsed. Act 200 provided for a lapse date of funding on June 30, 2012, unless unencumbered as of that date. An additional reason for the lack of any funding is the repeal of the harbors modernization plan by Act 152. The legislature further finds that the lack of funding for harbor improvements is contrary to Act 200, which provides in pertinent part in section 1 as follows:
"To meet the economic needs of the state, the harbors division of the department of transportation must provide suitable harbor facilities and berthing piers, which in turn ensures the efficient and timely delivery and shipment of goods imported into the state. Ocean surface transportation is our state's lifeline. It remains the only viable means to service the largest share of Hawaii's economic needs. However, Hawaii's aging commercial harbor system has not kept pace with our growing economy, and Hawaii's commercial ports statewide are experiencing competition for berthing rights for cargo, fuel, and cruise ship activities, and severe congestion in harbor facilities. Harbor users, the state administration, and the legislature recognize that it is now extremely critical to upgrade existing port facilities and develop harbor improvements in an expedited manner."
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the issuance of harbor revenue bonds to finance certain harbor capital improvement projects.
SECTION 2. The department of transportation is authorized to issue harbor revenue bonds for harbor capital improvement projects authorized in section 3 of this Act and designated to be financed by revenue bond funds with debt service cost to be paid from special funds in a principal amount as shall be required to yield the amounts appropriated for the capital improvement program projects, and, if so determined by the department and approved by the governor, any additional amounts as may be deemed necessary by the department to pay interest on the revenue bonds during the estimated construction period of the capital improvement project for which harbor revenue bonds are issued to establish, maintain, or increase reserves for the harbor revenue bonds or harbor revenue bonds heretofore authorized (whether authorized and issued or authorized and still unissued), and to pay the expenses of issuance of the bonds. Harbor revenue bonds shall be issued pursuant to part III of chapter 39, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The principal of and interest on harbor revenue bonds, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of the bonds, shall be payable solely from and secured solely by the revenues derived from harbors and related facilities under the ownership of the State or operated and managed by the department, including rents, mooring, wharfage, dockage, pilotage fees, and other fees or charges presently or hereafter derived from or arising through the ownership, operation, and management of harbor and related facilities and the furnishing and supplying of the services thereof. The expenses of the issuance of harbor revenue bonds shall, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of the bonds, be paid from the harbor special fund.
The governor, in the governor's discretion, may use the harbor special fund to finance projects authorized in section 3 of this Act where the method of financing is designated to be by harbor revenue bond funds.
SECTION 3. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated in this Act, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the harbor revenue bond funds for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2017, and all intervening fiscal years. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.
1. HMP – Kapalama military reservation improvements, Honolulu harbor
Design and construction for the development of a new container terminal facility.
Design $
Construction $
Total funding $
2. HMP – Kalaeloa Barbers Point harbor infrastructure improvements, Oahu
Design of utility and infrastructure improvements.
Design $
Total funding $
3. HMP – Kalaeloa Barbers Point harbor fuel pier improvements, Oahu
Design of new fuel pier and other site related improvements.
Design $
Total Funding $
4. HMP – Pier 4 interisland cargo terminal, Hilo harbor, Hawaii
Design of additional interisland cargo terminal areas including a pier, yard, roadways, and utilities.
Design $
Total funding $
5. HMP – Kahului harbor land acquisition and improvements, Maui
Purchase additional land and subsequent design of improvements for the acquired land.
Land $
Design $
Total funding $
6. HMP – Hana harbor, Maui
Development of infrastructure, demolition, as necessary, and expansion of facilities.
Total funding $
7. HMP – West harbor barge-ferry slip, Kahului harbor, Maui
Design for a new west harbor barge-ferry slip and associated site work improvements.
Design $
Total funding $
8. HMP – West harbor dredging and breakwater, Kahului harbor, Maui
Design for west harbor breakwater, dredging, and associated improvements.
Design $
Total funding $
9. HMP – West harbor cruise terminal Kahului harbor, Maui
Design of a cruise terminal including paving, utilities, security, and other site work improvements.
Design $
Total funding $
10. HMP – East harbor breakwater, Kahului harbor, Maui
Design of the east harbor breakwater and related improvements.
Design $
Total funding $
11. HMP – Pier 2 improvements, Kahului harbor, Maui
Design of improvements to the pier including strengthening, bollard replacement, dredging, and environmental permitting.
Design $
Total funding $
12. HMP – Kawaihae harbor development plan, Hawaii
Development plan for improving new terminal cargo facilities at Kawaihae harbor.
Plans $
Total funding $
13. HMP – Pier 2 terminal improvements, Kawaihae harbor, Hawaii
Design and construction of terminal improvements, including but not limited to paving, utilities, relocation of the harbor agent's office, and interim ferry improvements.
Design $
Construction $
Total funding $
14. HMP – Pier 4, Kawaihae harbor, Hawaii
Design of a multi user pier 4 and associated site work.
Design $
Total funding $
15. HMP – Multi User Pier 4, Nawiliwili harbor
Design of new pier improvements and related site and utility work.
Design $
Total funding $
16. HMP – Construction management support, statewide
Construction consultant services during construction of harbor modernization plan projects at harbor facilities statewide.
Construction $
Total funding $
17. HMP – Harbors division capital improvement program staff cost, statewide
Costs related to wages and fringes for permanent harbor modernization plan project funded positions.
Planning $
Total funding $
The appropriations made for the capital improvement projects authorized in this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriations are made; provided that all moneys from the appropriations unencumbered as of June 30, 2017, shall lapse as of that date.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.
Report Title:
Harbors; Capital Improvement Projects; Revenue Bond; Appropriation
Description:
Authorizes the DOT to issue revenue bonds for capital improvement projects for harbor improvements. Appropriates unspecified funds. Effective 07/01/20. (HD2)
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