Bill Text: HI SB2942 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Aloha Tower Development Corporation; Repeal; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-22 - (S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-10 2:30PM in conference room 224. [SB2942 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2942-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. (a) There is created within the department of transportation for administrative purposes only, the Aloha Tower development task force (task force), which shall examine the feasibility and economic impacts of dissolving the Aloha Tower development corporation and transferring its functions to other state agencies. Specifically, the task force shall include in its examination the transfer of:
(1) The harbors modernization group to the department of transportation and placing the administrative oversight and responsibilities of this group within that agency; and
(2) All other responsibilities of the Aloha Tower development corporation to the Hawaii community development authority.
(b) The task force shall be composed of five members as follows:
(1) The director of transportation, or designee, who shall serve as chairperson;
(2) The director of finance, or designee;
(3) Two public members, not including any officer or employee of the State, one to be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted to the governor by the president of the senate, and one to be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted to the governor by the speaker of the house of representatives; provided that the two public members shall each be directly involved with:
(A) Any harbor or offshore mooring facility in the state that is primarily involved with the movement of commercial cargo and passenger vessels entering, departing, or traveling within the state harbor system;
(B) An activity that requires or is otherwise directly related to the loading, offloading, storage, or distribution of goods and services by means of seaborne transportation; or
(C) Activities that:
(i) Promote the welfare, growth, and economic interests of Hawaii's commercial harbors and harbor facilities;
(ii) Assist and inform harbor users of, and assist harbor users in, the interpretation of laws, rules, regulations, and proposed and pending legislation applicable to Hawaii's commercial harbors and harbor facilities, for compliance purposes; and
(iii) Foster and encourage the development and improvement of Hawaii's commercial harbors and harbor facilities;
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(4) A public member jointly agreed upon by the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives.
The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but each member shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the performance of their duties.
(c) The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any necessary legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2012; provided that if the task force recommends the dissolution of the Aloha Tower development corporation, the dissolution shall not take place until July 1, 2013; provided further that the recommendation shall contain a timeframe and plans for the transition of the various functions from the Aloha Tower development corporation to the department of transportation and the Hawaii community development authority, as applicable.
PART II
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the harbor special fund the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010-2011 for consultant services to implement the commercial harbors modernization plan.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.
PART III
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.
Report Title:
Aloha Tower Development Corporation; Repeal; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes a task force to determine the feasibility and economic effects of dissolving the Aloha Tower Development Corporation (ATDC) and transferring various functions of ATDC to the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the Department of Transportation. Requires a report. Appropriates an unspecified amount for continued consultant services for the Commercial Harbors Modernization Plan. Effective July 1, 2020. (SB2942 HD2)
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