HONOLULU

June 20, 2003

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIONS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1230

Honorable Members

Twenty-Second Legislature

State of Hawaii

Pursuant to Section 16 of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, I am returning herewith, without my approval, House Bill No. 1230, entitled "A Bill for an Act Relating to Transportation."

The purposes of this bill are to appropriate moneys to fund heightened security measures throughout the State's airports and harbor systems, create a special fund for passenger facility charges, and make other appropriations.

While the first parts of this bill have merit, I object to the appropriations contained in sections 5 to 10, inclusive, because the appropriations for operating and capital improvement projects funds for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2003-2004 are already contained in the general appropriations bill (House Bill No. 200).

Section 16 of Article III of the State Constitution provides that, "[e]xcept for items appropriated to be expended by the judicial and legislative branches, the governor may veto any specific item or items in any bill which appropriates money for specific purposes by striking out or reducing the same."

Because of the foregoing objections, I have taken the following actions pursuant to my line item veto authority:

1. Section 5, pages 3-4. Striking out by drawing a line through the $350,000 and the $8,191,000 special fund appropriations out of the harbor special fund for fiscal year 2003-2004 for capital improvement projects, and changing them to $0.

2. Section 6, pages 4-6. (a) Striking out by drawing a line through the $12,250,000 appropriation, and its total funding source breakdown amounts of $2,450,000 and $9,800,000, out of the highway revenue bond fund and federal funds for fiscal year 2003-2004 for capital improvement projects, and changing them to $0; (b) striking out by drawing a line through the $6,500,000 appropriation, and its total funding source breakdown amounts of $1,300,000 and $5,200,000, out of the highway revenue bond fund and federal funds for fiscal year 2003-2004 for capital improvement projects, and changing them to $0; (c) striking out by drawing a line through the $2,500,000 appropriation, and its total funding source breakdown amounts of $500,000 and $2,000,000, out of the highway revenue bond fund and federal funds for fiscal year 2003-2004 for capital improvement projects, and changing them to $0; (d) striking out by drawing a line through the $15,000,000 appropriation, and its total funding source breakdown amounts of $3,000,000 and $12,000,000, out of the highway revenue bond fund and federal funds for fiscal year 2003-2004 for capital improvement projects, and changing them to $0; (e) striking out by drawing a line through the $350,000, $2,000,000, and $10,250,000 appropriations, and their total funding source breakdown amounts of $2,520,000 and $10,080,000, out of the highway revenue bond fund and federal funds for fiscal year 2003-2004 for capital improvement projects, and changing them to $0.

3. Section 7, page 7. Striking out by drawing a line through the $2,700,000 special fund appropriation out of the highway other funds for fiscal year 2003-2004 for capital improvement projects, and changing it to $0.

4. Section 8, pages 7-8. Striking out by drawing a line through all of the $20,885,201 of the special fund appropriations out of the airports special fund for fiscal year 2003-2004 for additional positions, security services, equipment, rental, and supplies at state airports, and changing them to $0.

5. Section 9, pages 8-9. Striking out by drawing a line through the $5,981,676 of the special fund appropriations out of the harbors special fund for fiscal year 2003-2004 for security services and fringe benefits throughout the various state harbor locations, and changing it to $0.

6. Section 10, page 9. Striking out by drawing a line through the $4,067,783 of the reduce debt service payments for highways division for fiscal year 2003-2004, and changing it to $0.

For the foregoing reasons, I am returning House Bill No. 1230 with the appropriations in sections 5 to 10 stricken as set forth above totaling $91,025,660 in special fund appropriations for fiscal year 2003-2004.