STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1361

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 46

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 46 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO EXEMPT THE DOMESTIC SHIPMENT OF GOODS TO AND FROM HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO, FROM THE JONES ACT REQUIREMENT THAT THE TRANSPORTING SHIP BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee, is to urge Congress to exempt the domestic shipment of goods to and from Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, from the Jones Act requirement that the transporting ship be constructed in the United States.  

     For the purposes of a public hearing on this measure, your Committee circulated a proposed H.C.R. No. 46, H.D. 1 (Proposed Draft), and notified the public that it would be accepting testimony on the Proposed Draft.  The purpose of the Proposed Draft is to request the Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of the proposed regulation of transportation network companies.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and USAA commented on the Proposed Draft.  The Hawaii Insurers Council and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company opposed the Proposed Draft.  The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii commented on the measure as received by your Committee.  

     Your Committee considered the merits of both H.C.R. No. 46, as received by your Committee, and the Proposed Draft and, upon careful consideration, adopted the Proposed Draft.  As amended, the title of this measure has been changed to: "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES."  Your Committee further amended the Proposed Draft by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 46, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 46, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair