STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3841

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1953

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1953, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONCESSIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide the Department of Transportation with the flexibility to provide relief to concessionaires facing hardships due to a reduction in business volume.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Airport Concessionaires Committee.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Airlines Committee of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this measure provides the Department of Transportation with the flexibility and discretion to provide relief to concessionaires, including concessionaires on a holdover or revocable permit, who are struggling during an economic crisis.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making the measure effective upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1953, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1953, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair