STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1222-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2450

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2450, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Transportation to:

(1) Establish a maximum gross weight limit for ocean transport containers; and

(2) Weigh any ocean transport container offloaded at any harbor in the State and impose a fine on any company that offloads an ocean transport container that exceeds the maximum gross weight limit.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee believes that this measure is necessary to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the State's harbors.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2450, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2450, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair