Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Third Special Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 11 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect Hawaii's residents and tourists, secure our transportation infrastructure, and encourage travel to Hawaii by appropriating funds to implement security measures for state airports, harbors, and highways.

This bill appropriates the following sums for security improvements in both operating expenses as well as capital improvements:

(1) $27,058,000 for state airports;

(2) $4,212,000 for state harbors; and

(3) $5,000,000 for state highways.

Your Committee notes that S.B. No. 11 is a companion measure to H.B. No. 11 which your Committee reported out earlier in an unamended form, and the contents of these bills are identical. On October 23, 2001, both the Senate and the House held an extensive public hearing on S.B. No. 11 and H.B. No. 11, at which time many citizens and organizations testified on these measures.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 11 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.