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HI HB660

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2013

Primary Sponsor

Mele Carroll

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a working group within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study and recommend ways to reduce the time and cost of shipping goods from Molokai, Lanai, and Hana, Maui to Oahu.

  • Working group shall consider strategies including amending statutes or rules, evaluating alternative transportation modes, reducing or creating tax incentives, and other relevant approaches.

  • Working group composition includes state directors (DBEDT, Transportation, Taxation, Agriculture), a Maui County official, representatives from shipping and airline industries, and members representing Molokai, Lanai, and Hana communities.

  • Members shall serve without compensation but receive reimbursed expenses; the Department of DBEDT shall provide administrative and technical support.

  • Working group must report findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2014 regular session and dissolves on June 30, 2014.

Legislative Description

Working Group; Shipping; Molokai; Lanai; Hana; Oahu; Goods; Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cachola, Coffman, Takai excused (4).

2/12/2013

Committee Referrals

Finance2/12/2013
Transportation1/22/2013

Full Bill Text

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