HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP HSEDC 010 03/07/2002 2000-2002 EOItT of TIIE
COMMITTEE ON kIUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DATE: March 7, 2002 Re: Communication No. 521/Resolution No. 175-02
PLACE: Council Chambers
TIME: 3:07 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Human Services and Economic Development, to which was referred Resolution No.
175-02, "A Resolution Supporting Federal Legislation Exempting Foreign Passenger Cruise Ships in
Hawaiian Waters from the Passenger Vessel Services Act," reports as follows:
Resolution No. 175-02, transmitted by Council Chair James Y. Arakaki via Communication No. 521,
dated February 13, 2002, "supports and encourages federal legislation that would exempt Hawaii from
the Passenger Vessel Services Act that requires a foreign call between stops at U.S. ports."
Chairman Arakaki explained that he introduced the resolution to address the present requirement that
Norwegian cruise ships sail to Fanning Island to register a foreign port-of--call, thereby remaining at sea
rather than docking at Hilo or other destinations in Hawaiian waters. He noted that the passenger capacity
of the Norwegian Star is equal to fully seven 747s landing in Hilo.
Council member J. Curtis Tyler, III circulated an article from the March 3, 2002 edition of West Hawaii
Today indicating that a bill sponsored by Senator John McCain to allow foreign cruise ships to make
consecutive stops at U.S. ports is presently stalled in the U.S. Senate.
Your committ.,~ members expressed broad support for initiatives to support the cruise ship industry.
However, several members requested additional information regarding the provisions of the Passenger
Vessel Services Act to be assembled by the Legislative Auditor's Office in conjunction with
consideration of the resolution by the full Council
Your Committee on Human Services and Economic Development is in accord with the purpose and intent
of Resolution No. 175-02 and recommends its adoption and filing of Communication 521.
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AYES NOES A&E Ex Respectfully submitted:
Pi3ICCHI0 x
JACO~SON x COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ARAK.AKI x
CIiUNG x
ELARIONO~'F x G''"~' .~i'~•- •y~ / CJ
LEYTHEAD-TODD x NANCY P ICCHIO, CHAIR
SAFARII{ x A
oPD DIZEP iSAR ~ to
TYLER x
YAGONG x