HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 423 Draft 01 1972-1976 County of Hawaii—State of Hawaii
No. 423
Resolution
WHEREAS , the United States Congress , by Senate Bill
Number 421 (hereafter S . 421) , cited as the "Low-Cost Air
Transportation Act, ' is attempting to regulate commerce and
assure the availability of air transportation at the lowest
reasonable cost; and
WHEREAS , S . 421, in part, authorizes reduced rate
transportation for the elderly, the handicapped, and the
young; and
WHEREAS , S . 421, in part, provides : '' (7) Senior citizens
who have retired. . .should not be denied access to air
transportation, but such a denial occurs unless a reduction
in force is authorized for such persons consistent with their
lower-than-average incomes . " ; and
WHEREAS, S . 421 also provides , in part: 'Any air carrier
or foreign carrier, under such terms and conditions as the
Board may prescribe. . .may grant reduced rate transportation
on a space-available basis . . .to persons who are sixty-five years
of age or older. . . . " ; and
WHEREAS , S . 421, as drafted, is good for our nation,
state, and county' s senior citizens , whose fixed incomes have
been sharply diminished by spiraling inflation; and
WHEREAS , a special stand-by (space available) rate plan
for our senior citizens is integrally important to Hawaii
because we are geographically dependent upon the service
provided by the inter-island airlines ,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF
THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it goes on record as unanimously
supporting and urging the United States Congress to enact
S. 421 into law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County
of Hawaii be and is hereby directed to transmit true copies
of this resolution to the Honorable George Ariyoshi , Governor,
State of Hawaii; the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States
Senator; the Honorable Hiram Fong, United States Senator;
the Honorable Spark Matsunaga, United States Representative;
the Honorable Patsy T. Mink, United States Representative; the
U.S. Congressional Committee on Commerce; the Honorable Howard
Cannon, United States Senator; the Honorable Herbert T.
Matayoshi, Mayor, County of Hawaii; the Honorable Frank F. Fasi,
Mayor, City and County of Honolulu; the Honorable Elmer Cravalho,
Mayor, County of Maui; and the Honorable Eduardo Malapit, Mayor,
County of Kauai.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii , this 4th day of June , 1975
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County of Hawaii Carpenter x
Hilo, Hawaii X
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hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to Fujii x
Hisaoka
the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on.
Kawahara x
June 4, 1975 Lai
Levin x
ATTEST: Yadao X
Yamada
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Robert M.M. Yama• Reference:
Ted T. Suzuki
CHAIRMAN & PRESI D G OFFICER
COUNTY CLERK M.B. No. /3 2
RESOLUTION NO. 423
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