HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 435 Draft 01 1972-1976 County of Hawaii—State of Hawaii
Resolution No. 435
WHEREAS, the United States Congress , by House Bill
Number 4917 (hereafter H.R. 4917) , 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, H.R. 4917, in part, authorizes reduced rate
transportation for the elderly, the handicapped, and the
young; and
WHEREAS , H.R. 4917 , 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 low-than-average incomes" ; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 4917 also provides, in part: "Any air
carrier or foreign carrier, under such terms and conditions
as the Board may prescribe. . .may grant reduced rate trans-
portation on a space-available basis . . . to persons who are
sixty-five years of age or older. . . . "; and
WHEREAS , H.R. 4917, as drafted, will appropriately
benefit the senior citizens of our nation, state, and county
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
H.R. 4917 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 Public
Works and Transportation; the Honorable Herbert T. Matayoshi,
Mayor of the County of Hawaii; the Honorable Frank F. Fasi,
Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu; the Honorable
Elmer Cravalho, Mayor of the County of Maui; and the
Honorable Eduardo Malapit, Mayor of the County of Kauai.
Dated at Hilo, :Hawaii, this 18th day of June, 1975 .
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Hilo, Hawaii
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hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to Fujii x
the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on. Hisaoka x
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June 18 , 1975 Lai X
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Reference:
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COUNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN & PRESI NG OFFICER M.B. No. f ' "
RESOLUTION NO. 435
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