STAND. COM. REP. NO.1358

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1199

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1199, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to give government agencies more flexibility in managing concession programs and to update concession procedures by:

(1) Amending the definition of "concession" to include food and beverage establishments, retail stores, advertising and communication and telecommunication services;

(2) Amending the definition of "concession" to the use, for compensation, space on public property to display advertising, or to conduct operations for communications or telecommunications purposes;

(3) Expanding concessions to operations on land under jurisdiction of any government agency;

(4) Requiring that concession contracts for rental motor vehicle operations be by competitive sealed bids;

(5) Authorizing the issuance of revocable concession permits for up to one year; and

(6) Removing the specification that statewide or countywide public notice of a call for bids for concessions be made in a newspaper.

DFS Galleria, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Island Shoppers, Inc., and an individual submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation, Catrala-Hawaii, National Car Rental, Dollar Rent A Car, and Alamo Rent A Car submitted testimony in support of this bill with amendments.

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. 1199, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair