STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1134

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 190

       H.D. 3

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Transportation and Energy, to which was referred H.B. No. 190, H.D. 3, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVATE FLIGHT SCHOOLS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require that the Department of Education authorize private flight schools that are physically present in the State, are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, offer flight instructor certificates, request authorization, and meet other requirements established by the rules of the Department.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Mauna Loa Helicopters and one individual.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Education.

 

     Your Committees find that flight schools overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration are currently exempt from state oversight and licensing.  Your Committees further find that, in order to participate in federal loan programs under Title IV, schools are required to be licensed and authorized by a state agency.  This measure will allow flight schools to be authorized by the Department of Education for administrative purposes.

 

     Your Committees note that the issue of private flight school authorization is also addressed in S.B. No. 1286, S.D. 2 (Regular Session of 2017).

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Transportation and Energy that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 190, H.D. 3, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Transportation and Energy,

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair