Opinion ID: 2515085
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The task force provision limits the large capacity ferry vessel company class to a class of one.

Text: Section 13 of Act 2 also makes it clear that the addition of future members to the large capacity ferry vessel company class is not reasonably probable. Act 2, ง 13 at 18-19. Section 13 establishes a temporary Hawaii inter-island ferry oversight task force [18] and mandates that the thirteen-member task force shall include: (1) The director of transportation, or the director's designee; (2) The chairperson of the board of agriculture, or the chair's designee; (3) The chairperson of the board of land and natural resources, or the chairperson's designee; (4) The attorney general, or the attorney general's designee; (5) The president of a large capacity ferry vessel company, or the president's designee; (6) One representative from each of the four major counties, including at least one representative from the environmental community, one representative who is active or knowledgeable in native Hawaiian cultural practices, and one representative from the general business community; provided that each such representative shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and (7) One representative from each of the four major counties, including at least one representative from the environmental community, one representative who is active or knowledgeable in native Hawaiian cultural practices, and one representative from the general business community; provided that each such representative shall be appointed by the president of the senate. Act 2, ง 13(b) at 18-19. (emphases added). The Act's description of these members makes clear that future members could not be added to the large capacity ferry vessel company class. Four of the mandatory members of the task force are designated by title, as they are official positions that may be occupied by only one person at a time (e.g. the director of transportation, the chairperson of the board of agriculture, the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources, the attorney general). Id. Eight of the other mandatory members are described as representative[s] of specific designated groups, which logically include more than one member. Act 2, ง 13(b)(6)-(7) at 19. For these representative members, Act 2 provides a method for selecting each representative (i.e., appointment by the speaker of the house, ง 13(b)(6), or by the president of the senate, ง 13(b)(7)). Significantly, the task force member related to a large capacity ferry vessel company is designated by title,  [t]he president of a large capacity ferry vessel company. Act 2, ง 13(b)(5) at 19 (emphasis added). Unlike the members of the task force that represent a group with multiple members, the president of a large capacity ferry vessel company is not described as a representative. More importantly, Act 2 does not provide a selection process to determine how this member would be selected in the event that more than one eligible person existed. See Act 2 ง 13(b)(5). Section 13, therefore, makes it clear that Act 2's class of a large capacity ferry vessel company did not anticipate the addition of future class members and was conceived, cut, [and] tailored for Superferry. In re Senate Bill No. 95, 361 P.2d at 354.