STAND. COM. REP. 1121

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1404

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPACT FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill as received is to establish the Highway Development Special Fund into which impact fees shall be deposited for use, in part, for state highway improvements and to allow counties to assess such impact fees for state highway improvements.

The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, the Estate of James Campbell, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii testified in support of the bill. The City and County of Honolulu opposed the bill and offered an amendment.

Your Committee finds that the amendment offered by the City and County of Honolulu is not necessary to meet its concerns. Your Committee further finds that only counties with population in excess of 500,000 should be permitted to assess impact fees for state highway improvements.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Limiting the proposed new part in chapter 264 to counties with populations in excess of 500,000; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1404, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair