STAND. COM. REP. 835

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1075

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1075, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIXED RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with both the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization and the City and County of Honolulu, to develop an action plan for the implementation of a fixed rail transit system on Oahu.

Life of the Land testified in opposition to this bill. DOT and the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu commented on this measure.

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 H.B. No. 1075, 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