Report Title:

Ulalena Loop Road; Repaving

 

Description:

Requires the attorney general to assist in resolving ownership issues relating to Ulalena Loop road of the Haiku district in Maui county.  Requires the department of transportation to determine the costs of repaving Ulalena Loop road.  Effective on approval.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

412

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to the haiku district of the county of maui.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the safety of residents of the Haiku district of the county of Maui may be at risk because of the condition of Ulalena Loop road, which desperately needs repaving.  Although Ulalena Loop road runs through state land, a jurisdictional dispute exists over the ownership of the road.  Regarding ownership, the department of land and natural resources defers to the department of transportation, which claims that Ulalena Loop road is the responsibility of the county of Maui.

     The legislature further finds that the lack of established jurisdictional responsibility has resulted in a corresponding lack of maintenance of Ulalena Loop road.  To avoid future threats to the safety and well-being of the residents of the

Haiku district of the county of Maui, the matter of jurisdictional responsibility must be resolved to provide necessary public services to the residents of the Haiku area.

     The purpose of this Act is to protect the safety and well-being of the residents of the Haiku district by requiring the department of the attorney general to assist in resolving the jurisdictional dispute over Ulalena Loop road.

     SECTION 2.  The department of the attorney general shall investigate and assist in the resolution of the issue of ownership of Ulalena Loop road and submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any legislation deemed necessary to clarify legal jurisdiction, to the legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the regular session of 2008.

     SECTION 3.  The department of transportation shall submit a report to the legislature, mayor of Maui, and county council of Maui no later than twenty days before the convening of the regular session of 2008.  The department of transportation shall include in its report the estimated cost of repaving Ulalena Loop road.

     Upon the resolution of the issue of ownership of Ulalena Loop road, the department of transportation shall also forward its report to the entity identified with the assistance of the attorney general as having jurisdiction over Ulalena Loop road.  The department of transportation's report of its findings and recommendations shall be transmitted to the appropriate government agency no less than thirty days after the department's receipt of the attorney general's report on the resolution of the jurisdictional issue over which public agency has responsibility for Ulalena Loop road.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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