STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1077

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1609

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1609 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of the bill is to exclude repairs or maintenance of existing state roads and highways from county special management area permit requirements to the extent the repairs or maintenance are necessary to preserve or regain the integrity of the road or highway from damage from environmental impacts.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the Department of Transportation and a concerned individual.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1609, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1609, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair