STAND. COM. REP. NO.  857-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2531

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2531, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WEST MAUI TRANSPORTATION ACCESS PLAN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and visitors of West Maui by establishing an informal, temporary West Maui Transportation Access Plan Working Group within the Maui Civil Defense Agency to develop an access plan to address road closures in West Maui.

 

     Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Transportation provided comments.

 

     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. 2531, 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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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair