STAND. COM. REP. NO.  704

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1080

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1080, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BICYCLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote the development of bicycling in Hawaii by requiring:

 

(1)  The Department of Transportation to establish alternative bikeway projects when the original project may be unfeasible; and

 

(2)  That annual reporting to the Legislature by the Department of Transportation include information as to why the initial project was unfeasible.

 

     The Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter; Hawaii Bicycling League; Island Triathlon & Bike, Inc.; Blue Planet Foundation; New Solutions to Old Problems; and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation opposed 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. 1080, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair