STAND. COM. REP. NO.107

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 732

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 732 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds so that the Department of Transportation (DOT) can install and/or upgrade curbs ramps and bus stops along state highways to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the DOT and a concerned citizen.

Your Committee finds that the State has a legal and ethical obligation to ensure that state highways and curbs are usable by persons with disabilities, as called for by the ADA.

Your Committee further finds, based on the oral testimony of the ADA Compliance Unit of the DOT, that the State has an ongoing program to bring our highways in compliance with the Consent Decree for ADA requirements. Your Committee supports this measure, which will provide the DOT with adequate funding to complete the task.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 732 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair