STAND. COM. REP. 901

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1408

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 1408, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prepare a new statewide transportation plan (transportation plan); and

(2) Establish a statewide Transportation Advisory Committee to assist DOT in preparing the transportation plan.

DOT, the Department of Public Works of the County of Hawaii, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will update the current statutory provisions regarding state transportation planning by creating a process that better reflects current needs and practices. The development of a new transportation plan will ensure that the needs of the public will be better served and state funds expended more efficiently.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1408, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1408, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair