STAND. COM. REP. NO. 731-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2075

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2075 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support bicycling as an alternative mode of transportation by earmarking an unspecified portion of the State Highway Fund for bikeways.

The Hawaii Bicycling League, Kahoomiki–Hawaii's Council on Physical Activity, the University of Hawaii, Manoa Bicycling Committee, Na Kama Hele, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Specifying that the amounts earmarked from the State Highway Fund for bikeways shall be limited to federally allocated moneys;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

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. 2075, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2075, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair