STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3479

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2423

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2423, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the use of moneys in the state highway fund for the costs of construction, maintenance, and repair of county roads.

Your Committee finds that Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, (Act 178) appropriated a total of $10,000,000 from the state highway fund to the counties as a subsidy for much overdue and needed county road work for fiscal year 2005-2006. However, the Attorney General opined that Act 178 did not properly authorize use of these funds. Therefore, your Committee is recommending passage of this measure to address the concerns of the Attorney General to ensure that moneys the Legislature wants to provide to the counties may finally be used by the counties. This measure is required to enable these funds to be released for use by the counties.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2423, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair