CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 56

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

 

RE:    S.B. No. 711

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 711, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the length of an articulated bus for public transit purposes must not exceed eighty-two feet in length, and shall not consist of more than three units.

 

     The intent of your Committee on Conference is to provide greater efficiency in the movement of passengers through a public transit system by allowing larger articulated buses to operate on public roadways.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval, and making technical, nonsubstantive amendments. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 711, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 711, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair