STAND. COM. REP. NO. 536

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 27
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 27 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A TASK FORCE AND
     REQUESTING A STUDY TO REVIEW THE FISCAL NEEDS OF THE STATE
     HIGHWAY FUND AND REPORT ON DEVELOPING A REVENUE PLAN FOR THE
     HIGHWAYS DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to convene a task force to
review the fiscal needs of the state highway fund relative to its
ability to meet planned operating and capital improvement
expenditure requirements and to develop a revenue plan that will
maintain the solvency of the fund.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation and the Chamber of Commerce of
Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will aid in assessing
and planning by identifying necessary improvements relating to
the fiscal needs for highway maintenance, operation, and capital
improvement projects. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is

 
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attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 27, as amended herein, and recommends
that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the
form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 27, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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