STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3321

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1764
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1764 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
     ORGANIZATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to change the composition of
the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) by increasing the
number of members from thirteen to fifteen, thereby adding to the
MPO, the Chairperson of the Citizen Advisory Group and a member
representing the private sector transportation industry in the
appropriate county.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the E
Noa Corporation.

     Your Committee is aware that the MPO is an advisory body to
the legislature, the legislative bodies of the counties, and the
appropriate agencies in carrying out transportation planning and
programming for the counties, as required under federal laws and
rules.  

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended the
measure by deleting its contents and including instead provisions
requiring the MPO to form a citizen's advisory group to present
technical or other expert opinions or facts to the MPO, and a
professional advisory committee composed of professionals
associated with transportation on Oahu.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1764, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1764, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar
for Third Reading.

                                   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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