Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

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. 464, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

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 require the Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, to develop an action plan for implementation of a fixed rail transit system on Oahu.

Your Committee on Conference amended this measure to restore the contents of the S.D. 2 version, which allows the DOT to explore the feasibility of a monorail if a full-fledged fixed rail system is not feasible.

In addition, your Committee on Conference deleted the section of the S.D. 2 version that would have required the DOT to begin acquiring land for the fixed rail or monorail through the State's eminent domain powers once the site had been selected.

Finally, your Conference Committee amended the measure so that it is effective upon approval rather than on July 1, 2025.

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. 464, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 464, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.