STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 886

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 464

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 464, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIXED RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address traffic congestion and other transportation-related problems on Oahu by:

(1) Requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with both the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO), and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services (DTS), to develop an action plan for the implementation of a fixed rail transit system or monorail on Oahu; and

(2) DOT to begin acquiring the land for the project once the site has been selected.

A concerned individual testified in support of this measure. DOT, DTS, and OMPO offered comments. Life of the Land opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its substance and inserting the substance of H.B. No. 1075, H.D. 1, which was reported out earlier by your Committee and crossed over to the Senate. As amended, this bill:

(1) Deletes references to a monorail system;

(2) Deletes the requirement that DOT initiate proceedings, through the State's eminent domain powers or direct negotiation, to acquire the land needed to implement the system following the selection of the site;

(3) Broadens the scope of participation to the City and County of Honolulu, instead of just its Department of Transportation Services;

(4) Changes the effective date from July 1, 2025, to upon its approval; and

(5) Makes technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 464, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 464, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair