STAND. COM. REP. 1480
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 464
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 464, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 address traffic congestion and other transportation-related problems on Oahu by requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with both the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization and the City and County of Honolulu, to develop an action plan for the implementation of a fixed rail transit system for Oahu.
DOT and Life of the Land testified in opposition to this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 464, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 464, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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