STAND. COM. REP. NO. 913
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1876
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1876, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to facilitate the use of federal alternative standards when repairing or reconstructing a scenic highway.
Specifically, the measure:
(1) Applies alternate federal guidelines in the repair or reconstruction of legislatively-designated "scenic highways" that consider, among other things, safety, the area's constructed and natural environment, and scenic, environmental, aesthetic, historic, community, and preservation impacts;
(2) Immunizes the State and public utilities from liability for injury or death occurring on these scenic highways, except when they have acted with gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or are found to be more than twenty-five per cent at fault;
(3) Establishes a scenic highways advisory commission to recommend highways that should receive the "scenic highways" designation, subject to legislative approval; and
(4) Appropriates funds to cover the advisory commission's expenses.
It is your Committee's intent to encourage the highest quality design to ensure that road and bridge projects are safe, meet the State's transportation needs, exist in harmony with their surroundings, and add value to the communities they serve.
Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion, and making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1876, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1876, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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