Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1947 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide immunity from liability to for any decision by the State, the Department of Transportation, a county, or any officers, employees, or their agents to apply flexibility in highway design.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this measure enacts statutory amendments that were intended to be included in Act 185, Session Law of Hawaii 2005 which enacted the original law. All of the parties to the original bill have agreed to the basic language contained in this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1947, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.