Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2264 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide an environmentally friendly strategy for the lighting of Hawaii's streets and highways by requiring the State and counties to install fully shielded lighting fixtures when installing new or replacement outdoor lighting units used on highways and streets.

A member of the Maui County Council testified in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation opposed this measure. The Department of Design and Construction of the City and County of Honolulu offered comments on this bill.

Your Committee finds that the use of fully shielded lighting fixtures will conserve energy and resources while maintaining appropriate outdoor lighting suitable for safety, utility, and security and are currently in use on the H3 freeway. These types of fixtures are also environmentally friendly.

However, your Committee realizes that it is not feasible for such fixtures to be installed as single units when current lighting units need to be replaced. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

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 H.B. No. 2264, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2264, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.