STAND. COM. REP. NO. 933

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 925

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 925, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING A MOTOR VEHICLE AND RAILWAY TUNNEL UNDER HONOLULU HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to begin the process of finding alternative ways of alleviating traffic congestion by studying the feasibility of building a motor vehicle and railway tunnel under Honolulu Harbor.

The Representative of the 42nd District and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure. Life of the Land offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity 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 H.B. No. 925, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 925, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair