STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3211

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2524

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2524 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Statewide Transportation Council to comply with county transportation and general plans, to the extent it does not affect the availability of federal funds, in the preparation of the statewide transportation plan for projected transportation needs for a six-year period.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Planning and Permitting, City and County of Honolulu, a member of the Maui County Council, and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.  The Department of Transportation submitted testimony in opposition.

     Your Committees find that this measure will ensure consistency among the plans, and eliminate the potential for conflicts.

     Your Committees have amended this measure to clarify that the Statewide Transportation Council's compliance with county transportation and general plans, "does not adversely affect the availability of federal funds."

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2524, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2524, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair