STAND. COM. REP. NO.  860-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3197

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3197 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide an emergency appropriation of $21,253,032 out of the State Highway Fund for fiscal year 2007-2008 to pay for rising costs of operating and maintaining the state highway system.

     The Department of Transportation (DOT), Hawaii Transportation Association, and General Contractors Association of Hawaii supported this bill.

     Your Committee notes that DOT made a similar request in its supplemental budget request for fiscal year 2008-2009.  In addition, your Committee remains concerned regarding DOT's inaction in providing appropriate lighting for the "dark" corridors along freeways in west and central Oahu.  Your Committee respectfully requests DOT to address this issue in a timely fashion.

     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. 3197 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair