STAND. COM. REP. NO.  652-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2708

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2708 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve Hawaii's transportation planning process by requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and implement a documented public involvement process when carrying out the statewide transportation plan.

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities testified in support of this bill.  The DOT provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency, 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. 2708, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2708, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair