STAND. COM. REP. NO. 345

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 586

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 586 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to regulate the use of medium-speed electric vehicles on roads.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from twelve individuals.  Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Transportation and Honolulu Division of Motor Vehicle, Licensing and Permits Administration.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee believes that the highway modernization program as contained in Senate Bill No. 1611, S.D. 1, should be parsed into two separate measures, one for the provisions increasing tax and fees and the other for the appropriation for capital improvement projects.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting the tax and fee increase provisions and the provisions establishing the land transportation modernization special fund from Senate Bill No. 1611, S.D.1, and changing the effective date to July 1, 2012.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 586, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 586, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair