STAND. COM. REP. NO.  760-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2684

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2684, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ZIPPER LANE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help alleviate traffic congestion by requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of extending the zipper lane westward from Waipahu toward Kapolei, west of the Kunia on-ramp on the island of Oahu.

The Department of Transportation and three concerned individuals supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Directing that funds for the study be appropriated from the State Highway Fund rather than general revenues;

     (2)  Making unspecified the appropriation amount;

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 2684, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2684, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair