STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1573

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 1357

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1357, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enable the safe and efficient operation of roads in the State by enabling state and county agencies to maintain roads with disputed ownership without incurring liability or assuming ownership of or jurisdiction over those roads.

The Chairperson of the Maui County Council, Vice Chairperson of the Maui County Council, Hawaii Association for Justice, and one concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and County of Maui Department of Public Works offered comments on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1357, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair