STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1455

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 479

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 479, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF A METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to comply with the federal Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act by adding the Director of the county authority for rapid or mass transportation to the Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee for that county.

The City and County of Honolulu; Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu; Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation; and a member of the Honolulu City Council representing District VIII supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 479, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair