STAND. COM. REP. NO. 431
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 1080
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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1080 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BICYCLES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to promote the development of bicycling in Hawaii by requiring:
(1) The Department of Transportation to establish alternative bikeway projects when the original project may be unfeasible; and
(2) That annual reporting to the Legislature by the Department of Transportation include information as to why the initial project was unfeasible and what alternative project or projects were selected.
The Sierra Club, Hawai‘i Chapter; Hawaii Bicycling League; Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party; and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Transportation and a concerned individual opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying that the Department of Transportation's annual report to the Legislature shall be submitted no later than 20 days before the convening of each regular session;
(2) Removing certain reporting requirements, including requirements to provide factually based information as to why a project was determined to be unfeasible and to provide a list of alternative projects selected;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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 H.B. No. 1080, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1080, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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