STAND. COM. REP. NO.  708

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 689

      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. 689 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE 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 Executive Director of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit to the Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee.

The City and County of Honolulu, a member of the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation supported this measure with amendments.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying that the new member of the Policy Committee shall be the Director of the authority for rapid or mass transportation, or successor agency thereof, that operates public transportation on the relevant island.

     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. 689, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 689, H.D. 1, 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