STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1027-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2728

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2728, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the designation of a public trail shall be as provided by law.

The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs; a Kauai County Councilmember; and a concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the amendments proposed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, which clarified the procedure for acceptance of public trails and state highways by the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation respectively.

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2728, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2728, S.D. 2, 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