STAND. COM. REP. NO.  921-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 3035

      S.D. 1

      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. 3035, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety, reduce traffic congestion, and improve beach access by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriating the bond revenues for the planning and construction of the realignment of Kamehameha Highway mauka of Laniakea Beach on the North Shore of Oahu.

 

     The Department of Transportation; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Surfrider Foundation; and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  A concerned individual commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 3035, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3035, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water & Land.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair