STAND. COM. REP. NO. 853

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1016

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1016, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to continue the Department of Transportation's efforts to expeditiously rehabilitate bridges under its jurisdiction.

Specifically, the measure extends the Department of Transportation's exemption from certain statutory requirements for specified bridge rehabilitation programs by extending the sunset date of Act 218, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to June 30, 2022.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the Department of Transportation to continue accelerating the design and construction of bridges listed in Act 218, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.  Your Committee notes that these projects must continue to comply with all applicable federal laws, as this measure does not exempt the bridge projects from those requirements.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1016, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair