THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2296
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to metropolitan Planning organizations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 279D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

""Metropolitan planning area" means a metropolitan planning area determined under 23 United States Code section 134, as amended."

SECTION 2. Section 279D-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Policy board membership shall be established by comprehensive agreement, including any applicable supplemental agreements and bylaws[.]; provided that:

(1) At least one member shall be a resident of the applicable metropolitan planning area and a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate; and

(2) At least one member shall be a resident of the applicable metropolitan planning area and a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that a metropolitan planning organization policy board member whose term may be affected by this Act shall continue to serve on the policy board until the member's term expires or the member is replaced by the respective presiding officer of the house of the legislature with appointing authority over the respective policy board seat, whichever occurs first.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Policy Boards; Membership

Description:

Requires that membership of each metropolitan planning organization policy board include at least one member of the senate and one member of the house of representatives from that metropolitan planning area.

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