STAND. COM. REP. NO. 365-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2403

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2403 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MASS TRANSIT SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish an annual credit of $500,000 to the Department of Transportation (DOT) from the Mass Transit Special Fund and require the Director of DOT to adopt and enforce provisions of the Federal Transit Authority's regulations regarding safety oversight of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems, including aspects that are not regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration.

The Department of Transportation and Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation testified in support of this measure. The Tax Foundation provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the annual credit to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050; and

(3) 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 H.B. No. 2403, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2403, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair