STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2163

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1091

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1091, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make a $15,000,000 emergency appropriation from the general fund to the Department of Transportation to mitigate damages from recent landslides and prevent future landslides on:

(1) Pali Highway in the City and County of Honolulu; and

(2) Honoapiilani Highway in the County of Maui.

The O‘ahu County Democrats and Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $7,000,000; and

(2) Changing its effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1091, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1091, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair