STAND. COM. REP. NO. 369

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1457

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1457 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Office of Planning to assist the County of Maui in the development and implementation of the Wailuku-Kahului transit corridor master plan.

The Office of Planning, Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development, Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui, Chair of the Maui County Council, Multimodal Transportation Committee of the County of Maui, Department of Transportation of the County of Maui, Department of Planning of the County of Maui, Maui Chamber of Commerce, Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1457, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1457, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Housing,

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair