STAND. COM. REP. NO. 965

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 509

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 509, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for various operating expenses of the Highways Division of the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee did not receive any written comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure includes additional funds for the Department of Transportation, Highways Division, for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount of special funds appropriated for a highways financial management system for fiscal year 2019-2020 from $10,703,000 to $10,703,600; and

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

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. 509, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 509, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair