STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1691

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1081

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1081, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SIDEWALKS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Transportation to maintain, and each county's transportation department to create and maintain, a priority list of sidewalk installation and pedestrian improvement projects.

 

     Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and two individuals.

 

     Your Committees find that this measure will help to improve the State's pedestrian network and the general safety and efficiency of the State's transportation infrastructure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1081, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1081, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary,

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair