STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1635

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1059

S.D. 1

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. 1059 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal obsolete or unnecessary statutory provisions relating to the transportation improvement special fund, Kewalo Basin use permits, and maintenance of the Department of Transportation's fire boat.

Prior to decision making on this measure, your Committees made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1 of this measure. The proposed S.D. 1:

(1) Repeals sections 264-19, 266-2.3, and 266-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Amends Act 1, section 18, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to grant voting rights to the members of the Board of Directors of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation who are appointed by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

(3) Changes the effective date to January 1, 2050.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186, Ironworkers Union Local 625, and two individuals.

Your Committees received written comments in opposition to this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

Your Committees find that granting voting rights to the members of the Board of Directors of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation who are appointed by the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives will enable the Board to operate more efficiently and effectively.

Your Committees have amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of the proposed draft of H.B. No. 1059, S.D. 1, which was circulated prior to your Committee's decision making on this measure.

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. 1059, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1059, S.D. 1.

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

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair