STAND. COM. REP. NO. 271

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1321

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1321 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require, and appropriate funds for, the Department of Transportation or appropriate county agency to post depth gauge signs on public highways in a manner consistent with the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual.

Your Committee finds that posting depth gauge signs at appropriate locations will help to increase highway safety by allowing drivers to easily determine the depth of water on a flooded road before decided whether it is safe to proceed. Depth gauge sings will act as a supplemental device to notify the public to exert caution when driving in potentially dangerous flood hazard areas during a storm, thereby improving public safety on state highways.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1321, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1321, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair