STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2364

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2268

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2268 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require public utilities to prioritize maintenance and upkeep to infrastructure in areas of heavy traffic to minimize disruption to transportation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Hawai‘i Gas.

Your Committee finds that prolonged maintenance work by public utilities in areas of high traffic can create bottlenecks which lead to greater numbers of accidents and prolong already lengthy commutes. The purpose of this measure is to require public utilities to prioritize maintenance and upkeep to infrastructure in areas with heavy traffic in order to minimize disruptions to transportation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

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 S.B. No. 2268, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2268, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair