STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2518

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2400

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2400 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Allow any county or state agency responsible for maintenance of a highway to recover from the owner or driver of a vehicle the actual cost of removal of materials dropped or spilled on the highway; and

(2) Make an appropriation to the Department of Transportation for signage to inform the public about laws relating to littering.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Libertarian Party of Hawaii.

Your Committees find that those who litter, spill, or leak materials onto the road can cause high costs to the State in unanticipated maintenance expenses. The purpose of this measure is to allow the agency responsible for the maintenance of any highway to recover the actual cost of removal of the materials from the driver or owner of the vehicle that littered, spilled, or leaked the material. This measure also appropriates money for signage to inform the public about highway littering laws.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2400 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Government Operations,

________________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair