STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2863

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2834

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2834, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve ground transportation in the State.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Renames the State Highway Safety Council the Transportation Safety and Modernization Council and amends the Council's duties and membership; and

(2) Requires the Department of Transportation to provide to the Council information on ground transportation plans and projects and any other relevant information.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Ulupono Initiative, and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, and Hawaii State Energy Office.

Your Committee finds that this measure will increase the input of relevant stakeholders, thus ensuring that the State's transportation infrastructure and investments better serve the modern transportation needs of all residents of the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Chief Energy Officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office shall serve as a member of the Transportation Safety and Modernization Council;

(2) Clarifying that the Council shall advise the Governor, Legislature, and public on, among other things, plans of the State in the field of transportation safety and modernization; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2834, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2834, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair