STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2883

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2895

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. 2895, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to assist the County of Hawaii with certain transportation improvement endeavors.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires the Department of Transportation to convene an intergovernmental task force to assist the County of Hawaii with certain transportation improvement endeavors;

(2) Requires the Department of Transportation to provide the task force with a list of certain highway projects;

(3) Requires the task force to submit a report to the Legislature; and

(4) Dissolves the task force upon submittal of the report to the Legislature.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from three members of the Hawaii County Council.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure will enable the development of solutions for a more efficient and effective transportation system in the County of Hawaii that meets the needs of the county's growing population.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the dissolution date of the intergovernmental task force to June 30, 2023; and

(2) 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. 2895, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2895, 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