STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3099

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3152

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 Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3152 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Transportation Highways Division for the highway special maintenance program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that the highway maintenance and repair projects funded by this measure will help improve roads, create jobs, and support the State's economic recovery from the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $20,000,000 to an unspecified sum;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; 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. 3152, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3152, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair