STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2691

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3152

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. 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 authorize additional funds for the Department of Transportation Highways Division's special maintenance program.

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

Your Committee finds that Hawaii's critical infrastructure needs immediate repairs. Additionally, spending on infrastructure will stimulate economic recovery for the State. This measure will appropriate funds to address critical infrastructure needs throughout the State, including critical infrastructure that is nearing the end of its service life.

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. 3152 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair