STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3114

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3274

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. 3274, 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 facilitate and improve transportation in the State.

Specifically, the measure:

(1) Establishes expenditure requirements for funding pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and projects; and

(2) Establishes and appropriates moneys for grant writing positions within the Department of Transportation to pursue funding from federal sources, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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

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

Your Committee finds that the cost of transportation is an increasing burden to residents of the State and exacerbates its high cost of living. Your Committee also finds that Hawaii lacks a safe pedestrian and bicycle commuting infrastructure. Accordingly, your Committee believes that the State must take steps to reduce the cost of transportation for residents and provide safe networks of cost-efficient pedestrian and bicycle commuting infrastructure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; 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. 3274, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3274, 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