STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3225

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2065

H.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2065, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXCESSIVE NOISE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the appropriation for fiscal year 2024—2025 for the Noise Traffic Pilot Program of the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that Act 63, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, established a pilot program on Oahu to utilize noise detection traffic cameras to address excessive traffic noise. Your Committee further finds that excessively loud and unabated noises can result in physiological, psychological, and economic damage to residents in high trafficked neighborhoods. Your Committee believes that residents of the State are entitled to a healthy and peaceful environment free from noise pollution that may be hazardous to their health or welfare. Therefore, this measure will ensure that the pilot program continues its work in alleviating noise pollution.

Your Committee notes that the House Draft 2 of this measure contains an unspecified appropriation amount and an effective date of July 1, 3000.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2065, H.D. 2, 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 and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair