STAND. COM. REP. NO. 371-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2702

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2702 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for equipment and one full-time equivalent position with the Department of Transportation to conduct improvements to Hana Highway.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; one member of the Maui County Council; Valley Isle Excursions; and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Hana Highway in East Maui is one of the State's most utilized roadways with tourists and residents traversing the highway daily. The road's popularity makes it difficult to conduct maintenance and improvements without closing off sections of the road for periods at a time. This measure will provide necessary funding to conduct needed improvements to Hana Highway.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 2702, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2702, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair