STAND. COM. REP. NO. 277

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 653

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 653 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Transportation to perform routine inspections of highways in the state highway system that are at risk of rockslides every five years and after major rainfall events.

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

Your Committee finds that rockslides pose a hazard on certain highways within the state highway system, especially those in close proximity to a weathered slope. This measure will help the Department of Transportation keep on top of preventing or mitigating those dangers by requiring a regular schedule of inspection for those highways that are at risk of rockslides.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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. 653, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 653, 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