STAND. COM. REP. NO.  648-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2301

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2301, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSFER OF STATE HIGHWAYS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase efficiency in the maintenance of highways in Hawaii by establishing a pilot project that provides for the transfer of all state highway maintenance functions, including the necessary staff and funding, on the islands of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai now being carried out by the State Department of Transportation (DOT) to the Maui County Department of Public Works.

 

     A member of the Maui County Council opposed this bill.  The Department of Transportation, Department of the Attorney General, and County of Maui Department of Personnel Services provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2301, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2301, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair