STAND. COM. REP. NO. 666-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2703

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2703 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPACT FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide for state highway improvements by:

(1) Establishing the Highway Development Special Fund; and

(2) Authorizing counties with a population in excess of 500,000 to assess impact fees.

The Department of Transportation (DOT), Estate of James Campbell, Leeward Oahu Transportation Management Association, a member of the Honolulu City Council, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this measure with amendments. A concerned individual opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Clarifying that the funds received should be expended for improvements in the county in which the fees were collected;

(2) Adding the definition of "department" and amending other definitions and provisions of the existing county impact fee law to include the department;

(3) Allowing DOT to receive and expend the fees collected;

(4) Authorizing the counties to transfer impact fees to DOT and requiring the transfer pursuant to a needs assessment study and an intergovernmental agreement;

(5) Allowing impact fees not expended or encumbered within six years or refunded to be transferred to the Highway Development Special Fund; and

(6) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, style, and conformity.

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. 2703, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2703, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair