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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

  CALLING FOR A TASK FORCE AND REQUESTING A STUDY TO REVIEW THE
    FISCAL NEEDS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND AND REPORT ON
    DEVELOPING A REVENUE PLAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DIVISION.



 1      WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation, Highways Division
 2 will have transferred approximately $99,000,000 from the State
 3 Highway Fund to the General Fund from fiscal year 1995-1996 to fiscal
 4 year 1998-1999; and
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 6      WHEREAS, the Highways Division has lengthened its ten-year cycle
 7 road maintenance resurfacing program to a thirteen-year cycle program
 8 due to reductions in the maintenance program budget; and
 9 
10      WHEREAS, State roads will continue to deteriorate and the costs
11 to maintain State roads will increase due to the lengthening of the
12 maintenance cycle; and
13 
14      WHEREAS, Hawaii's bridges are the second worst in the nation
15 with fifty-one percent of the bridges in the State of Hawaii in need
16 of repair or replacement because they are either structurally
17 deficient or functionally obsolete; and
18 
19      WHEREAS, with the federal Intermodal Surface Transportation
20 Efficiency Act(ISTEA) and the new Transportation Efficiency Act (TEA
21 21) programs, there are more agencies competing for limited federal
22 funds and the Highways Division is getting a smaller percentage of
23 federal dollars than in previous years; and
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25      WHEREAS, the Highways Division must maintain a sufficient fund
26 balance in the State Highway fund for cash flow purposes to provide
27 advance funding for the federal-aid reimbursement program; and
28 
29      WHEREAS, the last increase in the state liquid fuel tax, state
30 motor vehicle registration fee, and the state vehicle weight tax, and
31 the establishment of the rental motor vehicle and tour vehicle
32 surcharge tax occurred in 1991 under Act 263, Session Laws of Hawaii
33 1991; now, therefore,

 
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 1      BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twentieth
 2 Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 1999, the
 3 Senate concurring, that the Department of Transportation is requested
 4 to convene a Task Force to review the fiscal needs and revenue policy
 5 of the State Highway Fund relative to its ability to meet planned
 6 operating and capital improvement expenditure requirements; and to
 7 develop a revenue plan that will maintain the solvency of the fund
 8 through the six-year planning period in an efficient and equitable
 9 manner; and
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11      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Task Force shall include the
12 Director of Transportation as chair; the President of the Hawaii
13 Automotive Retail Gasoline Dealers Association; the Chair of OMPO's
14 Citizen Advisory Commission; the Managing Director of the Hawaii
15 Transportation Association; the Director of the Department of
16 Taxation; the Executive Director of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii; the
17 Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on
18 Transportation; the Vice-President and Chief Economist of the Bank of
19 Hawaii; the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; the
20 Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Transportation and
21 Intergovernmental Affairs; the Chairperson of the Commission on
22 Transportation; the Chairperson of the House of Representatives
23 Committee on Finance; the Director of the Department of Budget and
24 Finance; the Executive Director of the Construction Industry
25 Legislative Organization; the Director of Business, Economic
26 Development and Tourism; and the Co-Chairs of the Senate Ways and
27 Means Committee; and
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29      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Task Force submit its findings,
30 report and recommendations twenty days prior to the convening of the
31 Twentieth Legislature, Regular Session of 2000; and
32 
33      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution
34 be transmitted to the Director of Transportation, the President of
35 the Hawaii automotive Retail Gasoline Dealers Association, the Chair
36 of OMPO's Citizen Advisory Commission, the Managing Director of the
37 Hawaii Transportation Association, the Director of the Department of
38 Taxation, the Executive director of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, the
39 Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on
40 Transportation, the Vice-President and Chief Economist of the Bank of
41 Hawaii, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, the
42 Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Transportation and
43 Intergovernmental Affairs, the Chairperson of the Commission on
44 Transportation, the Chairperson of the House of Representatives
45 Committee on Finance, the Director of the Department of Budget and
46 Finance, the Executive Director of the Construction Industry

 
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 1 Legislative Organization, the Director of Business, Economic
 2 Development and Tourism, and the Co-Chairs of the Senate Ways and
 3 Means Committee.