STAND. COM. REP. NO. 790

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 152

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 152, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the use of moneys in the state highway fund for bicycle lanes, paths, routes, and bikeways.

 

     Specifically, this measure allocates two per cent of eligible federal highway funds and state highway funds to be used for bikeways.  In addition, the Department of Transportation is required to consult with the bicycling community about bike-related issues, such as the location of bikeways.

 

     ProActive Chiropractic, LLC, the Keala Hele Makalae Committee, the Sierra Club, and three private citizens submitted comments in support of the bill.  Two members of the Hawaii Bicycling League submitted comments.  The Department of Transportation submitted comments in opposition to the bill.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will help to provide sufficient funds for bikeways and will involve the bicycling community in the decision making process.

 

     Your Committee amended this measure to:

 

     (1)  Provide more specificity as to groups among the bicycling community that shall be consulted; and

 

     (2)  Change the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 152, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 152, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair