STAND. COM. REP. NO.  620-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1728

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1728, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect the safety of the traveling public by enabling government agencies to maintain roads whose ownership and jurisdiction are in dispute between the State and counties.

 

     The County Council of the County of Maui, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Transportation commented on this measure.

 

     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. 1728, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair