STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1581
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: S.B. No. 1180
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1180, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to ensure that metropolitan planning organizations in Hawaii are in compliance with federal laws by:
(1) Creating a new chapter to govern metropolitan planning organizations and repealing chapter 279E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization";
(2) Requiring metropolitan planning organizations to submit annual reports to the Legislature;
(3) Appropriating funds from the State Highway Fund into the Metropolitan Planning Organization Revolving Fund; and
(4) Appropriating funds from the Metropolitan Planning Organization Revolving Fund to be expended by the Department of Transportation for the purposes of 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 S.B. No. 1180, S.D. 2, 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 |
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