HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2175

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 279D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

     ""Metropolitan planning area" means a metropolitan planning area determined under 23 United States Code section 134, as amended."

     SECTION 2.  Section 279D-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Policy board membership shall be established by comprehensive agreement, including any applicable supplemental agreements and bylaws[.]; provided that a metropolitan planning organization serving a metropolitan planning area within the jurisdiction of any county with a resident population of more than 125,000 but less than 195,000 that includes at least three islands inhabited by permanent residents shall include as members of its policy board:

     (1)  A member of the senate and an alternate member of the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate; and

     (2)  A member of the house of representatives and an alternate member of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

provided further that the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives are encouraged, but not required, to appoint to the policy board members who are residents of the applicable metropolitan planning area."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that a metropolitan planning organization policy board member whose term may be affected by this Act shall continue to serve on the policy board until the member's term expires or the member is replaced by the respective presiding officer of the house of the legislature with appointing authority over the respective policy board seat, whichever occurs first.


 


 

Report Title:

Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Policy Boards; Membership

 

Description:

Requires any metropolitan planning organization serving a metropolitan planning area within the jurisdiction of a county that includes at least three islands inhabited by permanent residents to include on its policy board one member of the Senate and one member of the House of Representatives and an alternate.  (HB2175 HD1)

 

 

 

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