THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

TIME:

1:15pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

HB 1378, HD1

      (HSCR920)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Requires the Department of Transportation to develop plans for the construction of secondary access roads for the Waianae district of leeward Oahu. Appropriates funds.  (HB1378 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

HB 591, HD1

      (HSCR897)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TAX CREDIT.

Includes structures, machinery, equipment, and capital assets in the definition of capital infrastructure costs for the Capital Infrastructure Tax Credit.  Sets cap on credit per taxable year per qualified infrastructure tenant.  Specifies that excess tax credits may be carried forward.  Recaptures credit if qualified infrastructure tenant fails to relocate within a certain period of time after executing a lease with the Department of Transportation.  Specifies taxpayer reporting requirements.  (HB591 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

HB 727, HD1

      (HSCR1047)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTORCYCLES.

Allows motorcycle and motor scooter lane filtering.  (HB727 HD1)

 

TRE, JDL

HB 1507, HD1

      (HSCR775)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CROSSWALKS.

Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a Community Crosswalks Pilot Program to design and implement specially painted crosswalk in neighborhoods.  Appropriates funds for the pilot program.  Creates a Community Crosswalks Pilot Program Special Fund.  (HB1507 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

HB 946, HD1

      (HSCR993)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.

Specifies that an unauthorized person who drives in a high occupancy vehicle lane shall be subject to a $150 fine.  (HB946 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

HB 1305, HD1

      (HSCR919)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates funds for the construction of a westbound shoulder lane on the H-1 Freeway between the Kunia/Waipahu/Ewa (Exit 5) off-ramp and the Kualakai Parkway on-ramp.  (HB1305 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

 

 

 

The Committee previously held public hearings on Senate bill(s) that are substantially similar to the following House bill(s).  Please focus your testimony on the differences, if any, between the House and Senate measure(s) listed.

 

HB 1258, HD2

      (HSCR1053)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes licensing and registration requirements for autocycles.  Defines autocycle.  (HB1258 HD2)

 

TRE, CPH

HB 1142

      (HSCR752)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS.

Adds the offense of criminal trespass onto State Department of Transportation lands to the penal code.

 

TRE, JDL

HB 1152, HD1

      (HSCR968)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AIRPORTS DIVISION, PROJECT ADJUSTMENT FUND.

Adds to the General Appropriations Act of 2015 a budget proviso to permit the utilization of the Department of Transportation, Airports Division, Project Adjustment Fund.  (HB1152 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

HB 113, HD1

      (HSCR786)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Exempts vehicles transporting asphalt or other high temperature loads from the requirement that their loads be covered; provided that the physical characteristics of the load are not susceptible to blowing off during transport.  (HB113 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair