STAND. COM. REP. NO. 30

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 315

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 315 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FLOODING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate monies to the several counties for the mitigation of flood risks on privately-owned roads.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that a number of roads that are accessible to the public are privately owned. Many of these roads have not been improved in years and are in dire need of upgrades. For safety purposes, it is in the public's interest to support the maintenance and upkeep of these private roads.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language that details its public purpose;

(2) Clarifying that the appropriations to the counties are grants-in-aid;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 315, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 315, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair