CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 145

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 600

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 600, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee (Committee);

(2) Require the Committee to develop a Safe Routes to School Plan;

(3) Amend the responsibilities of the Safe Routes to School Program;

(4) Deposit an unspecified amount of monies into the Safe Routes to School Special Fund; and

(5) Appropriate an unspecified amount of monies out of the Safe Routes to School Special Fund.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Further clarifying the duties of the Committee, including specifying that the Committee need only review project proposals and select priority projects within one mile of any school or place of learning;

(2) Further clarifying the responsibilities of the Safe Routes to School Program;

(3) Inserting an appropriation amount of $10,000,000 out of the State Highway Fund to be deposited into the Safe Routes to School Special Fund;

(4) Inserting an appropriation amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated out of the Safe Routes to School Special Fund;

(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2023; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 600, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 600, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CHRIS LEE Chair	____________________________ CHRIS TODD Co-Chair
____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair	____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair
	____________________________ DARIUS KILA Co-Chair