STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 540
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: H.B. No. 279
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 279, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COUNTIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that many privately-owned roads are utilized for public purposes, such as first responders responding to an emergency or school buses dropping off or picking up students. As such, your Committee believes that the maintenance and upkeep of privately-owned roads serve a public purpose and require assistance from the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the prohibition against the use of the county surcharge on state tax for the repair of public roads or highways; and
(2) 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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 279, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 279, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair |
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