STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1809

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 415

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 415, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ON MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ACT 214, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2013,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the task force on mobility management.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, AARP Hawaii, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, OahuMPO, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that implementing the recommendations of the task force on mobility management will help to improve the provision of reliable, essential transportation for people with disabilities in the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the total number of full-time equivalent mobility manager positions to be established and funded; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 415, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 415, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair