STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1815

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.R. No. 138

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Legislative Management, to which was referred H.R. No. 138 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PALI HIGHWAY RESURFACING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct an audit on the Department of Transportation's Pali Highway resurfacing project.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from five individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Office of the Auditor.

Your Committees find that the Pali Highway resurfacing project began in May 2017, and was anticipated to be completed in December 2020, however the project is only approximately seventy-five percent completed. Your Committees further find that commuters on Pali Highway are still experiencing lane closures and uneven lanes. Your Committees therefore find that requesting the Auditor to conduct an audit on the Department of Transportation and report its findings and recommendations will help to provide residents with timely information on the status of this project.

Your Committees note the questions raised during the hearing regarding whether the Office of the Auditor is the appropriate agency to help address the issues with the Department of Transportation's Pali Highway resurfacing project or whether another legislative agency or the Department of Transportation itself should work with the Legislature. Your Committees respectfully request your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider addressing these concerns.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 138 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Legislative Management,

____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS TODD, Chair