STAND. COM. REP. NO. 973-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2673

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2673, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ROADS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Permit the counties to use county surcharge revenues for the maintenance of public roadways and private roadways that are open to the public; and

(2) Require the counties to use fuel tax revenues for the reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of private roadways that are open to the public.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Citizens for Affordable and Sustainable Property Insurance; Mainstreet Pahoa Association; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2673, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair