STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 479-24
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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2673, H.D. 1, 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 private roadways that are open to the public; and
(2) Require the counties to use fuel tax revenues for the reconstruction, repair, maintenance, and improvement of private roadways that are open to the public.
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) Clarifying the public purpose of this measure;
(2) Permitting the counties to use county surcharge revenues for the maintenance of public roadways; and
(3) 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. 2673, 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. 2673, 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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