STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3038

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3002

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3002 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 statewide Mobility Management Task Force in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board, Executive Office on Aging, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, State Rehabilitation Council, AARP Hawaii, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, and three individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that reliable transportation is essential for people with disabilities to be independent, have an active lifestyle, and access necessary services such as medical care. Your Committee further finds that Act 214, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, established a task force on mobility management. The task force submitted a report to the Legislature in 2015 making a variety of recommendations for establishing a transportation framework to assist elders and people with disabilities with transportation needs in each county. Your Committee recognizes that there remains a strong need for mobility management in the State, and believes that implementing the recommendations made by the task force is critical to meeting the transportation needs of the State's disabled and elderly population.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes 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 S.B. No. 3002, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3002, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair