STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2802

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3242

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. 3242 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase pedestrian and vehicular safety throughout the State.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Exempts the Department of Transportation and each county from certain engineering study requirements in conjunction with the reduction of a maximum speed limit within one mile of a school; and

(2) Requires certain departments and county agencies to identify and develop plans to address high-risk or dangerous corridors and intersections in the State.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Bicycling League, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that exempting speed limit reductions near schools from the relevant engineering study requirements, and providing for the identification and addressing of high-risk and dangerous corridors and intersections in the State, will facilitate improved pedestrian and vehicular safety throughout the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Codifying in statute, rather than session law, the requirement that certain departments and county agencies define, regularly identify, and address high-risk and dangerous corridors and intersections;

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

(3) 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. 3242, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3242, 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