Bill Text: HI SB1086 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-06 - Act 242, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1345). [SB1086 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SB1086-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to help the department of transportation improve transportation outcomes by establishing mechanisms enabling better transparency and accountability for transportation efforts by:
(1) Requiring transparency in transportation project evaluation, selection, and tracking; and
(2) Adding to the membership and mission of the state highway safety council to make the council an independently led group of expert stakeholders that may review the department of transportation's efforts to ensure transparency and provide guidance to the department and legislature to help achieve state goals and outcomes.
SECTION 2. Section 286-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286-5
State highway safety council.
(a) There is established
the Hawaii highway safety council. [The
director of transportation shall serve as its chairperson.] The council
shall be chaired on an annually rotating basis between the chairpersons of the
respective committees of the house of representatives and senate having
jurisdiction over transportation, or their designees. The following or their designated
representatives shall be members of the council: the chief justice, the attorney general, the
director of health, the superintendent
of education, the chairperson and executive director of the charter school
commission, the president of the University of Hawaii, the chairperson
of the University of Hawaii at Manoa department of urban and regional planning,
the co-chairpersons of the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation
commission, the director of the office of planning and sustainable development,
the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office, a representative of
the University of Hawaii at Manoa college of tropical agriculture and human
resources with expertise in landscaping, the chairperson of the house of
representatives standing committee having jurisdiction over transportation, the
chairperson of the senate standing committee having jurisdiction over
transportation, the chairperson of each of the county highway safety
councils established under section 286-6, and not more than [twenty] twelve
other persons who shall be appointed by the governor for a three-year term
as follows:
(1) One member from an organization
representing senior citizens;
(2) One member from an organization
representing bicyclists;
(3) One member from an organization having
a focus on micro-mobility;
(4) One member from an organization having
a focus on transportation, planning, and improvement;
(5) One member from an organization having
a focus on reducing the cost of transportation for low-income communities;
(6) One member from an organization
representing labor and construction;
(7) One member from an organization
representing trucking and cargo carriers;
(8) One member from an organization having
a focus on the electrification of transportation;
(9) One member from an organization having
a focus on expanding trees and foliage and reducing urban heat; and
(10) Up to three members on the basis
of their interest in [highway] transportation safety[.] and
related state goals.
(b) The state highway safety council shall
[advise]:
(1) Review programs, projects, plans,
and strategies related to improving safety in ground transportation in the
department of transportation;
(2) Ensure transparency and oversight in
programs, projects, decisions, and spending related to ground transportation in
the department of transportation;
(3) Establish metrics and benchmarks for
the department of transportation to ensure progress on state goals related to
ground transportation, safety, and other related goals;
(4) Review projects in development and
make recommendations for how each might be improved, if warranted, to better
meet state goals, before project plans and designs are finalized;
(5) Provide direction to the department
of transportation and make recommendations to the legislature as necessary to
ensure progress on state goals related to ground transportation, safety, and
other related goals;
(6) Advise the governor,
legislature, and public on matters relating to the programs [and],
activities, projects, outcomes, and recommendations of the State in the
field of [highway] transportation safety[.]; and
(7) Submit an annual report to the
department of transportation that reflects the work, responsibilities, and
recommendations of the council.
(c) The members of the council shall serve without pay but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses while attending meetings and while in discharge of their duties."
SECTION
3. Members of the state highway safety
council who are appointed and serving on the council prior to the effective
date of this Act shall continue to serve any remaining time left in their
terms; provided that their respective expertise aligns with the council
membership requirements pursuant to this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
Report Title:
State Highway Safety Council; Composition; Duties
Description:
Amends the composition and duties of the State Highway Safety Council. (SD2)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
