Bill Text: HI HB2403 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2403 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To The Mass Transit Special Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-06 - Referred to TRE/PSM, WAM. [HB2403 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2403-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2403
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE MASS TRANSIT SPECIAL FUND.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 26-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§26-19 Department of transportation. The department of transportation shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of transportation. The department shall establish, maintain, and operate transportation facilities of the State, including highways, airports, harbors, and such other transportation facilities and activities as may be authorized by law.

The department shall plan, develop, promote, and coordinate various transportation systems management programs that shall include, but not be limited to, alternate work and school hours programs, bicycling programs, and ridesharing programs.

The department shall develop and promote ridesharing programs which shall include but not be limited to, carpool and vanpool programs, and may assist organizations interested in promoting similar programs, arrange for contracts with private organizations to manage and operate these programs, and assist in the formulation of ridesharing arrangements. Ridesharing programs include informal arrangements in which two or more persons ride together in a motor vehicle.

The department shall adopt and enforce the provisions of the Federal Transit Authority's regulations regarding safety oversight of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in the State of Hawaii, to protect and promote safety and welfare, including safety oversight of the aspects of the rail fixed guideway system that are not regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration.

The functions and authority heretofore exercised by the department of public works with respect to highways are transferred to the department of transportation established by this chapter.

On July 1, 1961, the Hawaii aeronautics commission, the board of harbor commissioners and the highway commission shall be abolished and their remaining functions, duties, and powers shall be transferred to the department of transportation."

SECTION 2. Section 248-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) For the period beginning on January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2030, transient accommodations tax and surcharge on state tax revenues allocated to the mass transit special fund pursuant to sections 237D-2(e) and 248-2.6 shall be deposited into the special fund. The department of transportation shall be credited $ annually. All interest earned on the moneys in the special fund shall be credited to the general fund. The mass transit special fund shall be exempt from the central service expenses deduction under section 36-27 and departmental administrative expenses deduction under section 36-30."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Safety Oversight; Mass Transit Special Fund; Department of Transportation

Description:

Provides funds to the Department of Transportation for the safety oversight of the rail fixed guideway system. (HB2403 HD1)

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