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EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
HONOLULU
LINDA LINGLE
GOVERNOR
May 6, 2009
The Honorable Colleen Hanabusa, President
and Members of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
State Capitol, Room 409
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Dear Madam President and Members of the Senate:
This is to inform you that on May 6, 2009, the following bill was signed into law:
SB718 SDI HDI A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
ACT 054 (09)
Sincerely,
Approved by the Governor
on 4 MAY. 6 2009 • , ..
THE SENATE
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII
ACT 054
S.B. NO. 718
S.D. 1
H.D.1
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
3 and to read as follows:
4 U§286-Complete streets. (a) The department of
5 transportation and the county transportation departments shall
6 adopt a complete streets policy that seeks to reasonably
7 accommodate convenient access and mobility for all users of the
8 public highways within their respective jurisdictions as
9 described under section 264-1, including pedestrians,
10 bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and persons of all ages
11 and abilities.
12 (b) This section shall apply to new construction,
13 reconstruction, and maintenance of highways, roads, streets,
14 ways, and lanes located within urban, suburban, and rural areas,
15 if appropriate for the application of complete streets.
16 (c) This section shall not apply if:
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ill Use of a particular highway, road, street, way, or
lane by bicyclists or pedestrians is prohibited by
law, including within interstate highway corridors;
~ The costs would be excessively disproportionate to the
need or probable use of the particular highway, road,
street, way, or lane;
ill There exists a sparseness of population, or there
exists other available means, or similar factors
indicating an absence of a future need; or
i!l The safety of vehicular, pedestrian, or bicycle
traffic may be placed at unacceptable risk."
SECTION 2. (a) There is established a temporary task
13 force, exempt from section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to
14 review existing state and county highway design standards and
15 guidelines, for the purpose of:
16 (1 ) Determining standards and guidelines that can be
17 established to apply statewide and within each county
18 to provide consistency for all highway users;
19 (2 ) Proposing changes to state and county highway design
20 standards and guidelines; and
21 (3) Making recommendations for restructuring procedures,
22 rewriting design manuals, and creating new measures to
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1 track success, within one year after implementation of
2 the recommendations under. subsection (c).
3 (b) The metnb~rs of the task force shall be selected by the
4 director of transportation, and shall include one member
5 representing:
6 (1) The department of transportation;
7 (2) The department of health;
8 (3) Each county's public works department or
9 transportation department;
10 (4) Hawaii Bicycling League;
11 (5) Peoples AdvocacY for Trails Hawai'i;
12 (6) AARP Hawaii;
13 (7) Hawaii Highway Users Alliance:
14 (8) Univ~rsity of Hawaii's department of urban and
15 regional planning or department of civil and
16 environmental engineering;
17 (9) Developers;
18 (10) Federal Highway Administration; and
19 (11) Other interested parties.
20 (cl The task force shall submit to the legislature,
21 through the department of transportation, the following:
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(1) An interim progress report no later than twenty days
prior to the convening of the regular session of 2010;
and
(2) A final report, including findings, recommendations,
and proposed legislation, no later than twenty days
prior to the convening of the regular session of 2011.
(d) The task force shall cease to exist upon filing of its
8 final report.
9 SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
10 SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval;
11 provided that section 1 shall apply to any development for which
12 planning or design commences on or after January 1, 2010:
APPROVED this 6 day of MAY , 2009
GOVER~~HAWAII