RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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Sponsor: SOUZA
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

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Makakilo Drive Extension Transfer Act

This bill requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer its authority to build a new Makakilo Drive extension to Kualakai Parkway to the State, and appropriates money for this project.

What This Bill Does

Transfers the City and County of Honolulu's authority to construct a new roadway extending Makakilo Drive to Kualakai Parkway to the State Department of Transportation.
Requires all related assets and records from the City and County of Honolulu to be transferred to the State for this project.
Appropriates money from the state general revenues into the state highway fund for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.
Allocates funds from the state highway fund for planning and construction of the Makakilo Drive extension to Kualakai Parkway.

Who It Names or Affects

The City and County of Honolulu
The State Department of Transportation

Terms To Know

Appropriations: Money set aside by the government for a specific purpose, in this case, to build the Makakilo Drive extension.
State Highway Fund: A fund used by the State of Hawaii to pay for road construction and maintenance projects.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much money will be appropriated.
It is unclear what specific assets and records are being transferred from the City and County of Honolulu to the State Department of Transportation.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-23 H
Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 3
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-21 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Department of Transportation; City and County of Honolulu; Makakilo Drive Extension; Appropriations ($)
Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the State the City and County of Honolulu's authority to construct a Makakilo Drive extension. Appropriates moneys.

Current Bill Text

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HB821

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

821

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO TRANSPORTATION
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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The city and
county of Honolulu shall transfer to the State the city and county of Honolulu's
authority to construct a new roadway extending Makakilo drive to Kualakai
parkway.

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SECTION 2.
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All appropriations, records, equipment, machines, files, supplies,
contracts, books, papers, documents, maps, other personal property, or real
property heretofore made, used, acquired, or held by the city and county of
Honolulu relating to the functions transferred to the department of
transportation shall be transferred with the functions to which they relate.

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SECTION 3.
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There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii
the sum of $
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or so much thereof
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027
to
be deposited into the state highway fund.

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SECTION
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There is appropriated out of the
state highway fund the sum of $
or so much thereof as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the
same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for
planning and construction of a new roadway extending

Makakilo drive to Kualakai parkway.

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The
sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the
purposes of this Act.

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SECTION 5.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Department
of Transportation; City and County of Honolulu; Makakilo Drive Extension; Appropriations

Description:

Requires
the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the State the City and County of
Honolulu's authority to construct a Makakilo Drive extension.
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Appropriates moneys.

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