Safe routes to school advisory committee
HRS §291C-6
in effect291C-6. Safe routes to school advisory committee
(a) There is established within the planning branch of the highways division of the department of transportation for administrative purposes a safe routes to school advisory committee to advise the State on strategies to ensure that each child in the State is able to safely bike, walk, or roll to school.
(b) The safe routes to school advisory
committee shall:
(1) Develop a comprehensive, statewide safe routes to
school plan that shall include:
(A) Goals, strategies, and performance
metrics that ensure accountability for improving safety, active transportation
mode share, community investment in supportive programming, and infrastructure
quality, pursuant to sections 286-7.5 and 264-142;
(B) Methods to ensure stability and
consistency of the safe routes to school program special fund, which shall
provide for infrastructure projects and continuity of existing programmatic
(non-infrastructure) work;
(C) Recommendations to streamline and
facilitate efforts by communities to apply for and implement projects pursuant
to sections 286-7.5, 264-142, and 291C-3; and
(D) Identification of, and recommendations
for, additional funding, planning, and programming that are inclusive and
equitable pursuant to sections 286-7.5 and 264-142;
(2) Beginning July 1, 2024, ensure distribution of
moneys accrued in the safe routes to school special fund, prioritizing
continuity of existing programming;
(3) Beginning July 1, 2024, review project proposals
and select priority projects within one mile of any school or place of learning
pursuant to sections 286-7.5, 264-142, and 291C-3 to be funded through the safe
routes to school program or otherwise be prioritized and implemented by the
department;
(4) Submit annual reports on the activities and
recommendations of the safe routes to school program to the governor and
legislature no later than December 31 of each year; and
(5) Meet no less than monthly.
(c) The safe routes to school advisory
committee shall consist of the following members or their designees:
(1) One member to be appointed by the president of
the senate and one member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives, who shall chair the advisory committee annually on a rotating
basis;
(2) The department of transportation's safe routes to
school program coordinator;
(3) The deputy director of the department of
transportation's highways division;
(4) One member representing the physical activity and
nutrition section of the department of health's chronic disease prevention and
health promotion division;
(5) The superintendent of education;
(6) The co-chairs of the Hawaii climate change
mitigation and adaptation commission;
(7) One member representing the Hawaii state energy
office;
(8) One member representing the Hawaii state council
on developmental disabilities;
(9) One member representing each county agency with
jurisdiction over transportation;
(10) One member representing an organization with a
focus on bicycling to be appointed by the governor, pursuant to section 26-34,
for a three-year term;
(11) One member representing an organization with a
focus on senior citizens and their families to be appointed by the governor,
pursuant to section 26-34, for a three-year term;
(12) One member representing an organization that
understands the ways families with young children navigate through the State to
be appointed by the governor, pursuant to section 26-34, for a three-year term;
(13) One member representing an organization with a
focus on public health and mobility to be appointed by the governor, pursuant
to section 26-34, for a three-year term;
(14) One member representing an organization with a
focus on transportation equity and mobility to be appointed by the governor,
pursuant to section 26-34, for a three-year term; and
(15) The chairs of the house of representatives
standing committee and the senate standing committee with primary jurisdiction
over transportation, who shall serve as non-voting, ex-officio members.
The chair of the committee may request the
participation or input of members of the public; experts in the field; and
county, state, or federal officials or others as necessary.
(d) Members of the safe routes to school
advisory committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for
expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their
duties.
(e) No member of the safe routes to school
advisory committee shall be subject to chapter 84 solely because of the
member's service on the committee.
[L 2023, c 244, §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0291C/HRS_0291C-0006.htmFetched: 11/10/2026