Dear Friends,

Thank you for visiting this website, which has been created to better service our community.

My home and my neighbors are vitally important to me, and I remain devoted to addressing your concerns as well as continuing to be a strong voice for you in the Legislature.

I welcome your suggestions and I encourage you to call my office whenever you have a concern with which I may be of assistance.

Sincerely,
Joe Souki
State Representative
8th District

TOPICS OF INTEREST

• Highly-Intoxicated Drivers. Rep. Souki introduced a measure, enacted as Act 198, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2007, that establishes evidence and sentencing parameters for highly intoxicated drivers, and establishes minimum and maximum administrative license revocation periods for highly intoxicated drivers.
  
  
• Outdoor Lighting; Biofuels. Rep. Souki introduced a measure, enacted as Act 121, SLH 2007, that requires the Department of Transportation, to the extent practicable, to comply with county outdoor lighting ordinances that are more stringent than other laws and regulations at airports, harbors, and highways for all new installations of outdoor lighting.
  
  
• County Regulation of Commercial Bicycle Tours. Rep. Souki introduced a measure, enacted as Act 181, SLH 2007, that authorizes the counties to regulate both guided and unguided bicycle tour businesses on state and county highways, and requires that counties follow federal guidelines for bicycle tours that begin from federal or state parks and continue on to state highways.