REPORT TITLE:
Zipper & HOV Lane Restrictions


DESCRIPTION:
Permits the use of HOV lanes by all vehicles between the hours of
7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on Interstate Route H-1.  Permits the use
of Zipper Lanes by vehicles carrying three and fewer passengers
during specific hours.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "�291C-     Zipper lane restrictions.  Zipper lanes shall be
 
 5 restricted to use by vehicles as follows:
 
 6      (1)  Between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., vehicles
 
 7           carrying at least three persons;
 
 8      (2)  Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., vehicles
 
 9           carrying at least two persons; and
 
10      (3)  Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., any
 
11           vehicle regardless of the number of persons in the
 
12           vehicle."
 
13      SECTION 2.  Section 291C-221, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
14 amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted
 
15 and to read as follows:
 
16      ""Zipper lane" means a temporary lane created with the use
 
17 of an installed movable lane divider which may be used as a
 
18 contra-flow, high occupancy vehicle, through traffic, or
 
19 unrestricted lane."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  Section 291C-221, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "high occupancy vehicle
 
 3 lane" to read as follows:
 
 4      ""High occupancy vehicle lane" means a designated lane of a
 
 5 laned roadway where the use of the designated lane is restricted
 
 6 to vehicles carrying at least two persons and to other vehicles
 
 7 as provided by rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91, or by
 
 8 county ordinance[.]; provided that between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
 
 9 and 8:00 a.m., high occupancy vehicle lanes on Interstate Route
 
10 H-1 may be occupied by any vehicle regardless of the number of
 
11 persons in the vehicle."
 
12      SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13 New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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16                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________