STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1093

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1636
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1636, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to further improve traffic
enforcement by allowing for the use of other photo technologies,
in addition to photo speed imaging detectors and photo red light
imaging detectors, to produce photographic identification of
vehicles that illegally cross longitudinal traffic lane markings.

     The Honolulu Police Department and two individuals testified
in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation
testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The
Judiciary commented on this measure.

     As written, if a cited motorist appears in court, swears
that the cited motorist was not the operator of the vehicle, and
identifies another party, the "contractor shall cause a summons
or citation to be mailed to the operator."  Your Committee is
concerned with the mechanism by which the contractor will receive
the information.  In other words, how will the information get
from the court to the contractor?

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.


 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1636, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1636, H.D.
2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair