HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2007
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki, Chair |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair |
Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Alex M. Sonson |
Rep. Sharon E. Har |
Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine |
Rep. Marilyn B. Lee |
Rep. Roy M. Takumi |
Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine |
Rep. Bob Nakasone |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
DATE: |
Monday, February 12, 2007 |
TIME: |
9:00 A.M. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
HB 496 |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Increases the State Highway Fund's allotment and expenditure for bikeways to five per cent of federally eligible moneys and requires that five per cent of the Fund's moneys expended for the construction, maintenance, and repair of county roads be used to improve county walkways to enhance pedestrian use and access.
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HB 931 |
RELATING TO MOPEDS. Exempts certain three wheeled mopeds from passenger and seating restrictions on the operation of mopeds.
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HB 1444 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits motor vehicle alarm manufacturers from causing to be sold in the State alarm systems that cannot electronically notify the motor vehicle owner that the alarm is being activated. Prohibits motor vehicle owners from operating a vehicle that lacks electronic notification capability. Subjects violators to traffic code penalties.
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HB 1445 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits the use of audible motor vehicle alarms in the State. Prohibits motor vehicle owners from operating a motor vehicle with an alarm system that lacks electronic capability. Subjects violators to traffic code penalties.
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HB 1446 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Permits motor vehicle backup warning beepers to be disabled if the vehicle is equipped with a rear view camera system, or a watchperson is on duty.
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HB 332 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Allows audible reverse warning system to be manually turned off between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., provided the vehicle is guided by a person other than the driver of the vehicle
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HB 443 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE. Amends motor vehicle muffler noise law to provide a schedule of increased fines for the second, third, and subsequent violations. Decreases the maximum penalty for the first violation from $250 to $100.
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HB 156 |
RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING. Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while driving unless equipped with a hands-free accessory and being used in the hands-free mode. Exempts mobile radios.
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HB 1205 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC ABSTRACTS. Clarifies the content requirements for traffic abstracts.
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HB 1215 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Expands scope of traffic infractions law to include infractions committed by minors. Permits concurrent trials and clarifies requirements. Clarifies citation form requirements. Authorizes use of electronic citations.
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HB 1254 |
RELATING TO CHAPTER 291E, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Creates a felony charge for those who drive after a court revoked their license for DUI convictions and a new criminal offense for those who drive after a court suspended their license for DUI convictions.
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HB 1686 |
RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE. Repeals the option to impose a 30-day prison term as a penalty for driving without a license for drivers whose license to operate mopeds, motor scooters, motorcycles, passenger cars, and trucks or vans having a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less expired within the 90 days preceding the violation.
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HB 1426 |
RELATING TO DEFERRED PLEAS. Conforms deferred acceptance of guilty law to the federal commercial driver licensing law for consistency.
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HB 1421 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. Establishes a fine and requires community service and the revocation of driver's license for a one-year period for graffiti violation on public or private property.
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HB 1559 |
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Makes flexible highway design applicable to Koolau Loa Coastal Highway from Kaaawa to Waimea on Oahu, and to Lower Puna to Kapoho Coastal Road on the island of Hawaii.
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HB 779 |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Appropriates funds for the reconfiguration of the portion of the H-1 Freeway over the Kunia interchange in the eastbound direction, to provide for a third lane of travel.
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HB 720 |
RELATING TO TOLL ROADS. Authorizes director of transportation to impose toll charges on existing highways or construct new toll roads. Provides for agreement with private entities to construct, operate, and maintain toll roads. Requires prior feasibility study.
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HB 1951 |
RELATING TO CARGO SERVICE. Requires the Department of Transportation and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to study and recommend solutions to tentative plans by Young Brothers Ltd. to discontinue its less-than-container-load cargo service after January 1, 2010.
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HB 155 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation, to the extend practicable, to comply with county outdoor lighting ordinances that are more stringent than other laws and regulations at airports, harbors, and highways.
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HB 1429 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Increases fines imposed on users and tenants who violate chapter 266, the department's administrative rules, or any lawful command of any harbor master, agent, or district manager. Allows for a full recovery of fines imposed on the DOT for violations of federal and state air and water pollution laws committed by harbor users and tenants.
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HB 481 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL NAVIGATION LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE OVER KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HAWAII KAI MARINA ON OAHU. Appropriates $ in FY 2007-2008 to department of transportation to install navigation lights on the bridge over Kalanianaole highway at the entrance to the Hawaii Kai marina, upon the provision by the United States Coast Guard of the necessary specifications.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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