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

 

 

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.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 931

RELATING TO MOPEDS.

Exempts certain three wheeled mopeds from passenger and seating restrictions on the operation of mopeds.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

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

 

TRN, JUD

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. 

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 1205

RELATING TO TRAFFIC ABSTRACTS.

Clarifies the content requirements for traffic abstracts.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 1426

RELATING TO DEFERRED PLEAS.

Conforms deferred acceptance of guilty law to the federal commercial driver licensing law for consistency.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, FIN

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.

 

TRN, FIN

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.

 

TRN, FIN

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.

 

TRN, EDB

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.

 

TRN, FIN

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.

 

TRN, JUD

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.

 

TRN, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

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Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Chair