STAND. COM. REP. NO. 783

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1046

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1046, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEES FOR WINDSHIELD PLACARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the counties to deposit fees collected for issuing and replacing removable windshield placards, including temporary placards, for disabled drivers into the state general fund.  In addition, the measure clarifies that a fee shall be paid to the issuing agency for replacement of removable windshield placards and identification cards.

 

     The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu, the Fire Chief of Kauai, and the Disability and Community Access Board submitted comments in support of the measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure clarifies the process of reimbursing counties for their costs in issuing removable windshield placards and temporary placards by requiring the fees charged to be deposited into the state general fund.  This eliminates paperwork for the counties and allows for smoother reimbursement transactions.

 

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Conforming references to the placards issued to disabled drivers to include the word "removable";

 

     (2)  Clarifying that both a written statement and a completed application are required to request a replacement placard or identification; and

 

     (3)  Changing the measure's effective date to July 1, 2007.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1046, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1046, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair