STAND. COM. REP. NO.  241-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1190

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1190 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expedite investigations of fatal traffic accidents to get traffic moving again as quickly as possible by requiring the police department of each county to:

 

     (1)  Identify roadways most critical to free movement of persons and commerce; and

 

     (2)  Establish protocols necessary to coordinate major accident investigations, including notifying the medical examiner in fatal accident cases to investigate simultaneously with the police department.

 

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2058, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1190, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1190, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair