STAND. COM. REP. NO.  637-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2789

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2789 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the general public by:

 

     (1)  Establishing a photo speed imaging detector system program to improve enforcement of speed limits;

 

     (2)  Allowing county implementation of a photo speed imaging detector system program in areas where excessive speeding has been found to be a problem;

 

     (3)  Establishing a photo speed imaging detector system program account and authorizing fines collected under county-administered programs to be deposited into the account; and

 

     (4)  Authorizing funds from the account to be expended in the county in which the fine was collected for the establishment, operation, management, and maintenance of a photo speed imaging detector system program.

 


     The Hawaii Bicycling League, State Highway Safety Council, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Office of the Public Defender and a concerned individual opposed this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance and Office of Information Practices provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     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. 2789, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2789, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair