STAND. COM. REP. NO.  919

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1324

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1324, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOPEDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make streets safer by:

 

(1)  Requiring annual registration and inspection of mopeds;

 

(2)  Requiring operators of mopeds to enroll in safety courses in order to operate their mopeds; and

 

(3)  Increasing the fine for modifying a moped to $1,000.

 

     The Department of Transportation and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Providing that the registration of mopeds be conducted on an annual, but staggered basis, based upon the month in which they are initially registered; 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. 1324, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1324, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair