STAND. COM. REP. NO.  753

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1011

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1011 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure highway safety by prohibiting the use of certain types of motor vehicle wheels that are considered dangerous.  Specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Defines the term "dangerous wheels" to mean any wheel, wheel cover, hubcap, lug nut cover or cap, prong, or any ornamentation affixed to any of the aforementioned items that extends at least four inches beyond the outer edge of the wheel's rim and that may cause injury or property damage by minimal contact with a person or object; and

 

(2)  Prohibits any person from operating a vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer equipped with dangerous wheels.  

 

     The Honolulu Police Department supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure and provided a suggested amendment.  The Hawaii Transportation Association opposed this measure and provided a suggested amendment.  An individual opposed this measure.

 

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the definition of "dangerous wheels" to mean any wheel, wheel cover, hubcap, lug nut cover or cap, prong, or any ornamentation affixed to any of the aforementioned items that extends at least four inches beyond the portion of the wheel rim that extends furthest curbside from the vehicle and that may cause injury or property damage by minimal contact with a person or object.

 

     It is your Committees' intent that the definition of "dangerous wheels" not apply to vehicles being transported on trailers, such as racing vehicles not intended for on-road use.  

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Consumer Protection & Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1011, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1011, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair