STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1030

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 286
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 286, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPEEDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish maximum speed
limits within school zones and construction areas and penalties
for exceeding those limits.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Education,
Police Department of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii
State Teachers Association, Jas. W. Glover, Ltd., and General
Contractors Association of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that current law subjects persons who
violate the maximum speed limits to a fine of not more than $200,
and for subsequent convictions, $300 and $500.  This measure
essentially doubles the amounts that a person may be fined if the
person violates the maximum speed limits established within
school zones and construction areas.  Your Committee finds that
this measure will deter drivers from speeding in these areas and
increase highway safety for children, parents, students, on-site
construction workers, and other pedestrians and motorists.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that
the determination of maximum speed limits for school zones and

 
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construction areas shall be made by the DOT and the counties
within their respective jurisdictions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 286, H.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 286, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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