STAND. COM. REP. 3263

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2291

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2291, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the enforcement of state highway safety laws.

This measure allocates up to $9,000,000 annually from the highway fund established pursuant to section 249-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the police department in any county with a population in excess of 500,000 to establish and operate a highway patrol division.

Your Committee finds that establishing a dedicated traffic unit within the county police department in the form of a highway patrol, such as those used in mainland jurisdictions, will enhance traffic enforcement. Although county police departments currently have road patrol units, the highway patrol will elevate the priority placed on traffic enforcement.

Your Committee has amended this bill by removing the amount of the appropriation, extending the effective date until July 1, 2020, to facilitate further discussion, and by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2291, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2291, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair