STAND. COM. REP. NO.292

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1026

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1026 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to change the penalty for driving a moped without a license to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or both.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Transportation and Honolulu Police Department. Comments were received from the Office of the Public Defender.

This measure is a follow-up on Act 37, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, which added the requirement that a moped operator be licensed beginning July 1, 2003. Current law imposes the same penalty for driving a moped without a license as is imposed for driving a motor vehicle without a license.

However, your Committee finds that mopeds should be treated differently than motor vehicles with regard to driving without a license. Your Committee further finds that the penalties under this measure are appropriate to the crime.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1026 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair