STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1448

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 862

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 862, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create the petty misdemeanor offense of excessive speeding for individuals driving a vehicle at a speed exceeding the applicable speed limit by twenty-five miles per hour, or eighty miles per hour regardless of the applicable speed limit.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, the Honolulu Police Department, Mothers Against Drunk Driving-Hawaii, and Kuli`ou`ou/Kalani Iki Neighborhood Board #2. The Office of the Public Defender testified in opposition to the measure.

Your Committee finds that the new criminal offense of excessive speeding is designed to address concerns in the community with respect to drivers who operate vehicles at unsafe speeds, thereby endangering the lives of fellow motorists.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Making technical, non-substantive amendments for purposes of clarity, style, and consistency; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 for discussion purposes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 862, 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. 862, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair