STAND. COM. REP. NO.  752-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2421

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2421, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow for the increased use of alternative modes of transportation by amending the definition of "bicycle" in the Statewide Traffic Code to include motorized bicycles.  The bill allows bikes meeting certain specifications to be transported on public buses.

 

     The Department of Transportation and a member of the Maui County Council testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2421, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2421, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair