STAND. COM. REP. NO.  532

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1697

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1697 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BICYCLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase bicycle and moped registration fees from $15 to $25.

 

     A concerned individual testified in opposition to this bill.

 

     Increasing bicycle fees may be a means of generating additional revenues that can be used to improve bicycling facilities and conditions statewide that can make bicycling a viable alternative mode of transportation in Hawaii.  Although no testimony was received in support of this measure, your Committee finds that this measure deserves further consideration.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1697 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair