STAND. COM. REP. NO.  107-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2574

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2574 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the state's authority to issue placards for parking for the disabled and to reduce costs associated with the issuance of the placards by, among other things:

 

(1)  Establishing the Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) as the issuing agency that authorizes the issuance of removable windshield placards, temporary removable windshield placards, special license plates, and identification cards; and

 

(2)  Extending the period of validity of the removable windshield placard from four to six years.

 

     The Department of Health and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The State Council on Developmental Disabilities and a concerned individual supported the intent of this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu opposed this bill in part.  A concerned individual submitted comments.


     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2574, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2574, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair