STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2157

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2105

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Health and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2105 entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to change the agency issuing removable windshield placards, temporary removable windshield placards, special license plates, and identification cards from the counties to the Disability and Communication Access Board, and to increase the number of years a placard is effective.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and four individuals.  Your Committees received testimony in support of the intent of the measure with an amendment from the City and County of Honolulu.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees find that this measure will simplify and improve the administration of the parking program for persons with disabilities.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Preserving that part of section 291-51.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that states "The State shall reimburse the counties for the unit cost of issuing a removable windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard on behalf of the State"; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes to ensure clarity and accuracy in the language of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2105, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2105, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair