STAND. COM. REP. NO.  324-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2617

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2617 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PENALTIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote traffic safety by establishing a penalty for persons who violate the bumper height requirements for motor vehicles.

 

     The Department of Transportation testified in support of this measure.

 

     Current Hawaii law establishes bumper height requirements for motor vehicles based on a vehicle's gross vehicular weight rating and conforms with national safety standards.  However, some motorists modify their vehicles in a manner that raises the bumper height to an extent that it would cause higher than normal probability of an injury in the event of a crash into the front or rear of the modified vehicle.  This measure increases the safety of our roadways by addressing this situation through the application of a penalty for motorists who violate the bumper height requirements for motor vehicles.

 

     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. 2617 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