STAND. COM. REP. NO.  909

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 146

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 146, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the use of certain types of motor vehicle wheels that are considered dangerous by:

 

(1)  Prohibiting any person from operating a vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer equipped with dangerous wheels; and

 

(2)  Defining the term "dangerous wheels".

 

     The Department of Transportation, Hawaii Police Department, and Maui Police Department supported this measure.  The Honolulu Police Department and Hawaii Transportation Association submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Amending the definition of "dangerous wheels" to mean any wheel, wheel cover, hubcap, lug nut cover or cap, prong, or any ornamentation affixed to any of the aforementioned items that extends at least four inches beyond the outer edge of the wheel's rim and that may cause injury or property damage by minimal contact with a person or object; and

 

(2)  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. 146, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 146, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair