STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1466

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 436

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 436, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require approaching vehicles to slow and change lanes when nearing Sheriff Division vehicles, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency vehicles, Civil Defense vehicles, Department of Transportation Harbors Division vehicles, Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement vehicles, and county emergency management vehicles that are stopped for official duties, by amending the definition of "emergency vehicle" in the statewide traffic code to include these vehicles.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense; Department of Transportation; Department of Emergency Management, City and County of Honolulu; Kauai Civil Defense Agency; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and eight individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to assist emergency management and civil defense personnel in the performance of their official duties in emergency or disaster situations.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 436, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 436, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair