Bill Text: HI HB1096 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Moped; Motor Scooter; Motorcycle; Instruction Permits

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB1096 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1096-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  129

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1096

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1096 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOPED INSTRUCTION PERMITS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase highway safety and conform current statutory language regarding mopeds by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that permit holders may operate a moped without being accompanied by a person 21 years of age or older who is licensed to operated a moped; and

 

     (2)  Restricting the operation of mopeds by temporary instruction permit holders during hours of darkness and prohibiting them from carrying passengers.

 

     The Department of Transportation and Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this bill.

 

     Currently, instruction permit holders operating motor scooters and motorcycles are exempt from the requirement of being accompanied by an individual who is 21 years of age or older and holds a license to operate a motor scooter or motorcycle.  This exemption is mainly for safety reasons as riding on a two-wheeled vehicle with a passenger is more challenging and inherently more dangerous than riding alone.  However, this exemption does not exist for permit holders operating mopeds.  Given the safety concerns and the fact that current law prohibits operators of two-wheeled mopeds from carrying passengers, your Committee finds this exemption logical and practical.

     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. 1096 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,

 

 

		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair