Bill Text: HI HB1189 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Transportation; Mopeds; Mufflers; Noise Control

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Referred to TIA/ENE, JDL. [HB1189 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB1189-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  469

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1189

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1189 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the prohibition on modifying the exhaust system of a motorcycle or moped to amplify or increase the noise beyond that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the motorcycle or moped.

 

     Several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation supported this measure with amendments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Making the prohibition on modifying the exhaust system in a manner that will increase the noise emitted by the motorcycle or moped to beyond that emitted by the original muffler as indicated pursuant to federal regulation specific to mopeds manufactured after December 31, 2013;

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2014; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     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. 1189, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1189, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair