STAND. COM. REP. NO.  884

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 145

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 145, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the public's health, safety, and welfare by promoting traffic safety by:

 

(1)  Allowing county implementation of a photo red light imaging detector system program;

 

(2)  Authorizing the state Director of Finance to distribute fines collected under a photo red light imaging detector system program established by a county directly to the county director of finance of the county in which the violation occurred; and

 

(3)  Requiring that a summons or citation sent by certified or registered mail to the registered owner of a vehicle include a return receipt to ensure that the registered owner received the citation and notice of infraction.

 

     The City & County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, the Downtown Neighborhood Board No. 13, State Farm, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving – Hawaii supported this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  The Judiciary and the Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

 

     You Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 145, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 145, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair