STAND. COM. REP. NO. 684-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1760
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1760 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the safety of
passengers riding in motor vehicles.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation, Department of Health, City and
County of Honolulu Police Department, Keiki Injury Prevention
Coalition, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and a
concerned individual.

     Your Committee finds that the provisions of this bill will
help decrease the incidence of automobile accident-related
injuries in the State.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by requiring seat belt
use for back seat passengers who are between the ages of four and
seventeen.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1760, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
1760, H.D. 1.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair