STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3198

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 286
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 286, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPEEDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish maximum speed
limits within school zones and construction areas and penalties
for exceeding those limits.

     In addition, this bill provides that the determination of
maximum speed limits for school zones and construction areas, and
the placement of official signs in those zones and areas, are to
be made by the Department of Transportation and the counties in
their respective jurisdictions.  This bill also doubles the
amounts under existing law that a person may be fined if the
person violates the maximum speed limits established within
school zones and construction areas.


 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:

     (1)  Deleting references to school zones;

     (2)  Authorizing appropriate law enforcement personnel to
          enforce the maximum speed limits established for
          construction areas;

     (3)  Requiring the Department of Transportation and the
          counties, in their respective jurisdictions, to require
          the owner, general contractor, or other responsible
          person to provide proper signs in construction areas;

     (4)  Requiring signs to be plainly visible at all times
          under ordinary traffic conditions;

     (5)  Removing the penalties section, so that penalties for
          speeding in construction areas will be as provided
          under existing law.  Section 291C-161(c), Hawaii
          Revised Statutes, currently subjects persons who
          violate the maximum speed limits to a fine of not more
          than $200, and for subsequent convictions, $300 and
          $500;

     (6)  Amending the definition of "construction area" to
          include aboveground and underground utility work; and

     (7)  Requiring the director to adopt rules as may be
          necessary to implement the new requirements.

     Your Committee agrees with the intent of this bill as so
amended, and finds that it will assist in deterring motorists
from speeding in construction areas and will increase highway
safety for on-site construction workers, pedestrians, and
motorists.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
286, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 286,
H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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