STAND. COM. REP. NO. 210-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2905
                                     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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2905 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPEEDING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend chapter 291C, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, by adding a new section which would authorize
the police to stop and arrest persons driving: 

     (1)  In excess of forty miles per hour over the maximum
          posted speed limit; and

     (2)  In the officer's judgement, under circumstances
          presenting a danger to the driver and others.

     Your Committee finds that a large percentage of traffic
deaths are attributable to speeding related accidents.  Your
Committee further finds that under current law, police officers
do not have the authority to arrest speeders.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Honolulu Police Department and a concerned citizen.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making the following
amendments:

     (1)  Changing the violation from speeding in excess of
          "forty" to "twenty" miles over the maximum posted speed

 
 
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          limit.  Your Committee welcomes further discussion on
          setting the speed criterion for the violation; and

     (2)  Removing the requirement that the arrest be made in the
          officer's judgment.

     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.
2905, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2905, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair