STAND. COM. REP. NO. 78

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 516
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 516 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC
     SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to reduce the numbers of traffic accidents and fatalities on
Hawaii's roadways.

     Your Committee finds that vehicles often become involved in
accidents because drivers are not well-informed about traffic
laws and traffic safety practices.  Your Committee further finds
that efforts to educate the public must be increased if vehicle
accidents are to lessen.

     This bill proposes to appropriate funds for television and
radio public service announcements to reinforce safe driving
practices and responsible attitudes of motorists.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were heard from the
Hawaii Transportation Association and Gomes School Bus Service.
The Department of Transportation testified in support of the
intent of this bill, but felt that sufficient funding is
presently available for radio and television publicity.          

 
 
 
 
 
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     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.
516 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair