STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2647

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2643
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2643 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the measure is to replace the term traffic
"accident" with the term traffic "collision."

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation, Honolulu Police Department, and the
Prosecuting Attorney from the City and County of Honolulu.  The
Judiciary submitted comments but took no position.

     Your Committee finds that the term collision should be used
in the traffic code rather than accident as the term collision
only implies that the vehicle has contacted or struck another
object. 

     Your Committee has amended the measure by deleting language
in the purpose section which indicates an intent to delete
certain statutory requirements, yet fails to address them in the
measure.  Your Committee also made technical, nonsubstantive
amendments. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2643, as amended herein, and

 
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recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 2643, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar
for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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