Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2488 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for a program to issue removable windshield placards to qualified persons with disabilities.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Disability and Communication Access Board, City and County of Honolulu Customer Services Department, and Hawaii County ADA Coordinator.

This measure is an appropriation for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium 2001 to 2003. Act 238, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, appropriated $176,000 for the program for fiscal year 2001-2002. Parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities requires the disabled person to have a windshield placard. The program is not self-funded because no fee is charged to qualified persons with disabilities, as such a charge would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Therefore, legislative appropriations are necessary to fund the program.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2488 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.