STAND. COM. REP. NO.2457
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 411
S.D. 1
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. 411 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this short form bill is to amend the law relating to transportation.
The purpose of this measure, as amended by your Committee, is to amend and enact various laws relating to inattention to driving. Specifically, this measure would:
(1) Criminalize engaging in a distracting activity while driving;
(2) Require that all traffic collision reports prepared prior to December 31, 2003, contain information regarding whether the collision wholly or partially resulted from the driver engaging in a distracting activity while driving;
(3) Require the Department of Public Safety to report to the Governor and to the Legislature prior to the regular session of 2004 regarding traffic collisions where a driver was engaging in a distracting activity; and
(4) Prohibit any city, county, or local government from enacting or enforcing any charter provision, ordinance, or resolution regulating persons engaging in a distracting activity while driving.
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 action to report out S.B. No. 411, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 411, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, for further consideration.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations,
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____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair |
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