Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1051, H.D. 2, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to regulate electric personal assistive mobility devices, otherwise known as Segways.

Your Committee on Conference generally agreed with regard to several provisions in this measure, and therefore used the H.D. 2 version of this measure as a base, and recommends further amendments as set forth below.

Your Committee on Conference amended this measure to remove the provisions in the H.D. 2 version that authorize a Segway to be used on the shoulder of a street instead of a sidewalk, under certain circumstances. Your Conference Committee believes that it may be too dangerous to use the Segway on a street, except in a bicycle path.

Your Conference Committee also amended this measure to clarify that the provisions prohibiting the sale of Segway models that can operate at greater than eight miles per hour apply to "consumer" models rather than "commercial" models.

Finally, your Conference Committee amended this measure to make its provisions effective upon approval, rather than on July 1, 2050.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1051, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1051, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.