CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 38-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 1770
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1770, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"
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 bill is to:
(1) Increase fines for repeatedly allowing a car alarm to sound for longer that five continuous minutes; and
(2) Provide courts with the discretion to order the revocation of an individual's driver's license, for a period not to exceed five years, when the individual operates a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 90 miles per hour.
Your Committee on Conference finds that although car alarms were made to deter auto theft and vandalism, the proliferation of false alarms have decreased their effectiveness. Moreover, the incessant wailing of an inadvertently triggered car alarm has become a nuisance in many neighborhoods on Oahu.
In addition, your Committee on Conference finds that accidents involving high speed are occurring far too often. Many of these accidents, especially those which have occurred in the past several months, have caused numerous fatalities. This measure addresses the occurrence of extreme speeding on our roads.
Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2004; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 H.B. No. 1770, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1770, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair |
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