STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1338

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.C.R. No. 151

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 151 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE AUTOMOBILE SPEED AND THE ADVISABILITY OF LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE THE USE OF GOVERNORS TO LIMIT AUTOMOBILE SPEED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to investigate certain measures to reduce spending.

Specifically this Concurrent Resolution requests the Motor Vehicle Safety Office of the Department of Transportation to report to the Legislature on the availability of equipment designed to increase automobile speed. The Department of Transportation is also asked to submit a report on the advisability of legislation to require the use of governors to limit automobile speed. This report is requested to be submitted no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2005.

The Department of Transportation submitted testimony in support of all legislation to reduce/regulate speeding and racing.

Your Committee has amended the measure by:

(1) Changing the focus of the report from requiring the Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Safety Office to report on the availability of equipment to increase the speed of an automobile to requiring the Department to report on the availability of equipment designed to limit an automobile's speed;

(2) Limiting the scope of the Department of Transportation's advisement on legislation to only apply to automobiles that have governors as standard equipment installed by the manufacturer; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to the body and title of the measure for the purpose of clarifying the measure's amended intent.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 151, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 151, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair