CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.81
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 438
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
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. 438, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES,"
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 clarify various traffic laws by:
(1) Repealing the penalties in sections 291C-13 and 291C-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), because penalties for those statutes are provided under section 291C-161, HRS; and
(2) Requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching within 20 feet of a marked crosswalk to stop and remain stopped at the stop line while pedestrians or bicyclists are within a marked crosswalk.
Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by replacing the new language relating to crosswalks, with amendments requiring the driver of a vehicle to stop and yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk, regardless of whether traffic-control signals are in place or in operation in that location.
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. 438, 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. 438, 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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____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair |
____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair |
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