STAND. COM. REP. NO. 927-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2655

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2655, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to expedite the process of investigating traffic accidents and fatalities in counties with populations in excess of 500,000 by:

(1) Requiring the county's police department to establish a multidisciplinary accident investigation team (MAIT); and

(2) Appropriating funds to qualifying counties for the MAIT program.

The Representative of the 42nd District and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2655, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair