STAND. COM. REP. NO. 131
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 494
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 494 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Eliminate inconsistencies in court adjudication of traffic offenses by removing ambiguities and inconsistencies in statute;
(2) Limit court adjudication of traffic infractions resulting in an accident, to those that also involve a criminal charge; and
(3) Extend the time for answering a notice of traffic infraction from 15 to 21 days.
The Judiciary testified in support of the measure.
Your Committee finds that these modifications to the adjudication of traffic offenses will provide for a more cohesive and unified method of dispensing with traffic offenses. Your Committee also finds that extending the time for answering a notice of traffic infraction will ensure that a judge has the original notice of traffic infraction available in the record before deciding the merits of a traffic infraction case.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 494 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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