STAND. COM. REP. NO. 467
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 82
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Transportation and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 82 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the law establishing penalties for motor vehicle size and weight violations by:
(1) Clarifying that any person guilty of committing any of the motor vehicle size and weight violations shall be fined in strict accordance with the table of fines provided under section 291-37, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(2) Repealing the $1,200 ceiling on fines for a second violation within one year of the first violation; and
(3) Repealing the $1,800 ceiling on fines for a third or subsequent violation within one year.
The Department of Transportation and Hawaii Transportation Association supported this bill.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 82 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair |
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