STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1613-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2385
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2385, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Establish a three-tiered sentencing structure with graduated penalties for drivers who violate Hawaii's pedestrian crosswalk law;
(2) Establish a Photo Red Light Imaging Detector Systems Program (Program) for enforcement of traffic signal laws;
(3) Allow the counties to implement the Program; and
(4) Appropriate an unspecified amount of funds for the implementation of the Program on Oahu.
The Department of Transportation, Department of Health, and the Honolulu Police Department supported this bill. The Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney supported the intent of this bill. The Office of the Public Defender and several concerned individuals opposed this measure. The Judiciary provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 2385, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2385, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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