STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1645-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2504
S.D. 2
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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that appropriate parking is available to persons with disabilities by requiring:
(1) The counties to issue various parking placards to eligible persons with disabilities; and
(2) The State to reimburse the counties for parking placards issued to persons with disabilities.
The City and County of Honolulu, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Chair and a member of the Maui County Council opposed this bill. The Maui County Department of Finance provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2504, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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