STAND. COM. REP. NO. 950

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1048

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1048 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to warn motorists of construction on roadways that include the use of steel plates by posting appropriate warning signs.

     Two officials of the Street Bikers United Hawaii submitted comments in support of the bill.  The Department of Transportation submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that under current law there is no specific requirement to warn motorists of the use of steel plates at construction sites.

     Your Committee finds that the bill establishes the statutory requirement to post warning signs if construction work is performed on public highways.

     Your Committee amended the bill by:

     (1)  Inserting a savings clause as section 3 and renumbering the remaining sections accordingly; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity, style, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1048, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1048, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair