STAND. COM. REP. NO. 291

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1569

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1569 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHAPTER 291, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the penalties imposed against violations of state motor vehicle operation and equipment laws and rules include the violation of any related rules for which a penalty is not specified.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Prosecuting Attorney and Police Department of the City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committee finds the existing law that applies monetary fines for committing traffic violations is ambiguous in that it does not expressly provide that the monetary fines contained in that section apply to other sections of law that establish a traffic violation but do not specifically include a fine.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1569 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair