STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2112

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 98

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 98, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY FUNCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to work towards increasing traffic safety by requesting the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the traffic safety function of the Department of Transportation.

     While traffic safety is an important issue, your Committee finds that numerous bills that address this issue are currently moving through the legislative process and that serious concerns have been raised with regard to the overreaching authority of bail agents.  Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with the language contained in H.C.R. No. 45.  As amended, this measure requests the State Auditor conduct a sunrise review on the regulation of persons who apprehend bail fugitives as contemplated under H.B. No. 3014, H.D. 1, that was introduced during the Regular Session of 2006.

     Your Committee has further amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the title to read, "REQUESTING A SUNRISE REVIEW      ON THE REGULATION OF PERSONS WHO APPREHEND BAIL                  FUGITIVES"; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 98, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 98, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair