STAND. COM. REP. NO.  938

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 357

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 357, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve pedestrian safety by appropriating funds for the City and County of Honolulu to establish a two year pilot project to test crosswalk safety enhancements and programs.

     The Department of Transportation testified in support of this bill.  The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  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 H.B. No. 357, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 357, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair