STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1236

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1417

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1417, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOBILE BILLBOARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the placement of paid, third-party advertisements on vehicles and trailers.

     Your Committee finds that the current law allows advertisers to place signs and advertisements on vehicles when these same signs and advertisements would be prohibited if they were posted anywhere else, such as on a building or along the roadside.  These vehicles function as billboards when they are driven or parked on the side of the road.  Your Committee notes that this measure does not apply to vehicles or trailers that display advertisements for the business for which the vehicle or trailer is actually used.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that it does not apply to vehicles, including trolley vehicles, that are used in the day-to-day operations of a business if the advertising on the vehicle:

          (A)  Relates only to that business; and

          (B)  Is directly limited to and directly related to an engaged passenger vehicle service route or contracted customer service business, including scheduled special events and parades;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2075, to continue the discussions in this matter; and

     (3)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1417, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1417, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair