STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1218-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2105

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2105, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the administration of the parking program for persons with disabilities by:

(1) Designating the Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) as the issuing agency for removable windshield placards, temporary removable windshield placards, special license plates, and identification cards;

(2) Extending the duration a removable windshield placard is effective from four to six years;

(3) Repealing the statutory reimbursement rate paid to the counties for providing placards, special license plates, and identification cards, and establishing the rate by administrative rule;

(4) Allowing the counties to retain any transaction fees charged for providing placards, special license plates, and identification cards; and

(5) Providing for the issuance of a second removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard upon request of the applicant and verification of the applicant's disability.

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, DCAB, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services provided comments.

     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 S.B. No. 2105, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair