STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2523

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2105

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2105, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to transfer responsibility for issuing removable windshield placards, temporary removable windshield placards, special license plates, and identification cards, from the counties to the Disability and Communication Access Board.

     This measure also extends the duration of a removable windshield placard's validity from four to six years.

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the City and County of Honolulu Division of Motor Vehicle, Licensing and Permits, and two individuals.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure conforms state law to the requirements of the federal Uniform System for Handicapped Parking, by making a state agency, the Disability and Communication Access Board, responsible for the parking program for persons with disabilities.  Your Committee also finds that this measure provides the State with the flexibility to allow the Disability and Communication Access Board to enter into agreements with the counties to issue placards on behalf of the State.  Further, your Committee finds that this measure will result in an administrative cost savings, by extending the duration of a placard's validity from four to six years.

     Your Committee amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the statutory provision relating to special license plates to clarify that the Disability and Communication Access Board, rather than the counties, is the entity that issues special license plates;

     (2)  Amending the statutory provision relating to the issuance of identification cards to clarify that the Disability and Communication Access Board is responsible for issuing identification cards;

     (3)  Clarifying that the issuance of a second placard requires verification of an applicant's disability; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2105, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2105, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair