STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2166

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2182

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2182 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING SPACES RESERVED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the law on parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Police Department, the Disability and Communication Access Board, and Catrala-Hawaii.  Testimony in opposition was received from The Hertz Corporation.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     This measure provides that:

(1)  The traffic infraction attaches to the driver or registered owner of a vehicle that uses a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities;

(2)  Any citation may be handed to the violator or mailed to the violator when the violator refuses to accept the citation; and

(3)  The citation may be affixed to the vehicle in the manner provided by law in the case of an unattended vehicle.

     Your Committee finds that this measure improves the ability of the police departments to enforce disability parking violations and thus preserve the use of accessible parking stalls for those individuals who legitimately are permitted to use such stalls.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2182 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair