STAND. COM. REP. NO.  428

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 1324

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1324 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOPEDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make streets safer by:

(1)  Requiring annual registration and inspection of mopeds;

(2)  Requiring operators of mopeds to enroll in safety courses in order to operate their mopeds; and

(3)  Increasing the fine for modifying a moped to $1,000.

Two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Transportation supported this measure with amendments.  The City and County of Honolulu and the Counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, and Hawaii Bicycling League provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Specifying that all mopeds are required to be registered every calendar year;

(2)  Eliminating the requirement that an inspection for a moped include a horsepower test;

(3)  Specifying that the requirement that mopeds be operated only with an exhaust system that meets original manufacturer requirements applies to mopeds manufactured after December 31, 2013;

(4)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2014; and

(5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1324, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1324, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair