STAND. COM. REP. NO.  557-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1706

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1706, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ILLEGAL PARKING UPON BIKEWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to set a minimum fine of $200 for parking a vehicle on a bicycle lane or pathway.

The Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation Services for the City and County of Honolulu, and numerous concerned citizens testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1706, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair