STAND. COM. REP. NO.  79-14

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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1706 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 deter illegal parking upon bicycle lanes and bicycle paths by increasing the minimum fine for those respective offenses.

The Department of Transportation and Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu provided testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee amended this measure by establishing a minimum fine for parking on a bikeway of $200.

     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. 1706, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1706, 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