STAND. COM. REP. NO.  331

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 978

      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. 978 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the types of vending activities that are prohibited on state highways and to authorize the Director of Transportation to make exceptions for vending in the highway airspace.

The Department of Transportation supported this measure.  A concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Adding solicitation to the list of prohibited activities;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

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

     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. 978, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 978, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair