STAND. COM. REP. NO. 527

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1209

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 1209, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Director of Transportation, upon application, to issue a written permit authorizing an applicant to vend in the airspace above a state highway.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure specifically addresses the types of vending activities that are prohibited on state highways.  This measure authorizes the Director of Transportation to make exceptions to section 264-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for certain activities within the interstate airspace pursuant to a written permit, subject to terms and conditions that are in the best interest of the State.  This measure also ensures that legal provisions in the enforcement against unauthorized vending activities are consistent with certain county ordinances.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1209, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair