STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1439

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 693

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 693, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase traffic safety by establishing a three-year pilot photo red light imaging detector system program to be administered by a nonprofit organization and amending other statutes regarding highway safety to accommodate this pilot program.

AAA Hawai‘i and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Office of the Public Defender and a concerned individual opposed this measure.  The Department of Transportation; Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii; Horizon Lines, Inc.; Hawaii Bicycling League; and two concerned individuals provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 693, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair