THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, March 17, 2016

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

A G E N D A

 

 

HB 1011, HD1

      (HSCR753)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.

Defines dangerous wheels and prohibits their use.  (HB1011 HD1)

 

TRE, JDL

 

 

 

HB 1736, HD1

      (HSCR906-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

Renames the Kona International Airport as the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport.  (HB1736 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

 

 

 

HB 2092, HD1

      (HSCR787-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on sidewalks on private streets in the Kakaako Community Development District.  (HB2092 HD1)

 

TRE, JDL

 

 

 

HB 901

      (HSCR11-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES.

Allows the Department of the Attorney General and the Harbors Division of the Department of Transportation to have law enforcement vehicles, with lights and sirens, that are recognized authorized emergency vehicles.

 

TRE, JDL

 

 

 

HB 970, HD1

      (HSCR929-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.

Expands authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor vehicle and motor carrier vehicle inspections in the State including the authority to adopt rules to set fees.  (HB970 HD1)

 

TRE, WAM

HB 2645, HD1

      (HSCR722-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THEFT OF BICYCLE.

Requires consideration of a defendant's knowledge that a stolen bicycle was the victim's transportation to and from work or was necessary to the victim's employment in imposing a sentence for theft of a bicycle.  (HB2645 HD1)

 

TRE, JDL

HB 32

      (HSCR10-16)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CROSSWALK SAFETY.

Clarifies when a pedestrian is crossing the roadway within a crosswalk for pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks and when a pedestrian is lawfully within an intersection or adjacent crosswalk for traffic control signal purposes.

 

TRE, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair