STAND. COM. REP. NO.  623

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1258

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1258 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to define and establish licensing and registration requirements for autocycles.

 

     The Department of Transportation, Street Bikers United Hawaii, and Polaris Industries supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that no person shall operate an autocycle on a public street, road, or highway unless the person possesses a valid type 2 driver's license; and

 

     (2)  Amending the definition of autocycle to mean a three-wheeled motor vehicle with non-straddle seating that is steered by something other than a handlebar and is certified by the manufacturer to comply with all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards as of the date of manufacture.

 

     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. 1258, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1258, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair