STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1053
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: H.B. No. 1258
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2017
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1258, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The Department of Transportation and Polaris Industries testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee is concerned that changing the autocycle definition from a vehicle "with a steering wheel" to a vehicle that is "steered by something other than a handlebar" will broaden the applicability of this measure beyond its intended purpose, which is to address and define a Polaris autocyle. As such, this amendment could include numerous other types of modified vehicles. Your Committee respectfully requests the Senate, should they hear this measure, to examine this definition issue further. Accordingly, your Committee has amended the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion.
Your Committee has further amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the type of license necessary to operate an autocycle is a type 3 passenger vehicle license rather than a type 2 motorcycle license; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1258, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1258, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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