STAND. COM. REP. NO.  630

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 723

      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. 723 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to deter unsafe driving by increasing the fines for violations of driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed.

The Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the amendments that increased the fines for a first offense of driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed;

     (2)  Changing the fine for driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed within five years of a prior conviction of the same offense to not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,500; and

     (3)  Changing the fine for driving a motor vehicle at an excessive speed within five years of two prior convictions of the same offense to a fine of $2,000.

     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. 723, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 723, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair