STAND. COM. REP. NO.  454

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 946

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. 946 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to specify that an unauthorized person who drives in a high occupancy vehicle lane shall be deemed to have committed a traffic infraction and is subject to a $150 fine.

The Department of Transportation and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     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. 946 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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