STAND. COM. REP. NO.  155

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1109

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1109 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the authority of law enforcement officers to confiscate disability parking permits that are fraudulent, invalid, or used in an unauthorized manner.

The Disability and Communication Access Board submitted comments on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Authorizing confiscation of:

          (A)  An invalid disability parking permit used to improperly obtain free metered parking; and

          (B)  A disability parking permit that is the subject of an unauthorized sale or purchase;

     (2)  Making the sale or purchase of a disability parking permit a misdemeanor offense;

     (3)  Inserting a savings clause;

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and consistency; and

     (5)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2090, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1109, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1109, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair