STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1086-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1938

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1938 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the fine from $500 to $1,000 for failure to stop more than twenty feet from a school bus that is stopped with its visual signals actuated and the violation occurs on a state highway.

The Department of Transportation and Department of Education testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by;

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1938, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1938, H.D. 1.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair