STAND. COM. REP. NO. 671-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2217

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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2217 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to permit the driver of a vehicle to safely proceed through an intersection in which a defective or malfunctioning traffic-control device fails to detect the vehicle and stays in the red signal stage through two cycles of the traffic-control device.

Street Bikers United Hawaii, Sun Riders, LLC, Condominium Rentals Hawaii, Honolulu Harley Davidson Group, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation and Maui Police Department testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

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. 2217, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2217, 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