STAND. COM. REP. NO. 303-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2440

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. 2440 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit large and high passenger vehicles from driving in the extreme left-hand lane or closer to the left-hand curb or left-hand edge of a roadway.

The Honolulu Police Department testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation, Maui Police Department, Hawaii Transportation Association, and two concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the definition of a high-passenger car to mean a vehicle with a capacity of up to 11 people, instead of up to 8 people;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3) Making nonsubstantive technical amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 2440, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2440, 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