STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3362

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 129

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Energy and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 129 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING STATEWIDE SUPPORT FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY LEGISLATION TO REDUCE MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES AND INJURIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to reduce motor vehicle fatalities and injuries in the State through statewide support of traffic safety legislation.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i.

Your Committees find that there are approximately one hundred motor vehicle fatalities in Hawaii each year, and even one motor vehicle fatality is one too many. Your Committees also find that traffic safety legislation, enforcement, and education are important factors in reducing the number of motor vehicle fatalities. Your Committees note that the Legislature continues to propose and enact traffic safety measures that increase public safety, but it often takes cooperation and support of multiple departments and agencies to maximize the efficacy of these laws.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Energy and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 129, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 129, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Energy and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair