STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2508

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2992

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2992 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTORCYCLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve motorcycle safety by permanently authorizing the Department of Transportation under certain conditions to designate shoulders upon which the Department of Transportation may authorize the driving of motorcycles.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Street Bikers United Hawaii, Inc.; Special Forces Brotherhood Motorcycle Club; and forty-two individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from AAA Hawaii, LLC.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature passed Act 218, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, which authorized the Department of Transportation to designate certain road shoulders upon which the motorcycles could drive.  Your Committee further finds that this Act is to sunset on December 31, 2020.  The Department of Transportation testified that it will designate shoulder lanes as usable provided that the corridor is congested, and motorcycle operators ride under fifteen miles per hour.  Your Committee also finds that authorizing the Department of Transportation to make these designations helps to reduce the risk of injury to motorcycle operators.  This measure makes Act 218, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, permanent.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2992 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair