STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3432

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2336

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2336, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PHOTO RED LIGHT IMAGING DETECTOR SYSTEMS PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify certain provision in chapter 291J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to better reflect the legislative intent of the photo red light imaging detector systems program; and

(2) Amend Act 30, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, as amended, to account for the current timetable of the photo red light imaging detector systems program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and Honolulu Police Department. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that statutes relating to the red light imaging detector systems pilot program require further clarification. The Session Laws of Hawaii also need to be amended to match the current timetable of the systems program. Therefore, this measure clarifies various provisions.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language to require traffic-control signals that are actively monitored by an official photo red light imaging detector system to display a steady yellow indication for a minimum number of seconds;

(2) Inserting language to require traffic-control signals generally to display a steady yellow indication for a minimum of three seconds; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive 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. 2336, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2336, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair