STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1229-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3121

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish an accessible parking special account within the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund;

(2) Beginning July 1, 2023, require all costs associated with the Parking for Persons with Disabilities Program to be appropriated from the accessible parking special account; and

(3) Increase the state annual vehicle registration fee by $1 and allocate that $1 to be deposited into the accessible parking special account.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that the Parking for Persons with Disabilities Program is currently funded by general funds, except for a small portion of revenue collected and retained by the counties for issuing replacement and temporary placards. Establishing an accessible parking special account within the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund ensures that the Parking for Persons with Disabilities Program is self-sufficient and continues to serve people with disabilities who use their placards for transportation activities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 3121, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3121, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair