THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Breene Harimoto, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

TIME:

1:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCR 19 / SR 14

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE NECESSITY OF VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS IN HAWAII.

 

 

TRS, WAM

SCR 21

      Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE FORMATION OF A TASK FORCE ON NORTH ROAD MANAGEMENT.

 

 

TRS, WAM

SCR 24 / SR 17

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DESIGNATE THE HILO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS THE GENERAL ALBERT KUALI‘I BRICKWOOD LYMAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

 

 

TRS

[Measure deleted on 03/12/19]

HB 270, HD1

      (HSCR880)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO REBUILT VEHICLES.

Expands the definition of "rebuilt vehicle" to include vehicles that have been rebuilt after flood damage and material damage to the vehicle's electronics.  (HB270 HD1)

 

TRS, CPH

HB 305, HD1

      (HSCR828)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CROSSWALKS.

Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a Community Crosswalks Pilot Program to design and implement specially painted crosswalks in neighborhoods.  Appropriates funds for the pilot program.  Creates a Community Crosswalks Pilot Program Special Fund.  (HB305 HD1)

 

TRS, WAM

HB 309, HD1

      (HSCR921)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates funds for the extension of the zipper lane on the H-1 Freeway to Kapolei in the vicinity of the Kualakai parkway on/off ramp.  (HB309 HD1)

 

TRS, WAM

HB 327, HD1

      (HSCR829)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Directs the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a single occupant vehicle access fee to use a zipper lane on Oahu.  Requires that revenues generated from the single occupant vehicle access fee be deposited in the state highway fund.  (HB327 HD1)

 

TRS, WAM

HB 421, HD2

      (HSCR830)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Establishes a five-year general excise tax exemption starting January 1, 2020, for amounts received from the servicing and maintenance of helicopters in an aircraft service and maintenance facility or from the construction of a facility that services and maintains helicopters; provided that 75% of the helicopters serviced and maintained annually in the facility are equipped with quiet technology.  Sunsets 12/31/2024.  (HB421 HD2)

 

TRS, WAM

HB 529, HD1

      (HSCR1006)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Prohibits any vehicle, except a low-range, four-wheel drive vehicle, from being driven through or in Waipio Valley, except under certain circumstances.  (HB529 HD1)

 

TRS, WAM

HB 753, HD2

      (HSCR831)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE IGNITION INTERLOCK PROGRAM.

Requires compliance with the ignition interlock program before an interlock device is removed.  Allows for a constant sobriety program.  Authorizes rulemaking.  (HB753 HD2)

 

TRS, JDC/WAM

HB 754, HD1

      (HSCR1007)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTRIC FOOT SCOOTERS.

Establishes a framework for the Department of Transportation and the counties to regulate electric foot scooters.  Adds definition of electric foot scooter.  Amends definitions of moped, motor vehicle, rental motor vehicle, and vehicle to exclude electric foot scooters.  Prohibits use of electric foot scooters to individuals under the age of eighteen.  (HB754 HD1)

 

TRS, JDC

HB 755, HD1

      (HSCR1035)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Transportation.  (HB755 HD1)

 

TRS, WAM

[Measure deleted on 03/12/19]

HB 756, HD1

      (HSCR1008)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the DOT, after consultation with the counties, to adopt rules prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices placed pursuant to the Statewide Traffic Code.  Specifies the factors the DOT and the counties must take into account when setting maximum speed limits on a road.  (HB756 HD1)

 

TRS, JDC

HB 839, HD1

      (HSCR1137)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE PALI HIGHWAY.

Appropriates funds for installing signalized crosswalks and related pedestrian improvements at four specified unsignalized intersections in the Nu‘uanu area of the Pali Highway.  (HB839 HD1)

 

TRS, WAM

HB 1176, HD1

      (HSCR1126)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS.

Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Department of Transportation to use electric guns while performing their duties.  Requires law enforcement officers of DOT to be accredited by June 30, 2024, for the use of electric guns.  (HB1176 HD1)

 

TRS, JDC/WAM

 

 

 

 

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair