STAND. COM. REP. NO. 11-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1763
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1763 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BICYCLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to improve the safety of young bicyclists.

     Your Committee finds that the use of bicycle helmets has
proven to be an effective way of reducing head injury.  Your
committee further finds that by adding a new section which
stipulates the use of bicycle helmets for persons under the age
of 18 to Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes part XIII, that
child safety while bicycle riding will increase.  

     Testimonies in strong support of the bill were received from
the Department of Transportation, Peoples Advocacy for Trails
Hawaii, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition/SAFE KIDS HI, the
Department of Health, Hawaii Bicycling League, American Medical
Response, the Honolulu Police Department, and two concerned
citizens.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by making the following
amendments:

     1) on page 1, line 8 and 9, replacing the words "as
determined by the highway safety  coordinator" with "such as the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National
Safety Council or the Children's Safety Network".  

     2) on page 1, line 15, by adding to the end of the first
sentence of subsection (b) ", provided that the helmet was
purchased on or after the date of the citation". 

     3) on page 2, line 13, striking the words "upon its
approval" and inserting "on January 1, 2001".

     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.
1763 as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1763, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair