CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.32-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2509

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2509, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Clarify the statutory provisions of the parking for persons with disabilities law;

(2) Prohibit parking in the access aisle adjacent to the parking space reserved for persons with disabilities and make such a violation a traffic infraction subject to a fine of $250 to $500;

(2) Postpone the effective date of the parking requirements relating to persons with disabilities from July 1, 2002, to July 1, 2003.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Reducing the minimum fine for parking in a space reserved

for persons with disabilities without properly displaying

a removable windshield placard, temporary removable

windshield placard, or special license plate from $250 to

$100;

(2) Reducing the minimum fine for a person using a parking

space reserved for persons with disabilities, who refuses,

or fails, to present an identification card to an

enforcement officer upon request from $250 to $100;

(3) Reducing the fine for parking in access aisles adjacent to a disabled parking stall to $100;

(4) Reducing the minimum fine for any private entity failing to comply with the parking for disabled person's law from $250 to $100 for each separate offense;

(5) Changing the effective date to June 30, 2002; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, conformity, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2509, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2509, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair

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BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair