STAND. COM. REP. NO.  875

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 714

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 714, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the enforcement of environmental laws by:

 

     (1)  Allowing the use of blue and red lights on approved enforcement vehicles of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE); and

 

     (2)  Including DOCARE vehicles in the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle" in the Traffic Code.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from DLNR, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals.

 

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


 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 714, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 714, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair