HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Rep. Joseph M. Souki, Chair

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

Rep. Bob Nakasone

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Monday, February 5, 2007

TIME:

9:00 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 357

RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.

Establishes a pilot project to test crosswalk safety enhancements and programs in the city and county of Honolulu.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 375

RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT OF WAY.

Clarifies a driver's duty to stop or yield the right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk when traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 1944

RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS.

Clarifies when a driver must stop for a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a marked crosswalk.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 806

RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for a pilot study to identify state and county intersections where the time to cross the intersection is insufficient for elderly pedestrians.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 328

RELATING TO SIDEWALKS.

Defines the downtown Honolulu business district and clarifies that bicycle riding on sidewalks is not permitted in it.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 490

RELATING TO BIKEWAYS.

Requires bikeways to be built wherever a highway, road, or street is being constructed, reconstructed, relocated, or rehabilitated.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 761

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Requires bikeways to be established by repealing condition that it be established whenever practicable.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 497

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Earmarks 2% of federally eligible moneys from the state highway fund for bikeways.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 349

RELATING TO COUNTY REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLE TOURS.

Authorizes the counties to regulate both guided and unguided bicycle tour businesses on state and county highways.

 

TRN, TAC

HB 1823

RELATING TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

Establishes an advisory committee within the department of transportation to implement the safe routes to school program and a bicycle and pedestrian safety program for adults and children.

 

TRN, FIN

HB 160

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION.

Permits driver whose license has been administratively revoked for life to seek reinstatement of the license after 10 years have passed since the lifetime revocation.  Requires driver to have had no arrests or convictions for driving while license revoked and be free from dependency or abuse of alcohol and drugs.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 1812

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.

Establishes offense of driving after consumption of alcohol.  Amends administrative license revocation procedures, periods of revocation, and conditional permit conditions.  Requires 50% of DUI fines to be paid to counties for traffic enforcement and 50% to judiciary for administrative revocation proceedings.  Requires annual report to the legislature of fines distributed.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB 1945

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS.

Establishes a $100 fine for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and for persons under the age of twenty-one who operate a vehicle after consuming a measurable amount of alcohol, that may be used by the arresting police jurisdiction for law enforcement.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB 1775

RELATING TO TRAFFIC RECORDS AND ABSTRACTS.

Clarifies the district court's record keeping and abstract-furnishing responsibilities for traffic cases.

 

TRN, JUD

HB 1613

RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

Authorizes a $4 administrative fee on all citations for traffic code violations to be shared by the judiciary and the counties for the establishment and maintenance of an electronic citation system.  Establishes the electronic citation system special fund.  Provides for the disbursement of the funds to the counties and the judiciary.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB 1718

RELATING TO CRUISELINE INDUSTRY.

Requires department of transportation to prepare and submit to the legislature a cost/benefit analysis on the cruiseline industry in Hawaii.

 

TRN, TAC/EDB, FIN

HB 242

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Assesses the transient accommodations tax on cruise ships.

 

TRN, TAC/EDB, FIN

HB 158

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Clarifies the period of time for safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles.

 

TRN, CPC

HB 1757

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Provides relief to the property motor carrier industry from certain vehicle gross weight requirements and penalties.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB 893

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Allows for the operation of larger articulated buses used for public transit purposes on public roadways.

 

TRN, JUD

 

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 35 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO:  (1)  THE  COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 441, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2)  THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS TESTIMONY DROP OFF BOX IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT.  TESTIMONY MAY ALSO BE FAXED IF LESS THAN 5 PAGES IN LENGTH TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT:  586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS).  WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT IS NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

 

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8‑1/2" X 11" SHEET WITH TWO HOLES PUNCHED AT THE TOP.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586‑6223.

 

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Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Chair