STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1687

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 714

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

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

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to alleviate traffic congestion due to lane closures by allowing all motor vehicles, regardless of the number of persons carried in the vehicle, to use a high occupancy vehicle lane or zipper lane, subject to the Director of the Department of Transportation (DOT) declaring an emergency and allowing such use.

 

     DOT, the County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2046, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 S.B. No. 714, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 714, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair