STAND. COM. REP. NO.  56

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 230

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 230 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the transporting of persons with disabilities by nursing facilities by authorizing the issuance of special license plates and removable windshield placards to nursing facility vehicles used to transport disabled persons, to permit the use of parking stalls reserved for persons with disabilities.

 

     The Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Hawaii Centers for Independent Living supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.  The Disability and Communication Access Board submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Requiring that parking placards used in a nursing facility's vehicle also display the vehicle's license plate number; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 230, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 230, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair