STAND. COM. REP. NO. 5

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 337

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 337 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit the use of certain types of wheels that are considered to be dangerous.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Honolulu Police Department, and Hawaii Transportation Association.  Testimony in opposition was received from Pacific Power Products.

 

     Your Committee finds that "dangerous wheels" on vehicles have a propensity to cause vehicle accidents that result in severe injury and property damage.  Dangerous wheels are designed with parts that extend past the rim, using aftermarket parts that are added to manufacturers' otherwise standard wheels.  Existing laws do not address dangerous wheels.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying the definition of "dangerous wheels" upon the recommendation of the Honolulu Police Department; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 337, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 337, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

 

 

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair