STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3296

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1011

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1011, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to define dangerous wheels and prohibit their use on vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that more motor vehicles operating on Hawaii's roadways are reportedly using wheels with a propensity to cause severe injury and property damage.  Existing law does not address the inherent dangers associated with the use of dangerous wheels on motor vehicles; this measure seeks to address the issue to improve public safety on Hawaii's highways.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1011, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1011, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair