STAND. COM. REP. NO. 548-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1763
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1763, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BICYCLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require bicycle riders under
eighteen  years old to wear bicycle helmets.

     The Department of Transportation, the Department of Health,
the Honolulu Police Department, People Advocacy for Trails
Hawaii, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, Hawaii Bicycling
League, Brain Injury Association of Hawaii, and concerned
individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that requiring the use of helmets will
improve child safety in bicycling.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     1.   Requiring the purchase of a helmet within ten days
          after citation in order for the waiver of the fine to
          apply; and

     2.   Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes
          of clarity and style.


 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1763, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 1763, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair