STAND. COM. REP. NO. 442-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2246

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2246, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM SURCHARGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the State Highway Enforcement Program surcharge from $200 to an unspecified amount.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and one member of the Maui County Council. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the State is experiencing an increase in the number of vehicles on the State's roads. According to federal crash statistics, roughly five hundred sixty-six deaths and 14,731 injuries occur annually involving a stopped or disabled vehicle on a roadway. Your Committee believes that increasing the surcharge for those willfully creating unsafe conditions for others on the State's roads could reduce deaths and injuries relating to an individual stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle on state highways.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2246, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair