STAND. COM. REP. NO. 241

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1056

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 1056 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that the engineering study required before the setting of a maximum speed limit shall not apply to reductions of maximum speed limits.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Hawai‘i Bicycling League.

Your Committee finds that the safety of Hawaii's road users are an utmost priority to the Legislature. Furthermore, due to the multitude of roadways that pass through residential areas with a heavy population of road users, your Committee recognizes the need for further safety precautions. In existing state law, engineering studies are required before establishing a maximum speed limit. In order to promote safety and allow flexibility for lowering speeds, this measure will eliminate the required engineering studies for the reduction of maximum speed limits.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1056 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair