STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1455

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 27

S.D. 1

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.R. No. 27 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE REGULATIONS THAT ENSURE CAR SHARING SERVICES AND OPERATIONS DO NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE TRAFFIC, PARKING, AND CHARACTER OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the counties to implement and enforce regulations that ensure car sharing services and operations do not negatively impact the traffic, parking, and character of residential neighborhoods.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from Turo, Inc.

Your Committee finds that visitor industry regulations protect the social, economic, and environmental needs of Hawaii's residents, businesses, and visitors. The proliferation of car sharing platforms in recent years has created issues in certain neighborhoods, as car owners may park their vehicles in residential lots or along neighborhood streets that do not have the capacity to host non-residential vehicles and take away parking spaces for residents. Additionally, persons utilizing car sharing platforms may conduct business from their personal residence, creating traffic, noise, and safety concerns within neighborhoods. This measure urges greater accountability and oversight of car sharing platforms to preserve the character of residential neighborhoods.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Urging the counties to limit peer-to-peer ride share parking on public streets as appropriate based on the needs of any given neighborhood; 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 Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 27, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 27, S.D. 1.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair