STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2343

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2348

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2348 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PHOTO RED LIGHT IMAGING DETECTOR SYSTEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Provide that any photo red light imaging detector system's clear and unobstructed recorded image of a motor vehicle license plate shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle to which the license plate is attached is the motor vehicle for which the license plate was issued; and

(2) Require the State, the county, or the State's or county's third party contractor to implement a process to record the date on which the summons or citation was submitted to the post office, which shall be prima facie evidence of the date the summons or citation was submitted to the post office.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Disability and Communication Access Board.

Your Committee finds that red-light running is a significant cause of crashes, deaths, and injuries at signalized intersections, and between 2015 and 2020 there have been 1,879 crashes as a result of red-light and other traffic signal violations in the State. Your Committee further notes that federal data suggests that automated traffic enforcement can reduce costs of enforcement, lessen the danger of enforcement for officers, and increase the perception of drivers that there are consequences to violating traffic laws. This measure will decrease traffic accidents thereby creating safer streets and free law enforcement from the time consuming duties of traffic enforcement.

Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2348, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2348, S.D. 1, 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