STAND. COM. REP. NO. 68-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2071

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2071 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose 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; Disability and Communication Access Board; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure will enhance the State's ability to prosecute persons who run red lights by ensuring that a clear, unobstructed image of a motor vehicle's license plate is accepted as prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle it is attached to is the motor vehicle to which the license plate was issued.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2071, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2071, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair