STAND. COM. REP. NO. 670-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2447

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2447 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a disability travel placard to be issued to an existing permittee for use at the travel destination.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Disability and Communication Access Board; and six individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that existing law allows a person to receive one long-term placard and a special license plate for purposes of disability parking permits. However, for permittees who do not opt for a special license plate, an issue arises when traveling as they may not leave their vehicle in a reserved accessible parking space at a Hawaii airport and take their placard with them for use at their destination. This measure authorizes the issuance of a temporary travel placard, which allows permittees without special license plates to leave their vehicles in reserved accessible spaces at Hawaii airports while having placards available for use at their destinations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2447, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2447, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair