STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1541-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.C.R. No. 59

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.C.R. No. 59 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO WORK WITH THE HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AGAINST ILLEGAL ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND DIRT BIKE MOTORCYCLES TO MAKE SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC ROADWAYS SAFER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to work with the Honolulu Police Department to increase enforcement efforts against illegal electric bicycles and dirt bike motorcycles to make sidewalks and public roadways safer.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Hawaii Federation of Republican Women; and five individuals.

Your Committee finds that electronic bicycles are widely available and becoming a more prevalent means of personal transportation. However, electric bicycles can become a serious safety hazard when ridden on sidewalks or in the middle of traffic lanes. Your Committee further finds that riders of electric bicycles often make an illegal and dangerous modification to their electric bicycles by installing an aftermarket delimiter that allows the electric bicycle to reach speeds of thirty miles per hour. This measure is intended to make the State's roads and sidewalks safer by increasing enforcement efforts against illegally modified electric bicycles and unsafe and unlicensed use of dirt bike motorcycles.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose;

(2) Deleting as unnecessary references to the City and County of Honolulu and instead urging the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to work with the Honolulu Police Department; and

(3) 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 Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 59, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 59, H.D. 1.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair