Bill Text: HI SB2897 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2897 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Highway Safety; Ignition Interlock Program

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-14 - (H) Act 166, on 6/14/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 386). [SB2897 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2897-Amended.html

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 88-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2010

RE: S.B. No. 2897

S.D. 2

H.D. 3

C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to enact the recommendations of the Ignition Interlock Implementation Task Force to, among other things, establish requirements for the mandatory use of ignition interlock devices for persons convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 28, H.D. 1 (2007), the Department of Transportation convened a Hawaii Ignition Interlock Implementation Task Force comprised of government agencies and community stakeholders to study the feasibility of requiring the installation of ignition interlock devices on vehicles of offenders convicted of driving under the influence offenders, including exploring and recommending procedures for the introduction of ignition interlock technology to Hawaii. Act 171, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008 and Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009 enacted recommendations of the Hawaii Ignition Interlock Implementation Task Force which has continued its work through to the present. This measure represents the final installment of legislation to fully implement the program.

While gains have been made in reducing both driving under the influence arrests and the total number of alcohol-related fatalities, today's offender is more likely to have a highly elevated alcohol concentration and, as a whole, Hawaii's rate of alcohol-related fatalities remains unacceptably high. At the same time, people whose licenses have been revoked still need to get to work, to transport their families, and to fulfill other obligations, and sit in some cases, there is no efficient alternative to driving. Just as there is no single cause of this problem, there is no single solution, and Hawaii needs another tool to address it.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the definition of "ignition interlock device" to mean a breath alcohol ignition interlock device; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2897, S.D. 2, H.D. 3, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Co-Chair		____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair
____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Co-Chair		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair
____________________________ KAREN LEINANI AWANA, Co-Chair