Bill Text: HI HR39 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting the Honolulu City Council to amend the traffic code to enhanced penalties for drives who create excessive moped or vehicle within 100 feet of a hospital.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-01 - (H) Referred to TRN, HLT, referral sheet 38 [HR39 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HR39-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	39
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the city and county to ORDAIN an ordinance increasing PENALTIES for vehicle and moped noise in hospital zones.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, there is a proliferation of the presence and operation of vehicles and mopeds in hospital zones; and

 

     WHEREAS, some of the vehicles and mopeds have been equipped with aftermarket mufflers emitting excessive noise in violation of law including sections 291-22 to 291-24.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes and section 15-19.28, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu; and

 

     WHEREAS, the excessive noise also creates noise pollution and disturbs hospital patients, staff, and surrounding residential neighborhoods;

 

     WHEREAS, recent studies suggest that a quiet hospital environment can reduce patient recovery time and loud neonatal wards are believed to delay development in premature babies; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, that the Honolulu City Council is requested to amend the Traffic Code, Chapter 15, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, to provide for increased penalties for drivers creating excessive noise within one hundred feet of a hospital; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Mayor and the Chairperson of the Council of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Requesting the Honolulu City Council to amend the traffic code to enhanced penalties for drives who create excessive moped or vehicle within 100 feet of a hospital.