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March 29, 2022, H S.AC Meeting Agenda Page 1 3 ZC _ ou No action by GVOITRS Public Defender, opposed. Hawaii Ransportation Association, opposed. Judiciary: "...concerned that if passed this measure will cause significant impacts to the courts traffic divisions'; "...the Judiciary would be required to create a new citation form "thirty days after the effective date of the county ordinance...'; "...significant modifications to the Judiciary Information Management System (DIMS) will have to be made in order to create a "county fine code" field especially if there will be different amounts per county then individualized county fine code fields will need to be created." Tax Foundation of Hawaii: `:..If the intent is revenue sharing, however, a better way would be to amend this same section to pay over a certain amount of the state-collected fines to the county that prosecuted the violator." HB 1448, HD1, was amended by JDC. Authorizing the counties to establish a County Highway Enforcement Program to enforce laws prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on county highways and provide for parking improvements, Authorizing counties to impose a County Highway Enforcement Surcharge of $200, in addition to other penalties and fines, for violations of laws prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on county highways to be distributed to the police department of the county in which the violation occurred..." Establishing a County Highway Enforcement Program Fund. FIN amendments in HB 1448, HD2, include: changing the enforcement surcharge to an unspecified amount and changing the effective date of the Act. FIN also directed conferring with JHA to determine if there is a conflict with the bill title "Relating to traffic roes" and the bill imposing an `enforcement surcharge." Considerations: