HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 072 Draft 01 1994-1996COUNTY OF HAWAII: STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION N0. ~ 95
(DRAFT 2)
WHEREAS, Hawaii's implied consent law does not extend to drivers, who are suspected of
driving under the influence of drugs; and
WHEREAS, the use of illegal drugs such as heroin, cocaine, lysergic acid diethylamide, crystal
methamphetamine, and phencyclidine, impair an individual's ability to drive a motor vehicle;
and
WHEREAS, there currently is no consequence if a driver refuses to take a test for the presence of
these drugs in his system while driving; and
WHEREAS, a number of the people arrested for driving under the influence aze repeat or
habitual offenders, proving that the penalties for habitually driving under the influence aze not
sufficient to ensure that impaired drivers are kept off the roadways; and
WHEREAS, existing statutes set the alcohol concentration required for a driving under the
influence arrest at .10 grams of alcohol or more per one hundred milliliters or cubic centimeters
of blood or two hundred ten liters of breath; and
WHEREAS, evidence indicates that actual driving impairment occurs at .OS grams and numerous
states have initiated a .O8 gram threshold; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII that the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Hawaii debate and consider the
adoption of HB #714 which would extend Hawaii's implied consent law to drivers suspected of
driving under the influence of drugs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Hawaii debate and
consider adoption of HB #715 which would establish a felony offense for those who, within a
ten-yeaz period, aze convicted three or more times for a driving under the influence chazge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Hawaii debate and
consider adoption of HB #716 which would reduce the alcohol concentration required for a
driving under the influence arrest from .10 to .08 grams.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii transmit copies of this
resolution to Governor Benjamin Cayetano, House Speaker Joseph Souki, Senate President
Norman Mizuguchi, and all of the Hawaii Island Legislators.
Dated in Hilo, Hawaii, this SU' day of April , 1995.
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& PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. ~. .9S (DRAFT 2 )
JIM RATH
Vitt-Chairman
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hau+aii 96720
To: Elroy T.L. Osorio, Chairman
Hawaii County Council
From: Jim M. Rath, Chairman
Committee on Finance
Subject: Resolution No. 72-95 (Drafr 2)
Date: March 15, ] 995
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MEMORANDUM
Attached please find draft 2 of Resolution No. 72-95. Changes in this resolution aze
necessary because two of the House Bills mentioned in the resolution, HB Nos. 713 and
717, did not make the crossover from the House to the Senate. I have removed the
sections in the resolution which pertain to these bills, specifically, the first two and the
last "WHEREAS...", and the first and fifth "...RESOLVED..." sections.
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