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William P. Kenoi <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawaii <br />Finance Department <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2103 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />(808)961-8234 Fax (808)961-8248 <br />Nancy E. Crawford <br />Director <br />Deanna S. Sako <br />Deputy Director <br />January 20, 2010 ~ 0 <br />~.) ~ o <br />~ , TM k ~;'1 <br />J Yoshimoto, Council Chair and ~ ~ rv ~' <br />Members of the Hawaii County Council ° <br />Hawaii County Council --~ <br />25 Aupuni Street ~€~ ; =~; <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 '~~ "' `''~ ~;.r <br />~.: ~, <br />f~ cn <br />Re: Bill No. 182 -Amending Hawaii County Code ~ ~' <br />On December 15, 2009 the Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations Committee <br />considered the referenced bill to amend Section 24-167 of the Hawaii County Code by <br />including additional safety requirements for towing vehicles and trailers. The bill was sent <br />forward with a positive recommendation and is scheduled for first reading at the Hawaii <br />County Council meeting on January 6, 2010, at which time it was deferred until the <br />following Council meeting at the Finance Department request. <br />We are now submitting changes to remove the term "emergency" from both the existing <br />County Code language and the proposed new language in Section 24-167(a). We wish to <br />clarify that the safety requirements apply to all connections to towed vehicles or trailers, <br />and are not limited to emergency connections. We also wish to add the term "or towed <br />vehicle" in Section 24-167(c), as it was inadvertently omitted. <br />Additionally we have added Section 24-167(d) to exclude trailers over 10,000 pounds from <br />this requirement. Safety chain requirements included in this bill are not appropriate for <br />trailers of that weight. They fall under PUC regulations that are better suited to trailers of <br />that size. <br />The language from Bill No. 182 is shown below with the two instances of the term <br />"emergency" to be deleted and the proposed additional term "or towed vehicle" and added <br />section (d) highlighted. Attached is the full section we request be considered for a draft 2 <br />of the bill. <br />Section 24-167. Towed vehicles [.] and trailers. <br />(a) When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other [en~~ge~}] connection shall be <br />[^~~~~~~^~°~* ~*r°~^+'' +^ „~~" ^" ~~~°~^'~++^~~~°~' ]equipped with an additional safety chain or <br />Comm. iM~.~~~ <br />Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer 1`:~'~• ~,~~ ---~~~/-1iv ~:;t~ <br />