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�iY Oi N . <br /> , '•, Phone: (808) 327 -3642 <br /> KELLY GREENWELL �c ( ) <br /> Fax: (808) 329 -4786 <br /> Council Member �y <br /> District 8 - North Kona Email: kgreenwell co.huwuii.hi. us <br /> Hawai `i County Council <br /> County of Hawai '1 <br /> Kailua Trade Center ^> <br /> 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109 ■ <br /> Kailua -Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br /> o <br /> April 21, 2010 rv C? <br /> • <br /> r.r ry fl <br /> TO: J Yoshimoto, Council Chair -r <br /> and Members of the Hawai`i County Council — ' 0 <br /> t•. <br /> ` 1 <br /> FROM: Kelly Greenwell, Council Member <br /> RE: Resolution Urging the 2011 State Legislature to Prohibit Riding in the Back of <br /> Open Bed Pickup Trucks <br /> The attached resolution is directed to the 2011 Hawaii State Legislature and our fellow County <br /> Councils of Kauai, Maui, and the City and County of Honolulu. <br /> Hawaii Revised Statutes, section 291 -14, subsection (c) currently states: <br /> "(c) No operator of any pickup truck may operate the vehicle with any passenger twelve years of <br /> age or under in the bed or load - carrying area of the vehicle, unless one of the following applies: <br /> (1) An emergency exists that threatens the life of the passenger being transported in the bed <br /> or load - carrying area of the vehicle; or <br /> (2) The vehicle is being operated in parades, caravans, or exhibitions which are officially <br /> authorized or otherwise permitted by law." <br /> The resolution calls for the 2011 State Legislature to prohibit any riding in the back of open bed <br /> pickup trucks. <br /> It further asks the county councils of Kaua`i, Maui, and the City and County of Honolulu to join <br /> the Hawai`i County Council in shared support of this message to the 2011 State Legislature. <br /> Please place this resolution on the appropriate committee agenda for those meetings scheduled <br /> for May 4, 2010. <br /> • <br /> KG /dh <br /> An. <br /> 1eS.33 10 Comrr. No, 19 <br /> Ref. To: die Co, <br /> • <br /> Ref. Dote • Z0 1 <br /> Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island <br /> Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />