[HIham] Cell phone legislation, status update

[Bev Yuen]

Dennis and others,
I was one of the 4 hams who attended yesterday's (April 9th) City 
Council Transportation and Planning Meeting.

Re:  Cell phone legislation bill:
Bill 4, CD 2 (Councilman Okino's version with a modification) is 
referred for 3rd reading on May 27th.
The modification is to make the definition of operating a motor 
vehicle consistent with the Hawaii Revised Statutes's definition .
The bill includes an exemption for amateur radio operators licensed 
by the FCC as we had previously requested.

Updates and concerns are on Ron's (AH6RH) web site.
http://www.qsl.net/ah6rh/am-radio/cellular-phone-ordinance.html
See section: Results of Transportation and Planning Committee 
Meeting, April 9th

For a copy of Bill 4 CD 2 which is the basis of the bill moving 
forward to 3rd reading , see the Agenda, item 5 at:
  http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-87084/040909%20TP%20Agendafs.htm 

This has links to the various texts of the bill and other related 
communications.

Also, you can go to the web site below and click on the video of the 
entire Transportation & Planning Meeting of April 9th
  http://www.qsl.net/ah6rh/am-radio/cellular-phone-ordinance.html
There's a search function.  Search for Bill 4 so you don't have to 
watch irrelevant stuff.  (Some of the captioning says CD1, but it is 
really CD2.)

Bev, AH6NF


At 03:31 AM 4/10/2009, you wrote:

>How did this fare?
>CC-54            Councilmember Duke Bainum, requesting an amendment to Bill
>4 to include an exemption for "amateur radio operators using two-way radios
>and who are licensed by the Federal Communication Commission"
>
>Dennis (KH7MU)
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Hashiro" <rhashiro at hawaiiantel.net>
>To: "Ham Radio in Hawai'i" <hiham at mailman.qth.net>; "HamRadioHawaii"
><hamradiohawaii at yahoogroups.com>; "EARC" <WH6CZB_EARC at yahoogroups.com>;
>"KARC" <koolau-arc at googlegroups.com>
>Cc: "Henderson, Dan N1ND" <dhenderson at arrl.org>; "Chris Imlay"
><w3kd at arrl.org>; "Dennis Dura" <emergency at arrl.org>
>Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:38 PM
>Subject: [koolau-arc] Cell phone legislation, status update
>
>
> >
> > Fellow amateur radio operators in Hawaii.
> >
> > Today, we have two news items regarding cell phone legislation and
> > mobile amateur radio operations.
> >
> > 1)  KH6MEI, AH6RH and KH7U met with Council member Okino this afternoon
> > to discuss
> > Bill 4, CD1 before the Council which affects mobile cellphone operations
> > on Oahu.  We had a
> > positive understanding, and we look forward to an upcoming proposed
> > draft Bill 4, CD2 in the
> > next few days.  This is a favorable development for hams on Oahu.
> >
> > The next Transportation Committee meeting would be Thursday, April 9th,
> > and we can use
> > testimony and public attendance by amateur radio operators for that
> > meeting.  (More details as
> > it becomes available).
> >