NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
STATE OF HAWAII
DOCKET NO. R-1-06

The State of Hawaii, Department of Health, Disability and Communication Access Board will hold a public hearing to receive testimony on the proposed amendments to chapter 11-219, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR), entitled “Parking for Persons with Disabilities.”

The proposed amendments include changing the parking placard fee provisions. For example, the issuance fee will be increased from $10.00 to $12.00 for each temporary placard and each replacement of a lost, stolen or mutilated disabled persons parking placard. In addition, the proposed amendments include adding an issuance fee for the replacement of a confiscated parking placard. For example, the issuance fee will be $12.00 for the replacement of a confiscated parking placard. Also, the proposed amendments include a requirement to notify permittees to renew their eligibility to use special license plates before the expiration date of their special license plates and include a specification for placement of the “No Parking – Access Aisle” sign for van accessible parking spaces. The proposed amendments may also include housekeeping amendments to the rules and amendments, deletions, or additions suggested by oral or written testimony.

A public hearing for chapter 11-219, HAR, will be held in accordance with the following schedule:

Date: March 16, 2006
Place: Disability and Communication Access Board
919 Ala Moana Boulevard
Conference Room 103
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Time: 10:00 a.m.

A copy of the proposed amendments is available for review at the address below, or can be mailed to any interested person who requests a copy from the Disability and Communication Access Board, or is available online at http://www.hawaii.gov/health/dcab/.

Disability and Communication Access Board
919 Ala Moana Boulevard
Room 101
Hours: 7:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Phone: (808) 586-8121 V/TTY
Fax: (808) 586-8129

Toll-free from Neighbor Islands:
Hawaii — 974-4000 ext. 68121
Kauai — 274-3141 ext. 68121
Maui — 984-2400 ext. 68121
Molokai and Lanai — 1-800-468-4644

Written testimony will be accepted until March 16, 2006, at the above address. Any person requiring a special accommodation (i.e., large print materials, sign language interpreter) is asked to call the Disability and Communication Access Board at least two weeks before the hearing.

PATRICIA NIELSEN
Chairperson
Disability and Communication Access Board
(SB05521335 2/12/06)