STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1757
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1757 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to reinforce highway safety by increasing restrictions on the
consumption of intoxicating liquors or the possession of their
opened containers by drivers of motor vehicles.

     Your Committee finds that the present law prohibits the
consumption of intoxicating liquors or the possession of their
opened containers by drivers while a motor vehicle or moped is
being operated.  The present law exempts the living quarters of
trailers and campers from this prohibition.

     This bill proposes to prohibit the consumption of
intoxicating liquors or the possession of their opened containers
while the driver is in the motor vehicles or on the moped, even
while they are not being operated.  This bill also proposes to
remove the exemption for trailers and campers.

     Testimonies in support of this measure were received from
the Department of Transportation, the Police Department of the
city and county of Honolulu, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
The Office of the Public Defender testified that the provision
concerning opened containers of intoxicating liquors is already
part of Hawai'i law.  

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1757 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation,



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair