STAND. COM. REP. NO. 819-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2823
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2823, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow school buses to
transport passengers on non-regular excursion runs (i.e. tours)
without the necessity of obtaining approval from the Public
Utilities Commission.  Specifically, this measure amends section
271-5(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to exempt federally
compliant school buses from the advertising requirements of
section 271-8.5 and the charges of section 271-36(c).

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii School Bus Association, Gomes School Bus Service,
Polynesian Hospitality, and Harbor Pub Honolulu.

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii Transportation Association and Trans Hawaiian Services.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting
provisions regarding section 8 of Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii
1997, since the proposed changes to section 8 were not essential
to the intent and purpose of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and

 
 
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purpose of H.B. No. 2823, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2823, H.D. 2.


                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair