STAND. COM. REP. NO.525

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1171

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1171 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION PERMIT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enable Hawaii's youngest drivers to gain more road experience by increasing the term of the learner's permit from 180 days to one year.

The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services (DCS), Honolulu Police Department, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this bill.

According to DCS, the majority of minors who successfully complete the practical road test have renewed their learner's permit at least once. Moreover, unless a minor takes the road test on his or her 16th birthday, that minor must renew his or her learner's permit since current law allows minors to obtain their learner's permit no earlier than 15½ years of age.

Your Committee has amended this bill by requiring moped, motor scooter, and motorcycle permit holders to take the skill test within a year.

 

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. 1171, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, 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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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair