STAND. COM. REP. NO.2911

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2582

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to modify the State's commercial driver licensing laws to conform to new federal standards, regulations, and penalties pertaining to railroad and highway grade crossings for commercial motor vehicles.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Your Committee finds that commercial driver licensing laws are designed to improve highway safety by ensuring that drivers of large commercial vehicles are qualified to operate those vehicles safely.

Your Committee further finds that federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations require that Hawaii law with regard to commercial driver licensing conform to federal penalties and sanctions by October 4, 2002.

Therefore, your Committee supports this measure to comply with federal law.

Your Committee amended this measure to increase the minimum fines set by section 286-234(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conform to federal standards. Your Committee also made technical grammatical amendments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair