STAND. COM. REP. NO. 425

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1167

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1167 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXPIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to decriminalize the offense of driving without a license by repealing the 30-day prison term for persons driving without a license, if the license expired within 90 days preceding the violation.

A concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

Current law allows for the imprisonment of up to 30 days of drivers who operate a motor vehicle with an expired license. Your Committee finds that the establishment of this penalty was to deter drivers from knowingly driving a motor vehicle without a license and not punish individuals who may be unknowingly operating a motor vehicle with an expired drivers license.

Your Committee further finds that a fine up to $1,000 for penalty operating a motor vehicle with an expired license within 90 days after the license's expiration date is a punishment commensurate with the offense.

 

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. 1167 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair