STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2841

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2608

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2608, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Director of Transportation to establish a statewide driver's license reciprocity committee to evaluate foreign countries' requests for driver's license reciprocity to ensure the standards of the foreign countries' driver's license testing are equivalent to those of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services.

 

     According to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, individuals and families have become increasingly mobile in recent times and many have chosen to temporarily or permanently reside in a country other than their "home" country. The reasons for these moves are varied, including business transfers and relocations.  As a result, individuals often need to obtain a driver's license in their new place of residence even though they are licensed in the previous place of residence.  Your Committees find that questions of whether a written and road test are necessary when a licensed driver changes residency to another country need to be addressed.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2608, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2608, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair