STAND. COM. REP. NO. 237

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 367

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 367 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the fines for violations associated with a person operating a vehicle after the person's license and privilege have been suspended or revoked for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii, and three individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu.

 

     Your Committee finds that alcohol-impaired driving continues to be a problem in Hawaii.  Despite criminal penalties, interlock ignitions, and license suspensions and revocations, offenders continue to operate vehicles.  This measure provides a further deterrence for violators, especially repeat offenders, from operating a vehicle while their licenses are suspended or revoked for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 367 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair