STAND. COM. REP. NO. 10

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 11
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 11 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as recorded by your Committee, is
to increase the gross vehicle weight rating for a category 4
license.

     Your Committee on Transportation finds that this amendment
will be beneficial for small businesses.  As commercial vehicles
are now able to carry heavier loads with minimal increases in
size, this amendment recognizes that people with category 4
licenses are able to operate heavier vehicles safely.

     This bill proposes to change the minimal gross vehicle
weight for a category 4 license from 11,001 pounds to 12,001
pounds.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were heard from
Legislative Information Services of Hawaii, Hawaii Transportation
Association, and Ryder Transportation Services.

     Your committee has amended this bill by increasing the gross
vehicle weight rating for a category 3 license from 11,000 pounds
to 12,000 pounds.


 
 
 
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     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.
11, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading
in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 11, H.D. 1, and be
referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair