STAND. COM. REP. NO. 933

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 212
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 212, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
     OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to impose an additional,
stiffer penalty, not to exceed a thirty-day term of imprisonment
and a $500 fine, on any person convicted of driving under the
influence of intoxicating liquor while having a minor passenger
less than eighteen years old in or on the vehicle.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation and the City and County of Honolulu
Police Department.

     Your Committee finds that serious motor vehicle collisions
involving minor passengers are on the increase.  Therefore, your
Committee finds that stronger penalties are needed to deter
persons who would endanger their minor passengers by "drinking
and driving."

     Your Committee finds that these passengers are often not
given a choice of being a passenger in a vehicle with an
intoxicated driver.  


 
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     Your Committee finds that under these circumstances, it is
the State's responsibility to protect those who cannot protect
themselves.

     Your Committee is in favor of the stiffer penalties and note
that it is not the intent of this measure to grant the defendant
a right to a jury trial.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 212, H.D. 1, 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
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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