STAND. COM. REP. NO. 578

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 677
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor and Environment and Transportation
and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 677
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require employers of
commercial motor vehicle drivers to provide a driver improvement
program only for drivers who operate a motor vehicle gross
vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than 10,000 pounds.

     This measure also eliminates the requirement that employers
provide a driver improvement program for commercial drivers
operating vehicles with a GVWR of less than 10,000 pounds.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation and the Hawaii Transportation
Association.

     Your Committees find that Hawaii's driver improvement
program is imperative for all commercial drivers who operate a
commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds GVWR, to maintain their
driving skills and proficiency.  Your Committees also find that
this measure makes Hawaii's driver improvement program consistent
with federal motor carrier safety regulations.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Labor and Environment and Transportation and
Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 677, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 677, S.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Labor and
                                   Environment and Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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