STAND. COM. REP. NO. 994

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1457
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1457 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reclassify spilling load
violations as traffic offenses, to compel the defendant to appear
in court so that appropriate penalties and sanctions may be
imposed.

     The Judiciary and the Department of Transportation testified
in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1457 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair