STAND. COM. REP. NO. 630-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1762
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No.
1762 entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the scope of entities
subject to civil penalties for failing to comply with the
provisions of the Motor Carrier Law.  This bill proposes to amend
Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), Section 271-27(h), by deleting the
phrase "shipper or consignee" and adding the word "person."

     Your Committees find that this amendment will clarify and
ensure that any and all persons who engage the services of motor
carriers of property or passengers are also subject to civil
penalties for failing to comply with the motor carrier laws set
forth in Chapter 271, HRS.

     Testimony was received in support of this measure from the
Public Utilities Commission and Hawaii Transportation
Association.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1762 and recommend that it pass Third Reading.


 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce and
                                   Judiciary and Hawaiian
                                   Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair            RON MENOR, Chair