STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2679

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 3102
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3102 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSE RENEWAL BY
     MAIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require that an applicant
for renewal of a driver's license that has expired be treated as
an applicant for reactivation of an expired license.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Transportation and Honolulu Department of
Customer Services.

     This measure also prohibits the renewal by mail of a
driver's license more than once after appearing in person before
the examiner of drivers whether the license expires on the sixth
birthday after issuance, the fourth birthday after issuance, or
on the second birthday after issuance.  Current law provides for
the fourth and second birthdays only.

     The intent of this measure is to ease and facilitate the
renewal of driver's licenses by permitting one renewal by mail
after a previous license was issued after being examined in
person. 


 
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     Reactivation of an expired license does not require the
driver to undergo reexamination of the person's driving skills,
which is a written test, road test, and eyesight examination.

     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 S.B. No. 3102 and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   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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