STAND. COM. REP. NO. 14

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 660
                                        




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 S.B. No. 660 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 bill is to impose a mandatory minimum
consecutive jail sentence and $500 fine in addition to penalties
already provided by law for persons who commit the offense of
driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor while having a
passenger less than eighteen years of age in the motor vehicle.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Department of Transportation, Police Department of the City and
County of Honolulu, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, Mothers
Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and for members of MADD's Hawaii
Youth In Action.

     The testimony received by your Committee indicated that
people who drive under the influence of alcohol put themselves
and any passengers, especially minors, riding in the same motor
vehicle at risk of injury and even death.  Minors are in
particular risk due to the fact that minors are subject to the
authority of their parents, guardians, or older friends and trust
them with their safety and well-being.  

     Upon consideration of all pertinent issues and testimony
presented, your Committee finds that this bill will reduce the

 
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risk of injury and death to minors by deterring persons from
driving while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor with
a minor passenger and penalizing that behavior.  

     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. 660 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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