Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1407 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to waive the knowledge and skills tests required to obtain a Hawaii State Commercial Driver's License (CDL) for persons with a valid CDL issued by another state or Canadian province.

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

Your Committee finds that drivers with a valid CDL issued by another state or Canadian province have already been tested in accordance with the minimum federal standards for issuance of a CDL.

In addition, the states and Canadian provinces are electronically linked to allow licensing officers to check on the validity and driving status of CDL holders licensed in other states and Canada. Based on this information, your Committee agrees that it is unnecessary to require those persons to also undergo testing in Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1407 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.