Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1234 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to conform state law to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's recommendation that Hawaii require proof of domicile before issuing a commercial driver license (CDL).

The Department of Transportation, Department of Customer Service for the City and County of Honolulu, and Hawaii Transportation Association testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee notes that 49 Code of Federal Regulations §384.212 provides that states shall issue CDLs only to persons domiciled in the state of application. This measure will allow CDLs to be issued only to eligible persons domiciled in this State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1234 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.