Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2238 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the revocation of a person's driver's license upon a drug offense conviction pursuant to chapter 712, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for a period of five years.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Transportation and the Honolulu Police Department. Testimony in opposition was received from the Office of the Public Defender.

The period of revocation is for five years, or in the case of a minor, until the age of eighteen. This measure requires the court, upon the revocation, to notify the examiner of drivers in the county in which the offense occurred of the revocation. The revoked license may be restored after the period of revocation upon application with a physician's certification that the person is not drug dependent.

Your Committee finds that:

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. 2238 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.