Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 81 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow Hawaii's required markings on motor carriers to once again conform to federal standards.

Testimony in support of this bill was received from the Department of Transportation and the Hawaii Transportation Association.

Your Committee finds that regulations established pursuant to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act, which are widely accepted as the uniform standard throughout the United States, have been updated.

This bill proposes to make Hawaii's markings on motor carrier vehicles consistent with federal regulations. Such markings are to be visible during daylight hours, from a distance of 50 feet

(15.24 meters), while the motor carrier vehicle is stationary.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 81 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.