Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 76 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the penalties for motor vehicle size and weight violations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Hawaii Transportation Association.

This measure distinguishes the penalties for traffic violations from the penalties for exceeding the required size and weight limits. This measure also has the effect of reducing the penalties for size and weight violations so as to be more equitable to truckers who do not have control over the load weight of their freight which is often in a cargo container loaded on the docks, and so out of the trucker's control.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 76 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing.