STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1557
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 77
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 77, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to increase highway safety by
requiring:
(1) Motor vehicle carriers to obtain vehicle identification cards by filing a description of the vehicle with the Director of Transportation; and
(2) Commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with fenders, covers, or other devices to minimize the spray or splash of water or mud to the rear of the vehicle, and providing a $50 fine for noncompliance.
Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Hawaii Transportation Association.
Your Committees find that existing administrative rules provide for vehicle identification cards and mudguards; however, no similar provisions exist in statute.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 77, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
____________________________ KENNETH HIRAKI, Chair |
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