Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2505 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify Hawaii's Commercial Driver's Licensing (CDL) law by adjusting the renewal period of a CDL with a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) endorsement.

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

Currently, federal regulations require that CDL drivers with a HAZMAT endorsement must renew their license every five years. However, state law requires drivers under 72 years of age with a CDL to renew their license at six-year intervals. This has resulted in CDL drivers with a HAZMAT endorsement having two expiration dates on their licenses causing confusion. Your Committee finds that this bill will help alleviate this confusion.

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. 2505 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.