Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2747, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the examiner of drivers to issue an instruction permit to an applicant with disabilities who possesses a valid driver's license from another state but who fails to pass the road test to obtain a license in this State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, the Disability and Communication Access Board, and the Department of Customer Services for the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee finds that the examiner of drivers requires a road test for most driver's license applicants that measures an applicant's functional ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. Applicants with disabilities whose driving privilege is under review may not have a valid license or instruction permit after failing this road test on their first attempt. This measure will allow the examiner of drivers to issue an instruction permit to an applicant with disabilities who possess a valid driver's license from another state but who fails to pass the road test to obtain a license in this State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2747, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.