STAND. COM. REP. NO. 838-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 3037

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 3037 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the Graduated Driver Licensing Program by:

(1) Providing notification to the driver's license examiner of all minors who have pending violations or proceedings that might result in the suspension or revocation of a provisional license, and any pending adjudication of an offense relating to the operation of a motor vehicle; and

(2) Changing the term "conviction" to "adjudication" for violations of the law involving minors.

The Department of Transportation, Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving-HAWAII testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2096, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3037, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3037, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair