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. 80 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the markings of motor carrier vehicles to be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of fifty feet while the motor carrier is stationary.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Hawaii Transportation Association.

According to testimony of the DOT, this measure would more closely conform Hawaii law to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, which is more widely considered to be the uniform standard throughout the United States.

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. 80 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Housing.