STAND. COM. REP. NO.  598

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1426

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1426 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEFERRED PLEAS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit deferred acceptance of guilty or no contest plea from an individual who holds a commercial driver's license and is charged with a traffic violation, other than a parking violation.

     The Department of Transportation testified in support of this bill.

     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. 1426 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair