STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1582

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 154

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 154, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to redefine highly intoxicated driver, establish evidence and sentencing parameters, and establish administrative revocation periods for highly intoxicated drivers.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the bill from the State Department of Transportation, the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and the Century Council.

     Your Committee amended the bill by making a technical non-substantive change and by changing the effective date from July 1, 2112 to July 1, 2007.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report,

 your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 154, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 154, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair