STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1779

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 784

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 784, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve Hawaii's provisional driver licensing law by clarifying that when a minor is convicted of, or a minor's license is revoked for, a violation of Hawaii's provisional driver licensing law, the minor need not provide proof of financial responsibility.

     The Office of the Public Defender, City and County of Honolulu, and MADD-Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to be effective upon approval.

     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 S.B. No. 784, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 784, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair