STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3050

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1101

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1101, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the examiner of drivers to waive the knowledge test for applicants holding a valid drivers license from another state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, a province of the Dominion of Canada, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Transportation and the four counties.

     Your Committee finds that since the majority of jurisdictions have adopted uniform motor vehicle laws, this measure would allow for reciprocity similar to that currently permitted for commercial driver's licenses.  Section 286-236(g), Hawaii Revised Statutes, allows the examiner to waive the test of knowledge if there is a valid license from another state, Mexico, or a province in Canada.

     Your Committee previously heard and approved a similar measure, S.B. No. 2094, S.D. 1.  Your Committee has amended this measure by incorporating the additional new language contained in S.B. No. 2094, S.D. 1.  As amended, this measure:

     (1)  Adds the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, or any of the federal government's political subdivisions, territories, or commonwealths; and

     (2)  Changes the effective date from July 1, 2050, to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1101, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1101, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair