STAND. COM. REP. NO. 288

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1522

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1522 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC ABSTRACTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require that traffic abstracts include all unadjudicated traffic allegations, unsatisfied judgments, certain judgments against the person arising from the operation of a motor vehicle, and administrative revocations of driver's license.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary.

     The intent of this measure is to limit the time period for reporting moving violations on a traffic abstract, and thereby provide an incentive for individuals to resolve outstanding cases and pay judgments.

     The Judiciary proposed an amendment to this measure that would address the complications that have arisen with the use of multi-charge citations by law enforcement officers, on which your Committee would defer to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor. 

     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 S.B. No. 1522 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

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

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair