STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1677-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2094

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2094, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to streamline driver licensing by permitting the examiner of drivers to waive the test of knowledge of highway signs and the rules of the road for applicants who are at least 18 years of age and who possess a valid driver's license from another state or from certain other jurisdictions.

     The Department of Transportation, City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaii, County of Kauai, and County of Maui supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by providing that the provisions of this bill, which amend section 286-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not be repealed when section 286-108 is reenacted on January 9, 2011, by Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005.

     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. 2094, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2094, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair