STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1674-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3240

      S.D. 1

      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. 3240, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the driver licensing laws by, among other things:

     (1)  Specifying that the expired driver's license of a member of the U.S. armed forces who is on active federal service and whose driver's license expired while deployed outside the U.S. shall remain valid for 90 days after the service member's return to the U.S.;

     (2)  Extending the term of a license from six to eight years for persons who are 25 to 71 years of age;

     (3)  Reducing the term of a license from six to four years for persons who are 19 to 24 years of age; and

     (4)  Authorizing the examiner of drivers to issue a license for an unspecified, shorter period of time if the examiner determines a person's ability to drive is impaired due to a physical condition.

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

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 3240, 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. 3240, 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